This morning I successfully defended my thesis, “Minimum Energy Design of Seawater Heat Exchangers”. I may give you the “privilege” of reading it and post the final version online, after some minor revisions. Not much to say; my presentation went well, thanks to a little practice. My colleague Juan, the other grad student working on my project, actually was the one to ask the most insightful question. It’s almost like I planted it (I didn’t). Questions from faculty were pretty non-nonsense, and easy answers. If you want to learn how thermally enhanced polymer composite materials can save energy and water for industrial cooling and power plants, please ask.
Tonight I also made some fine guacamole.
