We did it!

My Dissertation

Yeayyyy... Finally, hardbound (or is it bind?) and sent to the faculty for my confirmation of graduation. My Masters degree is completed and now we wait for official results (my final CGP) and convocation. Woot woot!

10 credits. That’s what the Dissertation contributed to the whole course. And 10 hours per week it took to be completed within 2 semesters. And I did it!

So that’s my topic. I don’t get why people hide their thesis title. I mean, that’s your original work so be proud of it? 

Estimation of Flow Rate and Speed of Heavy Vehicles and Their Effects on Pavement Surface Distress on the Elite Highway.

 There you go. Detailed and Direct. Everyone should get it. Obviously it’s about estimation and how it affects the number of road cracks on the highway known as Elite.   

 My friends said it was pretty impressive of me to get as little data as I had and turn it into a complete thesis. I have to admit I was a little impressed myself. It takes a lot of understanding on how academic research works so yeah... Thanks to the billion courses i went to I got some skills on how to make a page of data into a hundred pages of thesis. I rock.   

 So now all that’s left to do is wait for my transcript and I’m all done for. Master of Science! Woohoo!    

It’s over...

I guess by now it has been AGES since I presented my dissertation to Prof R and my supervisor, Dr F. It has been a long, winding journey completing the task. The day I registered for dissertation, I knew it was gonna be sucky. What seemed like a billion years later I finally managed to finish, and present it! Woohoo! The results of my other 2 subjects also came out. Amazingly I managed to get As for both demonic subjects. I had no idea. I mean, I knew I answered something but I didn’t expect it to be enough to score myself A.

Let’s see... I’ll summarize a bit about the 2 subjects I took last semester.

Construction Business Management

 I registered for this course during my first semester but dropped it due to scheduling and I didn’t like Professor Show-off (me being childish and weren’t ready for LIFE). But it was mandatory and I couldn’t escape it so I took it last. Turned out, the course wasn’t so bad. I mean, I still suck at finance and I had no idea how to manage my own saving accounts, let alone a construction company. But the professor made it alright. I struggled through the tests and assignments. I think I got a frickin’ 60% for test 2 and would be happy to settle with a B+ as long as I pass it. Turned out my financial knowledge weren’t that bad. After a cruel set of final exams, I managed to scrape up what was left of my brains and scored myself an A. I guess having high admiration and respect towards the lecturer made that difference. 
 
Research Methodology

 I remember going to like 3 (or maybe 4? 5?) classes for this whole semester. Not complaining. The lecturer from Iran/Turkey was sooooo busy and was literally forced to take the class for the semester. Replacement classes were out of my schedule, as I was homeless and travelling back and forth from Mars. The rest was hardwork and preservation. I completed all assignments using all I could and managed to do a brilliant job. It helped to be a lecturer myself and knowing how to write papers and grantt forms. Anyways, finals were crazy. 7 questions to be answered in 2 hours. Not to mention the mini paper we had to write in under 10 minutes. But I had fun answering whatever it was I answered. And then I got an A. So all ended well.  So there you go. 10 subjects and a Dissertation for a masters scroll. Still waiting for the transcript, though. I’ll post it as soon as I get it. ;)