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NASA Academy works at DrydenBy Jeannine Frock and Natalie DavisSpecial to the X-Press The best way to learn sometimes is to do it. That's a philosophy that is the basis of the NASA Academy. Students selected for the Academy join a hypothetical research team at Dryden where during 10 weeks they get a feel for the aerospace business and also take on real individual projects in Dryden research branches. Here are some of the students that participated in the Academy and what they did here: o Chiara Kruse, who attends Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind., is a senior majoring in aerospace engineering. At Dryden, her task was in the Controls and Dynamics Branch on the Autonomous Formation Flight project with mentors Stephan Jacobs, Jack Ross and Kurt Hanson. o Kristy Stokke, who recently graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., is studying mechanical engineering in her first year of graduate school at Princeton University. At Dryden, she worked in the Propulsion and Performance Branch with mentor Nathan Palumbo. o Virgil Hutchinson, who attends Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn., is a junior majoring in mechanical engineering. At Dryden, he worked with mentor Kajal Gupta. "It is an experience very different than any I have experienced," he said. o Parag Gupta is a junior at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tenn. As part of the Academy, he worked with mentor Ed Haering on revising a map of Edwards. |
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Responsible NASA Official: John Childress For questions, contact: Dryden Web Group Page Curator:WD-Team Modified: September 26, 2000 |
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