E.L.T. Academic Showcase Report
| Scholars Affiliation: Earth, Life and Time |
| Experience in Pediatric ER at the University of Maryland Medical Center |
| Project: Sonja shadowed physicians, nurses and other staff at the University |
| of Maryland Medical Center and was allowed to help with some of the |
| procedures such as stapling and stitching. |
| Goal: To learn more about pediatrics, which is her chosen career field. |
| Benefits: Got to talk to residents about what happens after college. There |
| were lots of new terms, got to learn about procedures, and was allowed to |
| actually do some, like splinting and stapling. |
| Pitfalls: There was no transportation to or from Baltimore, and the busses |
| don't normally run regularly the morning when she needed to be there, which |
| made it hard to get transportation. Because she's working with children, |
| and there are restrictions upon restrictions upon restrictions, she wasn't |
| allowed to get much hands on experience or even take pictures of the kids |
| other than of their injuries. |
| Person 2: Tim Auer [email protected] |
| Scholars Affiliation: Earth, Life and Time |
| Tactical Radio Design and Prodution at Thales |
| Project: Tim tested designs of radio adapters used by the military to work out any |
| quirks or problems and to ensure everything works in the field. |
| He also got to troubleshoot problems, like with the Whisper Mode and its |
| reception. . . If I recall correctly, there was much interference and it didn't fit into the |
| circuit board correctly. . .or somewhere. |
| Pitfalls: There was a grounding issue causing noise interference which isn't an option |
| on covert missions where Whisper Mode would be a necessity. Figuring out the |
| problem was particularly difficult because reading the assembler code was particularly |
| difficult. . . $$$01$$ you try and read that! |
| Benefits: Learned good troubleshooting strategies to help in physics and engineering. |
| Person 3: Sean Hart [email protected] |
| Scholars Affiliation: Earth, Life and Time |
| Elbow Deep in Amish Goo |
| Project: Translocate 28 year old human serum from 250 mL containers to |
| 5 mL containers at John's Hopkins. |
| Benefits: The people were great and it was good to see immediate |
| results and impact of work, knowing he did something worthwhile. |
| Pitfalls: Really boring because it was in a back room and very tedious |
| transferring 250 mL's to 50 5 mL container for several hours straight. |