Internships at MTRI
- Internships at MTRI are available to undergraduate and graduate students
- Interns are compensated with an hourly wage based on schooling and other experience
- Six Michigan Tech students have completed summer internships at MTRI and Ann Arbor area university and high-school students also participate
- Tasks are varied and include field data collection, imagery processing, data analysis, contributing to reports, and presenting results to colleagues
- Desirable experience includes GIS, radar, signal processing, remote sensing, statistics, environmental science, MATLAB, computer science, and programming
- Experience is gained in working on MTRI sponsored research programs with agencies such as NASA, USDA-NRCS, EPA, MDOT, DoD, as well as local governments and non-governmental organizations
- Internships include opportunities to learn about using your talents in a team environment, working on a project with experienced scientists on real-world problems, and experience in presenting your accomplishments during the internship
Intern Richard Dobson deploying an automated camera system linked to GPS that takes photographs of the roadside.
| For Additional Information
Colin Brooks
Research Scientist
734.913.6858
colin.brooks@mtu.edu
Nancy French, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
734.913.6844
nancy.french@mtu.edu
Former interns Erik Josberger, Kevin Endsley, and Laura Thelen assisted in research activities on the Bering Glacier, Alaska.
Intern Mike Billmire (now full-time MTRI research scientist) collects water quality data and later assists in the analysis.
Intern Richard Dobson reviewing Landsat data in the GIS Lab. |
