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Update From France
Bonjour from France! There has been a lot going on over here since my last update. This week was especially exciting, as our group was able to travel to KU Leuven in Leuven, Belgium to take part in the Center for Resource Recovery and Recycling (CR3) conference being held there. We had the opportunity to [...]
Continue reading >Bonjour From France!!
September 2, 2012
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Hello from Lille, France!! Lille is located in northern France, almost at the border with Belgium, and it is where I will be living for the next four months as I complete my Major Project. I have the unique opportunity of helping to launch a new project center for WPI, as one of the two [...]
Continue reading >Update From Namibia
April 24, 2012
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Hello from Namibia! It has been a while since I have posted, mostly because of how busy I have been with my Interactive Qualifying Project, and how much fun I have been having. My project, which is titled “Improving Solid Waste Management in Rural Namibia Communities,” has been going really well so far, and my [...]
Continue reading >On the Grind in NYC….
December 30, 2011
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My MQP project experience was the most real life job experience I had particularly so because it so wholly encompassed everything that I want to do after graduation. It was like seeing myself 6 months from now. It start out as a project but very quickly got real, soon I was on the grind. Even [...]
Continue reading >MIA…Not Quite…Just ‘Occupying’ Bank Of America
December 19, 2011
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So I have been missing in action for awhile but no I did join the ‘occupy’ movement as my title would suggest. However I was indeed occupying Bank of America, more specifically, I was occupying a seat in the Global Technology Products Divison of BoFA. Now you you might be thoroughly confused so let me [...]
Continue reading >My Favorite Part of Finals Week… NO FINALS!
December 8, 2011
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So, it’s that time of term again. B term is nearing its’ end, and people are figuring out their plans for returning home. The week of finals is upon us, and the library is filling up. This will be my last set of finals as an undergraduate – only problem is that I don’t actually [...]
Continue reading >A Time of Change and Growth
November 29, 2011
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As fall begins to turn to winter, students of every year are starting to experience true changes in their lives here at WPI. With Thanksgiving finished, and students finally recovering from their turkey-induced food comas, it is apparent that there is much to accomplish in the three short weeks that we have left in the [...]
Continue reading >Hven’s a Good Time?
May 3, 2011
We only have one more week left here in Copenhagen, so we’re trying to check everything off the to-do and to-see list in between all the work we have finalizing our reports and presentations. We spent this past Saturday at Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest amusement parks in the world (second only to the [...]
Continue reading >God Påske / Καλό Πάσχα / Happy Easter
April 27, 2011
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There are three main things to talk about since last time I blogged: Street event recap Parents’ visit Easter vacation The street event was, unfortunately, on one of the worst days we could have chosen. The surrounding two weeks were gorgeous and sunny—the few days leading up to that Saturday I didn’t even bother with [...]
Continue reading >Project Presentation Day
April 21, 2011
Once a year the students at WPI get a day off from classes at the end of April and during the past 3 years it was filled with time hanging with friends, relaxation, or catching up on some work. This year, however, project presentation day has a new meaning – it signifies the end of [...]
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October 6, 2012
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