June 9 - August 2, 2013
The NASA
Airborne Science Program invites highly motivated junior and senior
undergraduates to apply for participation in the NASA
Student Airborne Research Program (SARP 2013). SARP provides students
with hands-on research experience in all aspects of a major scientific
campaign, from detailed planning on how to achieve mission objectives to formal
presentation of results and conclusions to peers and others.
Participants will fly onboard the NASA
DC-8 aircraft where they will assist in the operation of instruments to sample
and measure atmospheric gases and to image land and water surfaces in multiple
spectral bands. Along with airborne data collection, students will
participate in taking measurements at field sites. Students will work in
multi-disciplinary teams to study surface, atmospheric, and oceanographic
processes. Each student will develop his/her own individual research
project. Many students have gone on to present their results at conferences such as AGU, AMS, and ASLO.
Instrument and flight preparations,
and the research flights themselves, will take place at NASA’s
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility, in Palmdale, CA. Post-flight data
analysis and interpretation will take place at the University of California,
Irvine. Applicants must have a strong academic background in any of the
physical, chemical, or biological sciences, or engineering and an interest in
applying their background to the study of the Earth system. We especially
encourage applications from students majoring in Earth, environmental or
atmospheric sciences and related disciplines.
SARP participants will receive
round-trip travel to California, housing and transportation during the 8-week
program, a $3000 stipend and a $2500 meals allowance.
The deadline for all applications is Feb. 8, 2013.
Applicants must be US citizens currently enrolled in a four-year college or university.
For more information and to download
the program application, visit: http://www.nserc.und.edu/learning/SARP2013.html.
To watch a video about the program, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-jqE43PG0
To watch a video about the program, visit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2-jqE43PG0
