The 2010 JCET Earth Science Explorers Program provides undergraduate students the opportunity to engage in Earth science and atmospheric physics research. Students are matched with a NASA Goddard Space Flight Center researcher and/or UMBC faculty member and work on a research project at the UMBC campus in Baltimore or at NASA GSFC in Greenbelt, Maryland. Topics of Earth science research may include:
- Remote sensing of Earth
- Hydrology
- Global climate analysis and modeling
- Vegetation and ecosystem monitoring
- Tropical precipitation and storm systems
- Coastal processes/sea level rise
- Volcanic hazards and climate impacts
- Remote sensing of planetary atmospheres
- Space Geodesy, Geophysics, GPS, orbits
The program is open to all U.S. citizens and students holding the appropriate visa. Students are required to present a poster. Students receive $4,000 in support, local housing and travel expenses.
Deadline for Applications: February 19, 2010
For more information contact:
Valerie CasasantoProgram Coordinator, UMBC JCET
Ph: 301-286-6605
E-mail: VCasa@umbc.edu
(left)JCET Intern Collin Lawrence explains summer research at UMBC's Research Fest, August 2008
(right)Interns on tour of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, August 2008
