We have all enjoyed our time in Shanghai, but it was now time for us to move on to Wuhan to begin the second phase of our program. We woke up bright and early to finish packing, and we also spent the morning cleaning up all of our apartments. In order to travel light, we decided to leave the pots and plates we had purchased at the apartment. Once everyone was ready, we met with Long to return our room keys and took two cars over to the airport. Both Long and Deng accompanied us to the airport, and they helped us check in for our flight once we arrived. Soon after Albert joined us at the airport, and we all took one last group picture with Long and Deng. They had done so much for us during our time in Shanghai, and we are all going to miss them dearly. We thanked Long and Deng again for taking the time to guide us around Shanghai, said our goodbyes, and made our way to our flight.

The flight only lasted about an hour and a half, and we arrived at Wuhan around 3:00pm. After we got our luggage, we met with Dr. Zou and Dr. Tong, our host professors from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. We got on their cars and drove to HUST; the drive was about an hour. On the way Dr. Zou taught us about Wuhan and how it is divided among three major sections, and he gave us an overview of HUST. HUST has a student population of roughly 50,000 students, and about 35,000 were undergraduate students. Once we arrived at HUST and stepped out of the car, we immediately felt the Wuhan heat everyone had warned us about. We checked in at the international student housing center and took our luggage to our rooms. After we settled down, Dr. Zou and Dr. Tong invited us to dinner at a restaurant unlike any I have ever been to. The restaurant was as large as a warehouse, and the inside was well decorated with small ponds, plants, and trees. These were not cute little shrubs you could put inside a pot in your home, these were real full sized trees inside a restaurant. Apparently, the roof of the building had a mechanism in place to open up and allow sunshine in for all of the plants inside. To make up for the large area the staff had to cover, the servers wore roller skates to deliver food quickly. It was all very interesting and one of the most unique restaurants I had seen. During dinner we also got a chance to meet our host students Dian, a first year PhD candidate, and Jiao, a master's student. We spent the rest of the evening getting to know each other before returning back to our apartments.

For our last full day in Shanghai we were originally supposed to spend the day shopping, but we decided to take a trip to an amusement park called Happy Valley instead. Unfortunately, Crystal had been feeling ill the last few days, so she decided to stay home and rest. The rest of us met up with Long at 7:00am and made our way to the subway. We had to take two subway lines in order to arrive at Happy Valley. We passed about twenty stops to get there which is the furthest we had ever taken the subway. After about an hour we arrived at our stop, and we walked the rest of the way.

Upon entering Happy Valley there was an avenue with shops and restaurants on both sides of the street; similar to Downtown Disney. We took a look at the map and decided to first ride a wooden roller coaster that was near the entrance. At first glance it seemed the rollercoaster would be rather calm, and we thought it could serve as a warm up for us. Once we got on and began to approach the first drop, we realized how wrong we were. The hills were much more steeper than we thought, and the ride overall was pretty intense. Filled with adrenaline we decided to ride a drop tower ride nearby next, and it gave us a nice view of the entire park. Since it was so hot, we opted to go on a river rapids ride afterwards. We managed to get only slightly wet going down the first half of the river, and we thought we might be able to make it out without getting seriously wet. Suddenly out of nowhere a stream of water splashed all of us from the bushes; a hidden water gun was lying in wait waiting for us to let our guard down. Then as we were passing under a bridge near the exit, a shower of water rained down on us as we passed just in case we were not drenched already. We got more than we had asked for, but at least we were feeling fresh. We waddled off to another nearby ride to try and dry off with the wind. We spent the rest of the day seeking out the biggest rollercoasters we saw. Though we had convinced Long to join us on the first few rides we got on, he eventually declined to ride on the bigger rides we found later. As the day went on, we noticed that the bigger rides had the shortest lines which we thought was funny. We also got a chance to ride a large swing ride that claimed to be the largest of its kind in China. Everyone had a great time, and we were all glad we changed our schedule to come here. After running around the park for a few hours, we decided to head back in the evening to rest up and pack for our departure tomorrow.

It's hard to believe that we have already been in Shanghai for nearly a month now! While having breakfast at the bakery, we began reminiscing about all the things we had done in the last few weeks. We set out to do our best in lab as it was our last day working at the research institute. Having already completed the oscilloscope testing earlier this week, Samson and I were assigned to conduct TLP testing on a few LED driver ICs for Dr. Lou. This time only a few ICs were damaged, so we were able to complete our testing a bit early. Before leaving the institute, we took a final group photo with Dr. Shen and Dr. Lou. We thanked them for allowing us to join their lab for the last few weeks, and they also thanked us for helping them with their work. Later in the evening we returned to the institute to have a mini ceremony to congratulate the team for our work at the institute. Everyone we had worked with was present at the ceremony including Dr. Albert Wang and our host dean Dr. Yuhua Cheng. The dean gave a short speech thanking us for all our hard work, and he awarded us a certificate for completing the program. Afterwards the dean invited us for dinner to celebrate as he did on our first day in Shanghai. We ended up ordering so much food that it felt more like a farewell feast than a farewell dinner. We thanked Dr. Cheng for dinner and returned home to rest.

Though we are on the other side of the world, the weather here makes us feel like we are back in Riverside. Today's forecast was set at around 100 °F which is very reminiscent of what we experience back home.We spent our day in the lab to continue work on our projects. At the request of Dr. Lou, Samson and I continued testing the oscilloscope for our error analysis. Dr. Wang finally arrived in Shanghai today as well, and he stopped by our lab in the afternoon to say to greet us. Since this was our last week in Shanghai, we decided to invite our mentors to dinner to thank them for letting us work in their lab. We also invited Long, Deng, and Dr. Chen to join us as well. Though it was short notice, everyone thankfully agreed, and we met up after work for dinner. During dinner we discussed Deng's experience at his new job with IBM, and we made a toast to our mentors and host students for all they had done for us. This was also Dr. Chen's last day in Shanghai, so we thanked him for accompanying us on our trip and wished him a safe flight back to California. After dinner we walked around the mall for a while, and we ended the day at a Starbucks before returning home.

Today we have planned a trip to visit Zhouzhuang, another traditional chinese village famous for its many canals. We woke up at met at the bakery for breakfast at 9:30am, then made our way to the subway. This time the bus was picking us up from a further location than before, so our subway ride required transferring once to arrive there. We arrived a bit early, so we decided to sit at the subway station to escape the heat until it was time to depart. Although the tour guide mentioned the bus ride would take an hour or less, we ended up being on the road for nearly two hours. As we we driving along we began to see less buildings and much more farmland; we saw ducks, chickens, and goats along the way.

Upon arriving at Zhouzhuang we made a quick stop at a market to pick up water then began our tour. First we went on a boat ride which us around the lake to the other side of the town. During the boat ride our tour guide talked about the history of Zhouzhuang in mandarin, but thankfully we had Long there to translate for us. After we got off the boat, our tour guide took us around the many alleyways of the town. Zhouzhuang is filled with many canals that snake all through the city. It has no roads or cars, and most of the town consists of narrow alleys. The bridges and walkways are made of stone, and the alleys were full of markets and restaurants. The town was very charming, and we enjoyed getting lost and exploring the maze of alleyways. We had lunch on the second floor of a market where we had steamed fish, chicken soup, and bok choy. In the evening we got to see a show all about the history and traditions of Zhouzhuang; the performance included dancing and gymnastics detailing the lifestyles of the people of Zhouzhuang. After the show ended, we returned back to the bus and headed home

This morning we arrived at at the research institute to attend a brief tech company seminar where a few representatives gave presentations about their respective companies. One gentleman's company was working developing an app to promote safer driving. While you drive, your phone is placed on top of the dashboard where it monitors your driving habits as well as other drivers in front of you. This data can be sent to third parties such as insurance companies to reward drivers for safe driving, and it could also be sent to law enforcement to punish reckless drivers caught on camera. Another person's company was involved in developing electronic design automation software which aims at developing software tools for designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards and integrated circuits. After the last presenter spoke, we got a chance to introduce ourselves and the work we are doing at SHRIME. Once we finished, we we returned back to our apartments to rest for a bit.

At 2:00pm we met up again to visit a telecommunication company that professor Gang's friend works at. We took a taxi instead of the subway because it was fairly close by. Upon arriving at the company, we were first taken into a shielded room which stored the base equipment for cell phone towers and other types of communications. The room is considered to be shielded because it is shielded from outside electromagnetic interference. Next, we were taken to a testing lab that had another similar room filled with servers and other equipment. All of the equipment in this lab was in the final stages of testing, and a research staff explained the different types of communication technologies they were testing. Something we noticed about both rooms we had been shown is how cold they were; apparently they are kept cool to ensure nothing in the room overheats. After the tour, we thanked Gang's friend for arranging the tour and returned back home.