Hiya! It's ya girl Aurea back again. I'm a bit late to talk about my first week so here's a little recap on what we've been doing:
1. Lab Work
So far, we've been cleaning tubes, knots, and labeling tubes that will be used to collect data. They're called QTXB tubes where air flows through and the less volatile compounds that are inside the air are caught first, then more volatile compounds are caught on the latter end.
Paula putting on some labels!
2. Reading
I didn't really expect much reading for this internship. However, I also recognize that since I just barely got out of high school, I have no idea about the content that I should know in order to understand the data that we have. I read about the instruments that we have in the lab like the Mass Spectrometer. I also read about the goal of the research that our lab is doing.
Paula putting in that work on reading!
3. Field Site
We went to visit the field site out in the border of Guilford and Branford. This is where last year's interns, Amir and Ethan, worked on a lot! We saw the things that they built, which was really cool. At the same time, we learned about the different equipments that are used to measure different harmful compounds in the air.
(Fun Fact: When California had a wildfire last year, we also had a spike in Black Carbon. Also, there's a power plant somewhere along the coast of Connecticut that's not used as often. However, everytime that it is used, we get data of Black Carbon spikes, so we can tell when the plant's open.)
More pics in the field site!
Well, that's all I have for you today. Catch ya later,
Aurea
1. Lab Work
So far, we've been cleaning tubes, knots, and labeling tubes that will be used to collect data. They're called QTXB tubes where air flows through and the less volatile compounds that are inside the air are caught first, then more volatile compounds are caught on the latter end.
Paula putting on some labels!
2. Reading
I didn't really expect much reading for this internship. However, I also recognize that since I just barely got out of high school, I have no idea about the content that I should know in order to understand the data that we have. I read about the instruments that we have in the lab like the Mass Spectrometer. I also read about the goal of the research that our lab is doing.
Paula putting in that work on reading!
3. Field Site
We went to visit the field site out in the border of Guilford and Branford. This is where last year's interns, Amir and Ethan, worked on a lot! We saw the things that they built, which was really cool. At the same time, we learned about the different equipments that are used to measure different harmful compounds in the air.
(Fun Fact: When California had a wildfire last year, we also had a spike in Black Carbon. Also, there's a power plant somewhere along the coast of Connecticut that's not used as often. However, everytime that it is used, we get data of Black Carbon spikes, so we can tell when the plant's open.)
More pics in the field site!
Well, that's all I have for you today. Catch ya later,
Aurea
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