Descriptions of the internships are located on our MDSGC web site (http://md.spacegrant.org) - there is a link from the top page of announcements. There is also a link to the application site at the NSGF. Due date Feb 21
The internship opportunities are listed below. Select one that is of interest to you and go to the application site.
You will be asked to select one or more choices in your application, using these titles.
NASA Lunar Science Research Institute-Colorado node (Boulder):
Study of Dust Impact Processes for the Lunar Dust Experiment
Location: Colorado Center for Lunar Dust and Atmospheric Studies,
University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
Mentor: Mihaly Horanyi & Stephanie Renfrow
Open to: undergraduate and graduate students
Timeline: Two months during the summer of 2011.
The possible projects the interns will participate are:
1) Test and calibration of the Lunar Dust Experiment (LDEX) for the
Lunar
Job Description: CCLDAS is proposing to host two undergraduate
interns for the duration of 2 months during the summer of 2011. The
interns will participate in experiments at our dust accelerator
facility and learn about a combination of the following items - based
on their background and interest:
a) understanding and operating vacuum systems; b) the development and
use of computerized data acquisition using LabView; c) data
visualization using IDL; d) the analysis and interpretation of
experimental data.
The interns will work with CCLDAS faculty, graduate and undergraduate
students. In addition to working with them at CCLDAS during their
internship period, our goals also include establishing possible long-
term collaborations with their home institutions, and provide a
research experience that will greatly enhance their interest and
chances for graduate studies.
Atmosphere and Dust Environment (LADEE) mission.
2) The study of hypervelocity dust impact related processes,
including the measurements of plasma and neutral yields.
3) The study of polyvinylidine-fluoride (PVDF) dust sensors, to
establish the missing calibrations for the Student Dust Counter (SDC)
onboard the New Horizons mission to Pluto. PVDF sensors are excellent
candidates to build a large surface area detector system on the lunar
surface to measure large interplanetary dust impacts.
Required Skills: Students in relevant STEM majors, with basic
programming and data analysis skills
Relevant web site: http://lasp.colorado.edu/ccldas/
Chandra X-Ray Observatory (Cambridge, MA) [note that priority will be
given to applicants from a minority serving institution]:Location:
Chandra X-Ray Observatory, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Mentor: Depends on project.
Open to: undergraduate and graduate students, mainly in
engineering. Priority will be given to students from minority
serving institutions.
Timeline: 10 weeks, summer of 2011. A possibility exists for
continued, remote involvement during the academic year.
Job Description: The Chandra program seeks a few talented individuals
to assist in engineering analysis and software tool development for
the Chandra Flight Operations Team.
Position Summaries:
Chandra interns will assist the Northrop Grumman Flight Operations
Team in analysis and software development in support of the Chandra X-
ray Observatory mission. Chandra was launched in 1999 and is the
third of NASA
