Week 3

For the most part, I already settled on a weekly routine in my new environment. As I expected, the research environment is quite relaxed as long as things get done. Of course every faculty has their own style in doing their work, but generally speaking the GT research environment is not much different from the ASU research environment. Though one main difference is the processes involved in this type of research, because I am involved in more prototyping now rather than aiding in simulations. The whole project is really more hands on, and I have been going around the campus contacting the invention studio trying to design the pneumatic device we are developing. At the moment I am getting training from the machine shop so I will be able to create the parts we have designed. I feel like I have been learning a lot of miscellaneous skills in the research environment and have become more aware of the means necessary to get a working product.