NASA first awarded Jorge A. Jimenez a summer internship in 2007, and today he finds himself amongst Glenn Research Center’s high-performing summer interns. Recently, Jimenez was inducted into the newly unveiled NASA Student Ambassadors Virtual Community program.
Jimenez, a Motivating Undergraduates in Science and Technology, or MUST intern, worked on the Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Project. His responsibilities included developing the instrumentation and improving software for monitoring pilots’ cognitive state by tracking changes in oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin concentrations at various regions of the brain. The project forms part of a larger effort by NASA to improve aeronautic safety by preventing accidents that may arise because of pilot fatigue or distraction.
“The most exciting part of my research has been the opportunity to build and work with a team of truly brilliant individuals,” said Jimenez. “I consider my relationships with the people I work with to be amongst my most treasured assets, and I invest in them as much and often as I can.”
