Fieldwork experience Archives - Page 6 of 7

TREX 2018 Day 3: Flying Drones and Tasting Coffee

January 20, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ‘19 This afternoon we visited to Ka’u Coffee Mill to collect image data of their crops and more importantly to sample their coffee and macadamia nut selection. Agriculture is an important part of […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Weather Weirdness

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Joey Noszek ‘20 Since this is my first blog, I should probably start by introducing myself. My name is Joey Noszek. I am a Course 1 sophomore in the Systems core. Outside of classes, I […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: When in Hawaii, Try Blogging for the First Time

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Josh Wilson ‘19 “Vog” is the dense smoke-like air volcanoes blasts out during an eruption. However, volcanoes also emit “vog” when they are active in lesser concentrations. Why is this important? The particulate matter in […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Volcanoes, Rainbows, and Plywood

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 It was our first full day in Hawaii! We started off with a trip to Kilauea volcano, in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. We were treated to a gorgeous, vibrant rainbow as the […]

TREX 2018 Day 2: Building and Naming Sensors

January 19, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By David Wu ‘19 Day two began with a rainbow and ended with a sunset and 12 completed particle sensors ready for action. Early showers at Volcano National Park gave way to a beautiful Hawaiian display […]

TREX 2018: Packing and Arriving in Hawaii

January 18, 2018 | TREX 2018 | ceemit

By Meghan Reisenauer ‘19 Our TREX journey has officially begun! After a refreshing long weekend, our class met up for a few hours on Tuesday to pack up all the equipment. We have lots of testing […]

ONE-MA3 2017: The Finale

July 5, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig For ONE-MA3’s last day together in Italy, we had a lot of work planned. We started the day by pulling our boulders out of the oven and taking samples of the interior and […]

ONE-MA3 2017: Not the Right Kind of Blue

July 5, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig The ONE-MA3 team had been excitedly waiting for our Egyptian blue to finish cooking and today we were finally able to take our mixtures out of the furnace and see the change in […]

ONE-MA3 2017: Fresco

July 3, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig Day two in Aramengo was dedicated to learning about the fresco-making process and creating our own frescoes. In the morning, we walked through the studio of Gianluigi Nicola, one of the town’s fresco-painters. […]

ONE-MA3 2017: Is That a Pillow?

July 2, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig It was now time for ONE-MA3 to leave the big city and head for the hills of Aramengo, which I was very excited about. We climbed past flowers and trees into a town […]

ONE-MA3 2017: From Researchers to Royals

July 1, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig A taste of the royal life awaited the ONE-MA3 group in Piedmont today. We were told that we were going to be starting the day with a set of lectures in a […]

ONE-MA3 2017: Grandeur in Turin

June 30, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig On our agenda for today, was to experience the grandeur of both a castle and a palace! Our first stop was the Castello di Valentino. After a series of lectures from researchers […]

ONE-MA3 2017: Egypt in Italy

June 29, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig The next stop on our ONE-MA3 Journey through Italy was Turin! On our first day in Turin, we didn’t focus on Italian architecture or scanning mosaics, rather we focused on a different culture […]

ONE-MA3 2017: The Restricted-Access Look Into Pompeii’s Past

June 27, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig The ONE-MA3 team was granted a special visit to the restricted lab in Pompeii to see restorations in progress. Before we arrived at the lab, we had a lecture from researchers in Pompeii […]

ONE-MA3 2017: The Journey Continues

June 27, 2017 | ONE-MA3 2017 | ceemit

[fusion_text]By Sierra Rosenzweig 6/23/2017 – Hidden Underneath the Vatican We were all sad to leave the castle in Priverno, but it was time to leave our fortress full of research gadgets and gelato for an adventure […]