Ann Arbor

We had a week in Ann Arbor to get to know others students and get ready for our work in Paris. Highlights of week one in Michigan:

  • Learning to Skateboard with Sarah 
  • Trying to fit all eight of us into elevators between optics crash courses 
  • Hologram R2D2 Lab  



I totally underestimated the time it would take to finish a summary video of what I think I will be doing once I get to Paris, but here is the final result! I'll have to figure out a way to do it faster eventually... but here is what I've got so far! 







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