Spencer Keating: Environmental Engineering, Final Week
For the final week of my internship, we were allowed time to wrap of our work and package the work of our entire internship. We were tasked with making a video that explains the work we did at the university. This was a great way to creatively present the work we did throughout the six weeks. On […]
Spencer Keating: Environmental Engineering, Week Five
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 bucket. This is done to see if the difference between […]
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 […]
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 […]
Spencer Keating: Environmental Engineering, Week Two
The second week of my internship was a blast. Our Arduino shields and Xbee communication devices were delivered. We also got 5 digital temperature sensors in. This week we have been setting up our temperature sensor network and making sure everything is functioning properly. This includes calibrating the sensors in ice water to make sure […]
Spencer Keating: Environmental Engineering, Week One
I started my internship this week in Salt Lake City, at the University of Utah. I am working under Dr. Brian McPherson, who leads the CO2 group in carbon sequestration research. On Sunday, I drove up to Salt Lake City and checked in to my dorm at the University of Utah. I was quite amazed […]