Unfortunately there is no grand story as to how i found my mentor, I've honestly known him my entire life. My mentor is Tom Chavez, and, well I've been seeing him every sunday for quite a while. I'd known he was a construction man for quite a while but i guess i really got to know Tom when had a discussion on Venice. We were both amazed how the entire city was supported by thousands of wooden pillars buried deep under the marshland and unable to bio-degrade due to the lack of oxygen. Over time we had several extremely interesting conversations after about his work and the importance of a foundation. So when the time came to find a mentorship and chemistry was not working out I just Simply asked him to be my mentor and after checking with his work, he agreed.
2. Research question: What has been your most important article you have read so far and why?
So far in my research the most important article i read was "Taking the Measure of Methods for Estimating Earthwork Volumes" by Duffy, Daniel P. On the surface this magazine article seemed relatively simple, for it was only on the mathematical methods for solving area, but this single article encompassed much of the grading world. It explained not only the importance of getting a good earthwork measurement but also explained why. This article also detailed the different technologies currently being used to calculate said area, such as gps and satellite images. Because this single article was able to encompass so much and really give you an idea of what goes on during a grading article it has definitely been the most important one i have read so far.
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