Research and Stuff

For those of you who care at all, I thought I would update my research stuff on here as well since I whine about it so much. Last summer I worked at UCLA, modeling some synchrotron radiation in Mathematica. It was a really neat project but I'm not really sure we're ever going to publish it. I did however get to present my results in a poster session at the big AAS meeting in Seattle back in January, which was really cool. I actually was volunteering at this meeting, which paid my entry fee I guess. There were a lot of astronomers around and I got to attend some neat talks. I also saw a few people I know from other places but hadn't seen in a while. Anyway, it was pretty cool to get to participate in this meeting. Plus I got lots of free stuff out of it which always makes things better.

Right now I'm working on a new project at UW to take simulated galaxies and try to analyze them with tools that an observational astronomer would use. Basically I use a code that makes a simulated CCD image of the galaxy that was in a simulation and then see what I can do with the neat pictures it makes. Hopefully this will keep me busy for at least another quarter, and also will allow me to get some neat results.

This summer it looks like I am probably gonna go back to the Tri-Cities and have the same job I had two summers ago working with some of the Hanford clean-up people to make databases and stuff. I guess from an astronomy standpoint this is a step backwards, since I should theoretically try to work in my field. But this job pays a lot better and I am going to need the extra money here soon. So I guess I might get to see some of you if you are also around this summer. Technically I haven't actually gotten this job yet, but hopefully it will work out.