Broad Science Areas Covered

The Physics intern program covers the full range of research going on within the department itself, and within the affiliated research centers, namely

The Center for Advanced Studies in Photonics Research (CASPR).

The Goddard Earth Sciences Technology Center (GEST)

The Joint Center for Astrophysics (JCA)

The Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET).

The GEST & JCET centers are collaborations including UMBC and the Earth-Sun Exploration Division of NASA/GSFC. The JCA is a collaboration between UMBC and the Exploration of the Universe Division of NASA/GSFC.

In a given year, opportunities may exist in the following broad areas (listed alphabetically).

Astrophysics including... Cosmology, Active Galaxies, Groups & Clusters of Galaxies, Stellar Astrophysics, Gamma-ray Bursts and Detector Development Location: On campus or at NASA/GSFC, Mentoring: JCA, UMBC faculty member or NASA/GSFC scientists. More Info: www.jca.umbc.edu/education/Summerinternship.shtml Contact: Dr. T. Jane Turner (turner@lucretia.gsfc.nasa.gov) UMBC Physics Room 412; Tel 410-455-1978

Atmospheric Physics including... Atmospheric Spectroscopy, Satellite and ground-based Remote Sensing, Climate Modelling, Data Assimilation, Atmospheric Radiative Transfer, Mesoscale Meteorology, Chemical constituents of the Troposphere Atmospheric Spectroscopy, and Environmental Remote-sensing Location: On campus or at NASA/GSFC, Mentoring: JCET, GEST, UMBC or NASA/GSFC scientists. More Info: (more details to follow) Contact: Valerie Casasanto (vcasasan@pop600.gsfc.nasa.gov) Mailstop 610.6, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD 20771; Tel 301-286-6605

Condensed Matter & Materials including... Defects in Semiconductor Devices, Mechanical Alloying, Microscopy & Materials Characterization, Surfaces & Interfaces and Theoretical Surface Physics Location: On campus Mentoring: member of the Physics Dept Faculty (incl. Profs. Gougousi, Hayden, Reno, Summers, Takacs) More Info: physics.umbc.edu/Undergraduate/interns/condmatter.shtml Contact: Dr. Theodosia Gougousi (gougousi@umbc.edu) UMBC Physics Room 317; Tel 410-455-6874 OR Dr. L. Michael Hayden (hayden@umbc.edu) UMBC Physics Room 409; Tel 410-455-3199

Nonlinear & Ultra-fast Optics including... Nonlinear Optical Studies of Macromolecular Photonic Materials, Optical Fiber Communication, Biophotonics, Nanophotonics,   and THz Imaging & Science Location: On campus Mentoring: CASPR and/or Physics Dept Faculty (incl. Profs. Hayden, Johnson) More Info: physics.umbc.edu/Undergraduate/interns/nlufoptics.shtml Contact: Dr. L. Michael Hayden (hayden@umbc.edu) UMBC Physics Room 409; Tel 410-455-3199 OR Dr. Anthony Johnson (amj@umbc.edu) UMBC Physics Room 315; Tel 410-455-1977

Quantum Optics including... Photon Entanglement and (more details to follow) Location: On campus Mentoring: member of the Quantum Optics Group More Info: (more details to follow) Contact: Dr. L. Yanhua Shih (shih@umbc.edu) UMBC Physics Room 310; Tel 410-455-2558

Potential applicants should note that suitable projects may not exist in every topic, every year. Further details of the specific projects available in a given year can be found by clicking on the appropriate 'More Info' link. Questions regarding specific projects should be addressed to the appropriate contact person listed above.

Eligibility

Due to security measures imposed by the Federal Government, there are some restrictions on non-US citizens working at NASA/GSFC. If you are a foreign national (even if you have a "Green Card"), and interested in one of the projects based at GSFC, you should check with the appropriate contact person listed above.

Compensation and Support

The nominal work period is 10 weeks starting in the first week of June (but excluding Federal Holidays such as July 4^th).
(The exact start date & duration will be determined by the project mentor.)

Application Procedure

Deadline:

2006 March 16 (5pm)

Applications prior to the deadline will receive full consideration, and students can expect to be contacted within one month. Applications received after this date will be considered only if there are opportunties still available.