Hello everyone! Week 6 at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) was definitely different. Since many people were away at a conference in Copenhagen, I spent the week helping with many different projects and activities. [caption id="attachment_35210" align="alignleft" width="239"] Me infront of testing chamber.[/caption] One of...
Hello everyone, my fourth week of LASP was full of learning, as usual. The week started off slow because almost everyone at the lab was at a conference in Copenhagen either presenting or watching presentations, but as the week went on it slowly picked up...
I have reached the end of week five here at the Colorado School of Mines here at the RoSE lab and this week prototypes and parts for the rover arrived and the physical testing of the IPEx rover is beginning. [caption id="attachment_35187" align="alignleft" width="300"] The final...
This week had a lot more hands on work on the rover [caption id="attachment_35168" align="alignnone" width="225"] Pretty cool clouds[/caption] At work, we spent a lot of time assembling and testing prototypes for the bucket drum of the rover. We observed how the regolith moved inside and made...
Welcome back to my blog! This week was my 4th week at the Ye Lab, and it was rather exciting as I got to see different pieces of the puzzle finally coming together! As a reminder, I'm working with researchers Kaili Xue and Leyao Shen,...
Hello! I’m back again with my weekly update, and to be honest, this one ended up feeling a bit lonelier than usual toward the end. On Monday, I received word that my mentor, Professor Bry, would be away from Wednesday through the following Tuesday. While I...
[caption id="attachment_35134" align="alignleft" width="188"] Running correlations for my speaker notes[/caption] The day is here: my last blog. First of all, thank you to everyone who followed along! It was an excellent journey of growth and learning. Secondly, go check out the other pintern blogs – after...
Hello everyone! I arrived in santa barbara last weekend with my dad after a 14 hour drive! We got to my host families house and after a very short introduction and unpacking, my dad and I Touristed around and then later on I got the...
This week has been incredibly rewarding. From squid dissections to turtle feedings, I have been showered with so much information that I can hardly keep track of it all. I have been rigorously taking notes, but it is impossible to soak it all up, and...
I know I just said it, but I will say it again: wow. I cannot fathom how I am a whole month into my internship. Stepping off that plane into the warm Louisville air and being greeted with warm welcomes from my host family doesn’t...
Hello everyone, it's Gunnar Robinson! This week of my internship was a little different from the previous weeks because I stepped away from the research lab and participated in the Petroleum Engineering Super School hosted by Dr Luis Zerpa and the Colorado School of Mines....
Hello everybody, my name is Kaila, and welcome back to my blog. This is my second-to-last week, and I already miss it so much. MONDAY 07•06•26 Today I started the day off with Selene at Skaggs. Skylar, one of her students, was using the computer I usually...
Insane it's the 3rd week of my internship!! So lets just go right to it:) Monday, July 6th Today we did Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) cloning with Hantavirus still continuing on with Benjamin's project. To recall our purification with the first sample of Hantavirus was not successful,...
Hello everyone, week three, I'm officially over halfway done, and am so sad. I love getting up each morning and seeing what the lab has in store for us. This week was really fun. We did a lot, and got to feel like really a...
Hello everybody! Welcome back to my Pintern blog. I can't believe I only have one week left in the George Lab. This past week was absolutely jam-packed, and more than anything, it reminded me just how much I genuinely enjoy science. By the end of the...