Intern Blog Postings

Week 3: From MATLAB to Modeling; from Home to DC

Friday, June 21, 2013

Alexandra Day

The big highlight of my third week as an SPS intern was moving into one of the dorms at GW with all of the other interns. It’s so neat to be in DC! The Lincoln Memorial is right down the street, and we’re close to the metro.

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Week 3: The Darren, The Data, and The Fixed Code

Friday, June 21, 2013

Darren McKinnon

Ahh… IT access. Work was finally moving along. The Eta Car group had me working with a new program they were hoping to use to get a new angle on their research.

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Week 3: Week of the Virulent Culture

Friday, June 21, 2013

Caleb Heath

We are on the move!

Our second outreach event of the season, at Tuckahoe Elementary, was scheduled for Tuesday. We had been planning ways to test a few of our activities. Three forty-five minute time blocks, about forty students in each block. Christine, Jamie, and Ro were coming out to help Nicole, Toni, and I; there would be a few teachers. Nice and manageable.

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Week 2: Photoblog of the Duties of a Science Committee Intern

Friday, June 21, 2013

Katherine Stankus

For my second week working for the Science Committee, I decided to create a photo blog to better illustrate what my duties are as an intern (available on the sidebar on the right).

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Week 2

Friday, June 21, 2013

Dayton Syme

The past two weeks working at the APS Policy Office have been incredibly informative. Tyler Glembo has been an wonderful teacher, and has shown me much more than what I knew in the world of Science Policy; and delving further, Science Education Policy.

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Week 3: The Value of Science

Friday, June 21, 2013

Nikki Sanford

I’ve always heard that a science degree can get you anywhere. We all know that a math/science degree is excellent preparation for the extremely vital, significant careers in research, engineering, technology and other technical fields.

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Week 1: Hitting the Ground Running

Friday, June 21, 2013

Fiona Muir

After a couple of weeks delay, I’ve finally arrived in DC and I’m so excited to spend the rest of the summer here!

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Week 2: Copper in the Waveguide

Monday, June 17, 2013

Alec Lindman

The Kennedy Center is a delightful place to unwind from the workweek, and that’s just what we did on Friday. The National Symphony Orchestra played an enjoyable program with some rather interesting cello solos, and we took it all in from our seats in the first row.

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Week 1: Let the Craziness Begin

Friday, June 14, 2013

Christine O'Donnell

At the risk of repeating all my fellow interns, it’s been one crazy week.

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Week 2: International Food

Friday, June 14, 2013

Jose "Ro" Avila

One more week went by, and we were only able to smell it pass through. Last Friday we had the opportunity to try something new. We took the metro to Union Station and went to an Ethiopian restaurant.

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