Books

A little more than two years ago there was a challenge floating around my neighborhood of the internet. It was very straightforward: read 100 books in 2010. I decided to try it, so I tracked the books I read in 2010, and got to 67 books. Admittedly, that's on average more than a book a week, so that's not bad. This year, I tried again. And today I finished the 100th book I've read this year!
Next year my goal is to read 50 books in English, 5 livres en francais, and 50 scholarly articles. The French books will probably be the kicker, but I've only read about a dozen articles this year, so that could be too. We'll see- it depends on where I'm looking for background for my thesis in the spring and what I'm doing after graduation.
Anyway, back to working on my grad school apps, now that I've finished my book. I've submitted 5 apps, but that means I have 6 to go.

Published! Update on Janus particle research.

One of the articles I collaborated on this summer (at my REU at Lehigh) is now published as a letter in Langmuir, a physical chemistry journal.

Self Assembly of Janus Ellipsoids