Training Grant NNX13AT12H

2013 MUREP SCHOLARSHIP (STUDENT: RAI MUNOZ) AN OPPORTUNITY AT NASA WOULD BENEFIT ME BECAUSE IT PROVIDES ME WITH A CHALLENGE AND AN EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE EXPERIENCES SIMILAR TO THE ONES OFFERED IN NASA BECOME MORE INGRAINED IN MY KNOWLEDGE THAN IT WOULD IN A CLASSROOM SETTING. I CAN INTERACT MORE FOCUSING MY KNOWLEDGE ON A PROJECT THAN I CAN IN A LECTURE. MOST OF THE KNOWLEDGE I HAVE RETAINED HAS COME FROM THE INTERACTIONS I HAD IN PROJECTS SUCH AS THE TURBIDITY SENSOR. THE CHALLENGE OF THE OPPORTUNITY IS THE EXPOSURE INTO A DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT WITH THE PRESSURE OF HIGH EXPECTATIONS BY THE MENTOR AND COMPETITION OF A FELLOW COLLEAGUE. THE CHALLENGE WILL BENEFIT MY GROWTH INTO MY ENGINEERING PROFESSION BECAUSE IT WILL STIMULATE ME TO IMPROVE MY WORK ETHIC AND BEHAVIOR IN SUCH SETTING. FROM THE COURSE WORK I TOOK IN THE PAST 4 YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL, I ALWAYS PUSHED MYSELF TO TAKE WHAT I BELIEVE WERE CHALLENGING COURSES BECAUSE THE HARDER THE CLASS WAS, THE MORE INVOLVED AND INTERESTED I WAS. THE PROFESSION I WANT TO PURSUE IS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING, BUT MY ORIENTATION IN THE PROFESSION IS UNCLEAR TO ME. I WANT TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH NASA TO SEE IF I COULD BENEFIT FROM THE CHALLENGES PROVIDED IN AEROSPACE AND CONSIDER PURSUING IT IN MY CAREER. I AM INTERESTED IN THE OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED IN NASA AND WHEN I BECOME INTERESTED IN MY WORK, I BECOME DEDICATED TO IT. A DEDICATION I WILL DEMONSTRATE IF I AM ADMITTED INTO THE SUMMER INTERNSHIP.