This week was more eventful for me. I received my SEA training which allows me access to the cleanroom. Cleanrooms are universal to research universities, and they are very well kept to improve the longevity of the equipment, and to avoid tainting the researcher’s results. While attending the orientation, I found myself thinking of how cool it would be to have the knowledge to operate and/or build all the equipments in the cleanroom. During my time at this internship, I have found myself more interested in the technology industry, as the scientific industry is saturated, and perhaps this may lead me towards a career in mechanical engineering than the biomedical route I was considering.

Asides from my fascination with the machines, I learned a lot more about my project, and the machines used in the process this week: I made some OECT devices, and I learned about Cyclic Voltammetry (CV). CV is an electrochemical technique used to observe redox reactions; because I will be determining the efficiency of polymer-coated CNT threads, CV will enable me to qualify the data received. Apart from learning how to properly hook up the machine, learning to operate the software required for the task is a skill I didn’t think I would develop during this process.