quantitative studies in progress during her stay. June 9, 

 1997 through August 8, 1997. 

 Charles Vogl, BA, University of Southern California. Conducted 

 a literature search for studies and evaluations related to the 

 public understanding of science. Summarized studies and 

 developed a bibliography as background for a forthcoming 

 SI exhibition. Assisted in qualitative analysis for a plan- 

 ning study for NMAI. September 17, 1997 through 

 December 19, 1997. 



National Air and Space Museum 



Ian Betts, George Washington University. Aeronautics. Intern 

 will work with the curator of art on a book concerning the 

 U.S. space program that will be published. The book will 

 be illustrated by images in the NASA Art Collection of the 

 National Air and Space Museum. Intern will locate 

 photographic images of art and verify the artist and title. 

 June 2, 1997 through July 25, 1997. 



Anne P. Brown, Master's Candidate, American University. 

 Public Affairs. Assistant edition for "Flyer" and project re- 

 search in the Public Affairs office. January 16, 1997 through 

 April 9, 1997. 



Bridget Burchett, Bachelor's Candidate, Purdue University. 

 Media Unit. Intern will be working as a film production as- 

 sistant for the Museum's proposed Imax Aviation film. 

 Work on the Imax project, which includes reviewing and 

 cataloging past Imax files. Drafting correspondence and 

 working on pre-production tasks. June 2, 1997 through 

 August 8, 1997. 



Meghan Cummings, Bachelor's Candidate, University of 

 Maryland at College Park. Archives. Intern will assist with 

 cataloguing, preservation, and conservation projects dealing 

 with the photographic collections of the NASM archives 

 Division. June 16, 1997 through August 22, 1997. 



Christine Foot, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Virginia. 

 Center for Earth and Planetary Studies. Intern will extract 

 topographic data of Martian and lunar craters using a tech- 

 nique called photoclinometry. Photoclinometry extracts 

 slope data from planetary surfaces by first assuming that 

 the digital image of a particular feature has a uniform 

 albedo. June 9, 1997 through October 3, 1997. 



Roberto F. Gonzalez, Jr., Bachelor's Candidate, Northern 

 Illinois University. Computer Services. Assisting the LAN 

 Administrator, Senior Technical manager and Museum 

 programmer in their areas of specialty. July I, 1997 through 

 August 8, 1997. 



Maura Hamilton, Gallaudet University. Photography 



Division. Working on photoshop, scanning negatives, and 

 printing slides. Working in studio with 4x5 large-format 

 view camera. March I, 1997 through June I, 1997. 



Naoise Johnston, Master's Candidate, University of Toronto. 

 Archives. Intern will help establish physical and intellec- 

 tual control of archival collections. Work will include writ- 

 ing descriptions, arranging and rehousing collections, and 



performing preservation tasks to make archival collections 

 accessible for research use. May 27, 1997 through August I, 



'997- 



Margaret McGee, Bachelor's Degree, South West Missouri 

 State University. Exhibits/Education. Intern will be as- 

 signed to the How Things Fly, gallery. Student will be 

 engaged in maintaining current exhibits, reconfiguring 

 those that need fine-tuning, and building additional 

 devices. June 2, 1997 through August 8, 1997. 



Scott C. Mest, Master's Degree, University of Pittsburgh. 

 Center for Earth and Planetary Sciences. Topographic profile 

 study of Revil Vallis, Mars, using photoclinometry; Mor- 

 phometric study of drainage basins and channels in the 

 southern highlands of Mars. June 2, 1997 through August 



8, 1997- 



Sheelena Nti, Bachelor's Degree, Marymount University. Ex- 

 hibits. Intern will draw aircraft and spacecraft on the com- 

 puter using AutoCad software for the purpose of providing 

 floor plans of the new NASM Dulles Center. Dtawings will 

 be based on information provided by the curatorial depart- 

 ments. June 2, 1997 through September 26, 1997. 



Matthew Pate, Bachelor's Candidate, University of Colotado. 

 Exhibits/Education. Intern will be assigned to the How 

 Things Fly gallery. Student will be engaged in maintaining 

 cutrent exhibits, reconfiguring those chat need fine-tuning, 

 and building additional devices. June 9, 1997 through 

 August 15, 1997. 



Jennifer Ramstad, Bachelor's Candidate, Cornell University. 

 Center for Earth and Planetary Studies. Analyzing lunar - 

 impact on craters, and making a model that any investigator 

 could use for age-dating small geologic units on the lunar 

 surface. The second project involves fresh and degraded 

 impact craters on the Martian surface. This is important for 

 understanding the ancient Martian environment and has 

 profound implications on the possibility of life on that 

 planet. June 9, 1997 through August 3, 1997. 



Brandy Ries, Bachelor's Candidate, Princeton University. Cen- 

 ter for Earth and Planetary Studies. Intern will extract 

 topographic data of Martian and lunar craters using 

 photoclimonetry. Photoclinometry extracts slope data from 

 planetary surfaces by first assuming that the digital image 

 of a particular feature has a uniform alledo. June 9, 1997 

 through August 2, 1997. 



Gabnelle Smith, Bachelor's Candidate, Stanford Univer- 

 sity. Education. Intern will assist the student services 

 coordinator in managing the intern program. Student 

 will assist in scheduling and recruiting volunteets for 

 the unit and the "How Things Fly" summer institute. 

 Intern will assist with upcoming educational program 

 for the fall and winter. June 16, 1997 through August 22, 



1997- 



H. David Tristan, Bachelor's Candidate, St. Ambrose Univer- 

 sity. Development. Assisting the directors of NASM with 

 nonprofit fund-raising and membership programs. July I, 

 1997 through August 8, 1997. 



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