It is hard to believe, but my retirement PhD initiative continues to move forward. There are several new advancements. First and foremost is that my committee has been formed. It consists of two top-tier UNL hydrology assistant professors who got their PhD’s from North Carolina State University and Oklahoma State University, a UNL assistant professor of electrical engineering with a PhD from Princeton, a UNL associate professor of biology with a PhD from University of New Mexico, and a Texas A&M electrical engineering full professor with a PhD from Texas A&M. I feel very fortunate to have this committee. I am still hard at work on a journal article (second draft almost done) that we hope to publish before the end of the year. In addition, I have started laying the foundation for a second article similar, but more in depth and extensive than the first.