First!

I have been inspired by the new year to begin a blog. I find myself in a very exciting time in my life, and I want to collect my memories to enjoy. I also find communication and writing skills to be much more important than I expected in graduate school. In that spirit, I hope to use a blog to practice gathering my thoughts and presenting them clearly.

So Internet, Miss Outlier - Miss Outlier, Internet.

"Three sigma" is a manufacturing concept used to control processes, a concept that I am intimately familiar with. If any data point lies farther than three standard deviations from the mean, it is considered an outlier and problematic. This is perfect - I am problematic. 

I am currently writing up my Master's thesis in Mechanical Engineering at World's Best School, after which I will be a PhD candidate. Right now I am still quite green, in fact so young I often forget when I see flashing lights that yes, I am legal now. But I plan to make the most of my years as a graduate student, because I am quite convinced that I will be old when I am done, and I refuse to be older without being wiser.