ACEP Summer Internship Program 2023
In its fifth year, the ACEP Summer Internship Program selected 19 interns to pursue projects in various areas of energy research. Students are each mentored by an AVÀÇÂÛ̳ Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) researcher on a project around the state to work on a variety of energy research.
The internship cohort consists of two internship strands -- NSF REU (Research Experiences for Undergraduates) as well as AUSI (ACEP Undergraduate Summer Internship).
As part of their preparatory work, the students attended a five-day Microgrid Boot Camp, an intensive experiential training week focusing on the resources, technologies and operations of AVÀÇÂÛ̳'s wide range of microgrid energy systems.
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2023 Interns
Sarah Andreanoff
Major: Geoscience; Minor: Biological sciences -- UAF
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Vanessa Raymond (Fairbanks, AK)
Adrian Burke
Major: Computer Engineering -- UAF
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Vanessa Raymond (Fairbanks, AK)
Rachel Curtis
Major: Engineering Science; Minors: Physics, Creative Writing -- Trinity University
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Mark Masteller, Dominique Pride (Fairbanks, AK)
Audrey Eikenberry
Major: Electrical Engineering -- UAF
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Phylicia Cicilio (Fairbanks, AK)
Cathy Hou
Major: Computer Science; Minors: Environmental Science, Public Policy -- Harvard College
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Phylicia Cicilio (Fairbanks, AK)
Gus Lewis
Major: Electrical Engineering; Minor: Mathematics -- UAA
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Phylicia Cicilio (Fairbanks, AK)
Kristian Nudlash-Barger
Major: Electrical Engineering -- UAA
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Chandler Kemp (Dillingham, AK)
Karsten Sierra
Major: Mechanical Engineering -- UAF
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Erin Trochim, Noelle Helder (Fairbanks, AK)
Eli Willett
Major: Ocean Engineering, Aerospace Engineering -- Virginia Tech
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Steph Fisher (Fairbanks, AK)
Lauren Bryan
Major: Environmental Science; Minors: Chemistry, Political Science, Geology -- Hope College
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Erin Trochim (Fairbanks, AK)
Ashton Curry
Major: Computer Science -- UAA
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Michelle Wilber (Anchorage, AK)
Cameron Dolan
Major: Computer Science -- UAA
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Michelle Wilber (Anchorage, AK)
Dallas Fisher
Major: Electrical Engineering; Minors: Environmental Science, Mathematics -- Hope College
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Phylicia Cicilio (Fairbanks, AK)
Lauren Leadbetter
Major: Data Science; Minor: Applied Mathematics -- Claremont McKenna College
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Ben Loeffler (Fairbanks, AK)
Kate Modler
Major: Physics, Environmental Science; Minor: Data Science -- University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Chris Pike (Fairbanks, AK)
Mary Ella Rinzler
Major: Physical Geography, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Minors: Arctic Studies, Geographic
Information Sciences -- University of Colorado Boulder
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Erin Trochim, Noelle Helder (Fairbanks, AK)
Jobel Y. Villafañe-Pagán
Major: Geology -- University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Dayne Broderson (Fairbanks, AK)
Lilian Zhu
Major: Computer Science, Mathematics -- Harvey Mudd College
Participating Partner(s):
Mentor: Erin Trochim (Fairbanks, AK)