American Physical Society

Week 5: More Bug Hunting!

Sunday, July 4, 2021

Kirk Kleinsasser

This week felt a little slower, as I ran into a fair number of bugs in my project. I managed to finish a major module in my code and make great headway into another! I can now import job data into my program and perform basic searches.

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Week 5: Life is full of surprises!

Friday, July 2, 2021

Zeynep Tuna

At the end of last week, I was quite worried about my process of modifying and debugging the code that adds the new year’s data into the Überspreadsheet.

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Hannah Wistrand

Week 4: Yes, And: Confirming My Path

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Hannah Wistrand

This past week has been pretty tricky. I’m getting into more analysis and engagement work, trying to understand the audience we are reaching with this project against science misinformation and vaccine hesitancy.

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Week 4: It’s taking a bit too long!

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Zeynep Tuna

This week, I spent most of time on Excel formatting data for the Compare Your Institution webpage on the APS website. In my opinion, this is an important aspect of the Education and Diversity Statistics project as most institutions and most people use this as a resource very often.

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Week 4: Squishing Bugs

Sunday, June 27, 2021

Kirk Kleinsasser

This was another super busy week for me! I only had a few meetings for my internship this week, but I wanted to really start moving on my code. On Monday, I had the chance to have lunch with the other interns and department heads in APS.

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Hannah Wistrand

Week 3: Creating Meaningful Connections

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Hannah Wistrand

This week seemed to go by fast! It was mostly spent in meetings, webinars, and brainstorming sessions, but ended with me going home to Washington for the weekend. That was the theme for this week - exploring the different types of meaningful connections in my life.

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Week 3: Down to Buisness

Sunday, June 20, 2021

Kirk Kleinsasser

Week three is in the books! This work week was a little shorter, as APS offices were closed for Juneteenth on Friday. I enjoyed a lunch with the APS Careers team on Thursday, followed by a fascinating virtual colloquium with SPS National President, Dr. Kiril Streletzky.

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Week 3: Too many for loops mean too big of a Big O

Thursday, June 17, 2021

Zeynep Tuna

Switching to the NSF database from the IPEDS database was a difficult decision, and naturally, it gave rise to more decisions. Deciding on how to construct the data tables required lots of experimentation and code review.

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Hannah Wistrand

Week 2: Communication is Key

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Hannah Wistrand

For my second week with APS, I was met with a lot of meetings, a lot of questions, and a lot of opportunities to grow. We have hit a slight snag in the main project I am working on, which has required a lot of clarification.

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Headshot of Kirk Kleinsasser, APS Careers Intern

Week 2: Getting Settled

Sunday, June 13, 2021

Kirk Kleinsasser

This week, I found myself settling into my internship much more. I unfortunately had to miss two of our internship events for personal reasons, but I was still very happy with my progress outside of that.

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