#he's familiar with (magnetism) which he can get to via the technique im using (nmr)
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OF COURSE the jury president for my candidacy exam is a magnetic materials guy
#magnetism is my worst subject. i STRUGGLED in physics e&m#and he's not going to know anything about the materials im working on (cement) so there's a good chance his questions will focus on what#he's familiar with (magnetism) which he can get to via the technique im using (nmr)#so it's all fair game for him to ask. he can worm his way into the question of 'why does a moving charge induce a magnetic field'#if he wanted to#hopefully he's chill and only asks relevant questions#like it's within his right to ask questions like that so my job is to be as minimally annoying as possible so he doesn't#want to make me sweat#im already reading through all ~100 papers i cited in my proposal in case they ask about any of those#but now i need to learn more about magnetism. just in case he asks. and he could very well ask about all the basics of how the spectroscopy#works. which i know fairly well but just enough that i can probably explain it but would prefer not to#rays european hot girl phd#im ready to be DONE WITH THIS#the exam is in like a week and a half
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