Internal Review and Last Culture Night

I honestly cannot believe how fast time flies here and at the same time when you think back to a previous day it feels like it was months ago even if it was just last week. Last Friday, August 26, the 3 teams presented an internal review to the whole SSP (similar to an interim review). Each team presented for about 35 minutes and then answered follow-up questions. TP Water went first, then TP Robo (my team), and finally TP Small Satellites. I thought our presentation went really well. We had a dry run (practice) the previous evening. Our chair, emerging chair, and TA gave us some really helpful feedback which made all the difference the next day. We received more feedback that afternoon from the SSP directors and other reviewers. Everything is coming along nicely!

Four people presented from TP Robo - Friedrich, me, Chris, and Jeff (below). Check out our cool shirts! Here are some more pictures.


After the presentation we had some down time. It felt amazing to just relax for a bit after a busy and productive week.Then we had the sixth and final cultural night! Here are some pictures. The contributing countries were China, Chile, Iran, Romania, Germany and Spain!