Well, the last few weeks were a bit hectic, but I did it! I presented my MSc Thesis work on 21 June and passed with flying colors! On the 28th (today!) I graduate cum laude from TU Delft (and the NTNU & UPC diplomas will follow) with an MSc in Coastal and Marine Engineering and Management!
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| Presenting the Thesis. Moholt gave me tips during the Q&A session. |
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| The latest CoMEM graduates with Marcel "Cap'n Nemo" Stive, lord of the sea. |
Bryson, the Hinterlands Vagabond himself, stopped through Delft for a week and got to see my presentation. It was great to hang out with an old Berkeley friend. First there was a grand party to celebrate the graduation - we finally wandered home around 6am. Then we wandered the streets of Delft, visited the city of Den Haag, ate cheese at the weighing station in Gouda, wended along the canals of Amsterdam on a beautiful sunny day, and (of course) drank many delicious Belgian Brews. Best of all, we got to cycle some of my favorite routes - I'd say Bryson got a full overview of life in the Netherlands. Alas, after a week of exploring the low countries, the Hinterland Vagabond had to travel on into Germany and Scandinavia. (You can follow his 6-month European excursion here: http://hinterlandsvagabond.wordpress.com/ )
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| A sampling of the beers Bryson and I sampled. |
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| Cheese and home-baked bread picnic at the lake. (A Cycle Picnic!) |
It's been a marvelous journey, this CoMEM thing. I've learned a million things about coastal engineering & the world beyond California and traveled all over Western Europe, and I'm still going! Next I'm off to Iceland for a week! Then Serbia for a week, too!
