Intern Blog Postings

Week 1: Arriving a Bit Late to DC

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Benjamin Preis

Unlike all of the other interns, this past week I arrived in Washington, DC to begin this amazing summer. I arrived late due to a confluence of events: I was leading a cultural exchange/learning trip to Mumbai, India with Tufts University — where I go to school — until May 29th.

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Week 2: NASA

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

And so on Monday, the Nasa Goddard Space Flight Center hosted its orientation for the fresh crop of summer interns.

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Week 2: Crash Course in Everything

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Kirsten Randle

My official first week on the job has been pretty exciting. I've read several papers on the CMB, the CLASS Detector, and the primary noise source in the detector. I've basically spend the whole week learning lots of new things and meeting lots of people.

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Week 2: Let's Run the Experiment

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Caleb L. Heath

"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing." -- Wernher von Braun

The key difference between an expert and a novice is not knowledge or ability: it is process.

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Week 2: Getting into the groove of things

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Mark Sellers

So, it's been a full week at SPS and things are going very well. I think I've made a good transition back into the working environment. Friday was spent on brainstorming more demonstration ideas, as well as meeting Dr. Kraig Wheeler of the American Crystallographic Association at a meeting.

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Week 2: Arlington, A Brief Departure, Finding a Direction

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Stephen Skolnick

In order to get a feel for the kind of work they do (and the kind of puns that will fly in this office), my supervisors had me spend one of my mornings the first week reading through issues 1-6 of "Spectra: The Original Laser Superhero."

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Week 2: Living the life in D.C.

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Benjamin Perez

Friday officially marked the end of my first workweek at NIST, and all I can say is I have never worked in a work environment like it. From the employees, to the SURF interns and the giant campus, I was a little overwhelmed at first.

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Week 1: Jumping in on Committee Work

Monday, June 2, 2014

Ashley Finger

My first week as an SPS intern in Washington, D.C. got off to an incredibly exciting start. My roommate, Kelby, and I both arrived on Sunday afternoon and moved into our cozy and antique apartment that very quickly became homey and filled with life, especially as the other interns began to arrive.

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Week 1: The Beginning

Monday, June 2, 2014

Jacob Zalkind

New jobs are always an indicator of a new beginning. It is an opportunity to meet new colleagues, supervisors, bosses and networking opportunities as well as become a part of something much greater than ourselves.

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Week 1: Introductions

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Nick Durofchalk

Technology. I’ve known a couple of people who, upon learning of my two majors, question the wisdom in pursuing a degree in two vastly different subjects. These people wave their hands and claim that the two don’t work together, but I disagree. I see the two as entirely complimentary and after finishing my undergraduate studies, I hope to combine my love of sound and science and pursue a Ph.D. in Acoustics.

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