Kennedy Space CenterResidential Interns

Taonga Leslie

•Gainesville, Florida

•Eastside High School

•Hobbies: French, Debate Team,

Swimming, Singing, Drama

•Mentor: Priscilla Elfrey

•Department: Information Technology

•Project: STEM Education Awareness

Chelsea Partridge• Schools: Robert E. Lee High

School/Florida State College at Jacksonville

• Hometown: Jacksonville, Fl.

• Mentor: Mr. John Trautwein

• Division: Material Science: Prototype Development Lab

• Perlite Reconnaissance Mission

• Hobbies: Taekwondo, Astronomy, Dance

Kevin Hong

• School: King High School

• Hometown: Tampa, FL• Department: IT Security• Mentor: Henry Yu• Project: Automating

Vulnerability Analysis

Alycia Edwards

• Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

• Stone Mountain High School

• Department: O&C (Operations and Control)

• Mentor: Wanda Harding• Project M: An Assessment

of Mission Feasibility• Hobbies: drawing, playing

soccer, running

INSPIREPre-College Interns

Kennedy Space CenterSummer 2010

Kennedy Space CenterFun Facts

-Formed July 1962

-Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge

-570 square kilometers

-Home to all launch operations

-VAB (Vehicle Assembly Building)- 4th largest building in the world by volume

Aida Yoguely Cortés-Peña• Georgia Institute of

Technology• Aerospace Engineering • Hometown: Mayaguez,

Puerto Rico• Mentor: Mrs. Vicki

Mazurek• Computer Assets Recovery

Project (CARP)• Hobbies: Flying RC

Helicopters, Webpage programming, and playing the electric bass.

Cati Gandolfi(The Great Gandolf)

• University of Central Florida

• Major: Biology• Horseback riding,

fishing, muddin’, anything outdoors!

• Ecological Research

Shawn Oram

• Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

• Majoring in Civil Engineering

• Hobbies: band, playing sports (particularly football), computers, and hands-on activities

• Project: Display Services and Framework

Hector Pacheco

• University: University of Mayaguez

• Major: I am considering Aerospace, Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.

• Hobbies: Playing Basketball, Watching TV, Playing Videogames…..

• Project: Converting an MPLM into a PMM

Hector and Leonardo on July 6, 2010

Karishma Patel

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• Major: Biology• Running, biking,

hiking, and anything else outdoors

• MuRGE (Mutualism in a Reduced Gravity Environment)

Amber Porter

• Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

• Major: Chemical Engineering

• Soccer, Track & Field, any other sport, and playing trombone

• Project: Cryostat 300