Intern Blog Postings

Week 5: A Tour of the Capitol

Monday, July 17, 2017

Riley Troyer

Energy storage may not be the most glamorous subject, but I’m certainly learning a lot about it. In fact it’s actually really interesting and incredibly important.

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Week 6: Perks of Working at the Capitol

Monday, July 17, 2017

Riley Troyer

As far as holidays go our internship has been the perfect time to be in D.C. We got to spend Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery and now Fourth of July on the front steps of the Capitol Building.

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Week 7: Tours Galore

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Samantha Pedek

 As the summer winds down, the events and obligations are picking up. As a major part of the internship, we all are required to give tours of our placement sites to the rest of our cohort. The only tour so far has been the phenomenal tour of Capitol Hill from the Mather Interns.

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Big Places -- Week 7

Sunday, July 16, 2017

Justine Boecker

I am writing this blog post from the DC airport. I am on my way to Miami. This week is sure to be a learning experience working at Florida International University on a grant project working to increase the number of women going into physics.

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Week 7: Back-to-back tours

Saturday, July 15, 2017

Kristine Romich

Goddard's big cleanroom, NIST's research reactor, and more.

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Week Seven

Friday, July 14, 2017

Luis Royo Romero


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Week Six: Ready for More

Friday, July 14, 2017

Zakary Noel

My top priority as the summer goes on is to focus on a new placement site at NIST for the Summer Teachers' Institute.

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Week Seven: Familiar Territory

Friday, July 14, 2017

Zakary Noel

As time marches on, making sure I'll be able to complete everything I wanted to do is certainly a challenge, but one I'm always more than willing to take.

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Week Seven: New research over the Horizon

Friday, July 14, 2017

Lisa McDonald

This week I got to step outside the world of U.S. research for a bit and see a different approach: research funding in the EU.

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Week Seven: NASA, NIST, and New Projects

Friday, July 14, 2017

Lexxi Reddington

This past week was extremely busy with old projects, new projects, and tours. Firstly, Tori and I officially completed all of the exhibit cases, including hanging up stars in the downstairs case to add an extra visual component that draws attention to the information inside.

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