For this year’s project, I am designing a database through which current Upper School students can search where recent alums with similar academic and extracurricular interests attended college. This will allow current students to connect with people at colleges they …
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Sep 2019 Project Update by Caitlin Johnson EDI’21
This year I hope to work with the ODU Cytotechnology department. I plan on creating a portable microscope for a cellphone, a microscope which students and teachers can use during class or during times when they are outside of the …
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Director’s Note on the EDI Theme of Housing
This year, Dr. Call and I decided to structure the EDI curriculum, such as speakers, case studies, hackathons, and more, around the theme of housing. Housing touches everyone in our community of Hampton Roads, our country, and our world. A …
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Summary of Silicon Valley 2019 EDI Summer Experience by Leah Smith
This past week we visited California, trekking all over the Silicon Valley. The rising Juniors and Seniors of the EDI fellows toured Carbon, learning about 3D printing. We met with Greg Mulholland, CEO of Citrine Informatics and NA’03 alumnus. Over …
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Reflection on Silicon Valley 2019 EDI Summer Experience by Maguire McMahon
This week has been a fun one. There were ups. There were downs. As a cohort we all bonded and learned more about ourselves and our friends. My favorite part of the trip was sitting down with Norfolk Academy alumni …
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Silicon Valley 2019 Summer Experience – NASA Wind Tunnel – Post by Sarah Haugh
On the fourth day, we visited NASA Ames and got to not only see a smaller wind tunnel and water tank but we also walked into both the 1st and 2nd largest wind tunnels in the world! My uncle, Dr. …
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Director’s Note on Our Visit with Citrine Informatics
During our Silicon Valley 2019 summer experience, the 2020 and 2021 EDI Fellows met with NA’03 alumnus Greg Mulholland, the CEO of Citrine Informatics. Greg shared some of the lessons he learned at Norfolk Academy – lessons, which prepared him …
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Silicon Valley 2019 EDI Summer Experience – Vasper Systems and Escape Room by Christopher Asuncion
On Thursday, we first visited Vasper Systems in the NASA Ames Research Park. There, we met with the founder, Peter Wasowski, who gave us a background on his company. Vasper Systems (Vasper being short for Vascular Performance) focuses on developing …
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Silicon Valley 2019 Summer Experience – Stanford’s GPS Lab and The Tech Museum – Post by AJ Keels
On Wednesday, July 17, the EDI Fellows set out on a visit to a professor at Stanford University. At around 10:30 we all met with Mr. Lo, a professor specializing in GPS. Mr. Lo and his students work on different parts of the Global Positioning System, or …
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Silicon Valley 2019 EDI Summer Experience – Hackathon and Dinner with LinkedIn Engineer – Post by Keon Tavakoli
The ‘20 and ‘21 EDI fellows performed a hackathon today to prepare for a Middle School advisee competition next school year. The fellows were split into three groups, each providing several potential challenges for the competition and eventually each group …
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