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12-13-2014 09:58 PM #1 zeno (Administrator)
A Significant Milestone Complete!

Hey all,

I thought I'd share this non-IM success story with you all, since it's the *official* finale to a quite large chapter of my life.

I have been less active for the last few days due to a backlog of work after China and of course... my Saturday had a big event - finally graduated with my PhD!

I finished early in the year, defense and all, though postponed graduation several times for various reasons. But I can now officially use the Dr title in all capacities (not that I want to).

Check out my swag:

Cat photobombed us and then this eventuated:

Whatever you choose to do in life, give it your all and enjoy it! Carpe diem!

12-13-2014 10:19 PM #2 johna5150 (Senior Member)

That's awesome, congratulations, Dr.!

12-13-2014 10:41 PM #3 thedudeabides (Moderator)

Congratulations that's quite the feat! What field and is it something you'll continue to pursue alongside AM?

12-13-2014 11:34 PM #4 dtonyv (Member)

Mega-congratulations!! That's a lot of hard work.

12-13-2014 11:58 PM #5 hannahmcintyre ()

Congrats Dr. Zeno! That outfit is awesome, and those cats have good photobombing opportunity taste.

12-14-2014 12:04 AM #6 vortex (Senior Moderator)

Congratulations!!

12-14-2014 12:09 AM #7 integrity (Member)

Congrats! Now you must change your forum username to Dr. Zeno.

12-14-2014 12:45 AM #8 rafa13 (Member)

Congratulations Zeno

12-14-2014 01:03 AM #9 shakedown (Member)

Great stuff! Congrats Zeno!

12-14-2014 01:05 AM #10 marcustkw (AMC Alumnus)

Congrats Dr. Zeno!

12-14-2014 01:30 AM #11 cmdeal (Veteran Member)

This is just awesome ... what a great accomplishment! Congratulations Herr Professor Doktor!

12-14-2014 01:51 AM #12 sieghart (Member)

You should change your username to Dr.Zeno haha
Congratulations!

12-14-2014 02:05 AM #13 qureyoon (AMC Alumnus)

Congrats Dr. zeno! Big milestone indeed!

12-14-2014 02:21 AM #14 manutv (Member)

Congrats zeno!

12-14-2014 02:44 AM #15 erikgyepes (Moderator)

Congratulations on your big achievement Mr. Dr. Zeno, must feel great!

12-14-2014 03:12 AM #16 manny030 (Member)

Congratulations!

12-14-2014 03:22 AM #17 maynzie (Moderator)

Damn Dr. Zeno, congratz man!

12-14-2014 05:14 AM #18 xckt56 (AMC Alumnus)

Congrats man! You're hands-down one of the most helpful, wisdom-packed, moderators here on STM.

Best of luck on the next chapter of your life

12-14-2014 05:34 AM #19 ricmed (Member)

Congratulations Zeno! That is indeed some serious Dr.'s outfit swagger.

I continue getting surprised on how diverse and awesome people this community has.

12-14-2014 05:38 AM #20 constantin (Member)

congratulations Dr. Zeno!!!

12-14-2014 06:07 AM #21 maxfury (AMC Alumnus)

Congratulations zeno! Salute!

12-14-2014 06:17 AM #22 newyorkheart2000 (Member)

congratulations Dr. Zeno, I guess you have another Dr.Degree in AM.

12-14-2014 06:35 AM #23 globejohan (AMC Alumnus)

Congrats way to go, Never stop learn and improve yourself.

12-14-2014 08:38 AM #24 Mr Green (Administrator)

It had to be done...

12-14-2014 08:54 AM #25 Riki5layer (Member)

Congrads Dr Zeno! Fantastic accomplishments.

12-14-2014 11:11 AM #26 fontavals (Member)

Wow Congrats Dr. Zeno !

12-14-2014 11:38 AM #27 iAmAttila (Veteran Member)

I like your doctor hat dr zeno well done man well done

12-14-2014 11:39 AM #28 iAmAttila (Veteran Member)

Originally Posted by Mr Green

It had to be done...

Mad photoshop skillz

12-14-2014 11:49 AM #29 andy_d (Veteran Member)

Congrats Zeno!!!

12-14-2014 01:06 PM #30 houssem (Member)

Congratulations Zeno! How do you feel holding 2 Doctorates? 1 in your field of study and 1 in AM?

12-16-2014 01:45 PM #31 godspeed (Member)

Congrats

12-16-2014 02:00 PM #32 bbrock32 (Administrator)

Congrats Dr.Zeno!

You've got a PHD / make moniez online and done bungee jumping from the Macao tower. What's left ?

12-16-2014 02:04 PM #33 nt2000 (Member)

Originally Posted by zeno

On a side note, at my graduation we had one of the most high profile speakers to ever come to Otago.

I was utterly surprised.

He is a nobel prize winner, revered scientist who pumps out an astronomical number of papers per year while still managing to be the first scientist and nobel prize winner ever to be appointed to the United States cabinet - as the Secretary of Energy. This guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Chu

This dude managed a budget of several billion dollars with the Energy department being the largest funder of science in the US. He was directly involved in curbing the BP oil spill crisis and helped tackle the Fukushima nuclear disaster. He demanded that he build a team of scientists at his discretion and basically smashed out one of the best DoE term plans (whatever you call the roadmaps the cabinet members have to produce) that others in the cabinet had ever seen.

Man, I was impressed! Otago certainly pulled out the best for me :-)

Reading the wiki page he is a serious dude!

"Beside his scientific career, Chu has also developed interest in various sports, including baseball, swimming and cycling. He taught himself tennis by reading a book in the eighth grade, and was a second-string substitute for the school team for three years. He also taught himself how to pole vault using bamboo poles obtained from the local carpet store."

12-16-2014 03:02 PM #34 reidmoto (Member)

Congratulations on your huge accomplishment Zeno! What was harder, becoming a super affiliate or getting your Phd?

12-16-2014 03:22 PM #35 vipinext (Member)

Congrats Dr. Zeno

12-16-2014 03:35 PM #36 prospect (AMC Alumnus)

This week my son ends the first session of his doctorate and he was really overwhelmed for 4 months! So, IMHO, doing a PhD and be as active as you have been on this forum is worth more than a Doctor title, I would suggest Super Dr. Zeno!

Congratulations and thanks for the great work on STM!

12-16-2014 10:14 PM #37 nefig (Member)

Congrats!!! Must be an awesome feeling - now on to new and even more exciting adventures!

12-17-2014 04:45 AM #38 Appflood Network (Banned)

Huge congrats Zeno. You are a cool Dr.

12-17-2014 06:11 AM #39 zeno (Administrator)

Originally Posted by reidmoto

Congratulations on your huge accomplishment Zeno! What was harder, becoming a super affiliate or getting your Phd?

Both take perserverance and hard work.

I would say doing a PhD in physical chemistry is a bit more intellectually demanding than AM but they both have a lot of stress involved in different forms.

12-17-2014 01:38 PM #40 caurmen (Administrator)

Congratulations, man.

12-17-2014 06:09 PM #41 arjun (Member)

Congrats man! Quite an accomplishment.

12-22-2014 10:01 AM #42 nt2000 (Member)

Thought of Dr Zeno: http://www.businessinsider.com/the-i...d-2014-12?IR=T

12-26-2014 06:37 PM #43 stackman (Administrator)

Congrats man!

.......can you score me one of those sex hats?

01-06-2015 02:25 AM #44 keelo_g (AMC Alumnus)

That's an awesome accomplishment. Congrats Dr. Zeno!!

01-06-2015 02:30 AM #45 peterpan (Member)

Dr. Zeno congratulations!!

01-06-2015 01:28 PM #46 tapguru (Member)

Huge congrats!

01-07-2015 10:55 AM #47 epicskillz (Senior Member)

Awesome accomplishment man, congratulations!

Inspires me to work harder learning stuff for sure!

01-08-2015 02:11 AM #48 tamakif1 (Member)

faber est quisque fortunae suae
Congratulations!

01-14-2015 10:43 PM #49 fabian (Member)

Congrats man!

01-22-2015 07:33 AM #50 infinitehorizons (Member)

Dr. Awesome congratulations

01-22-2015 07:43 AM #51 rareaff (AMC Alumnus)

Soo cool. Very inspiring, Dr!

01-22-2015 08:16 AM #52 es_media24 (AMC Alumnus)

Congrats, Dr. Z!

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