School: Virginia Tech
Major(s): Aerospace Engineering
About me: I am from Reading, PA and currently a rising senior in the aerospace engineering department at Virginia Tech. In addition to my B.S. in aerospace, I am also pursuing a minor in mathematics. Some of my interests include playing sports such as basketball and baseball, watching movies and of course, VT Hokies football. It has always been a dream of mine to work for NASA and that dream was made a reality this summer as I am currently a member of the Lunar and Planetary Science Academy. I am in a group of four whose main goal is to locate and detect helium-3 in permanently dark craters around the lunar South Pole. My specific task in the group is to generate a computer model of the flow of the solar wind over a crater to determine the areas of greatest particle deposition inside the crater. This will help narrow down the search area for helium-3 and also give some insight into how much may actually be present. In addition to this project, the entire LPSA will be taking a group fieldtrip to Sudbury, Canada to study an impact crater. The trip should be a wonderful experience and I am thoroughly looking forward to it.
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