I can still recall the day I arrived at UCLA. Never did I ever expect that the next two weeks would go by so quickly and be so much fun. I have learned all sorts of new information about nanotechnology and have befriended a lot awesome people. Of all the things I have gained here, […]
After months of anticipation and countdowns, I finally got to see Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Did it leave out a lot from the book? Yes (they didn’t even include the end battle scene between Harry and Professor Snape!). But even so, I’m so happy the movie is finally out. Throughout the movie, I […]
Just two days after learning about the SEM (scanning electron microscope), I actually got to see it in action today. The first object placed under the lense was the hair from one of my group-mates. As I learned from before, the SEM can only produce black and white images, but even so, the details were […]
The day started off with a trip to the Fowler Museum where I was able to look at aboriginal paintings from Papunya, and indigenous group in central Australia. Looking at the paintings reminded me of pointillism because the majority of every painting was composed of tiny dots. But the paintings also gave me an idea […]
This past Saturday, I was given the opportunity to watch the DESMA final presentations. And I must admit, everyone of the students there did an incredible job, especially in expressing their creative and artistic abilities. The first part of the presentation was on graphic design. There was a total of twenty-four students in graphic design […]
On Saturday, I went on my very first trip to the Getty Museum. While I was there, I happened to chance upon the photo gallery of Paul Overbridge, and to my surprise, there was something to be learned about science there- the carbro process. The carbro process is the combining of carbon-based pigments and silver […]
During Thursday’s lecture, I was introduced to many incredible artists who incorporated light into their work. However, one artist that appealed to me the most was Claude Monet. After viewing some of his work on the powerpoint, I wanted to learn more about his paintings. Going online, I managed to find many of Monet’s paintings. […]
Day 2 blog: Microscopes Today was extremely exciting for me because I finally got to see an atomic force microscope (AFM). Ever since my Freshman year in high school, when I first read about this microscope, I had always wanted to see one for myself. What fascinates me the most about this particular microscope is […]