Day 376 of 1000
Christian asked his Electrical Engineering professor what he could do to get some undergraduate research in the EE department. His professor told him to get in touch with the EE head of graduate programs who got the word out that there was an undergraduate math student who would like to do some research. From there, he got two interviews, both of whom gave him an offer of work. He would like to take both, but I doubt there will be time for that.
The latest offer would give him three hours of independent study research credit gathering data with a spectrophotometer. It might even lead to paid work. It is under a young professor who got his PhD from one of the top two optics school in the country. That would be an awesome opportunity because it is real research aimed at discovery and he would be gathering primary data. The first job was also quite good because it would give him an opportunity to hone his expand on his Python programming skills. I am not sure that would turn into anything other than a software maintenance job, but programming experience never hurts.
No surprise they would jump at the chance to have a chap like Christian on a research team. Good for you Christian! It can only be good news for your educational endeavors.