This morning I went to hear Alexander Rasskazov's dissertation defense for his PhD. He talked about the evolution of supermassive black holes in stellar nuclei, and the effects of such interactions with background gravitational waves. I found it incredibly interesting, and it tied in with the first defense I heard the other day; it was interesting to see the various connecting themes in such similar lines of research.
I spent the most part of today learning how to create a program which would automate the process of creating these PSFs, and adding in some more steps to reduce background noise such as taking several (20-30) exposures for each exposure time and averaging them. After much trial and error, I believe I should be able to have the code up and running by the end of tomorrow.
The electricians finally came by to look at our power distribution modules for the clean room, but unfortunately it looks like it will be a while before they are operational. Since we will need to hardwire the cables into the wall, we need to propose it as a project and get it sent up the chain of command to be approved, which could mean that it's not ready until September.
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