my summer iQUEST 2004



                                          
                                                                                 
 
 
 

 I am a high school student at Dos Pueblos High. For six weeks this summer, I was a researcher intern at UCSB. The following include the activities we have had for the past 6 weeks:
                                                                        
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays we had morning meetings and worked in the lab.
 Tuesdays and Thursdays we had coputer lab, electronicsl lab, seminar and fieltrips.
Lab Work: 

Mentor: Ryan Bock
Adviser: Prof. Fred Lange
Department: Materials

Project: Explain observed increased conductivity when ceramic particles (SiO2) is placed in MeOH with LiClO4 salt in it.

Description of lab work: My regular day involved: making slurries, measuring zeta potential at different pHs, conductivity and measuring viscosity with rheometer. 

 my mentor and i in the lab
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 Isla Vista School Teachings:
  Day 1: Questbords
   Day 2: Conductors and Insulators
   Day 3 : Static Electricity

  We taught 4th graders basics about electricity. It has been wonderful experience to see kids having fun with science.
Photoligraphy Lab:
 In this lab we made and got to see how thin photoresistors are made.
 cleanroom
in lab
   
    Computer Lab:
 
 On Tuesdays and on Thurdays we had a computer lab where we learned
 how to work with exel, power point slides, web pages.
    Field Trips:   we went to the various field trips such as:


               Able Engeneering
               Marine
               Create
               Veeco's

                                                                                                                                                                                                          Here we are exploring  marine diversity  


exploring marine diersity


              

      Thank you all of you from AR crew!!!!! It was really fun to be around you!!!!





               Front Row (left-right): Rachel, Lauren, Leah, Danny, me, Viri, Carlitos
               Back Row (left -right): Alex, Eli, Louis, Matt, Sarah, David

Acknoledgments:

Ryan Bock:  for being so patient and aswering all my questions multiple times
Fred Lange's Group: 
Elaine:  thank you for being  everyday mentor
Mike:
Ben:  introducing us to electronics
Adam:
Evelyne: for attneding all of our talks and bringing food
Trevor:
AR crew

 



Thank you, iQUEST!