Carlos Rodriguez: Investigation and application of the Physical doping mechanisms on single layer graphene, week two.
This week we were learning how to use codes and know their functions. My mentor was explaining how to use them properly. These codes can be used to form a wide variety of functions, like you can use them to control laboratory tools and much more. During the week, we had to replace a device called […]
Emmanuel Ledesma: Chemistry, Week Two
The second week of my internship was just as exciting as my first. This week we primarily focused on analyses that we have to run in Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. Molecular Dynamics simulations are used to see how structures change over time compared to the starting point. The week started off by learning about the […]
Lexie Gardner: Environmental Engineering Week Three
The halfway point in my internship comes with a twinge of sadness, as it means my time here is winding down, but also with immense excitement as there is still so much to learn. Week three brought with it a myriad of different activities and learning opportunities. On Monday, Spencer and I were able to […]
Finn Doherty: Shark Lab, Week One
My name is Finn Doherty and I am a student at Ridgway Secondary School. I am interning at the California State University Shark Lab in Long Beach. I arrived to Long Beach on the 28th of June and it has been an amazing experience so far. I began my internship on July 2nd, and my […]
Julieanna Goad Santa Barbara; Marine Biology Week 3
This week at the R.E.E.F. was quite interesting. Monday and Tuesday were pretty normal days with programs coming in and the undergraduates teaching them about kelp forests. We also did husbandry (housework) that needs to be done every day for the health of the animals. Wednesday we had off for the 4th of July and […]
Elizabeth Mueller: Historical Studies, Week One
Today is my first week here at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans. Jazz is being played, the humidity is real, and I’ve been bustling around getting acquainted with the Science and Technology, Education, and Entertainment departments. Getting to walk around the museum for the first time from an administrative perspective, it is interesting […]
Spencer Keating: Environmental Engineering, Week Three
This week was another exciting one for me. On Monday Lexie and I finally had the communication device that attaches to our temperature sensor communicating and sending its data over 800 feet. I am glad to see that our work on this project for the past two weeks has finally paid off. The next step of […]
Alannah Wister: Marine Biology, Week Three
Welcome back! At the beginning of this week I photographed two trays full of bricks with coral growth experiments on each of the five sides. Then I spent two days cataloging the images and measuring them while entering the data into an excel spreadsheet. I was extremely excited to see our Montipora Capitata healthily recovering fast because there […]
George Thorneycroft: Unmanned Arial Systems at OSU Week #2
This week the team at USRI prepared for a project known as CloudMap. If you did not read my previous post, CloudMap is a collaborative initiative by multiple universities to map weather phenomena using unmanned systems. The next CloudMap project will be in Alamos Co, mapping heat inversions. Given that both Simon and I will […]
Julieanna Goad Santa Barbara: Marine Biology Week 2
This week of my internship was amazing!! I went on the scholastic expeditions trip to the channel islands and had a blast. Both full days we were anchored at the islands we had rotations of kayaking, snorkeling, and invertebrate ID. The second day we were there the group went on a six-mile hike on Santa Rosa which was beautiful. […]
Wynton Brown: Addiction Research at TSRI, La Jolla Week Two
This was an exciting week for my internship as I was finally able to handle the rats being used for research. Most of what the interns in the lab (including me) do is transfer rats from their home cages to self-administration chambers and back, while also cleaning the self-administration chambers. Cleaning the chambers, though it […]
Simon Lovely: Aerospace Engineering and Unmanned Aerial Systems – Week Two
This week was more about preparing machines for the campaign in Alamosa called CloudMap. Oklahoma State University Research Institute is sending a team of people to Colorado all with different jobs to study wind and weather data coming off a mountain. My week went well with a lot of fixing certain devices needed for CloudMap. […]