[mesa-users] mesa fest, resent message, mit webmail crash

[Lars Bildsten]

Theodore, 

   Yes, you are welcome to attend! Just send me a title, and let wardlaw at kitp.ucsb.edu 
know your name and affiliation so that he can make a nametag! 

   South Coast Inn may still have rooms, so dig back in the emails to make the reservation. 

 Cheers

Lars

On May 5, 2011, at 7:56 PM, Theodore Arthur Sande wrote:

> Dear Lars, Bill, Frank, Aaron and Falk,
> 
> A belated thanks for the invitation to MESA FEST. At the time, I did not
> consider attending since my mother had been recently diagnosed with
> glioblastoma multiforme IV, the most deadly cancer known. I was spending my
> time at MIT working on the final 6 months of my thesis research with Prof. Paul
> Joss, with the remainder devoted to working with my mother's doctors on
> experimental treatments, thus forseeably precluding attendance.
> 
> The experimental treatments have just been this week exhausted, and my mother is
> now in hospice. After a discussion with her, I was wondering if it is possible
> to still attend MESA fest? Given the circumstances, I am not sure if I could
> prepare a presentation* in time, but I could dicuss my research with MESA in
> depth in the breakout sessions. I have generated 1000+ evotionary runs for low
> mass stars, and thus have a unique users perspective in this regime. I would be
> happy to share any insights I have gained. I would also like to discuss in depth
> possible future modifications, e.g. evolutionary time-step "accuracy" control,
> which I think remains an unresolved issue in most, if not all, henyey codes
> extant.
> 
> Some associates have kindly offered to pay my expenses. I am at present working
> on my thesis in WI near my mother. I think attending would be a mutually
> beneficial experience, since I will have one of the first "MESA thesi". Thank
> you for your consideration on this request.
> 
> Sicnerely,
> 
> Theodore Arthur Sande
> 
> MIT Department of Physics
> tasande at mit.edu
> 262-527-1776
> 
> *Prof Joss presented my first research at the IAU 2009 in Rio.
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> 
> Theodore Arthur Sande
> 
> MIT Department of Physics
> tasande at mit.edu