So today, Derek and I gave a presentation at the U of A undergraduate research symposium. Afterward, we received numerous compliments on how well our presentation went which made us feel pretty smart.
Initially, before we gave our presentation near the end of the symposium we had been feeling pretty nervous since a) everyone else presenting was at least a junior b) every other presentation title contained huge amounts of jargon c) about half of the other presentations were concerned with extremely complicated looking quantum mechanics equations whereas our presentation dealt solely with lowly, lowly classical mechanics. In other words, our presentation didn't fit in with the others (i.e. it was probably understandable by everyone).
By the time, the symposium ended there was only one other presentation that I fully understood and that concerned the efficiency of windmills with different numbers of blades (2 blade turbines produce the most power at high speeds and 5 blade turbines are better for low wind speeds). Despite the many complicated presentations, the fact that after 4 years of study one gains this awesome power to understand slide after slide of quantum mechanics equations is both amazing and motivating.
Anyway, afterward, we got free food, compliments, and a lecture on how awesome physicists are.
And now I must get back to my paper...
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