Week: 1, 2, 3 (7/13-7/17;7/20-7/24; 7/27-7/31)
Technical Area:
- Learned about FPGAs, boolean logic gates, and truth tables through the Intel Intro to FPGAs course,Intro to FPGA webinar hosted by Dr. Aravind Dasu, and meetings with the Intel experts
- Learned how to construct a survey to receive data on a certain topic
- Researched details on existing vaping detector, how they work, and potential flaws
- Downloaded the Ubuntu Virtual machine to be able to download and understand the Quartus software and launch the virtual logic board
Tools:
- GSuite: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Meets, Google Groups, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Sheets
- Trello
- STEM-Away Platform
- Quartus
Leadership/Soft Skills:
- Improved my communication skills by staying in constant communication with my co-lead and the rest of my team in a remote environment
- Sent out a survey to my team to better understand what I need to improve on and what I was doing well
- Checked the forum, Slack, Trello, and email to answer my team member’s questions
- Attended Pathway Leads meetings in order to communicate with other pathway leads to better understand how I can improve my team’s journey to success
- Hosted extra office hours in order to ensure that new team members were caught up
- Assigned tasks to my team members and checked in throughout to ensure that they were doing their tasks
Three Achievement Highlights:
- Had a meeting with Debaleena to discuss problems our team was having and how to overcome them
- Attended trainings to Intel experts and fully understood how to launch Quartus and complete the logic solver challenge
- Learned how to use Trello and demonstrated to the entire pathway how it can be implemented
Meetings organized/attended
- Team Meetings: 7/14, 7/20, 7/27, 8/3
- FPGA Trainings: 7/16, 7/30
- Happy Hours: 7/24
- Office Hours: 7/22, 7/29, 7/31, 8/1, 8/2
- Co-Team Meeting: 8/1
- Meeting with Intel Experts: 7/20, 7/29, 8/4
Goals for the Upcoming Week:
- Continue to work on the challenges given by the Intel experts to better understand them and teach them to my team
- Keep being active on all platforms to ensure that I answer the questions of all the participants and observers
- Update my Linked-In and grow my connections
Week: 4
Technical Area:
- Learned and researched about existing vaping detectors and how they work
- Worked more on troubleshooting problems with launching Quartus
- Started going through a Quartus lab given by Intel experts
- Learned how a block diagram works and researched block diagrams for existing vaping detectors
- Started listing suggestions to mitigate vaping
Tools:
- GSuite: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Meets, Google Groups, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Sheets
- Trello
- STEM-Away Platform
- Quartus
Leadership/Soft Skills
- Sent out an anonymous survey to see what me and my co-lead could improve on and asked our team what direction they want the internship to go in
- Communicated with my team and created the meeting times that worked best for everyone
- Continued to make sure those who did not make it to the meetings had access to the recording and I was accessible to answer questions that my teammates have
- Checked my email and the forum daily to make sure I could answer any questions
- Helped my co-lead with creating the deliverables for the week
- Continuously sent friendly reminders throughout the week to remind my team members of upcoming due dates
Three Achievement Highlights:
- Learned more about the Quartus software and troubleshooting when it wasn’t working
- Caught all the new members up to speed with Quartus and FPGAs
- Learned more about Vaping Detectors and started coming up with a list of suggestions to mitigate
Meetings organized/attended
- Office Hours: 8/5
- FPGA Trainings: 8/6
- Week 4 Presentations Meeting: 8/7
- Team Meetings: 8/10
- Meeting with Intel Experts: 8/11
Goals for Upcoming Week:
- Keep staying active on all platforms so I can be there for the participants and observers
- Update my Linked-In and work on my soft skills
- Continue working on Quartus labs and sharpen my skills with quartus
Week 5:
Technical Area
- Continued troubleshooting with the Quartus software so I could work on the lab given by intel experts
- Learned more Verilog commands and how to use them to interact with the Quartus software
- Learned about the hardware of a Vaping detector works by meeting the VP of Halo
- Continued researching block diagrams so I would be able to design my own block diagram
Tools:
- GSuite: Gmail, Google Drive, Google Calendar, Google Meets, Google Groups, Google Slides, Google Docs, Google Sheets
- Trello
- STEM-Away Platform
- Quartus
Leadership/Soft Skills
- Created the meeting invites and events for the whole Vaping Pathway
- Explained to the Vaping team leads updates given by the pathway leads such as the milestone post
- Checked all the platforms to answer any of the questions asked by the participants and the observers
- Continuously sent friendly reminders throughout the week to remind my team members of upcoming due dates and to update their work status in Trello
Three Achievement Highlights:
- Met with the VP of operations of Halo and learned about their process of using the Vaping detector to mitigate vaping
- Researched more on block diagrams in order to be able to achieve the end goal of making a design of our own vaping detector
- Created our idea of what our final presentation is going to look like
List of Meetings/Trainings Attended:
- Team Meetings: 8/10
- Office Hours: 8/12
- FPGA Training:8/12
- Meeting w/Halo VP: 8/14
- Happy Hours: 8/14
Goals for the Upcoming Week:
- Continue to work with the teams on our final presentation
- Be active on all platforms
- Finish the Quartus Lab