Fall 2019: Bioscience conference

Tomorrow is the bioscience Southwest conference at ASU main campus. I have had the pleasure of attending their last conference and I really enjoyed it. Unfortunately I have nothing to present from my work this semester but I can tag along with Dr. Cotter´s group. I hope to see lots of my cohorts there. I should have time in the morning to work on some of my app but there is also the HERMANAS workshop tomorrow. If anyone has time it is from 9-1 in the C building and it is a great opportunity for outreach where you can work with middle school aged girls in STEM type workshops.  

Fall 2019: Mixer

Hi guys! I'm officially sick so this week has been rough. I did get stuff done on the bat front and on some issues with an app I'm working on. I'm just so glad that midterms and homecoming is over, now I can get so much more done. I am attending the bioscience conference at ASU next week and I'll let you know how that goes. I'm sure it will be as great as the last one. Today I am attending the mixer at ASU west, I am so excited to see all of my cohorts! Have a good weekend!

                                               Image of our un customized app icons

Fall 2019: So so busy

So once again, I have accomplished close to nothing when it comes to my project. I have been busy with all of the homecoming festivities. Today was the food day event. It went well, I helped with Garden Clubs table and Honors table. I had the chance to buy a bowl made by PC students or staff. I was even fed lunch. Overall the event went great. I even bid on a couple of items, didn't win but it was fun anyway.  Remember guys, tomorrow is crazy sock day at PC! Well tomorrow you can find me in the lab working hard in my crazy socks.

Photo of bottom of my new PC made bowl

Fall 2019: Homecoming festivities

Homecoming is approaching! STEAM club and Robotics club teamed up to build a cart float for the homecoming float parade. I think it came out great. Thankfully there was plenty of help. This week is my kids fall break so I'm not really getting much of my project done but next week it's back to work as usual.

Fall 2019: Bat Data!

I know this blog is titled bat data so you are probably wondering why my pictures are of rattlesnakes. Well, for the past two weeks of in field data collection I have ran into these awesome little guys on the trail! Yes! These are photos I took with my phone. I absolutely love seeing our Arizona wildlife but I have to admit it has been a little scary on the trail since these encounters. I think it's time to invest in headlamps!

Fall 2019: Coding with Xcode & Matlab

Hi guys, so field trip day was a semi success. Our ball shooting robot broke after 10 minutes or so. Luckily David was handy with a custom built RC car we brought with us to entertain the kids. We had 3D models handy as well so it went as well as it could considering our predicament. There was really around 5000 kids and educators there too! Back to my project this week. I have finally begun to understand how xcode works and I am also getting way more comfortable with Matlab so I'm feeling really confident that I can get what I want done this semester. I'll keep you all posted.

photo of one of my Matlab programs. 

Fall 2019: Field Trip Day!!!!! Yaaaayyyyy!!!!

Hello friends!!! I'm sure you're wondering what field trip I'm going on? Well I am going to help spread the love of science and Robotics at the Arizona Diamondbacks Field Trip day at Chase field. I had no idea that such an event existed but I'm so thankful it does. Kids from all over the Valley, from several age groups, and backgrounds will be bussed in to Chase field where they can spend all morning visiting different vendors and educational stations. The main focus of this whole event is STEM. The photo above is of the robot that the kids will be able to play with. I personally did not build this robot, it was built by a member(s) of the PC Robotics club. I'll fill you all in next week.