Week 2 - Grace

     1. What are your first thoughts on the research projects that you have been working on?

My first thoughts on the research project that my partner, Sidd, and I are working on is that it will be very code-heavy. Both Sidd and I are more experienced with computer science than anything else, and we hope to combine our computer science knowledge to create a project that will hopefully make health surveillance for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD) patients and caretakers significantly cheaper. We have several ideas for this project, and I am hoping that we will be able to complete it all, or most of it, by next Thursday.

Both Sidd and I are taking on challenges that we have never faced before in computer science. Sidd must figure out how to connect Arduino data, which is written in C, to Python, and I must write a fully functional program with data structures and various libraries in C, a language I have not worked with before. However, I am sure that we can overcome these challenges to make a rough prototype by the end of the camp.

     2. What are you most looking forward to for week three? Include thoughts on what your final project will be.

I am most looking forward to completing our project in week three. Sidd and I have continuously worked on our research and coding, and I know that we are both committed to making our project a success. Because of this, I am most looking forward to crossing more milestones with our project, putting our poster together, and showing our accomplishments to our parents and mentors, as well as judges and RIce University faculty.

Additionally, I am looking forward to listening to more lectures from the Rice University faculty. The lectures from Professor Veeraraghavan and Director Kyung-Hee Bae were insightful and interesting, and I know that Professor Balakrishnan's presentation next week will be no different.

     Clean Room Tour

On Tuesday, we toured the Clean Room, a laboratory where microchips are made. Our tour guide was very thorough in explaining the cleanliness of the room, various machines, and the process of making microchips. The picture below is of a machine that prints extremely small models. Our tour guide emphasized the detail of the machine, highlighting that despite the smallness of a printed Statue of Liberty model, the words on Lady Liberty's book could still be seen.

The Clean Room tour was especially memorable because of our attire; in order to minimize the amount of particles in the room, we dressed in full scrubs, complete with hair nets and shoe covers.



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