JCET Earth Science Explorers Program 2010
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