by mrd5604 | May 11, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2022
This week marked my last week in Puerto Rico. I had such an amazing end to my trip. I was able to test on about 10 participants during the week. The majority of the experiments went well. During one, the eye tracker shut down. I believe this happened because the eye...
by mrd5604 | May 11, 2023 | University of Puerto Rico 2022
This week was full of fast changes. Last weekend, I was talking to my parents about my lack of participants. They offered to reach out to a few friends they know from Puerto Rico to see if they could offer any assistance. The response that we got back from our friends...
by Caden Vitti | Jul 7, 2022 | University of Puerto Rico 2022
After 8 weeks, my PIRE trip has come to an end. I am writing this final blog from my home in New Hampshire, where it is cold and raining in July (quite different from the hot and humid weather of Puerto Rico). My final week, while filled with beaches and good food,...
by mrd5604 | Jul 7, 2022 | University of Puerto Rico 2022
This week was a particularly crazy week in my life. On Monday, it was my birthday. Caden and I were able to celebrate by going to the beach and eating yummy food. I had a great time and was really thankful for the opportunity to celebrate my birthday abroad this year....
by mrd5604 | Jun 27, 2022 | University of Puerto Rico 2022
This week, I have tested a few more participants but it has been slowing down quite a bit. Students were having finals this week, so I believe they may have been overwhelmed with work and not available to participate. I have only one participant scheduled so far for...
by Caden Vitti | Jun 27, 2022 | University of Puerto Rico 2022
I cannot believe I am ending off my seventh week in Puerto Rico! It has been such an amazing experience so far, and I cannot wait to finish off my experience with more memories and experiments. I have had a very busy week in terms of running sessions with participants...