#1 - Icebreaker

Five Minutes About Me

  1. Getting to Grad school
    1. Liked science
      1. Kid in Indiana
      2. Read about dinosaurs and planets as a kid
      3. Wanted to be a paleontologist
      4. College: Applied Optics
    2. Came to Rochester for Grad. School.
    3. Institute of Optics
  2. Started Biking
    1. Bike to school
      1. Very convenient to bike to school
      2. Lived close to campus
      3. Every day road over the Erie canal path
      4. Went out on weekend with roommate for fun.
    2. Became hobby
    3. Canal path, 10-20 mile rides, fair pace
    4. Abbotts'
      1. 9 miles, 45 minutes from Kendrick Rd.
      2. Vanilla custard, with choc. Sprinkles
      3. PCC is located just off the canal path
  3. Life has become more challenging
    1. Biking
      1. Self imposed challenge
      2. 20-60 mile rides, fair pace
      3. considering 100 mile ride
    2. Gradient-Index materials
      1. Challenge of research
      2. Typal lens has uniform material
      3. GRIN has variation in density - center to edge
      4. Used for designing lens systems
    3. Christian
      1. Church important part of my life
      2. Moreso last fall at diagnosis
      3. Support, encouragement, Prayers
      4. Death
      5. Struggle when God seems to fail
      6. Grieving process, learning to better understand God.
      7. See how He has borne my family and brother through the difficult time
      8. Understand His grace better
    4. Conclusion
      1. Gaining maturity in facing challenges of life
      2. Wisdom is facing greatest challenges