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The Wpi/Goddard Space Flight Center Projects Program, Fred J. Looft, William W. Durgin Nov 2002

The Wpi/Goddard Space Flight Center Projects Program, Fred J. Looft, William W. Durgin

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The WP/IGSFC (Goddard Space Flight Center) Projects Program is an off-campus, multi-disciplinary opportunity for students to complete their capstone design project requirement during 10 weeks of on-site project work. Students accepted into this program are required to spend one term in a project preparation course where they carry out background research, interact with their project mentor(s) at the space center, and write a detailed project proposal. At the completion of the preparation course and several weeks before the start of the following academic year, the students relocate to the Washington area and work full time for ten weeks on their …