WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.225 --> 00:00:02.205 So me and a group of students at Dominican, 2 00:00:02.265 --> 00:00:04.245 we worked on a scientific instrument proposal 3 00:00:04.665 --> 00:00:06.485 for a NASA research competition. 4 00:00:07.425 --> 00:00:10.045 We created a prototype that was meant 5 00:00:10.045 --> 00:00:12.125 to be used on the Artemis mission to the moon. 6 00:00:12.505 --> 00:00:13.805 Our idea was that we want 7 00:00:13.805 --> 00:00:15.405 to help facilitate navigation on the moon. 8 00:00:16.025 --> 00:00:19.045 And our project was you would have this little capsule 9 00:00:19.075 --> 00:00:21.485 that you would, the astronauts would carry on the shuttle. 10 00:00:21.835 --> 00:00:23.725 They would carry about eight, ten of them 11 00:00:24.145 --> 00:00:25.445 and once they arrived to the moon, 12 00:00:25.445 --> 00:00:26.765 they would place 'em throughout their base 13 00:00:27.345 --> 00:00:29.925 and the thing would collect data using the slider sensor, 14 00:00:29.925 --> 00:00:32.285 which is a little laser that shoots out lasers 15 00:00:32.285 --> 00:00:33.725 and based on how long it takes to come back, 16 00:00:33.745 --> 00:00:35.245 you can measure how far that thing is. 17 00:00:35.905 --> 00:00:38.925 And so we made that proposal to NASA in November 18 00:00:39.385 --> 00:00:41.605 and by December we heard back that they liked it, 19 00:00:41.605 --> 00:00:43.165 they were gonna fund it, and 20 00:00:43.165 --> 00:00:44.405 everything kind of began from there. 21 00:00:45.405 --> 00:00:47.605 Everyone learned so much. I'm gonna be working at the NASA 22 00:00:47.665 --> 00:00:49.125 Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the summer. 23 00:00:49.665 --> 00:00:51.685 Two of other other students are working at the Marshall 24 00:00:51.685 --> 00:00:53.445 Space Flight Center in NASA and Alabama. 25 00:00:54.285 --> 00:00:56.165 A few other students, they got internships as well. 26 00:00:56.585 --> 00:00:59.165 So all of this really set them up with 27 00:00:59.165 --> 00:01:01.165 what research is really like in the real world 28 00:01:01.415 --> 00:01:02.415 There. There was a lot 29 00:01:02.415 --> 00:01:04.485 of research involved in getting everything 30 00:01:04.485 --> 00:01:06.245 working and getting to everything functioning. 31 00:01:06.705 --> 00:01:10.165 And it's actually helped me get a job currently at Argonne 32 00:01:10.325 --> 00:01:13.125 National Labs and it's ignited a bit of a passion 33 00:01:13.125 --> 00:01:15.645 for electronics as there was a lot of components 34 00:01:15.645 --> 00:01:17.285 that we were just unfamiliar with. 35 00:01:17.905 --> 00:01:19.725 And so now I've taken time 36 00:01:19.745 --> 00:01:22.205 to look into electronics myself and moding them. 37 00:01:22.875 --> 00:01:24.885 Like all the things that you're learning in class, seeing 38 00:01:24.985 --> 00:01:28.605 how it's applied and how you can use it, I think is like one 39 00:01:28.605 --> 00:01:29.805 of the most important things. 40 00:01:30.725 --> 00:01:34.205 I believe it did help me land my, my NASA internship. 41 00:01:34.635 --> 00:01:37.285 I'll be going to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center 42 00:01:37.705 --> 00:01:39.445 as a computer engineering intern. 43 00:01:39.865 --> 00:01:43.485 Paving the way for more Latinos to go into STEM is something 44 00:01:43.485 --> 00:01:45.045 that I really am focused on, 45 00:01:45.745 --> 00:01:47.685 and I hope that I can inspire people like that. 46 00:01:48.425 --> 00:01:50.085 That's one of the reasons why I love math, 47 00:01:50.125 --> 00:01:51.165 I love computer science 48 00:01:51.345 --> 00:01:53.965 and engineering, is that the things that you get to do 49 00:01:54.505 --> 00:01:56.045 are something you don't get, uh, things 50 00:01:56.045 --> 00:01:57.165 that you don't get to do every day. 51 00:01:57.465 --> 00:02:00.005 And being able to do it every day is kind 52 00:02:00.005 --> 00:02:01.645 of like working at your dream, dream job, 53 00:02:01.745 --> 00:02:04.205 or achieving your dream every day, day by day.