The California Space Grant Consortium provided scholarships to nine students for NASA Academy internships this summer (2012):

• Samira Motiwala (NASA Glenn Research Center)
• Javier Gonzalez-Rocha (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center)
• Steffi Valkov (NASA Dryden Flight Research Center)
• Meagan Sung (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
• Michael McCormack (NASA Langley Research Center)
• Tanya Das (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Guadalupe Banales (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• Guillermo “Willie” Costa (NASA Ames Research Center)
• Ivan Lucatero (NASA Ames Research Center).

These students are applying classroom knowledge to exciting real-world projects, gaining experience far beyond any classroom. Through NASA Academy, our students become leaders with a deeper understanding of NASA objectives and outstanding real-world aerospace expertise.

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