Intern Blog Postings

Week 7: Back to the Grind

Friday, July 20, 2018

Daniel A Morales

After finding out that my project had met its match: the software Goliath. I felt like David in that scenario. This week has been wildy productive, though. My poster draft is due on Wednesday and final (newly updated) abstracts are due to NASA by next Friday.

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Week 6: Feeling Independent

Monday, July 16, 2018

Collin Flynn

By far the most exciting week so far. This week we had two tours, the first one Brigette took us through the Optical Society of America (OSA). We got the chance to meet with the CEO and some other important people from OSA.

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Week 6 - Capitol Hill

Monday, July 16, 2018

Nathan Foster

This past week, I got sick, visited the center of American government, and did yoga.

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Week 6: Thoughts from a frantic Physicist

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Phoebe Sharp

Disclaimer: No overarching theme that explores the depth of being a physics major. Below are some ramblings from this week. (Maybe this is another way I’m providing insight into being a graduated Physicist?)

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Week Six: Two Cities, One Week

Saturday, July 14, 2018

Krystina Williamson

“Physics is a way of thinking.”

Dear Internet,

On a Sunday evening I found myself being told by google maps to walk across a river.

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OSA and Capitol Hill

Friday, July 13, 2018

Brigette Smith

Work has been pretty intense lately. I have been taking on new tasks every week and I’m always so worried I’ll let one of the smaller projects slip through the cracks.

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Week Six: I’m Going to Steal the Declaration of Independence

Friday, July 13, 2018

Mikayla Cleaver

Last weekend was amazing- Peter came to visit me again! On Friday, we stayed in because it was slightly rainy here in DC.  We watched the World Cup game and then cooked dinner together (one of our favorite things to do).  On Saturday, we went to the zoo!

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Week Six: At the intersection of Physics and DC

Friday, July 13, 2018

Amanda Williams

As I sit and work on write ups for our outreach page, I ponder about the different kind of obstacles people face to understanding a concept.

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Thumbs Up for Science

Friday, July 13, 2018

Michael Welter

"All physicists are awkward. There are like four different categories of awkward, but we all fit into one of them." -Brad Conrad explaining the story behind yelling "Thumbs up for Science!" before every physicist photoshoot (example below). 

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Friday, July 13, 2018

Daniel A Morales

This week has had its ups and downs, and when I say "downs" I really mean just a minor inconvenience with my project at NASA. After trying to model niobium-coated microstrips on a silicon substrate, we were consistently finding that COMSOL was not producing the expected results time after time.

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