Students who participate in the MSU geodesy internship program will:
Participate in a geodesy bootcamp that will provide a solid foundation of geodesy background, techniques, and tools.
Work with a faculty mentor to develop and carry out a meaningful research project.
Learn about educational opportunities and career paths in geodesy through presentations by MSU and outside geodesy professionals
Create a research poster for their project and present their results at the Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences
Students will work on projects with faculty mentors at MSU. Projects will depend on student background and interest, but possible projects include:
Evaluating time varying surface deformation in Alaska
Developing catalogs of earthquake models
Building and testing plate motion models for eastern Russia and Alaska
Assessing data quality from new network of GNSS sites in Alaska (ACORN)
Assessing and expanding the data and benchmark information available through the National Geodetic Survey's online databases
Developing automated tools to set up and run earthquake models that use geodetic data
Analyzing GNSS time series for a range of tectonic and non-tectonic signals in a region of student's interest