Glimpse: The degree of difficulty of my interim project really hit me today. Understanding and reiterating information will be my biggest struggle following behind my fear of public speaking (referring to presentation).
1:00 PM: I met with Dr. Splawn and Dr. Pittman to make 0.9% thymolphthalein indicator solution and to perform a standardize titration of NaOH (strong base) to determine its exact concentration, and then to titrate a sample of oleic acid with the NaOH. My results of the standardize titration of NaOH are very precise to the anticipated value, so I was very pleased, and my results for the titration of oleic acid and NaOH is within 7% error, which is acceptable but should be better.
4:00 PM: All of the independent research in the sciences and humanities participants met to listen to Dr. Powers advise a starting plan and preparation for our papers and presentations. As for myself, I do not have a select idea or theme for either, but for me right now, I just want to get a solid understanding on the role of human saliva and fatty acids (FAs), what has been proven and what needs to be known.
Overall: I think I can handle the titration factor of this project, but I've come to the conclusion that I am over my head. I realized that when I was to share my project basis and plans in front of the others tonight, only to freeze and apologize to myself for the lack of knowledge and confidence. I don't want to be too hard on myself though because I am only a freshman and I don't have any background knowledge on this research, so on a positive note, I can't go anywhere but up.
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