Hello Everyone,

I hope you're all doing fine. I posted this abt a year ago:

I was told to pack my bags on 30th April 2013 after staying awake for more than 30hrs trying to finish a piece of work. 30th April is nigh & I'm terrified & dreading the day as it was one of the worst days of my life, & undoubtedly the worst day in my professional life.

In the past year the following has happened:
1) my uni decided that what happened with me was 100% unjust so I don't owe them any money.
2) both my research papers on coal combustion were published in Energy & Fuels.
3) I went before the research board at my uni & showed them all my extensive work on coal combustion. They allowed me to submit here for a phd.
4) I've been teaching chem engg students & taking practicals just as I was pre-phd & have kept myself busy & have been getting a regular salary. Teaching has definitely been much easier & a blast as I often use my phd work experiences, i.e. my lab-scale & pilot-scale experimental work in the field of coal combustion to my advantage so as to make my classes on reaction engineering, fluid dynamics, process heat transfer & particulates technology much more informative than before.

My close colleagues call me a doctor without a degree LOL I'm not depressed anymore. I've gotten back into pro table tennis & my tropical fish hobby.

However, & I hope I'm not sounding ungrateful, I can never forget what they did to both me & my family. I'd appreciate some support from you kind people just so I can get through this week & the coming 30th April. Thank you everyone for taking the time to read this. Maybe I can help out others who have suffered the same type of experience.

I remember your story. it was a terrible time for you for sure. I'm so glad you have a positive ending or should I say new begning to your PhD journey. It sounds like you and your family are on the up. Maybe 30th April will bring you relief? Relief that you got out of there and now have this better life. Thanks for the update. :D

It seems that your publications suggest you had excellent progress within 2.5 years.
The moral of the story is publication is very important; that is, working at home is more productive too. :-)

However, the university should compensate your *suffering*...

Hi,

On your previous thread I was the last person to post with what could have been to be interpreted as quite brutal advice and I do still stand by that.

However, I am extremely happy that you have been able to move on from what was a horrible situation. It sounds to me that you turned around not just your situation but also your ATTITUDE to it and I think that maybe was the key.

I am happy that you have also found joy outside of work - its very important to find things that you enjoy that don't involve work.

Remember bad times do not come to stay, they come to pass.

Very best wishes for your future and your family!
Bevcha