#intern

[nasa]

Soaring into Aerospace: NASA Interns Take Flight at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh

Sustainable Aviation Ambassadors Alex Kehler, Bianca Legeza-Narvaez, Evan Gotchel, and Janki Patel pose in front of the NASA Pavilion at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

It’s that time of year again–EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is underway!

Boasting more than 650,000 visitors annually, EAA AirVenture Oshkosh, or “Oshkosh” for short, is an airshow and fly-in held by the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA). Each year, flight enthusiasts and professionals from around the world converge on Oshkosh, Wisconsin, to engage with industry-leading organizations and businesses and celebrate past, present, and future innovation in aviation.

This year, four NASA interns with the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstration (EPFD) project count themselves among those 650,000+ visitors, having the unique opportunity to get firsthand experience with all things aerospace at Oshkosh.

Alex Kehler, Bianca Legeza-Narvaez, Evan Gotchel, and Janki Patel are Sustainable Aviation Ambassadors supporting the EPFD project, which conducts tests of hybrid electric aircraft that use electric aircraft propulsion technologies to enable a new generation of electric-powered aircraft. The focus of Alex, Bianca, Evan, and Janki’s internships cover everything from strategic communications to engineering, and they typically do their work using a laptop. But at Oshkosh, they have a special, more hands-on task: data collection.

“At Oshkosh, I am doing some data collection to better estimate how we can be prepared in the future,” said Janki, an Aerospace Engineering major from the University of Michigan. “Coming to Oshkosh has been an amazing experience… I can walk around and see people passionate about the work they do.”

The NASA Pavilion at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is full of interactive exhibits and activities for visitors to engage with. NASA Interns Alex, Bianca, Evan, and Janki are collecting data in the pavilion to help improve future exhibits at Oshkosh.

In addition to gathering data to help inform future NASA exhibits and activities at Oshkosh, the interns also have the opportunity to engage with visitors and share their passion for aviation with other aero enthusiasts. For Evan, who is receiving his Master's in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, “being able to be here and talk with people who are both young and old who are interested in what the future of flight could be has been so incredible.”

Alex, Evan, Bianca, and Janki pose in front of NASA’s Super Guppy, a specialized aircraft used to transport oversized cargo.

At Oshkosh, one memory in particular stands out for Alex, Bianca, Evan, and Janki: seeing NASA’s famous Super Guppy in person. With a unique hinged nose and a cargo area that's 25 feet in diameter and 111 feet long, the Super Guppy can carry oversized cargo that is impossible to transport with other cargo aircraft. 

“We had a very lucky experience… We were able to not only see the Super Guppy, we got to get up close when it landed,” said Bianca, who is receiving her Master's in Business Administration with a specialization in Strategic Communications from Bowling Green State University. “From a learning experience, it gave me a way better basis on cargo aircraft and how they operate.” 

For Alex, who is receiving his Master's in Aeronautical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, it was exciting to see the Super Guppy’s older technology integrated with newer technologies up close. “There have been a lot of good memories, but I think the best one was the Super Guppy. It was cool to see this combination of 60’s and 70’s technology with this upgraded plane.”

Evan and Janki pose for a photo while walking around EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.

With Oshkosh coming to a close this Sunday, July 30, Alex, Bianca, Evan, and Janki also reflected on advice they have for future NASA interns on how they can get the most out of their internship: be curious and explore, connect with people who work in the field you’re interested in, and don’t be afraid to ask questions.

Alex advises potential NASA interns to “dream big and shoot for your goals, and divide that up into steps… In the end it will work out.” For Bianca, being open and exploring is key: “take opportunities, even if it’s the complete opposite thing that you were intending to do.”

“Ask questions all the time,” said Evan. “Even outside the internship, always continue asking people about what they are knowledgeable on.” And Janki encourages future interns to “Follow your own path. Get the help of mentors, but still do your own thing.”

Visiting Oshkosh and want to see NASA science in action? Stop by the NASA Pavilion, located at Aviation Gateway Park, and see everything from interactive exhibits on sustainable aviation, Advanced Air Mobility, Quesst, and Artemis to STEM activities–and you may even meet NASA pilots, engineers, and astronauts! At Oshkosh, the sky’s the limit.

Interested in interning with NASA? Head over to NASA’s internship website to learn more about internship opportunities with NASA and find your place in (aero)space.

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[nightmun]

Finally finished the intern drawing wooo! I put this on RDL earlier but I almost forgot to post this here whoops 😅

Anyways, here’s the product of nearly 20 hours of drawing interns! I tried my best to capture the vibes of everyone as best I could so hopefully I did an alright job! Now on to the ungodly number of tags hhh

@pageofthemicocee @c-underscore-rry @i-want-to-do-things @catlauncher1000 @mystorl @odxball @m3llowm1sh @sweetaplle @mogamingcanthink @sts-puelle @sirwow @emo-hermit @blossomaaoc @fufupng @herosplatling-replica @mochiiniko @pokeblog123 @lolatulips

I’m sorry if I forgot anyone! There’s a lot and I pulled interns from both here and RDL so trying to figure out who is and isn’t on tumblr is hard 😓

[zendasian]

Me, a intern leaving early after 6 hours of doing nothing.

[a-titty-ninja]

[queensqueercourt]

IVE KEPT TOO MANY INSANE WOMEN SKETCHES FROM YOU GUYS!!!! She is so foul you see (femspy belongs to @friendlyengie)

[rory-bor-e-alis]

It really says something about the state of long-term careers in academia that Darcy is still doing random internships

[revillagenews]

Intern lore drop

making this because why not and i think it would interesting and funny to see intern in resident lover. so let's get into it B)

Birth name is locked up behind a bunch of red tape (courtesy of Miranda) so no one genuinely knows their birth name, other than Miranda, Donna, Karl, and Moreau.

They go by intern because professor Ingrid doesnt know their name and she cant just say "TA" every time. And Moth is from a incident involving lamps....lighters, and ....gasoline (which ended up on the front page of the local news club, village news and mold radio talked about it for a few weeks). Well, stray comes from the fact Intern was never a student at Miranda's all girls university and they just walked around. and were spotted around Miranda's office (the headmistress made the mistake of leaving bread around and well having a cult. cause you know the saying about curiosity killed the cat)

Major: Cyber Security Minor: Communications

are they apart of the cult?: yes, and how else would miranda get her students who will take the bait of a free scholarship and such.

job(s): employee at Moreau's drive-in (part time) former assistant (Headmistress Miranda) barista (part time) teacher's assistant (Professor Ingrid. subject communications)

Relationships; Mia Winters (frenemies) Angie Beneviento (friends) Daniela Dimitrescu (friends) Bela Dimitrescu (friends?) Cassandra Dimitrescu (acquaintances) Donna Beneviento (best homies) Moreau (bffs ong) Miranda (frenemies) Alcina Dimitrescu (enemies; its on sight) Elena (ride or die :3)

[ifwebefriends]

Looking for internships moodboard

[herosplatling-replica]

made a patient using @emo-hermit's patient template! here's doctor Jay as a treatable patient with her level details :3

Before Clear: [ Doctor Jay said something was wrong and asked me to check her heart. It seems abnormally fast... I need to keep them stable while the Nurse checks in on them. ]

After Clear: [ Doctor Jay's feeling better after the procedure and some IVs. I'll need to tell Ada to help them with coping with their new chronic illness... For now, I'll keep an eye on them. ]

the song for her level is Emmental Catalepsy, and I feel like her heartbeat would split into two paths - one SVT, one classic - with visual distractions like 4-2 (Invisible). she's not doing the best, but it could always be worse!

[askskylanderscynder]

[cecil-palmer-theradiohost]

Waiting at the station,sipping a cup of coffee he had to make himself

[nightmun]

Everyone’s been sharing their versions of the intern so I wanted to share mine! This one’s a little more out there than the others but they’re still doing their best to help around Middlesea Hospital (I just think it’s funny to picture the intern as a big noodle arm so I’ve gone all in on that headcanon). The design they’ve got is based on the sleeve paint in my main file, the only difference being that they’re left handed cause I’m left handed irl so why not. Hope you enjoy this slightly more cursed take on the intern though!

(Also tysm to @emo-hermit for the template!)

[jay-does-stuff-online]

Hi, I’m Jay, I like creating characters and video games, and I combine them a lot.

Here’s one of my latest characters, a Rhythm Doctor internsona!

His name is Marcus, and he’s a ‘cringefail vampire’ who tries to hide the fact that he’s a vampire, but everyone at Middlesea Hospital knows that he is. Like, to a comical extent.

He feeds off of blood bags in storage, instead of live victims. Due to the age and anticoagulants in the bags, he’s not very powerful, but he’s good enough to work for long times with no problem.

He gets along best with the young patients, and is on call if any of the kids have nightmares.

He’s quite young for a vampire, being 65-ish, bitten at an age of 19-20

He’s slightly extroverted, but not overly so, and while he can be a bit shy and awkward, he truly cares about everyone within the hospital.

He applied for the internship because it was something he could do at all hours of the day.

Feel free to send asks for any questions about him!!

[noaasanctuaries]

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[lawdev]

Got a job as a software developer intern and will be getting to work on a cyber security project as my first project!

[loukhoart]

I wanted to draw the interns, but more in my style ^^ It was really funny to do it, and I might do this but with the agents, this time :)

You can find the first sketches here, if you are interrested ^^