I was supposed to have three more days interning at University of Houston; however, with Hurricane Beryl storming its way through Houston and neighboring areas, I was only able to spend my last day, June 10th, working in the lab. I tried one final experiment to...
Hello! As I publish this blog, I am overwhelmed with emotions. Excitement to get back to my loved ones, sadness that the time I have spent here has gone too fast, and a bit a relief from knowing I’ve put all of my effort and...
Hello everyone! As I’m nearing the end of my research at Professor Baldelli’s lab, I’ve been doing more of presentation prepping and giving than experimenting. For most of this week, I prepped for my presentation that took place during our weekly Friday morning meeting. In that...
Hello! This was my third week researching at University of Houston under mentorship of Professor Baldelli. Last week, I was experimenting with different drops of Silane to see the trend of contact angles as I increased the drop count. I ended up finishing all but...
Hello all! This is the end of my second week working in Professor Baldelli’s lab doing physical chemistry, having roughly three weeks left of this amazing opportunity. During my first week, I was learning the basics of taking contact angles of glass samples coated with...
Hello everyone! I am Maddison Coca and I am fortunate enough to have a summer internship at the University of Houston, researching physical chemistry with Professor Baldelli and his team of grad students. I am specifically studying microcontact printing, which uses an ink patterned stamp...
Hello, I’m Maddison Coca, a hard working junior at Montrose High School who has a future goal of becoming a highly attentive surgeon. I have always been passionate about learning and then applying surgical expertise to impact the world of medicine in a more meaningful...