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 * Sep 7th, Sunday (for Friday, technically)**

Technically, I'm writing this logbook for Friday. For some reason, I could not get on to this website. Anyway, my schedule to do research at ND is set. Monday and Thursday would work! I emailed to Dr.L to let him know and if those days are okay but since I haven't heard back I'm now hesitating whether or not to call him that if i can go from tomorrow since it's weekend right now. Well........ I might trying to get hold of him tomorrow at school :)


 * Sep 4th, Thursday**

Since I now know what my subject is, I carefully perused the materials about STM/SEM. It's just amazing that how our human developed these such sophisticated equipment!


 * Sep 3rd, Wednesday**

Today, we talked about various options that I can do for science research with Dr. L. First, I was very interested on doing astronomy ( I am still interested in Stars). But, I thought it would be more efficient doing research on STM/SEM because it has lots of merits investing my time on, and operating the equipments was more attracting. ( I cannot deny that I instantly think I'll research on STM/SEM as soon as Dr. L said I might need textbook and study if I really want to do the research on Stars. Yes... It's my senior year, and I thought I have enough textbooks to deal with right now lol). I'm very excited about this subject though! I'm not exactly sure that what direction I'm going on after getting used to operate the equipment, but it's such a blessed opportunity that I can participate in, so I'm happy right now! I think I'll just keep asking questions to my self or advisors about the research we are doing. To summarize, I'm so glad that I finally kind of know what am I doing! :) Special thanks go to Dr. L helping me out to decide the topic!


 * Sep 2nd, Tuesday**

Still considering about what could be my research topic, I looked up the websites and power points about STM/SEM and Aesteroids/Variable Stars. Both subjects seem very interesting! Since we have a meeting tomorrow, I think I can get a more concrete concept deciding the subject.


 * Sep 1st, Monday**

Thank you for starting my log book Dr,L!

I'll go through STM, SEM, Variable Star,and Asteroid pages and comment how I felt on each subject! :) But Dr. L I asked this question before, but I wondered how should I working on each subject. If I'm doing STM/SEM do I need to go to the ND and if I'm doing Variable Star, where and how should I work on that subject?

Moreover, I wondered are there any possibilities on my personal intersests...

Thank you!

PS: I'm so lost with the Siemens timetable to timetable thing, I think I will ask how other people did tomorrow and update as soon as figuring it out!

__**Exploration on my possible research topics..**__ - Scanning Tunneling Microscope - It would be very interesting to get measurements to a nanometer scale using STM. - I always liked to observed and work with equipment so it would be fun to work with. - In addition, it would be very thrilling that I could actually observe the materials to a nanometer scale.
 * STM**

- Scanning Electron Microscope - It appeals me that I can actually get a high-resolution images of a sample surface using SEM. I saw some samples on the webpage,and it was very accurate and specific. - Plus, I always wonderded how the materials' surface are differ from one another, and this would be a great chance to figure it out. - personally, I would like to work on SEM if I can rather than STM. - I like SEM better than STM for my research project if I have to choose between these two.
 * SEM**

- I like both Asteroids and Variable Stars. I always liked to observe the stars at night, and it would be my pleasure if I can work on these subjects. But once again, I'm not actually sure what I'm exactly doing or should do the research on these subjects,so I guess I'll ask that question to Dr. L and trying to figure out what I can do with my project!
 * Asteroids**
 * Variable Stars**