After a long day of traveling, leaving
Sunday before lunch and arriving early Monday morning, we went straight to our
work at imec. Our wonderful guide, Laurien, helped us get acclimated to
the huge campus of imec, a campus reminiscent of the tech giants of Silicon
Valley. We went to the cafeteria for lunch (everyday our group eats lunch
at the same time, 11:30) with the entire group that we would be working with
for the summer. It was amazing how accepting and inclusive everyone was
immediately.
The next day we walked and rented the
most important thing for staying in Belgium for a summer: a bike. Everything
became accessible within Leuven now and the commute to work became even
shorter. Through the next few days, we finished up all of the
administrative tasks we had like declaring our stay and finishing up safety
trainings at imec. On the weekend, we were invited out to spend time
with our work group who we bonded with right off the bat, making me feel at
home the first night out.
On Saturday, we explored more of Belgium
and ventured to Brussels. The train system is amazing here as far as being
quick and economic. In Brussels, there was so much to do but we stuck to
the main tourist attractions of the Royal Palace, city center and especially
the food, since we knew we’d return. Belgium is known for waffles and
fries which is understandable because I had both in Brussels and they were the
best that I have ever had in my entire life.
Returning to work on Monday, I began
working on my project within the wearable technology department that utilizes
biologic vital signs to produce a calculated stress values and how to visualize
this on an iPhone Application. I am enjoying my time at work, but I am
also very excited for my trip to Madrid this weekend!
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