5th Posting

      During this semester, I have learned to do research since this is my first experience. I have also been doing oral presentations which contained literature review, protocols, and other new things for me. Taking this as a basis, I was able to create a poster which I presented on the Sigma Xi Poster Day. Furthermore, I have learned to prepare a laboratory notebook while investigating. By  other way, I have encountered some difficulties during the semester. Several times the experimentation was not successful but working it with patience helped me to complete all the objectives for the semester. Now that I have achieved my goals for the semester, I have also thought in my new objectives for next semester. Last week, I started with a Mesh Size Protocol which will help me to approximate the size of the polymer’s pores. This will be continued next semester in order to understand the effect of the hydrogels in the diffusion coefficient of the precipitating agent.