Intern Blog Postings

Week 3: Getting Started with COMSOL

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Billy "Trey" Cole

 This week my mentor and I were able to find a way to get a license for me to download the COMSOL simulation software on my computer. This is a big step forward towards analysing our system of interest and it will be great to get experience using the software.

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Week 3: Social Engagement and Major Progress

Sunday, June 21, 2020

Jack Moody

This was a fantastically productive and encouraging week here at APS Careers. I am really starting to feel like a member of the team and the community both within APS Programs and amongst my fellow SPS interns! 

Now for actual updates: 

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Smooth Sailing

Monday, June 15, 2020

Benjamin Petkie

Week 2 on the virtual platform and things are still running smoothly. My mentor Mark and I are remaining in great contact even though we are a few hundred miles away.

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Week 2: Vibrating Cantilever

Monday, June 15, 2020

Billy "Trey" Cole

We are now through our second week, and it was a somewhat slower paced week compared with the first week. After the rush of introductions, first meetings, and preliminary discussions for projects, this week has been mostly waiting for the next step in the plan of action.

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Week 2: Settling In

Monday, June 15, 2020

Hale Stolberg

I think I’m getting the hang of this. Take that with an enormous grain of salt. The only person I know who can truly understand my ineptitude is myself.

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Week 2: More experimentation!

Monday, June 15, 2020

Alex Mikulich

My second week has gone well! I have met more with my mentor, Dr. Southard, and also with Dr. Xiang Li, another researcher at Goddard. They took a look at my earlier experiment and made some suggestions to improve it.

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Week 2: Shutdown

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Anna Murphree

[All views are my own.]

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Week 2: What? WHAT? WHAAAAAAT?

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Kyle Blasinsky

Hello, all.

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Rockin' the SOCK - Week #2

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Holly Fortener

Week two was super busy! Brad and I finalized the image for the 2020-21 SOCK. Later in the week Brad was having camera issues and was feeling a bit blue.... I also finished a demo provided by the National Council Physics is Phun Committee!

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To the Future Reader: A Reminder of Now

Sunday, June 14, 2020

Paul McKinley

[The views expressed in this post are mine alone. They do not reflect the views of SPS, HSST, or Pomona College]

 

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