Intern Blog Postings

Week 9: August Already?

Friday, August 2, 2013

Alexandra Day

I can’t believe it’s August! This summer has absolutely flown by. I’m busy wrapping up my project at NIST and preparing for my presentation next week at ACP.

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Week 9: Becoming the Expert

Friday, August 2, 2013

Darren McKinnon

This week was all about finishing up the poster for my presentation. My mentor has been in Canada, and so he was hard to reach. Fortunately the rest of the group, namely Tom and Mike, were able to help me along the way. By Tuesday I had finished the first draft of the poster.

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Week 9: Week of the Last Hurrah

Friday, August 2, 2013

Caleb Heath

It’s been sitting on my shelf for months now, that little wind-up wonder with the AIP logo on its rotating breast. It hasn’t moved since I played with it the first Monday morning at the office. The office . . . that’s how I think of it now. And home . . .

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Week 7: The Final Countdown

Friday, August 2, 2013

Fiona Muir

We’re just coming to the end of our last week of proper work, and I’m sure every other intern is saying this in their entries, but I seriously cannot believe how quickly it’s over! On Monday, we all said that we knew this week would fly by but I don’t think we knew how right we were.

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Week 9: Exciting Days

Friday, August 2, 2013

Jose "Ro" Avila

It is very striking to see the dome of the capitol building for the first time. It is full of great art: sculptures, paintings, murals. The tour lasted about 40 minutes, and the tour guide shared some of her own shocking experiences by the end of it.

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Week 9: Final Week on the Hill, Presentations, and Farewells

Friday, August 2, 2013

Nikki Sanford

As I finish up my final day with the Science Committee, I can definitely say that this has been one of my most memorable summers yet. I also could not have imagined a more exciting and eventful final week. We kicked off the week by holding the very first Science Intern Google Hangout session!

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Week 8: Preparing for Presentations

Friday, August 2, 2013

Alec Lindman

As we approach the conclusion of our work this summer, Darren and I, the two NASA interns, will be presenting our work on August 1st at the center-wide intern poster session at Goddard.

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Week 9: The End...But Not Really

Friday, August 2, 2013

Jamie Garrett

This past weekend I went to the Air and Space Museum Extension in Chantilly, VA.

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Week 7: An Environment and Energy Hearing, NASA on the Hill, and the SPS Capitol Tour

Friday, July 26, 2013

Katherine Stankus

The beginning of the week was dedicated to preparing materials for the upcoming hearings on Wednesday and Thursday. As the point-intern for Wednesday’s Joint Environment and Energy Subcommittee hearing entitled, Lessons Learned: EPA’s Investigations of Hydraulic Fracturing,

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Week 7: Portland!

Friday, July 26, 2013

Christine O'Donnell

This week was the much-anticipated AAPT Summer Meeting in Portland.  I spent most of Saturday sitting in airports and on airplanes (I had a nice long layover in Houston).  Luckily, I remembered to load my iPod with some TV shows, so the trip wasn’t too boring.  As we landed in Portland, we got a

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