personal stories, essays, and reflections about doing science or learning science.
Recently, I’ve had the opportunity to visit a friend up north and experience my first ever hackathon, hosted by none other than MIT. Every year, undergraduate students from all over the world gather to Cambridge to attend this student-run event.…
Continuing from the previous post, I want to highlight more raps that I have been creating to teach students basic science related topics. In this post, I specifically want to discuss and share Biology-related raps that I have created. While…
I don’t know about you, but I have always had a hard time learning science topics. Many of them are extremely abstract, and theoretical, and I always felt that the professor went so fast in class that I barely had…
The Georgia Tech Research Option is available to all undergraduate students in the College of Sciences. It includes the completion of an undergraduate thesis. Students who choose to take on all this additional work are generally considered a bit sick…
StemComm’s Fall 2023 event was Stem-tober Block Party! We invited everyone to join us for a fun evening with science-based activities, prizes, and more! We had our event near where the physics students have their annual pumpkin drop. Ideation & Brainstorming: In…
Details from my summer experience conducting fieldwork in the Colorado Rockies Photo caption: View of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, with Gothic Mountain towering above. 4:30 AM: Good morning! To arrive at my research sites in time to start my…
Dr. Sundaresan Jayaraman, a professor in the School of Materials Science and Engineering, here at Georgia Tech worked on finding a form-fitting mask that provided superior protection against respiratory viruses like COVID-19. These masks, which have been in development even…
As a senior in college, about to graduate with an engineering degree, I’ve come to actually appreciate the dreaded “group project” – and trust me, working with others can be very challenging. But on reflection, I can really see how…