J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

I study how cracks grow in stuff we build planes out of, so we can calculate how strong it is, and how long it will last. (he/him) cyclebycycle.wordpress.com The Netherlands Joined September 2014

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

2 years ago

@DrChrisCombs Only if someone right clicks the picture and saves it from outside the US.

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This was so fascinating. I had a teflon knitting needle on @ISS and charged it by rubbing with my Russian fur boots. Then I directed water droplets from a syringe towards the charged knitting needle and this is the resulting dynamics. The droplets, due to charge forces, go into a crazy orbit around the knitting needle. If planets were cylindrical this would be the orbit of its moons due to gravity. Canon G1 video camera, Expedition 30, 2012.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

2 years ago

@Rheumatoidman Amazing!

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

2 years ago

@MetalClassicist I see many languages have already been mentioned, so let me add one more to the list, in Dutch we have mecenas

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@DrChrisCombs The last time I did aerodynamics was during my Bachelor's, but I would agree with you here, and my understanding is that's not the same thing as a vapour cone.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@pete_the_teapot @FerreiramrR Yep, those made it a lot clearer for me.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@FerreiramrR @pete_the_teapot To someone who's not in the field - like myself - it's not clear from the context that the opening statement was general and common knowledge. Absent that context, the first e-mail seems like a politely worded request to be properly acknowledged in future.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@DavidEerdmans @EuropeanSlpr Hoop logische routes zijn al genoemd, en A'dam-Barcelona komt er hopelijk aan, dus laat ik gek doen en zeggen: nachttrein door de kanaaltunnel, mag aan de andere kant evt verder rijden dan Londen (voor zover spoortechnisch mogelijk).

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@DavidEerdmans Had hem deze zomer moeten nemen München - Bled v.v.; op de heenweg reed hij pas vanaf Villach, op de terugweg in Villach trein opgeheven wegens al 40 minuten vertraging. Dus hopelijk dat het met de knip beter wordt.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@AlexanderElder1 @StephenWithAPhD @pauldauenhauer Fair point. From the point of view of a PI it's 'how much money do I need to secure to hire an additional PhD candidate', but indeed that's made up of different cost categories.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@AlexanderElder1 @StephenWithAPhD @pauldauenhauer Supplies are not part of employee compensation, but they *are* a part of the total budget a PI needs to secure in order to set up the project. This is not about what the grad student will receive, this is about the budget on the grant application.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@DrChrisCombs They also have more operational U2s than most national air forces and more operational Canberras than *any* national air force.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@DrPhiltill Awesome stuff! We have one on this side of the pond as well: dare.tudelft.nl/projects/sparr…

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@harro Om het erger te maken: dit is een jaarlijks terugkerend fenomeen (of is op z'n minst ook vorig jaar gebeurd)

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

Great advice on applying for PhD positions. Some is specific to the US system, but I fully endorse the advice on how to (not) write your cover letter. Anyone can Google the title of my papers; if you really found one of them so impressive, get specific.

Chris Combs (iterative design enjoyer) @DrChrisCombs

3 years ago

It's grad school application season and I see a lot of students wondering why faculty don't respond to their emails. I get emails like the one below every day and I delete almost all of them. Why? Let me discuss and help you learn how to write an email that WILL elicit a

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@ZJAyres Wild that this is not already the norm indeed. My uni will advance up to 70% (IIRC) of the travel budget, pays for the airline tickets directly and refunds declarations within 14 days most of the time. Wonder what's keeping other institutions.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

Using this template as a structure for a letter is fine, but ditch the vague and unspecific language. I get that you're applying widely, and you don't have to pretend that I'm the only person you'd ever consider working with, but at least explain what interests you about my work.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

Even before chatGPT I got plenty of mails following this template (or similar ones). The issue is that they are so impersonal. If my work on [topic] actually inspired you, then articulate *specifically* what you found so inspirational.

Scott Moura @ScottMoura

3 years ago

Recently, I've received an uptick in emails requesting PhD admission. The emails are remarkably similar. I did an experiment and they match almost perfectly.

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J.A Pascoe @ja_pascoe

3 years ago

@hexallography Yep, that could definitely be a good approach. In a practice setting you can deliberately exaggerate such things and find out how far you can take it in a 'real' setting. Watching / listening to recordings of yourself is a great tool as well.