NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Virginia Student Internship Program
The Virginia Space Grant Consortium (VSGC) is coordinating NASA Exploration Systems Mission Directorate (ESMD) Internships at NASA centers. The ESMD Virginia Internship program is a higher education project that will distribute funds to university students for exploration-oriented design projects and internships. The purpose of these internships is to train and develop the highly skilled scientific, engineering, and technical workforce of the future needed to implement the Vision for Space Exploration.
Students will be engaged in hands-on engineering projects with a placement mentor during a 10-week period in summer of 2009. The internships will be open to sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduate students. All ESMD Internship positions include a stipend of $6,000. No additional funding for travel or lodging will be provided. These positions are open only to students attending Virginia Space Grant member universities and community colleges (Hampton University, Virginia Tech, University of Virginia, College of William and Mary, Old Dominion University, and the entire Virginia Community College System). Application deadline for all positions is now April 27, 2009.
VSGC NASA ESMD Internship Application (.doc) and guidelines for submitting
Position descriptions and locations are summarized below.
Internship Code |
ESMD Internship Location and Contact
Information |
Position Description |
ESMDVA-2 (positions already filled) |
NASA Langley Research Center
Arthur T. Bradley |
Rover-Electronic Design and Algorithm Development Using LabVIEW Design & integration of a robotic platform for science instrument testing. Our efforts this year focused on designing the robot & integrating the components, and next year's efforts will be heavily focused on software. There are many possibilities for algorithms relating to autonomous mobility, navigation based on stereo, omni-directional, & thermal imagers, in addition to a litany of tasks from image registration, to behavioral robotic intelligence, to user interfaces for robot guidance and supervision. Any major equipped with strong programming background and possessing an interest in robotic systems; knowledge of LabVIEW a plus. Ideal candidates for participation are technical people well-versed in algorithms, kinematics, machine pattern recognition, guidance and controls, and computer programming. |
| ESMDVA-5 | NASA Wallops Flight Facility Debbie
Fairbrother |
Planetary Ballooning: The development of balloon platforms for development in the atmosphere of Mars could benefit both the scientific and eventual human exploration of the planet. Aerial exploration by a balloon platform will provide increased knowledge of the highly variable Martian atmosphere. The goal of this project is to assist in the planetary ballooning activities underway which will include performance modeling of different balloon systems and materials assessments for balloon envelopes. |
ESMDVA-7 |
Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc. (AMA) Robert L. Calloway |
Intern would support the experimental and analytical aerodynamic and aeroheating database development for the Orion spacecraft. The Orion spacecraft includes the Launch Abort System, the Crew Module, and the Service Module. The Orion and its various configurations (given both the nominal and abort scenarios) must operate successfully over a large range of Mach Numbers and altitudes – from lift off to maximum dynamic pressure to orbital conditions, and eventually to high enthalpy entry velocities required for crew return. |
VSGC NASA ESMD Internship Application (.doc) and guidelines for submitting
Virginia Space Grant Consortium is funded in part by a NASA training grant.
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Virginia Space Grant Consortium 600 Butler Farm Road Suite 2253 Hampton, Virginia 23666 vsgc@odu.edu Phone: 757/766-5210 Fax: 757/766-5205 Updated: Thu Oct 08, 2009 |
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