Recently Alex and I spent a long weekend together in Disneyland. Alex took me to Disneyland for the first time about a year after we moved to Arizona and since we can make it to Anaheim in about a 6 h...Read More
I’ve just about finished my second research project in my career as a graduate student! Hooray! I’ve completed simulations, made a whole lot of plots and written up my work to be published...Read More
Woo! We’ve made it! For the twelfth and final science woman we have Stephanie Kwolek (1923-2014), an American chemist. Stephanie’s work, while primarily chemistry, is actual notable in the...Read More
Over the past few semesters I have been involved in a mentoring group at ASU called Sundial. In Sundial, older undergrads and graduate students come together to mentor incoming freshman. We share abou...Read More
November’s Science woman comes from the math and technology section of my book! It felt like most of the accomplishments of these women were abstract and hard to relate to – Emily Noether ...Read More
October’s science woman is Sally Ride (1951-2012). While most people have heard of her, I think she is still worth mentioning because I learned things about her I didn’t know before! Sally...Read More
September’s science woman is Maria Mitchell (1818-1889). She was an American astronomer and one of the first Americans to discover a comet and chart its orbit. She worked from her own make shift...Read More
Well, it’s been quite a while since I’ve made a post on our awesome women in science. But I’ll be catching up shortly! The science woman for August is Maria Mayer (1906- 1972). Maria...Read More
Over the past few months, I participated in the 100 Day Project. The point of this project is to be creative for 100 days. Whatever works for you, some small task, a big task, several smaller projects...Read More