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Danielle: So my name is Danielle Wood and I am a doctoral student
studying engineering systems at M.I.T. I am also
interning currently at both Goddard Space Flight Center, as well as at NASA Headquarters,
working in the Innovative Partnerships Program interested in
how NASA technology that has been spun out into society can
be used in developing countries.
I actually spent
about nine months traveling literally around the world. I visited countries
in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Southeast Asia
and I was learning about the trend among several countries to begin
new satellite programs and to train engineers who come from many disciplines.
And it's exciting to see how they see the process of learning
about satellite technology as part of their national development.
The longer that I've been involved with NASA programs the more exciting it is
to see all the different roles within NASA. So my initial
internships were very focused on particular teams, doing technical goals.
Now I'm getting to know people whose job it is to communicate to society
the vaule of investing in NASA research and also connecting
strategically how NASA influences the economic activities of
our region and our country.