Classes have been going well. There was a spell where my Continuum Mechanics professor was giving us a homework assignment every class period. Fluids has been reasonable. The homework has become much less of a burden since Nick and I started working together. Math Methods is just wrong. I had my first test and it covered multi-variable calculus, ordinary differential equations, linear differential equations, and series/perturbation solution methods. Meanwhile my research is progressing slowly. I now know what I need to do, but the hard part will be actually constructing my flow loop. I have an undergraduate Andrew who will be my research assistant. I won't go too much into my work and save that for another blog after I have some cool pictures.
I have not been attending the football games, but I have been exploring the surrounding Indiana countryside. One weekend was spent going to a rock and mineral show as well as Shipshewana, a very commercialized Amish community. Buggy rides only $7! Another weekend was spent attending the Marshmallow Festival in Ligonier. It was a nice festival with a classic car show including a display from a local towing company.I also have been to the Indiana National Dunes where I attended the Ha
rvest festival and climbed Mt. Baldy. The 128 ft climb was excruciating. The hardest part is that at that angle every step results in some of the sand sliding back down so you end up having to take two to three steps very rapidly just to cover the distance one step on normal ground would cover.The weather lately has been bouncing all over the place, but lately it has become very dreary and rather chilly. I am finally starting to take getting ready for winter seriously.
