Planetary Geodynamics Laboratoy Science Highlight
NASA GSFC Planetary Geodynamics 698

SCIENCE HIGHLIGHT

Planetary Geodynamics Laboratory, Code 698
Studying the Solid Earth and Planets from Space

August 2005

Interns Find Research Opportunities in Planetary Geodynamics

Summer Students Contribute to Lab's Work on Moon and Mars

Each summer members of the Planetary Geodynamics Lab (PGL) take on interns to provide an opportunity for them to do real scientific research while helping increase the productivity of the Lab. This year 4 high school students from the National Space Club and a recent college undergraduate in the NASA Academy program worked on a variety of planetary projects.

Picture of Jeremy Tsang, Ari Seifter, Joseph Nichols and Robin Lazrus National Space Club Summer Interns for 2005. Jeremy Tsang (Oakland Mills HS) studied the Flamsteed Ring on the Moon, Ari Seifter (Centennial HS) helped improve the GRIDVIEW interactive analysis program, Robin Lazrus (Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School) mapped buried impact basins on Mars, and Joseph Nicholas (Washington International School) helped model lunar magnetic anomalies.

Picture of Kirsten Fristad NASA Academy Research Associate Kirsten Fristad (recent graduate of Macalester College) studied buried impact basins on Mars and used these to determine whether there were regional age variations in the lowlands.

Picture of PGL Mentors Paul Lowman (Tsang), Jim Roark (Seifter), Herb Frey (Lazrus, Fristad), Terry Sabaka, Hyung Rae Kim and Mike Purucker (Nichols)

Contacts: Herb Frey, GSFC Code 698, Herbert DOT V DOT Frey AT nasa DOT gov

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Responsible NASA official: Dr. Herbert Frey

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