Friday, June 19, 2009

Lai Nguyen


School: North Carolina State University

Major(s): Computer & Electrical Engineering

About me: Hey yall! I am from Fayetteville, North Carolina and am currently a rising junior at North Carolina State University. I am pursuing a double major in computer and electrical engineering. When I'm not cheering on for NCSU's Wolfpack, I enjoy volunteering, listening to music, soccer, badminton, and photography. I also love traveling and learning new things, which is why I am stoked about our expedition to Sudbury, Canada!

During my time here, I will also be working with three other talented individuals on the ILIADS software project. I guess you could imagine ILIADS to be like Google Earth (except for the moon), with much more features for analyzing geographic and environmental data. We have four phases to complete in our project in which the focus is establishing a relationship between ILIADS and a robot for receiving data and sending control commands. This project is really interesting because it allows me to incorporate two things I truly enjoy, my area of study (computer engineering) and my enthusiasm for space exploration. Working with NASA has been amazing so far, and I look forward to the weeks ahead!

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