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Topic
FormyprojectIlearnedaboutthevariousfieldsinengineering.
ResearchTopic
Inmyresearch,Ilearnedaboutthevariousethicalconcernswhen
involvinggeneticengineering,atypeofengineeringthatinvolvesthe
modificationofgenes.Inthis,Iprovedthattheoverallbenefitswere
greaterthanthedrawbacksthatwereinvolved.Notonlycouldithelpus
inthemedicalfield,butalsointhefieldofagriculture.
Mentor
JoshMellon
ProjectOverview
FormyprojectIfocusedontheaspectofacousticalengineering.I
lookedatvarioussoundlevelsandcomparedthemtowhatthenormal
soundrangeswere.
I:
Metmymentorandlearnedaboutthebasicsofacousticengineering
Setupanexperiment
Carriedouttheexperiment
Codedthedataintographs
Explainedtheresultstothepartners
MentorContacts
Ihad3contactswithmymentor.
th
July20
2015:7hours:settinguptheproject,completingthehandson
aspect,andbeginningtheprogramming
st
July21
:4hours:finishingthecoding
nd
July22
:2hours:finalizingtheresultsandexplainingittothepartners
Time/Hours
Intotal,Ispent13hoursonmyproject.Thiswasspentatthefirm
workingonalltheaspectsoftheexperiment.
Product,Visual,or
Demonstration
FormyphysicalprojectIhavemadeapowerpoint.InthispowerpointI
amgoingtoshowthevariousstepsthatIwentthrough(Including
picturesofsomeoftheequipmentused),differentfactsthatIlearned,
codingsheets,andwhatthefinalresultsmeant/showed.
WhatYouLearned
IfeellikeIhavelearnedquitealotfrommyproject.Ihavelearned
abouttwodifferentfieldsinscience.Throughcompletinghourswith
mymentor,ithasopenedmyeyesintothedifficultiesthatparticular
fieldofengineeringhastofaceonadaytodaybasisandthevarious
thingstheyhavetodo.Ialsolearnedaboutthedifficultiesofbeingan
engineeraswellasthestepsittakestobeone.Finally,Ilearnedhowto
handlethedifficultiesofanewexperience.Iwentinknowingverylittle
aboutacousticengineeringandhadtoslowlylearnwhatdifferentterms
meant,howtocodeinformation,andhowtoexplainwhatwasgoingon.
Overall,Ifeltlikethiswasaprojectthattaughtmealotofnewthings.
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