Joe spent 5 days in Pittsburgh for the Society of Vertabrate Paleontology annual meeting. He presented a poster during one of the poster sessions on his research project he's been working on since January. His project is on a Tyrannosaur Metatarsal (in other words a foot). He's been comparing it with other Tyrannosaurs during that same time period. He may have discovered that there was some kind of land barrier that kept the Tyrannosaurs from the north intermixing with the Tyrannosaurs in the south. That's about all I can say on it without getting some facts wrong. It's pretty neat the things they can tell from just the bones of these prehistoric creatures. He's hoping by the end of the year to have a paper written and get it published in a journal. During the poster session he met a couple of the authors of paper's he referenced on his poster. One of them even told him that he really should publish a paper on it.
SVP was a great experience for Joe. Not only did he present but he was able to meet the professors at the colleges he's been thinking about going for his Master's and start a networking needed to get into a good program.
Of course it wasn't all just meeting stuff. A lot of his friends from school were there too and they had fun at night at dinner and such.
I'm glad we were able to scrounge up enough money at the last min for him to go. Even if it caused some extra stress when my paycheck ended up MIA for a couple of days. Joe almost didn't have a way home because of it. It all worked out and James and I were glad to have him back home again. We miss him a lot when he's gone. Next years meeting is in Las Vegas and we're planning on making it a family trip.
2 comments:
Good for Joe! That is exciting. I really hope he publishes his paper. How cool would it be to actually discover these types of things?
That is great! Getting a publication is a big deal and takes a lot of hard work. Does your husband want to teach as a professor someday?
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