{"id":17519,"date":"2017-06-19T08:34:05","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T12:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=17519"},"modified":"2017-08-03T10:31:25","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T14:31:25","slug":"student-reaches-new-heights-internship-spacex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/student-reaches-new-heights-internship-spacex\/","title":{"rendered":"Student reaches new heights with internship at SpaceX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When Matt Joplin dreamed of his future career, he let his mind wander to the highest of places: outer space.<\/p>\n<p>He took one giant step closer to his dream by recently completing an eight-month internship at SpaceX, a California-based aerospace manufacturing and space exploration technologies company.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_17520\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" data-attachment-id=\"17520\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/06\/student-reaches-new-heights-internship-spacex\/profilephoto\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto.png\" data-orig-size=\"369,449\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"profilephoto\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Matt Joplin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto.png\" class=\"wp-image-17520 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto-247x300.png\" alt=\"Photo of UTC student Matt Joplin\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto-247x300.png 247w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto-164x200.png 164w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto-329x400.png 329w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/05\/profilephoto.png 369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Joplin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Founded in 2002 by serial entrepreneur Elon Musk, SpaceX was the first private company to successfully send and return a spacecraft from low orbit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been inspired by what SpaceX has been doing for years. They\u2019re constantly pushing the envelope and pushing the space industry into the modern era,\u201d says Joplin, an electrical engineering graduate student.<\/p>\n<p>How Joplin landed his internship is a story of perfect timing. At a conference, Dr. Daniel Loveless, UTC assistant professor of electrical engineering, met a manager who worked at SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>Loveless recommended his student for an internship and, six weeks later, Joplin was on a plane headed to Seattle to start work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt\u2019s inquisitive. He\u2019s always approaching me with questions and coming up with his own ideas. I knew he would have the right skillset to succeed at SpaceX,\u201d Loveless says.<\/p>\n<p>Joplin worked 40 to 50 hours a week on a small team doing radiation testing for a satellite project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWorking at SpaceX gave me more confidence in my engineering skills. Every day was a challenge,\u201d he says. \u201cThere was so much work to be done, so many problems that needed to be fixed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGaining the practical experience of putting theory into practice to solve problems was invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>His work at SpaceX complemented his UTC thesis project in which he\u2019s studying how radiation affects complex electronic systems. Through his thesis, Joplin hopes to find ways to make these systems more reliable when they\u2019re placed in harsh environments like space.<\/p>\n<p>Joplin performed so well at SpaceX, he was asked to extend his internship after four months, an offer he readily accepted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone there is passionate and brilliant. Why wouldn\u2019t you want to stay and be around them?\u201d he asks.<\/p>\n<p>Joplin hopes to continue working in the space industry when he graduates with his master\u2019s degree next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpace is a big mystery. It captures the imagination. There\u2019s still so much we don\u2019t know,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Matt Joplin dreamed of his future career, he let his mind wander to the highest of places: outer space. 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