this week we continue with the process of preparing graphene samples to test them. This time we apply silicon dioxide around the samples. We use this dioxide to isolate our graphene sample from the environment. [caption id="attachment_9757" align="alignnone" width="300"] Graphene samples in the oven[/caption] We did this...
I can't believe I only have one week left here in Salt Lake City! While I will definitely not miss the heat, it will be hard to leave the work I am doing and all the amazing people I have met. This week ended up...
This week in the lab we continued working with two more analyses to run on our Hsp90 systems. These will be the last analyses that our mentors will teach us. The main purpose of all of these analyses we have learned are to see if...
I had a really fabulous week here at Tybee Island. I assisted a lot with Sea Camp this week at the Science Center and I think the kids had a lot of fun. We taught them to cast net, and it was when McKenna and...
The second week of my internship at the CU Change Lab in Boulder was just as exciting as the first! I began my week at the Wardenburg health clinic on the CU campus. This is were the second of the two follow up appointments for the...
The second week we switched gears with what we were coding. This time we were adding the code for the sensors to make sure that the satellite will as a whole function properly and distribute the power evenly. This time we had to add code...
I cannot believe I only have one week of my internship left. To start the fifth week we continued trials of our CO2 bucket experiment. For the set of trails this week we used a trash can with the bottom removed instead of a five-gallon...
Our second week here was filled with many more specific tasks to take on. We were given a more in-depth look of Hydra, its functions and correlation with the XML coding that we are editing. We have also begun to create new additional functions to...
[caption id="attachment_9657" align="alignright" width="375"] Squeezing the sponge in order to release eggs.[/caption] Rob Toonan got back from his trip Monday and after hearing how efficient I have been he gave me the day off. I was able to help my roommates with their projects and sunbathe...
The first week at the Aerospace Engineering labs in CU Boulder was so interesting! We met our mentors, Andrew and Les, who showed us around and gave us a brief tour of the Engineering section on campus. After that, we went to the place we...
The first week for Aidan and I was a lot to take in. Our mentor, Andrew, dropped a ton of information about the satellite named Maxwell, it's components, functions, and its operating system named Hydra, which is our primary project. What we have to do...
For all that do not know me, I am Ian Enkema, a rising senior at Telluride High School. To start, let me thank Pinhead Institute for being a essential factor in securing my internship at the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, and Cliff Hawks (CEO...
This week I have been working on a couple different projects, which has led me to learning more about problem solving. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday we feed the stingrays and shark. Round stingrays eat invertebrates such as worms, shrimp, amphipods, clams. The tanks need...
Week two for me happened to be a wild one at the museum. In the Entertainment department alone, we had 6 events: Sunday Swing, Stage Door Idol, Dine & Dance, the Bob Hope Foundation Movie Screenings, Best of Sinatra, and Stage Door Idol. I spent...
This week my lab received a shipment of new animals. We got 180 out bread (genetically diverse) rats. These rats will be run in similar experiments as have been preformed previously in the lab, but sense they are not in bread they will be useful...
