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NASA and Industry Interns Soar in Summer Internships

North Carolina Space Grant is pleased to announce the Summer 2023 class of interns. After starting their role earlier this summer, they are advancing on their summer-long projects that have real-world applications and implications at NASA centers and aerospace companies.

Each year, NC Space Grant collaborates with NASA centers, industry partners and research organizations to provide hands-on research experiences to higher-education students through meaningful internships. This year, NC Space Grant awarded eight interns.

“Internships provide students valuable mentoring and hands-on research experiences in various sectors of the space industry, and often lead to career opportunities,” Jobi Cook, associate director of NC Space Grant and manager of the intern program, said. 

Summer 2023 Class of Interns

NASA Center Interns

John Lance, North Carolina State University, major: aerospace engineering
NASA Langley Research Center, Project: Multifunctional Structural Materials for Extreme Space Environments
Brooke Turner, North Carolina State University, major: aerospace engineering
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Project: RST Thermal Spacecraft Verification Support
Trevor Larsen, North Carolina State University, major: aerospace engineering
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Project: Roman Space Telescope Propulsion Build Support
Titus Szobody, North Carolina State University, major: chemical and biomolecular engineering
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Project: Developing Liquid Metal Chemistry

NASA DEVELOP Intern

Abby Sgan, University of North Carolina at Asheville, major: environmental studies
NASA DEVELOP National Program at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information, Project: Pacific Northwest Health and Air Quality

Collier Aerospace Industry Interns

Nathaniel VanDermark, Collier Aerospace, North Carolina State University, major: aerospace engineering
Aidan Kibler, Collier Aerospace, North Carolina State University, major: aerospace engineering
Anand Bhatt, Collier Aerospace, North Carolina State University, major: civil engineering

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