Today was actually a busy day for me than I expected. I was picked up by Marina and her husband around 10:30am. We went to the University of Chile to talk to the dean of geophysics, in which our collaborator is affiliated, about the current situation of our instruments. Unfortunately, he was not in his office. We were told to come back after 30min if in case he comes back. Marina invited me
for coffee at the nearby cafe to spend our 30min waiting period. We went back but he was still not in, but we met the vice Dean, who is actually very helpful. The vice Dean recommended us to come back in the afternoon (about 2:30pm), and in the meantime, he said, he will communicate with the dean so that the he will make some time for us.
Some view of University of Chile
Since we have enough time, we decided to visit Marcos's (a BU graduated Very smart engineer) lab at the electrical engineering department. This is where the first CUBSAT of Chile was built (under his leadership). The CUBSAT was launched last June from India, and has been working fine since then. I saw his control room where they track the satellite and receive real-time data. Very much impressed.
Then we went out for lunch, and Marcos took us to a very nice Peruvian restaurant. After lunch, we went back to the Dean office, and this time he was in. He gave us a few minutes out of his tight schedule time to hear us out our issues. We clearly elaborated why we want to see him, and what is the problem we faced, and so on. He carefully listened our issue and gave us action plans to do. He seems a very nice person.
Finally, we walked to the University of Santiago, which is about 30min walk, to meet a student that I co-supervised with Marina. I also meet some of Marine's research team.
A metro station at the center of Santiago (not far from University of Santiago), and it was designed by the same engineer who designed Eiffel tower of Paris!
University of Santiago!
At the dinner table at the nearby restaurant!
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