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Wow. It's weird to think this is my last day. Ten weeks in is practically nothing for research! Now I definitely understand why phD's take so long...and why the time it takes can vary so much! This post has nothing to do with my research--if you want to know about it, look at my powerpoint from the previous post. I'm going to try to sum up my overall impression from the summer.

This week has been preparing for presentations and developing standard addition techniques for my electrodes to be used as sensors!

It's so sad that everyone's leaving! I'll be all by myself for the next week as I attempt to hurridly wrap up my research and hopefully make some fantastic breakthroughs!

But for now, here's my presentation below in case you're interested in what I've been actually doing all summer. I'll be presenting today in about an hour. Hopefully I'll be able to tie all the loose ends next week though!

Last blog, sad.

Well, I’m giving my final presentation today, finishing my papers, and packing up. It’s strange that essentially my summer is complete. I start Willamette in two weeks, ah! Hurray for senior year.

So, I have attached my final presentation in ppt form.

Enjoy

Wow, what a week. Everything came together. Andrew revised my paper multiple times, and now it is ready to be sent in to Vanessa. My powerpoint presentation is also ready to go - I gave an informal practice talk today in front of Andrew and another lab member (this proved to be very helpful). It looks like I'm ready for my presentation tomorrow!

Well, I think it is safe to say I'm not a blogger. Out of 10 weeks I've blogged for about half of them. Sorry, Vanessa. You can read about what I've been up to in my final report though (which I am about to send in). :)

My last week at CMOP was great. Everything went according to plan as far as my paper and presentation go. We did have to make a few last minute changes on the day of presentations, but then again who doesn't? Even though I was the first to present, I wasn't nervous at all. I was completely confident in my work and all the effort I put into it. The past 9 weeks have been full of excitement and discoveries for me and I wouldn't change anything. I'm definitely going to miss all the new friends I made here and I will be sure to keep in touch!!!

Below are some links to my works:

Hello everyone...Can you believe it, our 8 weeeks are up? Sometimes it feels like I just started yesterday and other times I feel like I'v been here my whole life! Wow, this has been such an amazing, awesome experience, I seriously wouldn't change it for anything ;]. It has been such a pleasure to work with such awesome, smart people (shout outs to Matthew, Monica, Nirzwan, Grant, Karen, Antonio...the list goes on!)

This week I worked on my paper and presentation. Bill and I had a system: I would work on one portion of the paper, email it to him and he would edit it while I worked on the next portion of the paper. It worked out great and Bill's feedback helped alot

This will be my last week at CMOP. I had a great time working here with amazing people. I thank my frontline mentor for all the support he gave me and the other interns. I want to also thank my senior mentor Antonio Baptista for his time in letting us present our work to him and giving use really good feedback. Last but not least, I thank Karen Wegner for all the help and for checking up on us and making sure we were doing okay. All the CMOP staff were really nice to all of us.

After 8 weeks, I am done working at CMOP. I can hardly believe how much I have learned. It seems crazy that just a few months ago, I didn't know what an ETM was, or a salt wedge, or anything about estuaries for that matter. Now, I like to think that I know how they work and why they are important. My learning was not limited to estuaries. Working here taught me valubal presentation and computer skills.