NASA Robotics Academy

[Brandon Martus]

NASA asked us to post this:

Deadline: January 31, 2006

The NASA Robotics Academy’s ten week resident summer internship for students interested in robotics seeks to cultivate and sustain interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) fields, and to address the gap in the robotics pipeline at the college freshmen and sophomore level. This is achieved by enabling hands-on alliances with NASA, academic institutions, and industry partners, with whom students work to achieve high-level technical deliverables in mechanical and electrical engineering, and computer science. Academic engineering credit from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Maryland will be given to thirty-six student participants working in nine separate labs that are co-hosted in the areas of two NASA centers – Ames Research Center and Goddard Space Flight Center (Students at Ames will be given credit from Carnegie Mellon, and Goddard students will be given credit from U. Maryland.)

The sponsoring Principal Investigator (PI) of each lab sets the direction and oversees week-to-week progress to guide the students toward their goals. Each team of four students will consist of three undergrad students - Interns - and a graduate student with extensive robotics experience and advanced robotics study - the Team Lead. Team Leads support the PIs by providing technical guidance and managing the project on a daily basis. Two professors from each participating university will serve as a Dean to the groups, meeting weekly to assess achievement of goals and to guide students with engineering or career-related advice. The interns will also participate in enriching activities such as a group project, lectures, field trips and meetings with leaders in the field.

Deadline: January 31, 2006
Dates: June 3, 2006 - August 12, 2006
Application: http://university.gsfc.nasa.gov/application/

[jgannon]

Did anyone else apply for this? I did.

[mizscience]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Did anyone else apply for this? I did.

I wanted to, but supposedly for this one and for most of the others, you have to live near the center, which is not that good for those of us who don't...

good luck getting in!

[Justin Stiltner]

I applied for those.. and they provide housing for you while you are there. I didn't see anywhere that you had to live nearby.

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by mizscience

I wanted to, but supposedly for this one and for most of the others, you have to live near the center, which is not that good for those of us who don't...

good luck getting in!

Last year's group came from all over the US. Housing is provided.
It's going to be competitive this year. Lots of applicants.
Good luck to all.

[Mikell Taylor]

I was a team lead for this program at Goddard last year. If anyone's got any questions about it, let me know -- I'm happy to answer.

[matt101]

sounds cool I should probably look it in too it in the near future.

[jgannon]

Has anybody heard anything back from NASA yet? It's definitely after March 31st now...

[Mikell Taylor]

Originally Posted by jgannon

Has anybody heard anything back from NASA yet? It's definitely after March 31st now...

Last year, I heard about a week after the supposed notification date. Don't panic too much.

[Ianworld]

Not to break any bad news to anybody but I heard last week and my brother heard a couple days ago. We are both going to the program. Currently he's headed to the AMES center out on the West coast and I'm going to the Goddard Space Center on the East coast. Its a little backward since I prioritized Ames and then Goddard and he did the opposite but I'm not complaining. It looks like it will be a blast!

[Mikell Taylor]

Rock on! Congrats! Do you know which project you're on?

[Ianworld]

Nope all they've done is give me a vauge, "we're sending you paperwork to fill out." So maybe once i've passed secruity clearance stating that I won't reveal government FIRST robot designs to other countries I'll find out.

[jgannon]

YES! I'm going to Ames! *dances*

[Yan Wang]

I heard back from Ames' Gigapan project today. I know housing is provided but is there a stipend? It's either this or Booz Allen Hamilton in DC.

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Yan Wang

I heard back from Ames' Gigapan project today. I know housing is provided but is there a stipend? It's either this or Booz Allen Hamilton in DC.

Hey, I'm doing Gigapan, too. My understanding is that the stipend is $4000.