Friday, July 13, 2012

Week 1- Getting Acclimated...
The first week of the RET experience is about to be over and I find myself very content with the outcome. So far things have worked pretty smoothly and both Jay(my partner in crime) and I feel at ease with the new setting and the project we are assigned.

We are currently calling "home" an office in the 5th floor of the College of Arts and Sciences building. Our desks are in the same room as 2 undergraduate students working on unrelated projects but with a matching sense of humor that has made the past few days very pleasant. 

I will be working closely with Jay DeFuria, a proud member of Team SpaceTeachers(I will have to share the story of how our team name came to be at a later post). Jay is a biology teacher at Pioneer Valley High School in wester Massachusetts. Together we are planning on creating and refining a total of 6 labs that lead to a high altitude balloon launch.

 Both Dr.Fritz, our Principal Investigator(PI) and Nate, our project manager were very friendly and made sure that we settled in style. They have been checking with us continuously to make sure that we have what we need to start working. We have been bothering Nate quite a bit lately, making sure that he orders the materials we need to run out experiments and build the balloon. Fortunately for us, he is very patient and understands the importance of receiving the materials in a timely fashion.


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