The trip to Rice truly made me realize how pulling educational resources across the country are an incredibly important. It also gave me a sense of preparation because I felt that these same PHD students and actual PHDs where already collaborating with their prospective peers all across the country. So in essence we get a little window into the life, practices, and networking skills of a researcher. I look forward to growing with this team for the next 10 weeks and how my skill set and there’s come together in whatever work we will be getting to. Traveling to an institution like Rice gave the over whelming sensation of how important the program and research are, especially considering this was my first time ever hearing about Rice, it was great to see such a prestigious institution.
If there was one thing that I would like to see more from my fellow teammates in research is taking other biological life and Environmental systems into consideration. I feel that we as humans can think sometimes and get lost in only fixing the human condition. I hope as we move forward in this project we will see how this system will effect everything as a whole. Or maybe its just me, that I feel like I might over thinking this. Regardless having us communicate together on issues as a whole was very welcoming towards hearing our ideas and differences in thought.