So today is the last day of the Nano Lab at UCLA! As I signed up for this program, I expected to be very out of place and that the concepts would be completely over my head. But in actuality, I felt really comfortable here. I really enjoyed the lectures where we learned about issues relevant to up-in-coming technology that people my age aren’t really aware of. The lecturers and teachers were really interesting and had a variety of backgrounds, which was nice to see.
Although
I enjoyed the academic insight gained on this 13-day course, I think the most interesting aspect of this trip was meeting other people with similar interests as me. It was really fun to get to meet people who are also dedicated to gaining as much knowledge as humanly possible and growing as human beings. It’s nice to meet people who are as committed to the same things as I am and working to collaborate with them.
Even though I was very impressed with this
program, I have to say that I was incredibly exhausted. I’m not sure whether it was due to the sheer intensity of the subject matter, how closely packed together the activities were, or the distance between Hedrick Hall and CNSI, but this experience was fatiguing. I think it might have been better if we had been able to break up the lectures and activities in a different way somehow.