Happy interns’ day from the UCF-MSTAR fellows! During this summer the students have been interning at different NASA centers across the country. Each student has been able to experience different events and opportunities. Here are the stories of our awesome interns: Janice and Andy are… Read More »National Intern Day at NASA
August 8, 2022 Hey everyone! It is now (unfortunately) the final week. I cannot believe our time has almost come to an end! I’ve been wrapping up two of the projects I’ve been working on. The first one is my original MELD project, exploring the… Read More »Summer 2022 Interns Blog
UCF-MSTAR have officially begun their summer internships! Our ten fellows started their internships at their respective NASA Centers across the country. Our students are spread around the country, including Johnson Space Center (Texas), Langley Research Center (Virginia), and Kenney Space Center (Florida). NASA Johnson Space… Read More »UCF-MSTAR Fellows Summer Kick-Off!
Summer is almost here! As our student fellows from the UCF-MSTAR fellowship prepared for their summer internship at NASA, many of them had the amazing opportunity to tour facilities at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). The fellow students visited the Vehicle Assembly Building, also known… Read More »Backyard Tour: Kennedy Space Center
Student fellows from the UCF-MSTAR were invited to meet the astronauts from the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia STS-61-C. The students had the opportunity to learn about their experience of becoming astronauts and their journey. The astronauts discussed the importance of science and engineering during… Read More »UCF MSTAR Fellows Meet Astronauts
Perla Latorre is a first-year graduate student pursuing a Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering. Perla has been doing research in nanocomposite materials for structural health monitoring at the Raghavan Research Group for three years. She was part of the L.E.A.R.N. program at UCF and a… Read More »2021 Recipients