Marissa Miller

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Sunday Night Landscape Keyboard

Purduves post 2-weeks of classes. Courses include BioFluids, mechanics
of MEMS and NEMS, Biosensors, and a medical device regulatory affairs
seminar. Not too bad for a crop of titles. The professors are legit,
very sharp, top in their fields (or so they seam), and witty (a laugh
in the classroom every 5-7 minutes should be part of Obama's education
reform).

It is eye opening moving into a 10x8' dorm room and realizing the
little I/we need in our lives to get by. A bed, small dresser, closet,
and small fridge is the ticket. Plus, its so easy to keep things clean
in such a small space. One more shipping crate for a kitchen and
living room and it's smooth sailing.

5.5 miler today. Tomorrow hopefully will bring another.

Check out Bar. Absolutely gorgeous. But to Marissa.

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Make Your Own Chalkboard Paint - DIY Creations - Lifehacker

http://lifehacker.com/5350666/make-your-own-chalkboard-paint

Wiggling Their Toes at the Shoe Giants - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/30/business/30shoe.html?em

Welcome to Project H Design: A Non-Profit Organization Supporting Life-Improving Humanitarian Product Design

http://projecthdesign.org/

http://www.good.is/post/earning-college-credits-by-taking-classes-via-youtube/

http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/technology/anatomy.cfm

http://www.mit.edu/people/robot/

Sandia National Laboratories

http://sandia.gov/

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Purduves: Bioengineering vs. Design: MEMS, NEMS, Mechatronics???

So it finally happened. Tests were taken, recommendations were written, shit was gotten together, and the application was submitted. The result was an admission to Purdue University's Graduate School of Mechanical Engineering (referred to as PurDUVES by the cool kids). Who woulda thunk it. 3-years at Jarvik and I'm back in the dorms, with an RA, but without the meal plan (to date). How I was admitted? Don't ask me. My undergraduate GPA sure wasn't the reason. I think Dr. J's recommendation letter swayed some admission committee opinions. Nathalie and Dr. Couetil also might have pulled some strings, but here I am at a crossroad once again.

Anyways, fall 2009 semester courses were chosen. Now comes the hard part of convincing a professor that he needs me to do some research for him so I can narrow down what the hell I'm going to be doing (and paying for) these next 2-years.

My research interests include: Bioengineering and Design. Where it stems from there, I have no idea. More research on a research topic has to be done, but I would like to get my hands dirty within micro/nanotechnology biomedical applications or medatronics (combination of mechanical and electronic systems, or so says wikipedia).

More news to come.

Notes

crossfit.com

stem art and technology together.

culture is overwhelmed with information available. people start to feel meaningless. must start to think on individual scales again.

Your Life's Purpose: http://lifehacker.com/5322429/discover-your-lifes-purpose-in-around-20-minutesor-not

Books: http://lifehacker.com/5322188/the-bookworms-guide-to-the-lifehacker-galaxy

Purdue's Global Engineering Program: https://engineering.purdue.edu/GEP/

Info & Resources for Current ME grad students: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/Academics/Graduate/currgrad.html
 

Free 2D: Solid Edge: Velocity Series: Products and Solutions: Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): Siemens PLM Software

http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com/en_us/products/velocity/solidedge/free2d/index.shtml

Year In Ideas 2008 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/12/14/magazine/2008_IDEAS.html