George Thorneycroft: Unmanned Air Systems with OSU Week #4
Even with our fourth week here wrapping up it feels like we started only yesterday. This was our last week in Stillwater. Early on Friday morning the USRI team, Simon, and I packed up a trailer and left for Alamosa Colorado, where we would be carrying out tests for the CLOUDMAP project. The week was […]
Carlos Rodriguez: Investigation and application of the Physical doping mechanisms on single layer graphene, week three.
This is my 3rd week in my project at UCSD. In this week, we been preparing samples of graphene. The process to get ready a sample of graphene to be tested is a little long because it needs to be submerged in acetone a couple hours and then be in the oven for another two or […]
Jess Pack: Psychology and Neuroscience, Week One
Hello! My name is Jess Pack, and I am from Telluride High School. I began my five week internship this week at the CU Change lab in Boulder! In the Change Lab I will be volunteering in the FORCE study, that is conducted in the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC) just off of the […]
Julieanna Goad: Marine Biology, Santa Barbara Week One
I am Julieanna Goad from Dolores High School interning at UCSB (University of California Santa Barbara) in a program called REEF (The Research Experience and Education Facility). I am currently under the supervision of Scott Simon the head of REEF. This week was summer vacation for the students of UCSB resulting in the REEF not […]
Julieanna Goad Marine Biology: Santa Barbara Week 4
This week at the REEF was really entertaining. Monday we only had one program which was freshman orientation and the rest of the day was husbandry such as egg check, which is making sure that our shark eggs are still alive and developing, siphoning, which is removing all the fecal matter and waste, and carding […]
Jaden Evans: Virtual Production, Week Two
The second week of my internship has been great! I have learned a great deal, met some extremely smart and creative people, and seen some cool things in and around LA. To facilitate a better understanding of what I’m working on in this blog post, I will digress for a few moments explain a few […]
Emmanuel Ledesma: Chemistry, Week Three
My third week in the lab consisted of working with three new analysis. The first is called System Energy Analysis. System Energy Analysis focuses on analyzing the correlation of system energy with measured IC50 values. What this basically does is it takes the average energy for each ligand, there’s six in total, and compares it […]
Lexie Gardner: Environmental Engineering Week Four
This week of my internship was probably the best thus far. In the lab, we accomplished a lot and were really able to tackle some of the biggest issues we have faced. Outside of the lab, I have continued to explore the Salt Lake City area and gotten to know the city much better. Monday […]
Cooper Rondinelli: Programming and Data Science, LASP, Week Three
This week, we continued and finished thermal testing for MinXSS; also, we started building a possible replacement battery pack to be included on the satellite in its flight. Outside of the lab, I have progressed in writing the GUI to display rocket data; I have come across some difficulties interpreting the data, so until I […]
Samantha Scherner: Health Equity, Week Five
Its hard to believe that I only have one more week in DC, the time has really flown by. This week started out with a trip to the weight management clinic where I shadowed a physician who sees patients who need help with managing their weight. Most of her patient shave diabetes as that is […]
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 […]