NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Week 6: I need arrays. (A Raise? get it? puns...)

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Kirsten Randle

After further discussion with Dr. Chuss and Karwan, we needed to change the optimization method.

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Week 5: Lab Company, Finally!

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Kirsten Randle

As Felipe returned to the lab after an eventful journey back from Mexico, my surroundings have become a little less silent. This week I finished up the draft of my paper, sent it to Dr. Chuss and Karwan for review and also got to get my hands a little dirty in the lab.

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Week 4: Walking, Walking, Walking

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Kirsten Randle

This week, I continued with my code, which is building in complexity under the guidance of my advisor Dr. Chuss and a postdoc named Karwan.

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Week 3: Taco 'bout learning

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Kirsten Randle

I've continued to work on what will become an optimization code for the CLASS bolometers. After evaluating the intensity, power, and noise, I'll move on to optimizing the window for detection, which is limited by the opacity of the atmosphere.

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Week 9: End-in-Sight

Sunday, August 3, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

Week 8 came to a successful end, but I knew better than to think my work was over. The Friday that was fast approaching was to be the day of the SPS Intern's Final Presentation. Yet when I woke up on Monday, I had to finally face the truth- I really needed to start working on that.

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Week 7: "Bracing"

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

The week of July 7th began like every other week, but I wasted no time getting back to work. This week, like the week before, would be one work day short. On Friday, Kelby and Ben were to lead us on a tour of NIST.

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Week 6: Fourth of July

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

With the fourth of July coming quicker than I could anticipate, the work week flew by way to fast. Caleb and I, with a sigh of relief, finished our first pass cataloguing, documenting, printing, and analyzing the entirety of the usable IUE spectrograph data.

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Week 5: "Progress"

Sunday, June 29, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

I would say the week was like any other week, but that certainly wasn't the case. Ted Gull came back to the office on Monday morning, so with his guidance and support, I accomplished a lot during the five days that were to follow.

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Week 4: "IUE"

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

On Monday, I woke up at 6:42, caught the 7:57 Metro train to New Carrolton, transferred to the 8:40 Prince George's County Bus, and arrived at Goddard at 8:58, a commute that had engrained itself in my head like clockwork. Since Dr.

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Week 3: "Spectra"

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

On Monday, June 9th, the Hubble Space Telescope looked towards Eta Carinae and collected spectrogram data with the on board Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph.

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