Hurricane Season

The hurricane season has been busy so far, with seven tropical storms and eight hurricanes. Tropical storm Nicole battered my home country of Jamaica and is now headed for Florida. We can only watch and hope that the storm is not too devastating. With the hurricane season to end on November 30, we can no doubt expect more storms. I empathize with anyone affected by the storms and hope that they will keep safe.

New Benefits

It has been about a month and a half since I completed the Research Experience for Undergraduates(REU). I continually realize new benefits of my participation. I recently earned an internship and my employer was ecstatic to learn that I had studied parts of ASCE 7-05, because his company uses the code. Also, what I learned about loads on structures, is useful in the statics class I am currently taking. I will undoubtedly continue to reap the benefits of the REU as I continue my academic and professional careers.