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Phoenix Mars Mission Student Intern Teams Selected
University of Arizona
June 06, 2007
D E T A I L S
Contact Information
Sara Hammond, Phoenix Mars Mission
(520) 626-1974
Cassie Bowman, NASA Ames Research Center
(650) 269-2787
Related Web sites
Phoenix Mars Mission <http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/index.php>
PSIP Program <http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/edu_psip.php>
The University of Arizona-led Phoenix Mars Mission and NASA have
selected 13 student-teacher teams from across the country to
participate
in the Phoenix Student Intern Program (PSIP).
PSIP is a program designed to give high school students and their
teachers active experience in the areas of science, engineering,
mathematics and technology. Over the coming year the teams will work
alongside scientists and engineers on the Phoenix Science Team. The
Phoenix Mission is scheduled to launch in August and arrive on the
surface of Mars in May 2008.
Each team will develop, with their scientist mentor, a specific
research
project to be completed during the time the lander is operating on the
Martian surface in the summer of 2008.
"The Phoenix Student Intern Program will allow these students to work
directly with the Phoenix Science Team, participating in experiments
that our researchers will be conducting during operations on the
surface
of Mars. We hope this will inspire them to consider a career in the
sciences," said Peter Smith, principal investigator of the Phoenix
Mars
Mission.
The teams will each spend one week in residence at the UA in Tucson,
working in the Science Operations Center with their scientist mentor
and
participating in the day-to-day operations of the lander. PSIP
students
and teachers will also have many opportunities to tell others what it
is
like to work on a Mars mission. They will convey their experiences to
other students, teachers, and members of the public through many
outreach activities and events, such as presentations, webcasts and
publications.
Phoenix is the first mission of NASA's Mars Scout Program of
competitively proposed, relatively low-cost missions to Mars. The UA
leads the Phoenix mission, with project management at NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory and development partnership at Lockheed Martin.
International contributions are provided by the Canadian Space Agency,
the University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), the University of
Copenhagen
(Denmark), the Max Planck Institute (Germany) and the Finnish
Meteorological Institute.
EDITOR'S NOTE:
Here are the teams selected for the Phoenix Student Intern Program
(school name, city and teacher, followed by scientist and
institution):
Village Academy High School, Pomona, Calif.
Keith Browning
Working with Dr. Deborah Bass and Dr. Leslie Tamppari of NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif.
Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Juan Diaz
Working with Dr. Diana Blaney of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, Calif.
Boulder Creek High School, Anthem, Ariz.
Kathy Hill
Working with Dr. William Boynton of the University of Arizona in
Tucson,
Ariz.
Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Erie, Pa.
David Hurd
Working with Dr. Nilton Renno of the University of Michigan in Ann
Arbor, Mich.
SciTech High School, San Diego, Calif.
John Karanopoulos
Working with Dr. Mike Hecht of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in
Pasadena, Calif.
Cleveland High School, Cleveland, Texas
James Meyer
Working with Dr. Doug Ming of NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston,
Texas
Belmont High School, Belmont, N.H.
Thomas Morin
Working with Dr. Sam Kounaves and Dr. Suzanne Young of Tufts
University
in Medford, Mass.
Paintsville Independent, Paintsville, Ky.
Amanda Ratliff
Working with Dr. Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis,
Mo.
Empire High School, Tucson, Ariz.
Megan Stirler
Working with Principal Investigator Peter Smith of the University of
Arizona in Tucson, Ariz.
Lake Highlands High School, Dallas, Texas
Ken Taylor
Working with Dr. John Hoffman of the University of Texas in Dallas,
Texas
Camden Fairview High School, Camden, Ark.
Pam Vaughan
Working with Dr. Ray Arvidson of Washington University in St. Louis,
Mo.
Medford High School, Medford, Mass.
Michael Wadness
Working with Dr. Sam Kounaves and Dr. Suzanne Young of Tufts
University
in Medford, Mass.
Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Calif.
Stephen Widmark
Working with Dr. Carol Stoker of NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain
View, Calif.
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