After reading Clover's, Dany's, Joseph's, and Gabriel's first posts, I momentarily thought to myself, "Man, maybe I should have stuck with the sciences!" They get desks, lasers, e-coli, and $25,000 to throw around on apparently free soda. I am also not entirely inept when it comes to the realm of physics and chemistry (ok and biology too...), but I figure that for that reason, I will have plenty a chance to find myself in a lab of some sort. I have opted to travel down south to Guatemala. I will be working with an organization called the Social Entrepreneur Corps (entrepreneur is one of the most commonly misspelled words in the English language- I have it down!). This organization uses micro-venturing as a means to combat poverty in Guatemala, Nicaragua, and Ecuador. The concept of micro-venturing is essentially that it takes locally owned and operated businesses, and not massive corporations such as walmart and home-depot, to incite real economic growth in the rural communities of Guatemala. I have posted a link to an article in the New York Times regarding the SEC:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/31/when-microcredit-wont-do/#more-78775
I embark on Sunday, March 6th and return May 2nd. With essentially a month between the end of classes and my leaving, I will ensure that everything is in order for my departure to and stay in Guatemala (packing, maintaining correspondence with the SEC etc...). I will be living with a home-stay family in Guatemala (Antigua is the first city I will be in. Travel after that has yet to be determined). In an informational packet that the SEC sent me, I was informed that the family I live with will provide a room with a desk and bed. Clover and Gabe, I know you guys get desks, but tell me, do your labs give you beds? I hope everybody is well and enjoying their work (from what I've read, you all have!). With such interesting posts, the SRP blogs have become better than facebook.
Adios,
Goyo
What is a Senior Research Project?
At BASIS Tucson, seniors have the chance to propose an independent research project that takes place off campus during the last trimester of the year. The seniors whose proposals are accepted write their own syllabi and then head off into the world, to a site where they conduct their research while interning with a professional in the field. Those of us stuck on campus follow their adventures on this blog. Now that the projects are over, we are all excited to attend their presentations. The schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, May 11, 6-8 PM
at the U of A Poetry Center (environmentalism projects)
Sierra Cordova, Nicole Rapatan, Zobella Vinik and Dany Joumaa (see titles of projects, below)
Saturday, May 14, 10-12 AM
at The Loft Cinema (arts projects)
Clarice Bales, Samone Isom, Josh Waterman and Angelynn Khoo (see titles of projects, below)
Monday, May 16, 6-8 PM
at BioSciences West, Rm. 310, U of A ( U of A projects)
Joseph Tang, Jayanth Ganesan, Andrew Graham and Gabriel Carranza (see titles of projects, below)
Tuesday, May 17, 6-8 PM
at U of A McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Blg. MCLND, rm. 207 (travel abroad projects)
Clover Powell, Greg Spell, Agustin Temporini and Margarita Sadova.
We'd love to see you there!
The BASIS Tucson Class of 2011 Senior Research Project bloggers (with the titles of their projects) are:
Clarice Bales: "Narrative and Film"
Sierra Cordova: "The Intent and Application of Environmental Policy"
Clover Powell: "The Artistic Interpretation of the Biological Sciences"
Greg Spell: "Micro-venturing in Guatemala"
Agustin Temporini: "A Study of the Role of the Press in 1960's/70's Argentina"
Gabriel Carranza: "Analysis and Research on Drugs associated with Torsades de Pointes"
Dany Joumaa: "Innovations in Display Technology: Synthesis of Organic Luminescent Materials Compounds"
Joseph Tang: "The Creation and Project of 3D Holograms"
Jayanth Ganesan: "Research of Game Thoeretic Models in relation to Non-Market Games"
Andrew Graham: "The Malaria-Resistant Mosquito"
Samone Isom: "Art and Artist: in peril of Devaluation?"
Angelynn Khoo: "Mousa, Mouseion, Museum: MOCA Tucson"
Nicole Rapatan: "Sustainable Architecture and Design in Modern Times"
Margarita Sadova: "Pulmonology at St. Joseph's Hospital"
Josh Waterman: "The Fiery Crossroads of Artistic Value and Financial Success in the Independent Film Industry"
Zobella Vinik: "Environmental Psychology with the Drachman Institute"
Enjoy the Blog!
Wednesday, May 11, 6-8 PM
at the U of A Poetry Center (environmentalism projects)
Sierra Cordova, Nicole Rapatan, Zobella Vinik and Dany Joumaa (see titles of projects, below)
Saturday, May 14, 10-12 AM
at The Loft Cinema (arts projects)
Clarice Bales, Samone Isom, Josh Waterman and Angelynn Khoo (see titles of projects, below)
Monday, May 16, 6-8 PM
at BioSciences West, Rm. 310, U of A ( U of A projects)
Joseph Tang, Jayanth Ganesan, Andrew Graham and Gabriel Carranza (see titles of projects, below)
Tuesday, May 17, 6-8 PM
at U of A McGuire Center for Entrepreneurship, Blg. MCLND, rm. 207 (travel abroad projects)
Clover Powell, Greg Spell, Agustin Temporini and Margarita Sadova.
We'd love to see you there!
The BASIS Tucson Class of 2011 Senior Research Project bloggers (with the titles of their projects) are:
Clarice Bales: "Narrative and Film"
Sierra Cordova: "The Intent and Application of Environmental Policy"
Clover Powell: "The Artistic Interpretation of the Biological Sciences"
Greg Spell: "Micro-venturing in Guatemala"
Agustin Temporini: "A Study of the Role of the Press in 1960's/70's Argentina"
Gabriel Carranza: "Analysis and Research on Drugs associated with Torsades de Pointes"
Dany Joumaa: "Innovations in Display Technology: Synthesis of Organic Luminescent Materials Compounds"
Joseph Tang: "The Creation and Project of 3D Holograms"
Jayanth Ganesan: "Research of Game Thoeretic Models in relation to Non-Market Games"
Andrew Graham: "The Malaria-Resistant Mosquito"
Samone Isom: "Art and Artist: in peril of Devaluation?"
Angelynn Khoo: "Mousa, Mouseion, Museum: MOCA Tucson"
Nicole Rapatan: "Sustainable Architecture and Design in Modern Times"
Margarita Sadova: "Pulmonology at St. Joseph's Hospital"
Josh Waterman: "The Fiery Crossroads of Artistic Value and Financial Success in the Independent Film Industry"
Zobella Vinik: "Environmental Psychology with the Drachman Institute"
Enjoy the Blog!
2 comments:
No lab but there is the little issue of a Tesla coil...
Maybe that's why I should stay out of a lab... I checked connections from the spark gap to the primary and the primary to the capacitors as best I could (I don't have a continuity meter though...). It's difficult to know what to do next
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