NASA ho!

Well, I have announcement to make:

I have been honored with acceptance into a graduate internship position with NASA/Ames Research Center over the summer! ;) Below is a shot of the center...

Ames is located in Mountain View, CA and specializes in wind-tunnel related research, but they do a lot of other things there too. My job is to design and implement a data acquisition system for an experimental helicopter rotor blade. Essentially, it is a trailing-edge flap (there are two per blade) that is independently controlled and will help reduce main hub vibration loads and noise as well as possibly increase power efficiency. I am very excited about it! I leave this evening (Sat) to go and stay with my aunt Sharon and cousing Scott in Santa Cruz, which will be a lot of fun.

I really love the unknown adventure aspect of this, it is very cool. Though, I haven't really had much of a chance to philosophize to the extent I might normally because I've been working really hard on trying to finish the Blackbox project this week. Okay, when I say finish, I mean phase 1 complete at least. That (As always) is proving to be a challenge, and I am looking forward to a time when I can relax slightly more on the weekends!

Anyhow, it's late and I need to sleep (I don't know what my sleep debt is, but I know I'm in the red!!) I just wanted to give a big shout out to all my peeps (yeah, I DID use that word) and let everyone know the good news. I wish you all a merry summer!

-Sir Gavin out!

P.s. I finally walked! yay! just to comemorate commencement, I (purposely?) forgot to put on sunscreen so I look a little darker than usual. But its all good, I hear the ladies like 'em tall, dark and handsome... two out of three ain't bad!! (:-P

The Gavin (up)date

Yowdy!

Welcome back loyal fans and patient family/friends! ;) Are you ready for yet another unpredictable and (odds are) inappropriate post? That what I thought... Let's get ready to RUMBLE!!!

Alrighty, the truth of the matter is, I thought that I should post something since I have remained silent for so long. While I can't announce anything tremendously earth-shattering (yet), I do in fact lead a full life, and can share some of that with you. So here it is, the goods, the juice, the dirt that makes this humble little blog a world-wide phenomenon!

I have about 3 weeks left (2 weeks of class and then finals week) which is followed by... (And the room fell silent)... commencement! ...the part of the show where Gavin puts on a cap and gown and walks down an aisle with a whole bunch of people and... formally graduates the life of Bachelorhood (soon to be a master!). Very exciting. I wasn't orginally going to walk since I will be walking again in spring 2010, but I was convinced otherwise. That will be on the 23rd or the 24th of May.

In other news, I have begun work on my thesis (which is turning out to be very enjoyable). though I haven't spent much time on that lately (classes and other pressures have been crankin' up the intensity). it is going to be a very cool, "smart" shaker head to shake olive trees (and anything else it grabs onto). Sorry about all the parenthesis here, I guess I'm in a parenthetical mood. =) I am really enjoying grad school. It is almost like the transition from high school to college where, all of a sudden, you could study the subjects that interested you and pick your own classes, except in this case, now I know what I like and I don't have to take general ed! it's great! ;) I should really be a college recruiter or something, eh?

Well, there is my quick update, I hope all you sportsfans enjoyed! hehehe, have a great day!