Intern Blog Postings

Max Torke

Week 4: Rock Climbing in DC

Monday, June 22, 2015

Max Torke

I spent Saturday running errands. Sunday was a little more exciting. I went to a bouldering gym with a few of the SPS interns and met an intern working in an international justice department. We all ended up going out to sushi together, meeting up with more SPS interns for an all-you-can-eat sushi dinner. I ended up joining the gym on my next visit.

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Week 4: Tom Marvolo Snowden

Monday, June 22, 2015

Elias Kim

The end of a hard week motioned in the beginning of a very full weekend. On Saturday, a couple interns and I made our way back down to the Nationals’ Stadium for DC’s annual beer and wine festival. Newly legal, I am a novice on the intricacies of craft beer.

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Week 4: Nice and Steady

Sunday, June 21, 2015

Veronica Martinez-Vargas

First and foremost, the target substrate is ready! It was finished on Friday. I spent the other days mostly working on the material exfoliation process. On Monday, Teresa and I analyzed more I-V data and obtained the charge mobility of a silicon transistor.

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Week 4 : A sloooow week

Friday, June 19, 2015

Teresa Turmanian

This past weekend I really felt the perks of being an SPS intern!  Friday evening we were all treated to a posh dinner at Clyde’s restaurant in DC.  It was DELISH!

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Week 4: Phun with Physics Phriends!

Friday, June 19, 2015

Hannah Pell

Finally after a long but successful third week, we had a chance to celebrate… with the SPS Executive Committee!

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Shauna LeFebvre

Week 2: You Can Never Have Too Much Outreach

Friday, June 19, 2015

Shauna LeFebvre

It’s that time of the week again! 

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Week 4: Already?!

Friday, June 19, 2015

Amandeep Gill

I cannot believe how fast this summer is flying by! Living in DC has been eye opening to all the benefits of living in a city, all the restaurant choices and things to do are wonderful.

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Week 4: Germy third graders and Astronomy

Friday, June 19, 2015

Connor Day

Our group had a great time with the SPS Executive Council last weekend!

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Brean Prefontaine

Week 2: A busy life in DC

Friday, June 19, 2015

Brean Prefontaine

This was the first weekend of I have spent in DC this summer. It was packed with some many adventures and I also had a chance to really dive into my project at AIP.

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Week 4: Sushi and Energy Innovation Hubs

Friday, June 19, 2015

Drew Roberts

This weekend, I reached out to further parts of the city.  Saturday I spent my time on the Southern edge of the city, checking out music and events that were going on around the Navy Yard and Nationals Park.

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