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Astrophysics Science Division

Astrophysics Science Division Student Opportunities

Mentor Student Level Time Commitment Mission Topic Skills
Robin Stebbins
Robin.T.Stebbins@nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Other*
(10-20 hours per week)
LISA Gravitational Waves Mechanical, electronic, optical, data analysis desirable
Robin Stebbins
Robin.T.Stebbins@nasa.gov
Grad Student Other*
(10-20 hours per week)
LISA Gravitational Waves Mechanical, electronic, optical, data analysis desirable
Dr. Ann Hornschemeier
Ann.Hornschemeier.Cardiff@nasa.gov
Grad Student Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Archival Research Galaxies/Clusters Computer programming (IDL), Latex, Initiative, Teamwork
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Grad Student Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Other Laboratory Astrophysics See last paragraph of project description.
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Grad Student Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Other Mission Simulations See last paragraph of project description.
Stephen Rinehart
Stephen.A.Rinehart@nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Archival Research Stars Computer programming, data analysis skills, IDL and LaTex experience are useful but not necessary.
Joe Hill
jhill@milkyway.gsfc.nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer
(>20 hours per week)
Balloons and Sounding Rockets Instrumentation programming and/or laboratory experience
Robin Corbet
corbet@umbc.edu
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer*
(>20 hours per week)
Other Stars Data analysis, some astronomical knowledge
Stephen Holland
Stephen.T.Holland@nasa.gov
Undergrad - sophomore, junior, senior Summer
(>20 hours per week)
Swift Other Familiarity with unix is required. Some knowledge of perl and ftools would be useful, but is not required. Ability to work independently. Some astronomical knowledge.
Takanori Sakamoto
Taka.Sakamoto@nasa.gov
Grad Student Master's thesis project
(>20 hours per week)
Other GRBs Interest in astronomy and telescopes; Computer programming to control hardware
Stephen M. Merkowitz
Stephen.M.Merkowitz@nasa.gov
Grad Student 1-year project*
(10-20 hours per week)
Other Other Electronic, optical, programming

*Short term project with possibility to extend it to a longer-term/PhD project