With the assistance of Jack and practice I was soon making silyl functionalized PIBs necessary for the research project.\u00a0 With the exception of holidays or when he was out on travel I submitted monthly reports to Dr. \u201cKennedy\u201d (see examples below).\u00a0 As the project progressed I slowly became aware of the fact that Dr. \u201cKennedy\u201d had very little insightful input to give in regards to problems that I was experiencing in the condensation of these arms into stars.\u00a0 Another thing that I continued to encounter were issues related to equipment failures, mostly in the dry box that I used but also in instrumentation (e.g. GPC and NMR).\u00a0 At times progress was hampered by the fact that I was becoming routinely ill with severe difficulty in breathing, something that was abnormal for me.\u00a0 Regardless of the setbacks, I was able to figure out alternative methods (e.g. nonhydrolytic sol-gel synthesis) that led to improved yields of star polymers and within approximately one year following the beginning of laboratory work I had amassed enough data to deliver my formal talk as required by the polymer science department (see below).<\/p>\n
Shortly after this talk (4-15-00) a physician informed me that my health problems were due to severe asthma and it was speculated that a major factor in causing this (which I did not have prior) could have been due to exposure to volatile reagents in the \u201cKennedy\u201d lab.\u00a0 Unfortunately, while at U. Akron I never once received any formal safety training and had been exposed to some unsafe practices in the handling of solvents commonly used in the \u201cKennedy\u201d lab.\u00a0 From that point forward I began to incrementally implement safer handling procedures when it came to use of reagents; however, I had already suffered the physical damage that they could cause.\u00a0 Sadly this was but one bit of bad news to occur during this period as the reader will see…<\/p>\n
Report Si 4_4_99<\/a>\u00a0 Report Si 6_4_99<\/a>\u00a0 Report Si 7_8_99<\/a>\u00a0 Report Si 8_18_99<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Report Si Nov_99\u00a0 <\/a>Report Si Dec_99<\/a>\u00a0 Report Si 2_5_00<\/a><\/p>\n Formal abstract<\/a><\/p>\n formal talk<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the assistance of Jack and practice I was soon making silyl functionalized PIBs necessary for the research project.\u00a0 With the exception of holidays or when he was out on travel I submitted monthly reports to Dr. \u201cKennedy\u201d (see examples … Continue reading