River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 7
I began this week with the goal to print a successful print on the 3d Printer that Dmitry could actually use. I attached the secondary printhead and did a few calibrations to make it work. It was working perfectly except for the fact that the filament wasn’t sticking to the bed so I lowered the […]
River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 6
This week was supposed to be my last week but I decided to stay one more since I was having so much fun, so next week will be my last. I started this week by fixing the fans on the 3d printer to keep it from overheating since they had never worked during my time. […]
River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 5
I started this week without much to do other than my workshop, where i learned to work with machinery to make something out of metal. The workshop was completely paid for by LASP and it was very fun. I have work is shops with heavy-duty tools to cut wood before, but never metal. The first […]
River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 4
I started this week without much to do, since the nozzle for the 3d printer won’t come in until next week, so not much progress was made with the 3d printer throughout the week. Instead of working on the printer gram and I worked on this metal piece that will be going into space for […]
River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 3
This week I started off trying to fix the previous issues Graham and I had created during the previous weeks. The first 2 days Graham was unable to come into work because of a personal issue, so I was working by myself Monday and Tuesday. I spent the days exploring the code and fixes issues […]
River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 2
This week started off by taking Monday off because of the National holiday Juneteenth. On Tuesday Graham and I got straight back to working on the 3D printer. The current problem we were experiencing was that the z-axis sensor wasn’t working. We spent all Tuesday trying to figure out what the problem was and how […]
River Randolph Astrophysics Internship at LASP Week 1
Hi, I am River Randolph from Ridgway, Colorado who was given the opportunity to experience a future job option. This week was very basic. I met with my instructor Dmitry Vorobiev, a scientist at the Astrophysics laboratory in LASP, who showed me around, teaching me about the current and past projects they have worked on. […]