Intern Blog Postings

Week 2: Matlab and Bowling

Monday, June 20, 2016

Dahlia Baker

Working a 9-5 job on the east coast is exactly how you’d expect: long commute, tons of pressure to do well and meet your goals, and always having something to do or somewhere to be. However, it’s everything I’d ever want and I wouldn’t trade it for the world.

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Week 2: with some jazz, some bowling and the Droste effect

Monday, June 20, 2016

Samantha Spytek

Two weeks have passed. That’s 336 hours, which is 20,160 minutes, which is 1,209,600 seconds as an SPS intern. Here I tell of my second week as an intern, going to jazz concerts, failing at bowling and meeting Dr. Krauss.

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Week 2: Tachyon Snafu

Monday, June 20, 2016

Isabel Binamira

Theoretical particles that move faster than the speed of light, and pandas that don't.

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Week 2: Astronauts and Turkeys

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Marissa Murray

A solid second week topped off with some bowling

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Week 2: Meetings and Birthday Greetings

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Victoria DiTomasso

My first week as a 20 year old!

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Week 2: Busy, busy, busy!

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Simon Wright

The second week of working with AAPT has been exciting, and very full. I spent a few days working on an upcoming project aimed at teaching physics to young students through computer science and programming, which is something I have always been interested in.

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Week Two: Ocean City

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Maria McQuillan

It has only been two weeks since I moved to the DC area and I have to say I’m loving it. There are free museums, beautiful monuments and memorials, street performers, great places to eat, and it’s within a few hours’ drive of so many different states.

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Week 2: A Starry Night... and work

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Jose Corona

After another week of being in Washington D.C., I am not sure even where to start to describe my experience thus far.  Even though it has only been two weeks in this wonderful city; there has already been many unforgettable moments.  I have yet to explore much of the city, but I do intend on disc

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Week 2: When is the best time to make science puns?

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Tabitha Colter

Periodically.

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Week 1: Two whales’ lengths worth of M&M’s*

Monday, June 13, 2016

Isabel Binamira

A summary of my first week and a brief exploration into the relationship between whales and M&M's.

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