THREE BSIS-ATM STUDENTS RECEIVE NASA SUMMER INTERNSHIPS

Jacey Wipf, Trisha Michael, and Anna Robertson (pictured left to right), BSIS-ATM juniors at SDSM&T, recently received news that they have been awarded a summer internship with NASA.

Jacey and Anna will be going to California for an internship in NASA Student Airborne Research Program (SARP). It is organized by the NASA Airborne Science program by the National Suborbital Education and Research Center (NSERC). NSERC is an agreement between NASA and University of ND. The program will run for eight weeks starting June 17. The first half of their internship will be spent in Palmdale, CA in the Hilton Garden Inn. During this time, they will learn about and fly on the NASA P-3B at the Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility. They will take air quality samples while there. The second half will be spent at the University of California Irvine, where they will do analytic work. They will also be required to present on a topic they choose when they enter the program.

Trisha will be in an eight-week internship program at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD from May 28th to Aug. 3rd.  She will be assisting in a program to analyze Mesoscale Convective Systems.

The students had to write several essays, submit applications, and send letters of recommendation in order to apply for the program.

(Posted 5/5/2012)