I went to my internship at Ecovative for the first time on
Tuesday, October 23 and met my two mentors, Sarah and
Courtney. Both of my mentors have very
different jobs. Sarah is a biologist who
works in product production while Courtney is a biochemist and researches for
future projects. I will eventually
choose one mentor to work with most after the basic training process based off
of what I would like to focus on my final research project. Throughout my internship, I will learn about
the biological and production processes in developing environmental friendly
materials as well as design my own product.
After meeting my two mentors, they took me on a tour of the whole
building. I saw the Research and
Development area which included a laboratory full of incubators and shiny
machines. The number of machines was
overwhelming but I can’t wait to be able to use them. After the R & D area, I was taken to the
production section of the company. Some
of the items that Ecovative had created for companies and consumers were displayed
due to a visit from Governor Cuomo, but it allowed me to see the role of this
company in the outside world. Not only
was there sustainable mushroom packaging but other items such as candles and
shoes.
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After seeing and beginning to understand more of what I will work with, I became excited and eager to start. Next week, I will begin the training process.
