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Week 5: Settling In II, Return of the Settling In

Monday, July 4, 2022

Matangi Melpakkam

This week has been finally feeling like things have been settling down. I have a semblance of a routine and know my way around DC pretty well now, but I have still been experiencing new things!



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Ben Johnson

Week 5: Brute Loops

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Benjamin Johnson

Throughout this week, I continued my attempt to implement a reservoir computer training protocol involving a feed-forward neural network called Keras.  This process has proven to be a substantial challenge.  Although my IDE continued working this week without problems (hallelujah), I have been un

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Week 5: halfway through!

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Nicole Leung

I’m authorized to work at NASA for the rest of the summer! On Monday, I got a call from NASA internship coordinator, Sarah Alspaw, who asked me to confirm some things before I could go in. The next day, I met Eric at NASA for a more in-depth tour of the buildings that I’d be working in.

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Week 5: Potlucks and Paddles

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Emma Goulet

Halfway through... and heartbroken about it.  

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Week 5: Empanadas <3

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Janessa Slone

Of course, starting with Empanada Domingos, Ben and I got the classic Spicy Chicken Empanada. Ben also got the veggie empanada, and he gave it great reviews. I also bought a Garlic and Chive cheese spread at the farmer’s market and it was…amazing.

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Week 5: Halfway There

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Anthony Olguin

Already halfway through the internship, and so much has happened. This week flew by and blended in with last week’s events. The best part was on Tuesday when we had a potluck. A few of us made dishes that we love and used recipes from home.

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Week 5: Food&Drink-Crawling

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Saksham Prajapati

This week started with a beautiful potluck evening on Tuesday. I made chicken chili (sweet-chili). There were different foods from each room. I am never used to trying new foods but this time it felt right. All the foods were delicious. Enjoyed every single food. 

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Week 5: Back to the lab

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Valeria Viteri-Pflucker

I went back to work! Having largely finished the code I needed to work on last week, this week back at NIST we have started the next phase of my internship.

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Week 5: The Smithsonians

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Divyansh Chamria

This week has been very exciting, with lots of outings and experiences! At NIST, I finally made a lot of progress, finishing up the interface for the electrometer and the power source!

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Week 5: Broadway in DC, First Interview, Virginia Beach, Horror Movie on a Monday

Sunday, July 3, 2022

Gizem Dogan

I opened up this week with a horror movie at AMC in Georgetown. Although it turned out to be more of a thriller the walk back from Georgetown waterfront close to midnight made it worth my time. 

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