This is why I bust my ass in school.

[SonnyDaze]

Congrats OP! :thumbsup:

 

[alkemyst]

so do you get to explore Uranus?

 

[Tempered81]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Congrats! See if you can find out where they filmed the moon landing while you're there.

Southern California!

 

[ItsPat]

Originally posted by: slugg

Originally posted by: mallik
Congrats. I've always thought NASA would be a cool place to work.

What is your field of study?

Computer Vision and Image Processing. Computer Science.

Originally posted by: acheron
Nice. Is this at JPL? (That's where they do the rover stuff, isn't it?)

I did a project in school where I worked at Johnson Space Center for a couple months -- did some stuff with image processing software to look for cracks in the shuttle while in orbit (to prevent something like the Columbia accident happening again). Unpaid, but I got class credit, and I still get to put "NASA" on my resume.

Yup it's the Jet Propulsion Lab. They're sending resources to my university; I'm not flying over to Cal-Tech.

Originally posted by: Dear Summer
which university do you go to? (noticed that you live in Tampa)

University of South Florida. Go bulls!

Congrats, Go Bulls!

 

[acheron]

Originally posted by: slugg
Yup it's the Jet Propulsion Lab. They're sending resources to my university; I'm not flying over to Cal-Tech.

Ah ok. Sounds like an awesome opportunity, enjoy it.

 

[mundane]

Originally posted by: acheron

Originally posted by: slugg
Yup it's the Jet Propulsion Lab. They're sending resources to my university; I'm not flying over to Cal-Tech.

Ah ok. Sounds like an awesome opportunity, enjoy it.

I was going to ask if it was @ Ames (Mountain View). They have (had?) a mockup mars landscape for testing there.

 

[TheVrolok]

That's awesome. I had a friend in college who worked for NASA for a year before deciding to go back to school and change careers. He said minus certain bureaucratic issues that caused him to leave, NASA was simply awesome.

 

[Old Hippie]

Nice! :thumbsup:

 

[sao123]

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Congrats! See if you can find out where they filmed the moon landing while you're there.

i'm just spiffballing here...but maybe it was shot on the moon?

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: sao123

Originally posted by: Scarpozzi
Congrats! See if you can find out where they filmed the moon landing while you're there.

i'm just spiffballing here...but maybe it was shot on the moon?

that's only what they want you to believe. *shifty eyes*

grats op

 

[Pliablemoose]

One of my friend's sons did the same thing, he went to work for Loreal for a couple of years, then switched to IBM, he's making ~$150K/year now...

He even got me a JPL hat while he was there. (Hint, hint, I miss that ball cap too, lost it on a Sea Doo ride).

 

[Rachael]

So jealous. Congratulations and have a great time

 

[Newbian]

Just remember to place a easter egg in the code so when it meets a alien on Mars it shouts out "All your base are belong to us" and then it proceeds to punch said alien.

 

[blinblue]

Is this through the REU program? I did one of those at a university in southern illinios last summer. It was a great experience (and paid pretty well considering).
Have fun with it and congrats.

 

[slugg]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
One of my friend's sons did the same thing, he went to work for Loreal for a couple of years, then switched to IBM, he's making ~$150K/year now...

He even got me a JPL hat while he was there. (Hint, hint, I miss that ball cap too, lost it on a Sea Doo ride).

Give me a Sea Doo ride, I'll give you a JPL hat! LOL!

Originally posted by: blinblue
Is this through the REU program? I did one of those at a university in southern illinios last summer. It was a great experience (and paid pretty well considering).
Have fun with it and congrats.

Yup it's an REU.

 

[TruePaige]

Sounds cool man. Government job but still bleeding edge stuff.

 

[Slimline]

This can not be ATOT. An entire thread of praise and not one nay sayer? Awesome job OP, especially at woeing the hearts of ATOT. I hope it lands you a good gig!

 

[KeithTalent]

Awesome, congrats man!

Can you let us know when they start selling land on Mars, I want to get in on the ground floor. Thanks.

KT

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: Newbian
Just remember to place a easter egg in the code so when it meets a alien on Mars it shouts out "All your base are belong to us" and then it proceeds to punch said alien.

It's got to be a Falcon Punch and then followed up with surprize buttsechs.

 

[yhelothar]

schweet
undergrad or grad?

 

[RESmonkey]

Originally posted by: slugg
First day is June 1st. Doesn't pay much, but it's certainly a nice resume booster and I'll get some very useful experience. They're covering housing, food, and travel expenses on top of $320 per week (pre-taxes). The program is set up to be friendly with my school's normal class scheduling, so I'll finish about a week before the fall semester starts. SWEET DEAL!

We'll be writing computer vision based AI for the Mars rovers, essentially. I had to sign an NDA, but I'll see what I can do about sharing some screenshots on AnandTech if you guys want

OMG, this is epic. Combines two of my passions, computers and space exploration. What is your major, CS? Grad/Undergrad?

 

[slugg]

Originally posted by: astroidea
schweet
undergrad or grad?

Undergrad. Plans for grad school are in the works

 

[Sealy]

Wow...so great! I love it when a plan comes together!!

 

[Flipped Gazelle]

Congrats! Awesome news...

 

[BW86]

congrats! :thumbsup: