Summer 2001 Research

This summer I am doing research at the Georgia Institute of Technology with Mary Jean Harrold (of Georgia Tech) and Mary Lou Soffa (of the University of Pittsburgh) through the CRA Distributed Mentor Program (DMP). The DMP matches undergraduate women with women at graduate institutions in computer science to encourage women to attend grad school in CS&CE. I am a summer member of Dr. Harrold's research team, the Aristotle Research Group.

Here is a rough outline of the project.


Research Progress

The First Week
The Second Week
The Third Week
The Fourth Week
The Fifth Week
The Sixth Week
The Seventh Week
The Eighth Week
The Ninth Week
The Tenth Week
All summaries together
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Final Report

Summer Fun and Stories

June 3 - Driving to Atlanta and searching for my dorm...let me tell you how I feel about the Housing Office at Georgia Tech... (story)
June 9 - Went to a free Better Than Ezra concert - got lost in a bad part of Atlanta on the way home (story)
June 16 - Got my tongue pierced in Little Five Points! (story)
June 23 - Joined a Saturday Ultimate league (story)
June 28 - Started my 6-week Hatha Yoga class!
June 28-July 2 - Pete's visit: Six Flags, a free They Might Be Giants concert in Centennial Olympic Park, ultimate, dinner at a middle eastern restaurant, Shrek, the Fernbank Natural History Museum and IMAX theater, the Shakespeare Tavern for Much Ado About Nothing, a picnic in Grant Park, and the Cyclorama & Civil War Museum - a great weekend!
July 4 - Ran the Peachtree Road Race - a 10K through Atlanta (story)
July 5 - Saw the best fireworks show of my life in Centennial Olympic Park! (rescheduled from the 4th due to thunderstorms)
July 13 - Yoga update - (story)
July 15 - Worked on a Habitat for Humanity house (story)
July 19 - Saw an Atlanta Beat game (women's professional soccer) - the Beat (including World Cup goalie Briana Scurry) tied the Bay Area CyberRays (including World Cup midfielder Brandi Chastain) 1-1 - an exciting game with some impressive and inspiring athletes!
July 20-July 23 - ROAD TRIP! Back to Bucknell for a weekend...12 hours each way, but worth it!
July 27-July 30 - A visit from my parents and sister: The World of Coca-Cola Museum, Underground Atlanta, the High Museum of Art for a Michelangelo exhibit, some shopping, and some fabulous dining!

Photos of people I met in Georgia!