This has been a good day so far...
This morning when I checked my email I had two messages. The first was from a guy at Bell Helicopter. I had sent him an email asking if he could put me in contact with the people that are hiring for the positions I'm interested in. I didn't know him, I just got his name from an online directory of members in TMS (a materials society I belong to). I didn't get a response right way (I don't blame him, he had some strange college kid asking him for job help) so I applied anyway to get the process started. This morning I got his reply that he had forwarded my information to several different groups within Bell Helicopter. While it's not a slam dunk or anything, I was happy to hear it. It means my name has been passed to people that are hiring as well as those that aren't but maybe are considering it. At the very least, it may mean that hiring managers will hear my name from two sources and begin to realize that I'm serious in my interest.
The second message was from TMS. It stated that my abstract to the quadrennial Superalloys conference had been accepted. This is big news. I have been waiting for this email for roughly 5 years (sort of). The Superalloys conference is held every four years and they publish the proceedings in a book. For our little niche in the metallurgical community, this conference represents the best publication you can get (aside from very few journals that aren't really tailored for metals or superalloys research). The conference is so important that it creates a vacuum of papers and presentations for about 1 1/2 years before to about 1/2 years after the conference. Ever since I've been in the group I've wanted to get my research into Superalloys. 4 years ago I didn't have enough data to apply and I was worried that I would graduate before I could get into Superalloys 2008. Thankfully, I'm still here and I was able to submit. Additionally, A.J., a labmate of mine, also had a paper accepted. For the last conference our group submitted 3-4 abstracts and one was accepted as a poster only (the scientific community's consolation prize, aka "also ran"). This time, we had 2 papers and they both were accepted fully. We still have to pass final acceptance in February. I don't really expect us to be rejected at that point but it is still a possibility. The title of my abstract is below:
THE EFFECT OF COMPOSITION, MISFIT, AND HEAT TREATMENT ON THE PRIMARY CREEP BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE CRYSTAL NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOYS PWA 1480 AND PWA 1484
by B.C. Wilson and G.E. Fuchs
Additionally, in recent weeks we received confirmation that a paper we have been trying to push through the acceptance process was finally approved. I didn't do the actual research, but I have performed similar work on related materials and I volunteered to write it. The paper was initially approved, then rejected, then approved, then... It was a long story and we're still not quite sure why there was a problem when all the feedback we received was that it was a good paper. I wrote the first major draft and then Dr. Fuchs and I went back and forth for a while with revisions before submittal. The title is below:
Effect of solidification parameters on the microstructures and properties of CMSX-10
Materials Science and Engineering: A, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 July 2007, B.C. Wilson, E.R. Cutler and G.E. Fuchs
You can see it here
Just in case: Please don't purchase the article from the website ($30). If you are interested I can send you a copy.
The second message was from TMS. It stated that my abstract to the quadrennial Superalloys conference had been accepted. This is big news. I have been waiting for this email for roughly 5 years (sort of). The Superalloys conference is held every four years and they publish the proceedings in a book. For our little niche in the metallurgical community, this conference represents the best publication you can get (aside from very few journals that aren't really tailored for metals or superalloys research). The conference is so important that it creates a vacuum of papers and presentations for about 1 1/2 years before to about 1/2 years after the conference. Ever since I've been in the group I've wanted to get my research into Superalloys. 4 years ago I didn't have enough data to apply and I was worried that I would graduate before I could get into Superalloys 2008. Thankfully, I'm still here and I was able to submit. Additionally, A.J., a labmate of mine, also had a paper accepted. For the last conference our group submitted 3-4 abstracts and one was accepted as a poster only (the scientific community's consolation prize, aka "also ran"). This time, we had 2 papers and they both were accepted fully. We still have to pass final acceptance in February. I don't really expect us to be rejected at that point but it is still a possibility. The title of my abstract is below:
THE EFFECT OF COMPOSITION, MISFIT, AND HEAT TREATMENT ON THE PRIMARY CREEP BEHAVIOR OF SINGLE CRYSTAL NICKEL BASE SUPERALLOYS PWA 1480 AND PWA 1484
by B.C. Wilson and G.E. Fuchs
Additionally, in recent weeks we received confirmation that a paper we have been trying to push through the acceptance process was finally approved. I didn't do the actual research, but I have performed similar work on related materials and I volunteered to write it. The paper was initially approved, then rejected, then approved, then... It was a long story and we're still not quite sure why there was a problem when all the feedback we received was that it was a good paper. I wrote the first major draft and then Dr. Fuchs and I went back and forth for a while with revisions before submittal. The title is below:
Effect of solidification parameters on the microstructures and properties of CMSX-10
Materials Science and Engineering: A, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 July 2007, B.C. Wilson, E.R. Cutler and G.E. Fuchs
You can see it here
Just in case: Please don't purchase the article from the website ($30). If you are interested I can send you a copy.
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