Intern Blog Postings

Week 7: Teachers Arrive

Sunday, July 13, 2014

Kearns Louis-Jean

This was my second week working at NIST. It gets more exciting by the day. On Monday the institute for the middle school science teachers started and I finally got to meet all of the teachers. We did introductions on the first day and the teachers went through a workshop on measurement.

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Week 6: A fantastic week for outreach

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

This was a fantastic week for outreach. Thursday afternoon, a few of the other interns and I headed to NIST, under Kendra's supervision, to talk to the children at the institute’s daycare about light and optics.

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Week 6: Prepare, test, tweak, repeat

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Kelby Peterson

I know, I know, I'm cutting this week short; but don't you worry I'll get the 4th of July celebration in to next week's post.

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Week 6: Capitol Idea

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Caleb L. Heath

Highlights of this week include birthdays and the next generation. The birthday is of course America's, but the next generation was somewhat more interesting.

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Week 6: Outreach at NIST, 4th of July

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Mark Sellers

The weekend was fairly uneventful for me, which is a good thing. I definitely needed some time to take a breather, sleep, finish chores around the apartment, etc... I did go to the Air and Space Museum on Sunday, but it was super packed (which is normal, from what I'm told).

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Week 6: Traveling to the Czech Republic

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Benjamin Perez

T.S. Elliot once said "We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." This quote resonates with me and why I have wanted to travel around the world.

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Week 6: Fourth of July Weekend

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Ashley Finger

The week leading up to Independence Day was a recess week for Congress. As a result, I had expected the week to go slowly with no hearings, markups, or briefings to speak of.

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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 6: Georgetown, the Waterfront, and the Fourth of July!

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Simon Patane

A shortened week with the holiday coming up on Friday! But so much to write about nonetheless. All of the interns had a wonderful time exploring more of D.C. this past weekend.

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Week 5: July 4th

Sunday, July 6, 2014

Benjamin Preis

Week two in the office was pretty great. On Monday, the intern coordinator Gary returned from his week in the district. Though I thought he was in his mid-forties by the tone of his email, it turns out he is not much older than me.

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