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This summer , the Cold Regs Research

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and Engineering Laboratory provided

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research internships to more than 45

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high school undergraduate and graduate

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student STEM scholars . Designed to

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prepare the next generation of STEM

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professionals for careers in science

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and technology , the internships give

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scholars the opportunity to join a

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research team working on real projects

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with real world implications while also

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exploring their own individualized

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research interests . The internships

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culminated in a student science and

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technology symposium where the student

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scholars presented their research

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findings to the lab's research

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scientist staff . This is giving me a

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huge amount of experience for what it

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means to do science research , so I'm

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hoping to eventually get to a point

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where I can do science research of my

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own and write about it and present on

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it . So all of this has given me the

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experience to be able to feel more

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confident to do that . I think it was

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very fascinating to see all the

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different motivations behind the

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project . We had some motivations for

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plane applications and . We had some

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motivations from Olympic luge teams and

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actually measuring the friction of

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their surfaces . So I think having all

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of those as background and motivations

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for the project itself was pretty

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unique here . Our summer intern program

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is great for students because we give

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them hands-on opportunities to solve

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problems that matter to our country .

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For us it's just an awesome opportunity

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to get . Injection of fresh ideas

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from students who are bringing the

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latest from academia into our problem

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space , and it's a great recruiting

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pipeline . I think I learned a lot like

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just having a mentor to talk to , not

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only about my research , but just like

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my career path in general I think was

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really nice .