The personal and professional website of Douglas Van Bossuyt
Last week I wrote a little term paper for my Compex Systems Engineering class. I am still trying to find a good LaTeX to html converter so in the meantime I am posting it in PDF format.
Complex Systems Design Across Cultures
It’s a rather rough paper but it will give you an idea of one avenue I’m investigating for my PhD work. This might turn into a conference paper in a few weeks.
School starts for me in another 20 minutes. This will probably be the last term I have a normal, fully-loaded schedule that includes academic coursework. While I am only taking two classes, my thesis work, applying for PhD programs, writing journal articles, and taking the GRE are keeping me quite busy.
In general, I really enjoy being busy and productive. However, the last month or so I’ve been so busy with working 60 to 80 hours a week on all of my academic work, I haven’t hardly had any time to go out and play. No SCUBA diving for almost a month. No motorcycle riding for several weeks. No mountain biking all summer! Not even rock climbing.
At least I updated my CV again. This time, I added in some information about a forthcoming journal article and a conference panel I sat on last year. I also included my membership in PADI and the American Academy for Underwater Science Standards (AAUSS). That reminds me… I really need to fill out my AAUSS logs for August and send them in soon.