NASA and Industry Summer Internships Commence

Above, left to right: Austin South, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center intern from UNC-Charlotte; Sterling Van Adams, NASA Ames Research Center intern from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Elijah Dalton, NASA DEVELOP intern from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington

By Pat Ben-Israel

NC Space Grant is excited to announce the 2022 class of summer interns, who will embark on research projects with real-world applications and implications at NASA centers and aerospace companies. The experiences and mentoring these students receive will help equip them for their future careers. 

NC Space Grant collaborates with NASA centers, industry partners, research organizations and other national Space Grant partners to provide hands-on research experiences to higher-education students through meaningful internships. Although this year’s internships with NASA centers will be held remotely, students will still have opportunities to engage in innovative research under the supervision of a NASA mentor.

“It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome another class of students to expand their horizons through summer internships,” says Jobi Cook, NC Space Grant’s associate director. “We appreciate NASA and industry partners’ continuous flexibility and commitment to interns, as well as our interns’ tenacity and dedicated participation, which will make for a meaningful and productive summer.”

Internships are an integral part of the professional development process, enabling motivated students to visualize and carve pathways to aerospace and aviation careers in North Carolina and across the nation. NC Space Grant is pleased to support students as they cultivate new skills and take an active role in creating the future of NASA and the aerospace field. 

2022 NC Space Grant-Supported Interns:

Cora DeGrauw, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center intern, North Carolina State University, Major: aerospace engineering, Minors: chemical engineering, physics

Nathan Couch, NASA Johnson Space Center intern, Fayetteville State University, Major: computer science, Minor: geospatial data analytics

Austin South, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center intern, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Major: mechanical engineering

Sterling Van Adams, NASA Ames Research Center intern, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Major: astrophysics, Minor: applied science and engineering

Jonathan Soltran, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory intern, Fayetteville State University Major: computer science, Minor: Spanish

Elijah Dalton, NASA DEVELOP intern, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Major: geography, Minor: environmental science

Deirdre An, NASA DEVELOP intern, North Carolina State University, Major: geospatial information science and technology

Jackson Corigliano, HyperX intern, North Carolina State University, Major: aerospace engineering, Minor: business entrepreneurship

Teresa Purello, NASA Headquarters intern, North Carolina State University, Major: environmental science, Minors: zoology, journalism

Niall McKinnon, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center intern, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Major: computer science

JD Shropshire, HyperX intern, North Carolina State University, Major: aerospace engineering, Minor: graphic communication

Olivia Scott, HyperX intern, North Carolina State University, Major: aerospace engineering, Minor: religious studies

Andrew Gantt, NASA Glenn Research Center intern, North Carolina State University, Major: aerospace engineering

Hayden White, NASA Glenn Research Center intern, North Carolina State University, Major: physics, Minor: computer programming

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