Friday, June 8, 2018
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The first week here at NIST was a blast. I had a regular first day where I met my PI, met people of the lab, the lab itself and took care of the safety training. I was given a rundown of what my specific project would be and an idea of what the next ten weeks would look like. The majority of the work this week was reading papers to familiarize myself with the physics and experiments of the lab. My project will consist of debugging and finalizing a code that takes the theory of scattering parameters for radio frequencies, and uses it to extract that the characteristics of dielectric materials. At first I was definitely nervous about whether or not I was suppose to and should be here. However the atmosphere around NIST and from my PI have made me realize that I have nothing to worry about. We are all in a similar boat of not knowing somethings. So I am really excited to be here and see what I can do in these remaining nine weeks!
Aside from work itself, life in D.C has been a blast. I really enjoy the location of where I am staying because Whole foods is a block away. I also am enjoying the metro ride to and from work. It allows me time to think about and contemplate life. I also signed up for the gym at nist so I love the daily routine of waking up early, going to the gym, having breakfast and checking emails and then getting to work. Unfortunately I only have clearance to be there until 7pm but I’ll take what I can get.
I do miss San Diego, but I like the break that I am getting from it. I do miss the weather from back home though. Forget this humidity. Anyways, that's it for now. Oh I attached a pic of my NIST mug that I got myself. Offically part of the team!
Jesus Perez