Masters Thesis Defense ( Check )

Well, on November 4th, I defended my masters thesis successfully! I can now check that off of my list of obsticles. As mentioned on a previous post, I designed an Ultra-Wideband Low noise amplifier with a differential architecture and with active input and output impedance matching. My presentation lasted over 1 hour and 10 minutes!!! I can't believe I stood up there and talked that long. It started out pretty bad. The first two slides I was very nervous and I was stuttering badly, but the next thing I remember, I was about half way through, and I was nailing it. One of the professors on the panel kept asking me questions throughout the presentation and for the most part, I was answering with very good answers. There were a few questions that I either didn't know the answer to, or didn't give him a very satisfying answer. But buying large, I did really good, if I do say so myself.

As you can see from the pictures, Stacy (my biggest fan) made the awesomest white chocolate and macadamian nut cookies, and set out a really nice refreshments table for all of the guests. There were only about 10 students and 3 professors who attended. So most of the left over krispy kreme donughts, Stacy and I are still enjoying!

Also, from the pictures, you'll notice that I am very dressed up. Yes, those are the nicest clothes I own. Because of that, Stacy and I decided to take advantage of the moment, and Varun took a very good picture of the both of us. Isn't Stacy pretty?

As for now, I will continue to work toward getting my PhD. But in the meanwhile, you can simply refer to me as, "Master Tim".