February 21, 2005

General:

In case anyone is wondering...

    By Jack Grant

...the reason I have no new posts today (or Sunday, for that matter) is because I'm preparing for a graduate-level class I am teaching tomorrow (Tuesday) on Chemical Vapor Deposition. The preparation is quite extensive, and it's been about 15 years since I taught, so I had forgotten how much work was involved when I agreed to teach this class. I have 3 hours worth of lecture to have ready by tomorrow afternoon.

Yikes...

And there is a LOT to cover... I'm working on the section dealing with plasma physics now.

So...

I'll post more tomorrow. I'm not lacking for topics, just for time.

Posted by Jack Grant at 22:57 on 21 February 2005
Comments

Good luck with the class. I'm prepping for a class I'll be teaching in May, and totally know where you're coming from, I know I'll be a wreck in the last few days before it starts.

Posted by: caltechgirl at February 21, 2005 11:24 PM

Chemical vapor deposition and plasma physics? Good luck!

Posted by: Jack (CommonSenseDesk) at February 22, 2005 03:20 AM

Plasma physics. wow. I never knew they had a class that combined physics and blood...

Posted by: Boudicca at February 22, 2005 03:52 AM



























































































































































































































































































































































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