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Don’t Touch, Qual in Progress!

// May 15th, 2013 // No Comments » // Daily Life, University

Well, I’m taking the Qualification Exam to become a PhD candidate, and I’m busy as crazy! But again, I feel that being a part of this crazy research world is really something. Pelin, my wife, is also taking the same exam, so we don’t speak neither at office nor at home. She is only asking [...]

Simulation: Full Throttle

// February 6th, 2013 // 1 Comment » // Opinion, University

I was a lab assistant in simulation course when I was a senior during my undergraduate (2010). It was fun, because my only responsibility was checking the students and helping them out. It was fun, because simulation is one of the rare stuff in IE/OR which is mainly about computers and software. It was fun, [...]

Break and Things to Do

// December 26th, 2012 // 1 Comment » // Daily Life, University

Hi again, I couldn’t write for a while due to my busy schedule. There were some difficult and exhaustive assignments, projects and exams, but I managed to survive somehow We are in Winter Break now. Nobody is around. We are still studying with Pelin and I think we are addicted to study now I started to [...]

My First Lecture as a Teaching Assistant

// November 23rd, 2012 // No Comments » // University

I entered the lecture of Advanced Inventory Theory (IE 425) as replacement of Prof. George Wilson on 11/20. He wanted me to read and present a paper about Multi-Echelon Inventory Management, and so I did Since it’s a graduate course (MS and PhD level) student seem to understand the material to me. I liked both [...]

Communication Problems

// November 8th, 2012 // 2 Comments » // Opinion

I don’t know why, but people avoid to introduce themselves in any kind of social environments. It is so common that, although it’s my 3rd months in Lehigh, there are some PhD students that I don’t know. I don’t know their names, year, research and even office numbers (because nobody is around during a normal day). I [...]

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