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| Brad Truxillo, a freshman majoring in electrical engineering at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, spent some of his summer working on hybrid rockets with NASA. Truxillo, from Metairie, La., participated in an eight-week internship program at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. He built a hybrid rocket using oxygen and Plexiglas as fuel and also helped organize and collect engineering data from multiple projects He cataloged this info into NASA’s database Truxillo graduated from East Jefferson High School as co-valedictorian. NASA’s internship program is part of its education strategy to attract and retain students in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines critical to its missions. -30- About UL Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is the second largest university in the state, with over 16,000 students. It’s a public institution that awards bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. It includes diverse offerings from the humanities to scientific research and leads the nation in areas like computer science, biology and nursing. Its student-athletes – Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns – compete in NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate competition. |
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