Intern Blog Postings

Week 8: Economics Homework Has Taken Over My Life

Monday, July 22, 2024

Charles Wszalek

Hello everyone!

It's really strange that this is the 8th week of 10! Only two weeks left!

Week 8: The Common Darter

Monday, July 22, 2024

Maia Chandler

Dear dragonflies, I love you. We’ve covered all the dragonfly physics topics in the SOCK, so now it is time to move on to fun facts. Fun fact number one: dragonflies do backflips.

Week 8: Isn’t it cool how little, random, unexpected moments can have such lasting effects?

Monday, July 22, 2024

Piper Malczewski

Week 2: "Why spend 30 minutes on a task when you can spend 30 hours automating it?" - Every Computer Scientist ever.

Monday, July 22, 2024

Collins Kariuki

Hello there! In my last blog post, I shared the objectives of my internship at AIP, but I overlooked a key aspect of my role here. I am tasked with finding an effective way to automate the chapter activity report update process at AIP.

Week 8: The Chaos Continues

Monday, July 22, 2024

Amanda Maeglin

It’s absolutely crazy to me that I only have two weeks left in DC. It feels like just yesterday that I arrived here, not knowing anybody but excited for the summer to start. Now I know this group of 16 interns so well, and I’m staring down the end of our time together.

Stairs: A Comprehensive Guide

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Evan Erickson

Have you ever faced a series of flat surfaces regularly offset from each other in a horizontal and vertical displacement?

Week 8: Busy as a bee

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Kai Hostetter-Habib

There’s a classic piece that flautists often play called “Flight of the Bumblebee.” Mind you, I have never been able to play it up to speed because I only play the flute casually, but if it doesn’t invoke anxiety, I don’t know what will.

Week 8: A longing for something greater (chili dog > hot dog)

Sunday, July 21, 2024

Kaden Gammon

It’s unbelievable how fast this summer has gone. It was just a few weeks ago that I was struggling to figure out how to write my first blog to describe my first week here.