August 8:
Today Jeremy, Amanda, and I were able to finish our project and run through our full presentation a couple of times. Actually, we completed all the research yesterday, finished the PowerPoint today, and then went to lunch at Arby's before going to Leanna's to run through our presentation. While there, we baked and decorated a cake for Wes's birthday. That helped break up the monotony of going through the same presentation over and over. After that, we went to Dr. Yampolsky's house for dinner. The food was very good, and there were tons of it. We played Mafia, which is a very fun game, especially if you're in the mafia, as I was, along with Joe, Amanda, and Jeremy. It was so much fun! It was a great way to end the summer bridge program!
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
August 7:
Jeremy, Amanda, and I were able to make a LOT of progress today on our project. We all really like the topic. It gets more interesting as we go on. After being in Gilbreath on computers from 9-4, with only a 2 hour lunch break, we were all tired of working on the project, however. So, after a game of soccer at the CPA and dinner at the Culp, we went to see Ratatouille and then to get icecream at Marble Slab.
Jeremy, Amanda, and I were able to make a LOT of progress today on our project. We all really like the topic. It gets more interesting as we go on. After being in Gilbreath on computers from 9-4, with only a 2 hour lunch break, we were all tired of working on the project, however. So, after a game of soccer at the CPA and dinner at the Culp, we went to see Ratatouille and then to get icecream at Marble Slab.
Monday, August 6, 2007
August 6:
Today is the beginning of "project week," as we are calling it. Actually, for Jeremy, Amanda, Leanna, and I it began last night when we started talking about where we wanted to go with this project. It continued at 10:00 today in Gilbreath 205, where we met to use Maple. So far, our presentation, complete with PowerPoint, is coming along pretty well.
Today is the beginning of "project week," as we are calling it. Actually, for Jeremy, Amanda, Leanna, and I it began last night when we started talking about where we wanted to go with this project. It continued at 10:00 today in Gilbreath 205, where we met to use Maple. So far, our presentation, complete with PowerPoint, is coming along pretty well.
Saturday, August 4, 2007
August 3:
My day started at 7:00 when I had breakfast with Jeremy and Amanda at the Culp. Somehow the hashbrowns were much better at 7--not that they're bad at 7:45. Anyway, we got up that early so we could leave at 7:30 with Leanna for ORNL. We arrived around 10:30 and got to go see Leanna's mom at work. In her building, we had the opportunity to go to a lab where an ORNL employee makes glassware for ORNL. It was really cool because the guy in the lab let all four of us practice melting glass! After that, we got to see Leanna's dad at work in his building. He took us to various labs and explained what the equipment was used for. By this time it was 12:00, and we went to meet everyone else for lunch with Mr. Horton and Leanna's brother, Scott. We then went on the scheduled tour, seeing supercomputers and going to the "Mouse House" among other things. That sums up our day at ORNL!
August 2:
Today was our last day in class this summer, and it started off with a lecture given by Dr. Yampolsky. It concentrated on formulas involved in predator-prey oscillations, which was interesting because that is the project I will be working on: predator-prey oscillations. After class, we went to lunch, and after lunch we went to Susan's lab. We took the results from our Petri dishes and filled in some charts Susan gave us. They dealt with the Poisson principle. After lab, we went to the CPA for a game of soccer before going out to eat, since Main Meal was closed.
My day started at 7:00 when I had breakfast with Jeremy and Amanda at the Culp. Somehow the hashbrowns were much better at 7--not that they're bad at 7:45. Anyway, we got up that early so we could leave at 7:30 with Leanna for ORNL. We arrived around 10:30 and got to go see Leanna's mom at work. In her building, we had the opportunity to go to a lab where an ORNL employee makes glassware for ORNL. It was really cool because the guy in the lab let all four of us practice melting glass! After that, we got to see Leanna's dad at work in his building. He took us to various labs and explained what the equipment was used for. By this time it was 12:00, and we went to meet everyone else for lunch with Mr. Horton and Leanna's brother, Scott. We then went on the scheduled tour, seeing supercomputers and going to the "Mouse House" among other things. That sums up our day at ORNL!
August 2:
Today was our last day in class this summer, and it started off with a lecture given by Dr. Yampolsky. It concentrated on formulas involved in predator-prey oscillations, which was interesting because that is the project I will be working on: predator-prey oscillations. After class, we went to lunch, and after lunch we went to Susan's lab. We took the results from our Petri dishes and filled in some charts Susan gave us. They dealt with the Poisson principle. After lab, we went to the CPA for a game of soccer before going out to eat, since Main Meal was closed.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
August 1:
Today Dr. Knisley continued his lecture on Learning and Intelligence. He showed us how to "fold RNA" on http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/RNA. He also took us to http://monod.nyu.edu/rna/rna.php so that we could view all math trees with certain amounts of vertices (i.e. 9, which is what we mostly looked at in class). It was all pretty cool. Before lecture was over, Dr. Knisley assigned homework involving Maple. After lecture and lunch, we got to go to lab with Susan. We used E. Coli to make cultures in Petri dishes that we will be looking at tomorrow. We also took a Petri dish and put our fingertips in it. Some of those will be interesting to see tomorrow!
Today Dr. Knisley continued his lecture on Learning and Intelligence. He showed us how to "fold RNA" on http://www.tbi.univie.ac.at/RNA. He also took us to http://monod.nyu.edu/rna/rna.php so that we could view all math trees with certain amounts of vertices (i.e. 9, which is what we mostly looked at in class). It was all pretty cool. Before lecture was over, Dr. Knisley assigned homework involving Maple. After lecture and lunch, we got to go to lab with Susan. We used E. Coli to make cultures in Petri dishes that we will be looking at tomorrow. We also took a Petri dish and put our fingertips in it. Some of those will be interesting to see tomorrow!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
July 31:
During homework time, Jeremy, Amanda, and I were able to complete most of our Maple mini-project. Dr. Knisley then lectured on neural networks; he let us "play" on a website dealing with the topic: http://faculty.etsu.edu/knisleyj/neural/, which was pretty neat. After lunch, we met in Gilbreath. Leanna went over the projects, and we all picked one. Jeremy, Amanda, and I will be working in Maple to learn more about preditor-prey oscillations. I have been interested in this subject since Dr. Schmickl first introduced us to it, and another reason I chose this one was because I will have to work in Maple--I know most, if not all, the projects can utilize Maple, but in this one we will have to use it. I figure the more I get used to using Maple now, the better. After picking our projects, we got to hear a lecture from Kelley Harris on Z-DNA, and I found it to be interesting. At 4:30, most of us went to the CPA for a game of Ultimate Frisbee...it is definitely not my forte, but it was fun...I guess that's all that matters!
During homework time, Jeremy, Amanda, and I were able to complete most of our Maple mini-project. Dr. Knisley then lectured on neural networks; he let us "play" on a website dealing with the topic: http://faculty.etsu.edu/knisleyj/neural/, which was pretty neat. After lunch, we met in Gilbreath. Leanna went over the projects, and we all picked one. Jeremy, Amanda, and I will be working in Maple to learn more about preditor-prey oscillations. I have been interested in this subject since Dr. Schmickl first introduced us to it, and another reason I chose this one was because I will have to work in Maple--I know most, if not all, the projects can utilize Maple, but in this one we will have to use it. I figure the more I get used to using Maple now, the better. After picking our projects, we got to hear a lecture from Kelley Harris on Z-DNA, and I found it to be interesting. At 4:30, most of us went to the CPA for a game of Ultimate Frisbee...it is definitely not my forte, but it was fun...I guess that's all that matters!
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
July 30:
Today was my first day back in classes since the second week of the program--Jeremy and I were gone all last week on a mission trip with our church youth group. After our homework time, where we worked on our Maples mini-project, Dr. Knisley began his lesson on intelligence. He started off giving us the monkey and bananas illustration for artificial intelligence, which led us into a discussion of the definition of intelligence. He ended by talking about action potential and introduced us to an interesting website dealing with the topic. When we had finished our lunch break, we came back to Gilbreath for our weekly mathematics lecture with Dr. Helfgott. It was our last one, which is kind of sad.
Today was my first day back in classes since the second week of the program--Jeremy and I were gone all last week on a mission trip with our church youth group. After our homework time, where we worked on our Maples mini-project, Dr. Knisley began his lesson on intelligence. He started off giving us the monkey and bananas illustration for artificial intelligence, which led us into a discussion of the definition of intelligence. He ended by talking about action potential and introduced us to an interesting website dealing with the topic. When we had finished our lunch break, we came back to Gilbreath for our weekly mathematics lecture with Dr. Helfgott. It was our last one, which is kind of sad.
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