I won't spend a lot of time on the details of the internship yet (I'll post much more about it as it comes to a close in August). But I am working with two PhD students from the ORC (not an attribute of all internships but it's a great opportunity) and we're developing models that will assist National Grid in planning for major storms such as hurricane and severe snowstorms. Understanding the effect of the weather and the expected damage holds incredible value for National Grid to properly plan for the storm and return service to its customers quickly. As one might guess it is an incredibly difficult problem to solve but I'm lucky to have a lot of support both from MIT and National Grid and hopefully the project will produce a great product.
And of course at this time of the year the new blood is coming in and will be starting off their LGO experience and I'm terribly jealous. If the incoming class has half the fun that we had in our first summer they'll learn quickly that they made a great decision to come to the LGO.
You 15's will be essentially the only students on campus...and actually at times it makes it feel kind of dead. But it creates an amazing opportunity for you to really bond with your LGO class. You will have all of your classes together, you will spend a lot of time with your summer groups, and if our class is any indication you'll spend a lot of time at the Muddy, Thirsty Ear, and sailing (all are highly encouraged). The ONE thing that I think some of the 14's regret about the summer is that sometimes we felt we worked too hard/much. While everyone should work and take full advantage of the opportunity...remember you're getting two degrees from MIT. If you'd like some credentials...remember, you're going to be just fine. So enjoy the summer, believe it or not, it's going to be the only time when you and your fellow LGOs will have that much time together (sometimes it might feel like too much time).
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