Each year ISEC sponsors summer interns to conduct research and interview a space releated professional. These two requirements are to encourage college students to continue in science and engineering as well as actually give them experience conducting research into an innovative arena. The interns work from home with a mentor from ISEC on a schedule for a research paper to be completed by the end of the summer.
There is a small grant and a letter of recommendation at the conclusion of the summer for each student. In addition, they could be presenting their preliminary research at the next International Space Elevator Conference.
The four interns for 2020 are Craig Orrock, Elias Rubin, Lynessa Schaeffer and Amelia Stanton , mentored by Peter Swan, Dennis Wright and Sandee Schaeffer.
ISEC Webinar on 17 July 2020 : "How Space Elevators Work: Physics Concepts"
Dennis Wright, ISEC Vice President and physicist, will discuss the physics of space elevators from the basic forces at play, to the effect of strong materials, to the complex motions induced by climbers and the magnetosphere.
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ISEC Webinar on 29th May 2020 : "Graphene : the Last Piece of the Space Elevator Puzzle?"
Adrian Nixon, ISEC board member and Founding Editor of the Nixene Journal, will discuss the latest developments in single crystal graphene, a leading candidate for the space elevator tether material.
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BIS-WM Livestream on 16th May 2020
Peter Robinson has been invited by the West Midlands branch of the BIS to speak at an on-line ‘LiveStream’ session on 16th May 2020. This will be a second opportunity to hear his presentation on Climber Engineering, previously given at the ISEC conference in August 2019.
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