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Physics To Go Editor, SPS Summer Internship with APS
| Primary Institution: | Society of Physics Students, working onsite at the American Physical Society |
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| Affiliation: | American Institute of Physics |
| City: | College Park |
| State: | MD |
| Job Duration: | 9.5 Weeks, Summer 2010 |
| Class Requirement: | soph - senior year |
| Position Type: | Education/Outreach |
| Discipline(s): | Astronomy; Astrophysics; Gravitation Atomic/Molecular/Optical Physics Biophysics Condensed Matter: Structure and Mechanical/Thermal Properties Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure and Electromagnetic/Optical Properties Elementary Particles and Fields Fluid Dynamics and Gases Geophysics Medical Physics Plasmas and Beam Physics Sound and Acoustics Interdisciplinary Physics: Biological Physics; Quantum Information; Etc. |
| Description: | American Physical Society (Education Department), ComPADRE The American Physical Society (APS) seeks a summer intern to support Physics to Go, a web-based collection that is part of ComPADRE, the physics and astronomy digital library. Physics To Go (http://www.physicstogo.org) is both a collection of resources for informal physics learning and a bi-weekly physics mini-magazine. Tasks •Identifying resources (images, materials and websites) to include in the collection •Writing a brief description of resources and cataloging them •Choosing websites and images to feature on the homepage, and drafting homepage text •Providing advice on usability Qualifications •Completion of at least two years of college physics •Demonstrated writing skills •Facility with the Internet, Google searches, and Microsoft Word •An interest in informal physics learning Location: American Center for Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD (a ten minute walk from the College Park Metro stop, with free shuttle bus service) SPS intern positions based in Washington, DC are also available in science research, outreach, writing, and policy. See http://www.spsnational.org/programs/internships/ for details. |
| Stipend: | $3,750 |
| Benefits: | Housing Travel Reimbursement |
| Application Deadline: | 02/01/2010 |
| Job Website: | http://www.spsnational.org/programs/internships/ |
Research/Internship Opportunity Contact Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Kendra Rand One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740 Email: krand@aip.org Phone: 301-209-3047 |
