Conference Session

Student Poster Session

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Austin Talley, University of Texas, Austin; Jason Albert, University of Texas, Austin

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Students Constituent Committee

of Engineering at the University of Texas for the student chapter volunteers. • Speaker meeting: What it is like to work at a government at Austin. laboratory, led by a NETL engineer visiting UT for business Page 15.1043.2

Conference Session

Student Paper Presentation

Collection

2010 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adam Melvin, North Carolina State University

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Students Constituent Committee

be the most exciting part of your thesis.Once I got comfortable and started building my confidence in the basic laboratory techniquesrequired for my project I encountered a new source of frustration. As my project continued toevolve and new ideas were proposed, my required list of tools increased as well. It was veryfrustrating to have to learn how to use new equipment and build new tools for the lab that wereoutside of my comfort zone. It was equally frustrating to find labs on campus with theequipment or facilities required to build my new tools (in my case, the design and fabrication ofa PDMS microfluidics device). However, looking back, I can say the rewards greatlyoutweighed my initial frustration. One of the pitfalls that you can fall