astro_sam (astro_sam) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2013-05-14 20:53:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, !partner thread, jane foster, samantha carter |
Who: Jane and Sam
What: Catching up/tech talk
When: Recently
Where: UC Irvine Campus
Rating: Low
Status: Complete
Sam was sat in her office on the university campus trying to sort her lesson plans for the next week. She had been a little distracted for the last week or so with covering other classes and that meant she wasn't as organised as usual which was throwing her out of her routine.
Luckily she hadn’t needed to cover the maths class next week so could get herself back on track. It also meant she could start looking her PhD students projects. Jane’s in particular who was doing a stellar job at being her TA.
Jane knocked on the door of her professor's office. She had reached an impasse with her research and she needed some advice on where to get some more help.
"Come in" Sam called out smiling as Jane entered the room, "Jane, I was just thinking about you. How are you doing?"
“Only good things I hope,” Jane laughed as she came into the room and sat opposite Sam. “I’m doing ok I guess, working hard, thinking about what I’m going to be doing over the summer, y’know,” she shrugged. “You?”
Sam nodded in understanding, “I’m catching up on lesson plans for the next couple of weeks” she replied, “Covering those maths degree classes has thrown me out of whack. I have to say your scheduler has been very useful” she smiled.
“I’m glad it came in handy,” Jane smiled. “Anything I can do to help?”
“Actually I was wondering if you need anything?” Sam replied, “I feel I’ve been neglecting you somewhat and I know I’m not up to date on your progress”
“Oh, that’s alright,” Jane told her. “I’ve just been playing with Mr Stark’s particle accelerator and collating data,” she smiled. “Although I’m struggling for equipment and I was wondering if you could help me.”
“Of course, if I can” Sam nodded, “What do you need?”
“Well, I've found a guy who should be able to help me make some more custom equipment for my experiments," Jane told her. "But I could do with finding some funding for it is all and I was wondering if you could help me find it," she smiled as sweetly as she could.
Sam grinned at her, "Ah I see, you're hitting me up for funding" she teased, "I'm sure I can find something. Where did you find this guy? He must be pretty good"
"I uh...I found him on the Net," Jane admitted with a wry smile. "But he seems to really know what he's talking about," she reassured her.
“That’s fine” Sam replied, “If you set up a meeting with him and go through the specifics of your request then he needs to complete an ad hoc project form so we can work out the resources and everything he might need and I can allocate the funding from the departments budget”
“Awesome,” Jane grinned. “I’ll email him and set up a meeting, ok? Got any days you can’t do?” she asked, thrilled that Professor Carter seemed to be happy with her idea so far..
“That’s completely fine Jane but I don’t need to be present” Sam replied opening the drawer to retrieve the form Jane would need, “unless you want me to be of course” she added.
“Oh, um...no I can handle getting the specifications together as long as you’re ok with that,” Jane smiled. She was a big girl after all and she had already put together a fair amount of computers by herself before.
“Of course” Sam told her, she was very interested in Jane’s plans but wanted to encourage the girls confidence in all areas not just classes and research. “I have no doubt you’ll do the very best job”
“Great, so I’ll meet with John and bring you the details hopefully sometime this week,” Jane smiled. “Can I help you with anything?”
Sam shook her head, "I think I'm good for now but please make sure to have regular meetings set up with me so I can help when or if you need it"
“Ok, if you’re sure,” Jane said, a little disappointed that she couldn’t help with anything. “I will, hopefully I’ll be getting loads of data over the summer with this new equipment so I’ll need to keep coming in to log it all,” she smiled.
“Don’t worry I’ll let you know the moment I have anything I need your assistance with” Sam assured her, sensing the girls disappointment. “Well the university will be open for you and I’ll be here too”
“Great, guess I’ll go sort out that meeting,” Jane smiled, standing from her seat. “So umm...guess I’ll see you in class tomorrow,” she started to move the door.
“Absolutely” Sam nodded, “Thank you Jane, I’m looking forward to seeing your work”
"So am I!" Jane joked as she left the office. She was excited, after all, she had new gadgets to play with on the horizon!