{"id":62,"date":"2009-12-07T13:03:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/finnur.net\/blog\/?p=62"},"modified":"2009-12-07T13:03:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T13:03:00","slug":"10-ar-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hrefna.com\/blog\/2009\/12\/10-ar-10-years\/","title":{"rendered":"10 \u00e1r (10 years)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My stint as a professional student (i.e. where I get paid to be a student, be it via fellowships or Research Assistant (RA) positions) began September 2000, and ended in December 2009.  That&#8217;s a span of 10 years, and I figured a little table of events was in order.<\/p>\n<p>First up: Before and After passport photos&#8230;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;\"><a href=\"\/blogg\/uploaded_images\/hrefna_big-795670.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blogg\/uploaded_images\/hrefna_big-795669.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"\/blogg\/uploaded_images\/hmg.tif-1-795674.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blogg\/uploaded_images\/hmg.tif-1-795672.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>2000 vs. 2009<\/div>\n<p>The comparison isn&#8217;t entirely fair, since I had no makeup during the (unplanned) passport photo taken in 2009, and the lighting of the latter photo is, well, not flattering.  Nonetheless, I can&#8217;t really claim to be a spring chicken any more at the tender age of 32, with two kids in tow&#8230;  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div>And now for the table of events:<\/div>\n<div><center><\/p>\n<table valign=\"top\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"10%\"><b>Year<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>At School<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>2000<\/td>\n<td>Begin the <a href=\"http:\/\/ee.stanford.edu\/gradhandbook\/Program_Information:Master_of_Science_Degree\">MS program<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/ee.stanford.edu\/\">EE<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stanford.edu\/\">Stanford<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2001<\/td>\n<td>Hired as a RA by <a href=\"http:\/\/www-star.stanford.edu\/people\/linscott.html\">Dr. Ivan Linscott<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2002<\/td>\n<td>Pass <a href=\"http:\/\/ee.stanford.edu\/phd\/quals\/\">EE Quals<\/a>, finish MS degree, begin the <a href=\"http:\/\/ee.stanford.edu\/gradhandbook\/Program_Information:Ph.D._Degree\">Ph.D. program<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2003<\/td>\n<td>Surprise Martian surface echo detected during testing of Mars Odyssey&#8217;s telecommunications system.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2004<\/td>\n<td>Working on analyzing the single echo signal.  Begin writing a paper, but run into technical difficulties.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2005<\/td>\n<td>Multiple radar experiments conducted.  Lots of Martian surface echoes detected.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2006<\/td>\n<td>Working on modeling the echoes, and thus the surface.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2007<\/td>\n<td>Begin writing a paper.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2008<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agu.org\/pubs\/crossref\/2008\/2007JE003040.shtml\">Paper published<\/a>. Completed Oral Defense. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2009<\/td>\n<td>Completed and submitted <a href=\"http:\/\/purl.stanford.edu\/zn854cr8633\">Ph.D. dissertation<\/a>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My stint as a professional student (i.e. where I get paid to be a student, be it via fellowships or Research Assistant (RA) positions) began September 2000, and ended in December 2009. That&#8217;s a span of 10 years, and I figured a little table of events was in order. 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