Noah Rainer: Spinal Cord Research, Week Four
Hello! I just completed week #4 at Frazier Rehab. This week was a success, I spent 3 days with the engineering core. They taught me a lot about all the different tasks their job requires. I learned to check nonfunctional electrodes for exposed or crossed wires, and I learned how to fix them, I […]
Alexa Yanosky, St. Croix, Plastic Surgery; Week 1
My name is Alexa Yanosky and I am one of many 2018 Pinhead Interns from Montrose, Colorado. This summer I have the amazing opportunity to take part in a medical internship in the United States Virgin Islands, more specifically the beautiful island of St. Croix. My fellow intern, Abbie Link, is joining me on this […]
Ellie Bulson: Spinal Cord Injury Research, Week Four
I cannot believe I only have two more weeks left here in Louisville! This past week has been both exciting and interesting as I am continuing to learn and experience new things. We started the week with a meeting with the whole team to finalize the minor details of the study ahead; Validating the IMU, […]
Abigail Link: St. Croix Plastic Surgery Week One
My name is Abigail Link and I am one of the five 2018 interns from Ouray High School. This past week starting on the 8th of July I begun the journey of my internship. My internship is in the St. Croix, U.S Virgin Islands shadowing Dr. Gregory Moorman. Dr. Moorman is a certified plastic surgeon […]
Spencer Keating: Environmental Engineering, Week Four
The fourth week of my internship was amazing. To start the week we got our Xbee communication devices Daisy chained together. This helps increase the range of the devices, as data from the farthest Xbee can be relayed back to the receiver through the other Xbees. We have also been refining how the data is […]
Alannah Wister: Marine Biology, Week Four
I began this week by prepping my notebook with all the tables that I needed for measurements on Thursday and Friday. The beginning of the week was not busy as there was not much for me to do Monday and I had Tuesday and Wednesday off for Fourth of July celebrations! On Tuesday I helped my roommate […]
Cooper Rondinelli: Programming and Data Science, LASP, Week Two
This week, I joined in the rush to get the MinXSS 2 satellite ready for launch. I was involved in temperature testing of the satellite, which involved heating it and running a diagnostics test, as well as cooling and running diagnostics. I was tasked with most of the operation of the equipment while my coworkers […]
Nancy Coykendall: San Juan Regional Medical Center- Week 1
I began my internship in Farmington, New Mexico at San Juan Medical Center. Throughout my internship, I was able to shadow different nurses and interact with some patients. Each day was spent in a different department, learning a variety of tasks and requirements. I stayed with Dr. Nguyen for the week. He specializes in radiation […]
Samantha Scherner: Health Equity, Week Four
I’ve officially been at the Rodham Institute for a month now and I have fully accustomed to living in the city. My dad came to visit for the weekend so I took Monday off and my step cousin gave us a tour of the House of Representatives Floor in the Capitol. I was then given […]
Jaden Evans: Virtual Production, Week One
Hello, and welcome to my Pinhead Internship blog for this summer! My name is Jaden Evans and I am from Telluride High School in Telluride, Colorado. For the next six weeks, I will be interning in the Virtual Production division of the visual effects studio, Digital Domain, in Los Angeles, California. Under the guidance of […]
Simon Lovely: Aeronautical Engineering and Unmanned Aerial Systems – Week Three
This week was a big preparation for a CloudMap campaign which is next week. I will be going to Alamosa, Colorado to do research of the winds aloft coming from the nearby peak. We have been working on a fixed wing aircraft that we will hopefully be able to take to Alamosa and fly it […]
Noah Rainer: Spinal Cord Injuries, Week Three
Hello! I just finished my third week as an intern at Frazier Rehab Institute. The heat here was astonishing and always a topic for conversation. But other than that the week flew by very quickly. I spent the mornings running the tracking program for the standing sessions for two participants, one of whom receives STEM. […]