Blog Posts
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Baseball Bats: Wood or Metal? (COSMOS Day 23)
On Saturday, COSMOS took us to see the Fresno Grizzlies vs. Rancho Cucamonga Quakes Minor League…
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Measuring “Bounciness” (COSMOS Day 22)
Today, my group and I sought out to find the relationship between cross-linking density and bounciness.…
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Two Types of PVA (COSMOS Day 21)
When my group and I were working on our project, one person came to the realization…
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Beginning of the End – Starting our Final Projects (COSMOS Day 20)
A crucial part of the COSMOS program is the final project and the final project poster…
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2 Labs in 1 Day (COSMOS Day 19)
Today’s lab time was super jam-packed with two experiments in one session. Our first lab was…
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A Piece of Advice (COSMOS Day 18)
Today’s distinguished speaker event finally showed me how material science can be applied in the industry.…
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Polymer Processing (COSMOS Day 17)
I don’t know why I assumed that everything made of plastic was produced in a similar…
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An Intro to Polymers (COSMOS Day 16)
This week’s focus is on polymers, so Professor Kolodka gave us a brief introduction on what…
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Dry Erase Markers: A Clever Yet Simple Formula (COSMOS Day 15)
My friends and I were working in one of the study rooms in our residence hall…
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The Physics of a Table Tennis Blade (COSMOS Day 14)
As I was scrolling through YouTube instead of working on college applications, I came across this…
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