I have been very busy studying for final exams and writing papers. Now that the semester is done, I have time to get back into research! My summer is class-free; I'm only taking dissertation credit. I hope this summer will be very productive for me!

Today I worked with Lisa to get a better idea of how the data will flow from GBM on the satellite to control center on the ground to the global coordinate network (GCN) circulars which alert the scientific community that a burst has been detected. It's amazing how many little steps there are in the process, but the reporting is done so quickly, within a matter of seconds. I also have a better idea of what I need to learn next to best get a handle on the GBM data.

Two weeks ago, I observed the Sun for my Observational Astro final project. I took this photo of our beautiful star.