maybe we can have an online study group to talk about the physics and engineering science, from which all the attendees can benefit.

Just want to ask generally how many conferences do an engineer phd student to attend during the study.

I am near the end of the second year, by far has attended two with paper presented. I am thinking of attending another two next year. is it too much or too less?

thanks for sharing

i am well into my reading and paper writing, i plan to finish four journal papers during this xmas holiday, now i am at the end of the third paper, the fourth one , however, will be a very tough one, coz i aim this one to a super good journal with very high impact factor. my new year wish would be having all of them published in my ideal journals.

why there is no me in your acknowledge list?
but congratulations anyway:-)

thanks for sharing. very nice article

Yes, you are right, our work is based on the classical theory including the first-principles of physics. But i think nobody's job in physics get out of the basics, actually i still read the papers published 60 years ago. Nothing is completely new or original, coz the theory is classic. It's hard to invent innovative theory or have the experimental work in lab into real practice. Most PhD's work aims to contribute a little part to the research in the field in the long run. But one should be aware that your work could proved to be totally worthless in the near or distant future. But why do we still do that, coz even the failure results are instructive.
So for my part, i strongly believe that dont expect too much originality and dont eye too high. keep down to the laborious experimental work and collect more results, among them you will dig out something valuable. Intellectual work is not always connected with a genius idea or plan, most of the time, it's a matter of repeated work.

I see. My supervisor says that the first-year review is not crucial, so i didnt get much info from him. Hopefully everything should be all right. I dont have the upgrade involved as you do. But thanks for sharing with me your experience.

the net amount of experimental work for a PHD student wont take more than 6 months. the former student of my supervisor finished his PHD degree within 2 years and published 20 journal papers. Nothing is impossible as long as one works hard

Thank you. I wrote a 100 page of report, covering all the necessary contents of a PhD thesis, coz i have already finished most of phd work in the first year.
What is this viva like?

What's the first-year review like? any clue?

wedlock

why not google?

it's been long time i have not come to this forum. i am very happy to see it put on a new look. It is great.(up)

it's understandable, but trying to escape away is never a good way to deal with such situation. would it be better to talk with your supervisor straightforward