(Summer ’15) Catie Ferrara, G
Catie Ferrara (G, Urban Studies and Planning) Catie is a DUSP-PSC Summer Intern, jointly supported by the Department of Urban Studies and Planning and the Public Service Center. This summer,…(Fall ’15) Grant Williams, G
Grant Williams (G, Urban Studies and Planning) Grant is working with rural cooperative members across the state of Mississippi regarding the obstacles and exclusions they face in their communities, particularly…(IAP 2015) Chelsea Barabas and Jude Mwenda
Chelsea and Jude spent IAP in Kenya, where they collaborated with wildlife conservancies to conduct a feasibility assessment for the use of drone technologies to support anti-poaching activities. They conducted…(IAP 2015) Nicole Ozminkowski ’15
Nicole spent IAP in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania working at a sustainable coal production plant. She tested the charcoal briquette drying system currently used and implemented improvements to make the…(IAP 2015) Chrystal Chern ’16
Chrystal spent IAP in Liwonde National Park, Malawi in east Africa. She conducted on-site measurements and research for bridges which will make the rhino sanctuary at the park more accessible…(IAP 2015) Kepler MIT Lab -Jakob Dahl and Qin Qin Yu
Jakob and QinQin travelled to Rwanda to begin designing a low-cost physics and chemistry lab course. They are developing this lab course for a new university program , Kepler, and…(IAP 2015) Tiffany Yeh ’17
Tiffany interned with EnAble India, an organization in Bangalore that helps people with disabilities secure employment in the mainstream workforce. She facilitated job training for a pilot program that prepared…(IAP 2015) Spencer Wenck ’15
Spencer worked in Bluefields, Nicaragua over IAP. He has developed a biological system with the student group Hope in Flight to convert organic waste into high quality animal feed. He…(IAP 2015) Nikita Kodali ’17
Nikita will be going to Chennai, India, this IAP to establish an incentivized teaching program between undergraduates at Indian Institute of Technology at Madras and local underfunded government schools. Selected…