# JiayunChen - Vaping Detection & Mitigation Pathway **URL:** \ **Category:** Drug Discovery Using ML Self-Assessments\ **Created:** [August 4, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524 "2020-08-04T17:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/1 "2020-08-04T17:36:34Z")
Jiayun (J) Chen Week of July 14, 2020 - August 2, 2020 Overview of Things Learned: - History of tobacco use - Health risks of vape and cigarettes - How vape work - Different types of vaping devices and detectors - Ways to encourage people to take surveys - Research about vaping detector - HALO - Logic gates and truth tables - How to efficiently organize data from vaping survey - Understand basic verilog Technical Area: - Understand the function of vaping detector - HALO - Create a Google form to survey people in my neighborhood - Downloading and running Intel software (Quartus) - Researching about vaping detectors (HALO and Flysense) - Uniforming data - Use QAR to practice logic gates and truth tables - Learn basic verilog Tools: - Intel software - Google spreadsheet, form, calendar, mail, drive - Excel - Trello - DIfferent platforms to share vaping surveys Soft Skills: - Problem-solving Intel + Google forms and Spreadsheets errors/concerns - Researching about vaping detector - Team work - Leadership - Communication - Public speaking Achievement Highlights: - Hosted first co-team meeting - Uniformed all 275 data inputs on google spreadsheet/excel - Highlighted the difference and similarities between vaping detectors - Work together with team to host Happy Hour - Gather over 200 survey inputs from people from different areas - Successfully download and run Intel software - Help troubleshoot simple Intel software problems Meetings attended: - Introduction to FPGA on July 14th - Team meeting on July 14th - FPGA Training on July 16th - Happy hour on July 17th - Team meeting on July 20th - FPGA Training on July 23rd - Happy hour on July 24th - Team meeting on July 27th - Lead Meeting with Intel on July 29th - Office Hours on July 29th - FPGA Training on July 30th - Happy Hour on July 31st - Co-team meeting on Aug. 1st - Team meeting on July 20th - FPGA training on July 23rd - Happy Hour on July 24th Goals for the Upcoming Week: - Plan for next co-team meeting - Complete analyzing data results by creating 20 graphs - Compile pro/con and similarities/differences for vaping detectors - Gather information together for team presentation Tasks Done: - Researched and learn more about vaping detectors (Flysense and HALO) - Gathered survey data about vaping - Created and analyze Google spreadsheet for survey data - Downloaded and run Intel software and lab materials - Uniformed personal data results - Compared and contrast vaping detectors (HALO and Flysense) - Watched additional videos about verilog and logic gates + truth tables - Watched Quartus Prime Introduction video - Organized pro/con and similarities/difference into table entries ---
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2020, 5:37pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/2 "2020-08-04T17:37:07Z")
#leadership #public-speak #communication #teamwork ---
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 2:03am UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/3 "2020-08-11T02:03:23Z")
Jiayun (J) Chen Week of Aug. 3, 2020 - Aug. 9, 2020 Overview of Things Learned: Technical Area: - Compare and contrast the vaping detectors - HALO and FlySense - Prepared a presentation PowerPoint with team members for a mid-project showcase - Planned agenda and took minutes for a co-team meeting in Google Doc. Tools: - Google Suite: Gmail, Drive, Spreadsheets, Doc., Calendar, PowerPoint, Meet to collaborate with other teammates - Used Trello for weekly assignments - Used FPGA board to practice logic gates and truth tables Soft Skills: - Brainstorm ideas to deduce the cost of vaping detectors - Time managing different weekly tasks with different due dates - Technical presenting mid-project findings to Debaleena and Mandy - Planning second co-team meeting - Informing group leads to prepare a short idea of next week’s goals and tasks - Problem-solving FPGA logic gates and truth tables challenges - Organized team tasks for the upcoming week Achievement Highlights: - Finished all of the weekly tasks before the deadline - Participated in mid-project presentation - Planned and hosted the second co-team meeting - Helped plan and host FPGA training - Provided ideas for teammates to increase survey responses - Advise team members upon soft skills, technical skills, and presentation skills Meetings attended: - Team meeting on Aug 3rd - Team lead meeting on Aug 4th - Office Hour on Aug 5th - FPGA training on Aug 6th - Presentations on Aug 7th - Co-team meeting on Aug 8th Goals for the Upcoming Week: - Use .qar file to do Intel Quartus training lab 1 - Plan and host the third co-team meeting with an emphasis on team-building by challenging the teams to work together as a group - Gathering more information about how cigarettes usage decreased in popularity - Understand the chemicals involved in vaping devices - Understand block diagrams and create a list of components to add to vaping detector functionality - Write up collected survey data and analysis Tasks Done: - Read and analyze three articles about people experiences with vaping detectors - Analyze data collected from New York residents about their vaping experiences - Allocate different presentation and research tasks to each member of the team - Host the second co-team meeting with an emphasis on teamwork by building off each other’s works in the prior weeks #brainstorm #time-management #technical-leadership #planning #informing #organization #problem-solving ---
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/4 "2020-08-18T01:14:46Z")
Jiayun (J) Chen Week of Aug. 10, 2020 - Aug. 16, 2020 Overview of Things Learned: Technical Area: - Learn about block diagram - Learn more about FGPA, truth tables, and logic gates through working Quartus training lab - Read and analysis dense science articles and publication regarding experiments of the influence vaping devices has on humans Tools: - LinkedIn - Google Suite - Trello - STEM-Away platform - Zoom - Quartus Soft Skills: - Collaborate with Raina to research about chemicals involved in vaping devices and cigarettes and their effects on the human body - Organize a PowerPoint with the other leads for FPGA training - Network with HALO’s VP of Operations and Product Development to understand more about HALO’s Smart Detector - Problem solve wifi internet connection issues - Flexibility in schedule in order to accommodate Frank Jacovino’s availability - Communicate with my team leads for them to host Co-team meeting due to internet and service issues preventing me from hosting meeting Achievement Highlights: - Reached out to Frank Jacovino over LinkedIn asking for a scheduled meeting with him to understand more about HALO detector - Connect with Frank Jacovino over Zoom to understand more about HALO detector - Reached out to the other team leads asking for help to host Co-team meeting - Took detailed minutes for meeting with Jacovino for the group leads to refer back to and for team members to look over Meetings attended: - Team meeting on Aug 10th - Office Hour on Aug 12th - FPGA training on Aug 13th - HALO Meeting with VP of Operation, Frank Jacovino, on Aug 14th - Happy Hour on Aug 14th Goals for the Upcoming Week: - Plan and host the fourth co-team meeting with an emphasis on team communication by challenging the team to support each other - Continue with Quartus training lab - Continue research in the chemicals involved in vaping devices and its effect on the human body - Revise survey write-up into a research paper style writing - Create a box diagram of HALO detector - Continue to network with VP of Operation from HALO understand the hardware of vaping detector Tasks Done: - Use .qar file to do the first Intel Quartus training lab - Plan the third co-team meeting with an emphasis on team-building by challenging the teams to work together as a group - Understand the chemicals involved in vaping devices in comparison to cigarettes and their effects on the human body - Added two elements to vaping detector block diagram - Write up a personas for an adult who’s transitioning into quitting smoking by using alternative vape devices and analyze for New York data collected from survey #collaboration #organisationskills #networking #problem-solving #flexibility #communication ---
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 7:44pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/5 "2020-08-25T19:44:17Z")
Jiayun (J) Chen Week of Aug. 17, 2020 - Aug. 23, 2020 Overview of Things Learned: Technical Area: - Learn more about FGPA, truth tables, and logic gates through working Quartus training lab - Read and analysis dense science articles and publication regarding experiments of the influence vaping devices has on humans Tools: - LinkedIn - Google Suite - Trello - STEM-Away platform - Zoom - Quartus Soft Skills: - Detailed and concise writing on survey analysis and extra research findings - Organized co-team meeting - Network with professionals from Soter Technologies to understand more about FlySense detector - Conflict resolve FlySense no vaping box of material confliction through constant communication between team members and Soter Technologies - Creative thinking for restructuring co-team meeting agenda to be more engaging for team members Achievement Highlights: - Reached out to Kerrin Kallmann over LinkedIn asking for a scheduled meeting with her to understand more about FlySense detector - Connect with Kerrin Kallmann over Zoom to understand more about FlySense detector - Took detailed minutes for meeting with Kerrin Kallmann for the group leads to refer back to and for team members to look over Meetings attended: - Team meeting on Aug 17th - Research Paper Writing with Dr. Mandy on Aug 19th - Office Hour on Aug 19th - FPGA training on Aug 20th - Soter Technologies Meeting on Aug 20th - Happy Hour on Aug 21th - Co-team Meeting Aug 22th Goals for the Upcoming Week: - Provide a second and third revision and feedback on research paper - Prepare the research paper for final draft to be published - Critical think other ways in which one can further mitigate the problem of vaping Tasks Done: - Work on Quartus labs - Give team members feedback on their respective portion of the research paper - Revise written portions of research paper - Write the extra research portion in the final research paper ---
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 10:02pm UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/6 "2020-08-28T22:02:45Z")
Jiayun (J) Chen Week of Aug. 24, 2020 - Aug. 30, 2020 Overview of Things Learned: Technical Area: - Read and analysis dense science articles and publication regarding experiments of the influence vaping devices has on humans Tools: - LinkedIn - Google Suite - Trello - STEM-Away platform - Zoom - Quartus Soft Skills: - Problem solve extra section writing portion - Assign tasks to each individual based on their strengths and interests - Understand team members availabilities in problem solving around schedule conflicts - Communicate with team members about upcoming week’s plan and task - Maintaining communication between FlySense and HALO to ask about publication of research paper Achievement Highlights: - Complete final draft of research paper Meetings attended: - Team meeting on Aug 24th - FPGA training on Aug 27th (recording) - Team 2 Presentation on Aug 28th Tasks Done: - Provide a second and third revision and feedback on research paper - Prepare the research paper for final draft to be published - Critical think other ways in which one can further mitigate the problem of vaping ---
**Author:** ![JiayunChen](https://d2nat51eddc6b4.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/stemaway.com/jiayunchen/32/1553_2.png) [@JiayunChen](https://stemaway.com/u/JiayunChen)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://stemaway.com/t/jiayunchen-vaping-detection-mitigation-pathway/5524/7 "2020-08-29T00:34:27Z")
Jiayun (J) Chen Overview of this Internship: Technical Area: - Learned logic gates, truth tables, and basic verilog coding to help accomplish several Quartus Labs using FPGA - Read and analysis dense science articles on different areas of research to understand vaping - Research about several vaping detectors to learn how to put together a simple block diagram of a vaping detector Tools: - Zoom - Google Suite - LinkedIn - Trello - STEM-Away platform - Quartus/Intel Software Soft Skills: - Communication between several parties: team member, team leads, Debaleena, Mandy, and two vaping detector companies - Problem solve all technical issues throughout the internship - Organize various meetings - Collaborate with various members in order to accomplish weekly tasks Achievement Highlights: - Network with organization professional to understand more about vaping detectors and the detection of chemicals present in vape clouds - Plan and host several team meetings - Gather and organize enormous amounts of data information about one’s experiences with vaping - Research to understand different chemicals in vape and its effect on the body - Network with vaping companies to meet with representatives to learn about vaping detectors and ways to mitigate the problem of vape Meetings Attended: - Almost all meetings attended/watched recording Tasks Done: - Completed all tasks assigned to me every week - Accomplished participant weekly assignments and tasks as well as project leads duties and tasks