Back To School I go

[AxleIke]

Just heard last night that my application to the doctoral program in geochemistry was accepted by the advisor that I want. I will either start this fall or in the fall of 2011, depending on money stuff.

In a few years, if I'm lucky, I'll get to change my screen name to Dr. AxleIke :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Okay, maybe not! LOL

[Seanz0rz]

sweet! congrats!

[paddlenbike]

I still won't call you doctor. :tongueout:

[habanero]

Superwoot!!

[04 Rocko Taco]

I will personally make CERTAIN that your screen name is changed to Dr. AxelIke when you get finished. :thumbup:

[Obi..]

If it is UOC-B I'm actually jealous of you man. I had Dr. Oliver for Math this last semester, since he's now permanently out here, and am friends with Dr. Hachadoorian (Planetary GeoPhysics) through the bike world. Put in for some of the grants $ now, even if you're of a decent leveled wage, the support there for that focus is amazing and I'd be happy to show you the possible amounts via pm with another friends resume I have.

[slosurfer]

Congrats!

Paging Dr. Axle.... :flipoff:

[Obi..]

Hey Doc,


How much kinetic force, in joules, is required to shatter a piece of granite laying on top of detritus with a 35" polymer infused chunk of rubber in a Pacific Northwest forest that has been exposed to 6000 years of solar radiation? :tongueout: :love:

[toyNG]

doctoral degrees FTW!

[Whitey]

What type of work are you looking to get into?

[Erich_870]

What type of work are you looking to get into?


What Whitey said. I'm interested to hear where a doctorate in geochemistry will take you! :thumbup:

Erich

[Obi..]

What type of work are you looking to get into?


What Whitey said. I'm interested to hear where a doctorate in geochemistry will take you! :thumbup:

Erich


I'm pretty sure the answers fall along the lines of N.A.S.A., U.S.G.S., Microbiology, Water Procurement and Treatment, Environmental Consulting and Impact Studies, etc., Federal, State, County, and Local Contracts and businesses, oil industry, the list goes on and on. Very lucrative too boot.

[AxleIke]

Sorry haven't been on for a while.

As for jobs, I'll likely be continuing on with what I'm doing now, which is research. I'll just be getting paid more, and have more say in what I do. Essentially get paid more and be my own boss.

However, Norcal hit the rest of em pretty nicely. Lots of places to find work.

[Erich_870]

Sorry haven't been on for a while.

As for jobs, I'll likely be continuing on with what I'm doing now, which is research. I'll just be getting paid more, and have more say in what I do. Essentially get paid more and be my own boss.

However, Norcal hit the rest of em pretty nicely. Lots of places to find work.


So, what kind of research are you currently doing? :hillbill:

Erich

[AxleIke]

Climate change. Our lab does paleo-climate through ice cores, and real-time atmosphere monitoring. I will be developing a system to work with carbon monoxide, which is an excellent atmospheric source tracer.

[Obi..]

Climate change. Our lab does paleo-climate through ice cores, and real-time atmosphere monitoring. I will be developing a system to work with carbon monoxide, which is an excellent atmospheric source tracer.


Carbon dating through half-life measurements?

[AxleIke]

No, we work with stable isotopes. Using mass spectrometers to look at the more abundant species of carbon, which are carbon 12 and 13. We also look at oxygen 16 and 18, and hydrogen and dueterium. The lab next to ours does radiocarbon dating as you suggested.