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NASA Planetary Data System - College Student Investigators (CSI)

CSI Coordinator: Dr. Susan Hoban (susan.hoban@nasa.gov)

Welcome to the NASA Planetary Data System College Student Investigators (CSI) webpage! The objective of this activity is to involve undergraduate students in research and development projects related to the holdings of NASA.s Planetary Data System (PDS). Through the PDS College Student Investigators activity, the PDS strives to prepare the next generation of PDS science investigators.

Typically, PDS College Student Investigators start in the middle of their Junior year and participate through graduation. They are supported part-time during the school year and full-time in the summer months. The first cohort of PDS Colleges Student Investigators was selected in December 2006 through a competitive process. The students participated through May 2008.

PDS College Student Investigators 2010 Cohort
Name Affilitation Node

Wil Barnett

University of Maryland

Small Bodies

Kenneth Gibson

University of California Los Angeles

Planetary Plasma Interactions

Kenny Melville

University of Maryland

Small Bodies

Dan Robison
(on leave of absence)

New Mexico State University

Atmospheres

College Student Investigators 2007 Cohort

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