Graduate Student Humility

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Spent my two calendar years at MIT (August 1996 - 1998) and what do I have to show for it? A fourth-rate web site and first-class people.

This is probably more of interest to the people of the FML (Fluid Mechanics Lab) from the past couple of years. This page shamelessly taken from my thesis page of the same name.

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I owe many thanks to my thesis supervisors, Professors Ain Sonin and Taiqing Qiu. Their help and guidance through my degree program were invaluable; their teachings much more than paint-by-numbers. I thank them for challenging me on a daily basis and helping me to grow beyond my complacency.

I thank my parents and brother, whose ballooning telephone bills, frequent support, and love proved to me that moving across the country doesnít have to mean falling out of touch.

My colleagues in the microdrop deposition group have been universally encouraging and excellent sources of knowledge. Gregg, Javier, Marcelo, and Pirouz all make me hope that Iíve contributed as much to their work as they have to mine. Countless falafels later and weíre still alive, eh, Javi? Then again, thereís always schtuff to discuss ...

Iíve been against the business end of too many wee hours to miss thanking the red-eye crew: Carlos, Cuiling, Freddie, Jeff, Jon, and countless other FML souls kept me sane through the nights (and days blurred unhappily). The people and faces I will keep with me.

Hey, Bean, letís walk again sometime soon, all right?

And Allegra:

my joy you bring
my dreams and every
morning glows your eyes
hold strength back home

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