July 31st

Today we visited the U of R and we toured the labs there. It was all bio centered, and lets just say biology isn't my cup a' tea. But when we got back I tried running my experiment, but it broke.

July 30th

I ran my LED experiment and was able to find a difference with voltage in the photocell when the LED was on and when it wasn't. The container for the ice broke though, so we bought a plexiglass container now to use instead of plastic. I also presented my work to the U of R interns. (I did very well.)

July 29th

I carried out my experiment, but found that i needed to make some changes. I also made a magnificent introduction for a lab report. I also met a friend during lunch who is teaching at RIT for 2 weeks.

July 28th

Today i constructed the LED-ice tester structure. I am proud of myself because I designed the whole thing and now was able to build it. I can't wait to test it out tomorrow.

July 25th

I worked on putting the new data from the logger machine into excel, and researched the tools used in the project. I learned more about how they work as well. The air show also started today so i had a lot of visitors come up to my rooftop "office".

july 24th

Today I ran the 3rd ice-thermocouple experiment and read more about the overall goal of May's project. I also am writing more in the lab report and inserting more data. We also watched the thunderbirds on the roof for a while.

July 23rd

Today I ran another ice capsule experiment, except this time the PVC pipe was removed. May and I think it may act as an insulator on the ice. I also learned more about how to write a lab report college style. I went to a presentation and learned how the Imaging Sciences is used in wild fire studies. I got really excited when I saw that the presenter used ENVI in his presentation.

July 22nd

We found success! We ran our experiment and the thermocouples gave temperature differences between the water and ice! Now I am continuing to write up the lab report. I am also putting the collected data onto excel.
We also took a trip to Bauch and Lomb. I enjoyed seeing the machines being run. I still don't think wearing the hair net, safety glasses, ear plugs, and gown was very fashionable.

july 21st

Today I learned how to use the logger with the computer. I now know how to use the logger machine. I hooked up the wires so tomorrow when we run the experiment we can hook up 11 thermocouples to the logger machine. I also am starting to write a lab report in the college format.

July 16

Today I explored the logger machine and cleaned a water cooler. I could not figure out how to read the logger machine's results so I will be working with May and Dr. Salvaggio on Monday to learn more about it.

July 15th

Today we froze the ice in the capsul, and worked on cleaning the room where the freezer is to go in. I also worked more with ENVI and made two images, one with 3 classifications (water, ice, and snow) and the other with 4 (add on unstable ice).

July 14th

Today I showed May and Dr. Salvaggio what information my experiments with ultrasound produced. I also worked with May on making a contraption that freezes water with thermocouples (connected to a metal rod) in it. We used a PVC pipe, two end caps, thermocouples, and a metal rod in this experiment. I also talked with Dr. Salvaggio about ENVI and he showed me some features that I hadn't figured out yet.

Day 5

Today, I experimented with more ice just to make sure my data from yesterday was accurate. I also explored ENVI and its classification features. I was fascinated how the computer classified (for example) snow just by me selecting a small area of snow on the screen. I can't wait to learn more about this feature and see how we are going to use it to reach the project goal.

Day 4

For our morning meeting, we went into a room, shut off the lights and closed the door, got used to the darkness, then covered one eye and walked around outside of the room. Then we went back to the room, made it dark again and uncovered the covered eye. One eye could see while the other eye looked like it was covered or blindfolded. Our "homework" was to figure out what was happening. Our eyes were adjusting to the light by making our pupil smaller, but in the dark the pupil grows so it can take in more light.
Today I finished my experiment with using ultrasound to find the depth of ice. I found that as we used bigger ice, we had to use lower frequency on the machine to be able to transmit through the whole cube. I also searched for ways to make snow. I enjoyed today because of the hands on experiences.

3rd day

I used the ultrasound machine today, but we couldn't get the ice to stop floating. So we found a solution and I am bringing in a bigger container tomorrow.

Day 2

Today I prepared ice for an experiment tomorrow. Tomorrow I will be using ultrasound to find the height of the ice cube. I read a couple chapters on ultrasound. I had a good understanding of the terms and overall idea since I just took AP Physics this year. Later I explored more of the program called "ENVI".

1st Day

Today we went to the red barn and did some getting to know you activities, some really fun and silly stuff. I had a good time, then we had lunch. At lunch I talked to some of the RIT students and heard their perspectives on RIT, (don't worry, they are good). Overall, Today was a good day and a great start to the internship.