Yale Summer Program in Astrophysics (YSPA)
6-week residential program; 32 seniors nationally do original research at Yale's observatory.
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5-week residential program calculating a near-Earth asteroid's orbit from original telescope data.
UC Santa Cruz Science Internship Program (SIP) – Astronomy & Astrophysics Track
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Garcia Summer Scholars Program
7-week Stony Brook materials/mechanical engineering research at the Garcia Center.
International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA)
Top USAAAO scorers compete internationally against 40+ countries.
COSMOS UC Davis - Cluster: Future Mobility on Ground and Air
A residential four-week COSMOS (California State Summer School for Mathematics and Science) cluster at UC Davis where students work with aerospace and mechanical engineering faculty on how ground and air vehicles are designed, including analyzing aerodynamic performance and designing quadcopters for Earth, Moon, Mars, and Titan.
COSMOS UC Davis - Cluster: Introduction to Engineering Mechanics
A residential four-week COSMOS cluster at UC Davis (5:1 student-to-faculty ratio) that introduces students to engineering mechanics through hands-on labs, field activities, and lectures taught by UC faculty researchers.