Author:- Sumant Suhas Pakhare
E-mail:- pakhare@unlv.nevada.edu
Date:- 07/22/2024 - 07/28/2024
Week-1
In this image, you can see the Public Transportation Bus in Las Vegas, NV. The reason I took this image is because of its very convenient feature of carrying bicycles with it. In India, we don't have buses with this feature and if we really have this feature, it'll save a lot of people a lot of money. I mean, in my case, when I go to my college from home, I cycle 3Kms to the bus stop, lock it there, then take 2 buses then I finally reach my college. If I had a cycle with me, I don't need to take the second bus as it is short distance.
During this week, I met with Janie who is one of the Graduate Counselors sitting at Student Services-B Building. After having a meeting with her, I got to know about the benefits I get as an International Student attending a Graduate Program. I got to know about Graduate Assistants, Teacher's Assistants and Research Assistants. I also got to know about Dr. Hui Zhao who is the Graduate Counselor For Mechanical Engineering Graduate Programs.
The most prominent cultural insight I got to see was the Casino Culture in Las Vegas. Las Vegas is the party destination of USA so its obvious but as a guy who never saw one casino in his life before, It was a very different experience to see a casino and the various games played to win money in it. Also, I observed that Las Vegas respects each and every dining cuisine in the World.
After working at the Lab for around 4 Weeks, I have learnt a lot of things which I have shared in the following points:-
1. In Week-1, I got to know about the F1-Tenth Project where we're building a 1:10 Replica of an F1 Car to learn about its systems and eventually write a paper on it. I worked on finding the compatible Connector (Remote) to the receiver through which I could make it an Remote-Controlled (RC) Car successfully. I also worked on fixing its suspension (Shock Absorber).