Major: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Year: Sophomore

Semester: Fall 2026

Email: emily.m.morgan@und.edu

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• Weekly Data Pathways Meeting: Thursdays, 5:15-6:20pm CT
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Date: September 3rd - September 9th 2026

What I Completed:

• Attended weekly meeting
• Completed Syllabus quiz
• Completed Presurvey

What I Learned:

• I became familiar with the structure of the course and the expectations of me

Next Steps:

• Think about potential areas of interest/research topics. Have idea ready by next week's meeting.

Date: September 10th - September 16th, 2026

What I Completed:

• Was unable to attend weekly meeting due to conflict, watched the recorded video online
• Emailed Shawn regarding my idea so he could share with the class
• Listened to feedback from my mentor regarding my area of interest

What I learned:

• Learned about a potential presentation that would correlate to the breakdown of satellites
• I became familiar with fellow peer's ideas and projects

Questions/Challenges

• Confusion on the set up of the WIKI page
• Unable to set up VPN and access Jupyter Notebook

Next Steps:

• Think more about my area of interest
• Try to set up VPN, WIKI page, and Jupyter Notebook

Date: September 17th - September 23rd, 2026

What I Completed:

• Set up WIKI page and created student workspace
• Get VPN to work
• Logged into Jupyter site
• Downloaded data files on Jupyter notebook
• Gain more information on the EGU Presentation pertaining to the breakdown on satellites

What I Learned:

• Basic Python commands on Jupyter site

Next Steps:

• Find EGU Presentation and begin research from here