jrl

Hi, Here is the story. I am in my first semester of a PhD program in engineering. Our department ask us to join research groups midway into the semester. When I got to grad school I had a fair idea of the type of research I wanted to be involved, but I still talked to several professors. I believe that I got pre-maturely excited about a particular research project, since the professor was really good at talking and is very persuasive (which I did not know at the time, but have learned from other students in the lab). I decided to join this research group, but now I am very much doubting my decision for sometime, and I know that this is not the type of research I want to do and neither will it take me to what I want to do in the future. I would like to know if anybody has gone through this, and how they resolved their issue. There is one particular professor I am interested in joining from the same department, and my current plan is to first talk to him "confidentially" (I think I could trust him), and let him know how I feel and he probably has seem this happen in the past and can offer good advise. On the finances side, I am on my own three year fellowship, which I believe would make it easier for me to change advisors. I am looking forward to hear what you have to say. Thank you.