Coming up to the final week and I’m feeling pretty good about where I’m at. Definitely not excited about the presentation but I feel like I will have enough time to practice with my mentor group and with the cohort and I should do well… I hope. I spent the last week trying to finalize… Read More

This week I was finally able to format my data so that it is now all on the same timescale with the same time intervals. That’s the main thing I’ve been working towards this entire time with all the coding and manipulation of data sets. So what does that mean? It means I can now… Read More

This week I don’t feel like I accomplished a lot, so I don’t have much to talk about. I struggled with the programs I’m using; Igor and Hysplit, and made a bit of progress but didn’t feel like enough. Things ended on a high note though, on Friday I feel like I did make some… Read More

Now that I’ve been able to meet my mentor I understand more about the scope of my project and about aerosols in general. Having no background in atmospheric chemistry there was quite a lot of background research I had to do to develop my elevator speech. I think I did a good job in the… Read More

My first week here with RECCS has been eventful, to say the least. I feel much more confident about my project than I was before this week and I’m looking forward to getting started. I’m excited and grateful for the opportunity to be here, learning new skills, gaining new experiences, and meeting new people. It’s… Read More