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| ==== New Person ==== | ==== New Person ==== |
| I didn't get a chance to meet with anybody new this week. Most people were out working remotely due to trainings. | This week, I got the chance to meet/catch up with a plethora of interns! One intern that I met and spoke with for the first time was Peter. Peter had been working at a different laboratory on base and his primary project involved reducing the overhead required for complex simulations. An example he used primarily was fluid dynamics simulations; with his method, drastically reduced CPU usage and time to complete the dynamic simulation. Keep in mind, he's in his sophomore year! |
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| ==== Cultural Insight ==== | ==== Cultural Insight ==== |
| One aspect of RSL that I recently learned is how free, and even encouraged, employees are to research/develop new ideas and projects. The project Francis and I are apart of is just a fraction of the total pool of projects that exist at RSL. All employees at RSL are free to work on a large majority of projects, but if an employee were to come up with an idea that they believe supports RSL's mission, they are free to work on it; whether by themselves, or with a group. Especially while working in industry, I didn't expect such freedom while working on projects! | At DASL, it feels like there is always something to do. It feels relaxed, but at the same time, we have this rush of "we need to get this project done ASAP because we don't have a lot of time!". At RSL, it feels completely the opposite. Sometimes, we have days where we don't have anything critical to do, so the pace just comes to a complete stop. I can see why people would like this nice relaxed pace, but it sometimes can be frustrating, as I want to be at the same pace as we are at DASL. |
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| ==== Lesson of the Week ==== | ==== Lesson of the Week ==== |
| Since we are approaching the end of our internship, we are working on preparing our final presentations! A big aspect of the presentation is showcasing the overall progression in our skills and our work as a hole. The best way to do that is by taking a ton of photographs, videos, etc, of every little thing. For DASL, we of course do this, but sometimes, we forget to record and take photos of the simplest of things, when in reality, it's so important to showcase the overall progression. Thankfully, our manager took photos of many aspects of the presentation, while Francis and I would record our progress via OBS recordings. | I think a lesson that I, and many forget occasionally, is the fact that time passes by SO fast (especially when we're having fun). This internship was such a phenomenal one, and I am overjoyed that I got a chance to work in a government position. Additionally, I am so glad I got to work on such a wonderful project with an even more wonderful team of mentors. |
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| ==== Technical Projects ===== | ==== Technical Projects ===== |
| As I mentioned previously, the internship is coming to a close, hence the amount of work on our projects has slowed down. For the remainder of our time at RSL, we are working on our end of internship presentation, which covers everything; our previous experience, our progression in our own "story" at RSL, and our project work. | This week, since we worked on our final presentations, not much work was done towards our technical project. |
