Intern Blog Postings

Week 5: Mind Your Units in Physics and in Politics

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Kyle Blasinsky

Units are notoriously important in physics, and the Mars Climate Orbiter (MCO) is the quintessential example demonstrating this truth. In 1999, NASA lost contact with the MCO after it was likely destroyed in the Martian atmosphere or escaped back into heliocentric space. The issue?

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Rockin' the SOCK - Week #5

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Holly Fortener

I cannot believe how fast this summer is going... July 4th is already past and we are halfway through our summer internships! I'm trying hard to enjoy everything while it lasts.

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Week 5: Shape Up Week

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Jack Moody

This was a short but chaotic week here at APS Careers. The long and short of it is that this week can “kindly” be called, Shape Up week...The email series had a very tumultuous timeline that took up far more headspace than Midhat or I predicted.

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Week 5: Halfway Mark

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Billy "Trey" Cole

We are about at the halfway mark of this summer internship and it is hard to fathom, it seems like we only just started.

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Week 5: Half Full? Half Empty?

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Abdul Qadeer Rehan

The halfway mark brings me closer to completing my project. While we have covered a lot of ground there is still a vast set of tasks to which I look forward to completing over the coming weeks. This was the first time that I got to experience a long weekend in a work setting.

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Let's Run a Small Experiment on Cognition

Sunday, July 5, 2020

Paul McKinley

This week’s post will be a bit less focused on work, and a bit more focused on a small (relatively menial) experiment I’m running this week on human behavior, namely my own.

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Joseph Dees

Week 4: What to say

Monday, June 29, 2020

Joseph Dees

AS I reflect on the events that have passed so far this summer, I can't imagine how the world is changing.  Amidst it all, the fundamental building blocks of the universe are never changing.  Our understanding of the changes on a daily basis.  With each passing day, it becomes more and more evide

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Week 4: Bad Physics Movie Night

Monday, June 29, 2020

Abigail Ambrose

End of week four! With the end of week four I get to dive into some more science in order to better understand what the people I am writing biographies about have accomplished.

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Week 4: A Pattern Emerges

Monday, June 29, 2020

Billy "Trey" Cole

It is hard to believe that week 4 is over and essentially a month of the internship has passed.

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Week 4: Moving Forward

Monday, June 29, 2020

Abdul Qadeer Rehan

As week four comes to an end, it marks the completion of my first month. Everyday working has brought forward it's own challenges which makes waking up every morning with motivation to find solutions.

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