National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Jayrick Hayes

The title of my research was "On-wafer Magnetic Material Characterization. This summer I was to characterize a high permeability Permalloy ring. It will be used in an onchip superconducting lateral transformer for use in long-wavelength and X-ray astronomy readout systems. I conducted several annealing tests to find ways of creating proper domain walls that would reduce Barkhausen noise and lead to a successful low noise read out system. My summer research experience here at Goddard was awesome and it strengthened my skills as an aspiring engineer for the future. I loved every minute of the experience and I hope to come back next summer. My mentors were very instrumental figures that made my research experience at Goddard amazing.

Jonathan Boblitt

I've been working on programmable logic (an FPGA). I developed an FPGA core that can send and receive commands to control a 16 channel analog to digital converter. An FPGA can be programmed to act as any device inside your computer, such as a graphics card, ram, or processor. Since the FPGA is a programmable logic device it is infinitely customizable, and it will be used on the space cube, which is the next generation of space computing. The space cube is normally responsible for getting data, pre-processing the data, and sending the data to the ground. The space cube speeds are up to a magnitude larger than today's normal space computing. So ultimately, I'm responsible for retrieving all of the analog signals that enter the space cube system (Temperature sensors, Pressure sensors, Accelerometer readings).

Michael Nayak

I came to Goddard to continue my low-energy chaotic trajectory research and got to work with world experts on navigation and Flight Dynamics on trajectory analysis for the first two-probe mission around the Moon! It was the experience of a lifetime!

Rashmi Shah

Working at GSFC has been an exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience. During my time here, I worked on several different projects and learned to use new software, including STK. My largest project involved post-processing raw GPS data collected by the RNS during HST Servicing Mission 4.

Sergio Carrasco-Martos

As a NASA Academy European student, I have spent a unique and exciting summer at Goddard. I worked on several activities at the Communications, Standards and Technology Laboratory, including communications and coverage studies of Earth observation and interplanetary missions. As part of the NASA Academy experience, I also visited other NASA sites (e.g., Houston, Kennedy, ...), met with prominent professionals from the American space sector, and improved my teamwork and leadership skills through group activities and specific training.

Shawheen Farzad

I developed and documented a property inventory system using a Pocket-PC equipped bar code scanner and Microsoft Access for database generation and maintenance.