Some details of my internship:
How I got here
I heard about the Mentorship program through Krista, a good friend of mine who participated in this program last year. I wasn't sure what I would be doing for the summer, so I decided to apply. I never would have thought of coming to Boston to do it, but thats where they decided to place me and thats how I am here. At that time I didn't know anyone in this area and had no idea where I was going to live. But through some friends of mine, I found a place to stay and gotten to know people in the process.
General information
I was matched up with Professor Betke at Boston University. The main goal of the Mentorship program is to encourage women to go to graduate school by giving them a little idea of what graduate level research is like. My main job is to assist Harry in his research. For more information check below.
My mentor
Professor Margrit Betke, PhD : Professor Betke is an assocaite professor at Boston University. Her area of research is comuter vision. She is working with doctors for the detection of nodules in lung contours. Her motivation is to reduce the time taken to identify cancerous nodules to increase chances of survival. She was selected by the CRA mentorship program to mentor Katelyn and I for the summer.
Graduate students and DMP participant
- Harry Hong : Harry is a second year graduate student. I am assisting him in his work this summer. He is working with alignment of lung surfaces of patients. It has been fun working with him.
- Katelyn Mann : is the other student chosen to participate in the mentorship program with Professor Betke. She will be a senior nextfall at Colby College in Maine. Its been fun getting to know her and working with her.
- Bill Mullally: Bill is in his first year at graduate school. Katelyn is working with him. He is working with segmentation of nodules in the lungs.
Daily schedule
- Wake up to alarm at 6. Hit the snooze till about 6:30. Shower, have a quick breakfast and head to the bus station.
- Take Bus no. 70 from Cedarwood Ave, to Watertown Square. Then transfer to Bus No. 57 and get off at BU East.
- Work for about four hours till about noon. Take breaks to get coffee and check email. Ask Harry for new assignments.
- Have lunch. Continue working on testing/coding/reading till about 4:30. Pack up, log off and go to the bus station. Do the reverse route.
- Go home and do my devotions. Have dinner with the Reid family. Either play a game, watch a movie, go for a walk or just head straight to bed.