I PAST MY HAM TEST YAY B-DAY SUCKED BUT HAM WAS FUN.The first time i didnt pass but the second time i did and i only missed 6 Im so happy.And I started my circuit board yay.

b-day weekend

Sorry it took so long to blog this weekend we had to have our CDR document and presentation done on monday.And my parents came this weekend so I really didnt have anytime.But on the good note I GOT TO VISIT THE USS KIDD!And discovered some other musems in Baton Rouge it was fun.Then after I was done visiting with my parents I had to finish my work and get over my nerves for my presentation.Today was the presentation and I did really well Im proud of myself and TODAY'S MY B-DAY WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! LOL

Didn't have time to finish blog I have been creating well trying to create our circuit board and finsh up corrections on the pre-cdr so I can start on the CDR.Oh and my parents are coming today yay!

PICTURES FROM CAMD, LIGO, & CANCER CENTER

even though its blurry this is one of the laser machines at CAMD COVERED WITH ALUMINUM FOIL TO KEEP THE MACHINE INSULATED AND ACTUALLY THIS IS WHERE WE GOT THE IDEA FROM ON HOW TO INSULATE OUR PAYLOAD

Explaing how this i think 6 million dollar machine worked

First chapter-LIGO&CAMD

The LIGO trip was fun.LIGO will detect the ripples in space-time by using a device called a laser interferometer, in which the time it takes light to travel between suspended mirrors is measured with high precision using controlled laser light. Two mirrors hang far apart, forming one "arm" of the interferometer, and two more mirrors make a second arm perpendicular to the first. The two arms form an L shape. Laser light enters the arms through a beam splitter located at the corner of the L, dividing the light between the arms. The light is allowed to bounce between the mirrors repeatedly before it returns to the beam splitter. If the two arms have identical lengths, then interference between the light beams returning to the beam splitter will direct all of the light back toward the laser. But if there is any difference between the lengths of the two arms, some light will travel to where it can be recorded by a photodetector.
The space-time ripples cause the distance measured by a light beam to change as the gravitational wave passes by, and the amount of light falling on the photodetector to vary. The photodetector then produces a signal defining how the light falling on it changes over time. The laser interferometer is like a microphone that converts gravitational waves into electrical signals. Three interferometers of this kind were built for LlGO -- two near Richland, Washington, and the other near Baton Rouge. Louisiana. LlGO requires at least two widely separated detectors, operated in unison, to rule out false signals and confirm that a gravitational wave has passed through the earth.After the man went over how LIGO works we went into the big play room where we got to see science in a fun way.
The next week we went to CAMD.CAMD facility is a normal-conducting electron storage ring optimized for the production of soft X-rays and etc.Unfortunatley Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices at the same time the LSU chancellor is saying CAMD may need to be shut down because of state budget cuts.If LSU does cut off its funding to CAMD, Chancellor Michael Martin said Friday, the hope is that Sutherland can attract enough federal grant funding to keep CAMD running self-sufficiently on Jefferson Highway so it can remain open.
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Once upon a time in a lab worked a dedicated group of young adults slaving over a hard CDR

The work in the lab has been hectic since the last time I blogged.I really haven't had time to share the good parts or the bad parts of my experience.Hmm so many things to share so little time good thing I finished my work early today so I have all night lol.Where to start the trip to CAMD...No! how bout field day........No!when we lost $500 no that's too depressing. The first sleep over in the lab nah! The 4th of July that was fun or how I payed $80 to get my hair done then it rained and messed it up no defiantly not! The day we didn't win Best in show for our document negative!Ill just start from where I left off.........Once upon a time in a lab...............

The Weekend!

This weekend we went to the Observatory with Jim.It was fun on the way there we got to use the ham to talk to girl scouts they were so excited lol.When we got to the observatory we just made the last part of the lecture.The lecture was about NASA's mission to Mars had to be pushed back to 2013.The astrounats found water ice crystals on Mars which intrests all the scientest in the world to make missions to Mars to see what else they can discover.With the ever-increasing population and natural resources on the earth heavily consumed each day, mankind apparently has to explore other planets to enlarge its living space.In the future, Mars exploration may give answers to environmental, living and developing problems facing the human being.Mankind's dream and passion to explore Mars and the outer space will never cease, and man surely will understand the mysterious universe better and better.After the lecture we explored the observatory's intresting(wierd) collectables like: the eyes in the jar,little alien,and a couple of other things.(see pictures)Then we went to look through the telescope and Greg was working the telescope that night.When it was my turn to look through the telescope I saw:Saturn,two stars from the big dipper,a blue & red dwarf star(i think thats what its called).The biys really missed it I cant wait to go back.Saturday I just slept till 2 then my group got together and we finished the Pre-PDR.I'm really proud of my team we really stating to come together even though we still got our quorks but I mean who doesn't.On Sunday Cayla and I whooped Zo and Nedjbi in Spades 100 to 15 hahaha Victory.