NASA Glenn Research Center - Student Trainee (Engineering)

• This position is in NASA’s Pathways Intern Program which provides students with the opportunity to explore NASA careers and gain meaningful work experience.
  
  This position is for a computational modeling engineering student trainee at the NASA Glenn Research Center. The individual will be part of a collaborative team in the Fluid Physics & Transport Processes Branch, supporting the Human Research Program. The Human Research Program is dedicated to discovering the best methods and technologies to support safe, productive human space travel.

Responsibilities

Possible tasks include development and validation of computational models to inform and quantify risks (probability and severity) to astronaut health and performance in exploration missions and elucidate health and performance impacts of limited medical capabilities and physiological changes in space. The position may involve development and use of computational codes in the areas of probabilistic analysis, Genetic and Neural net algorithms, Machine learning and spatially discretized model schemes. Such codes will be used to develop quantitative risk assessment, optimization, and in situ decision assistance related to astronaut medical care. The position may also involve the development or use of computational codes for analysis of human anthropometrics and biomechanics of movement, bio fluids and mass transfer (blood, urine, respiratory, etc.), biochemical reactions, and adaptation of tissues responding to the space environment. Some tasks will include validation work either through testing of model systems or through human subject testing (ground-based or space-flight analog).