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From: eugene@ames.UUCP (Eugene Miya)
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Subject: Announcement of Opportunity (NASA Jargon)
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Date: Fri, 30-Nov-84 18:52:15 EST
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Announcement of Opportunity (NASA Jargon)
[leq: in a nearby by galaxy, close, closer, closest.....]


If you are a student looking for employment next summer, now is the time to
prepare a resume and fill out the application form for NASA summer employment.
This message is being posted for those with dreams from youth.  This is
your chance.  Do not delay.  This is a crude posting, but my time has run out.
the window for submitting SF 171s is January 1 to January 15.  If you are
interested, you should have your resume and forms filled out before January 1.

NASA is the US civilian space agency [we are not part of the DOD].  As a
reminder, we have projects which deal with manned and unmanned space, near
Earth orbit as well as deep space, aeronautics, and many aspects of air
research.  NASA is in desparate need of young computer types [You're our
only hope...].

The resources within NASA vary from supercomputers such as Crays to older
minis.  The problems and people are interesting; I have worked with varying
problems: from Voyager (computer graphics and image processing with
Carl Sagan) to most recently, nuclear winter with Tom Ackerman.

What we are looking for:
exposure to numerical methods
>	General operating systems background
>	Parallel processing
>	Computer graphics
>	Simulation
>	Expert systems and other forms of AI.
>	Computer aided design
>	General software engineering

Standard Form 171.
To apply (with the exception of JPL), please fill out a standard Form 171.
This is the form used for all employment within the Federal Government.
If you are uncertain about anything regarding summer hiring, you can
mail me (preferred) or phone me before the end of December at (415)-694-6453.

Problems working with NASA.  Let's be truthful.  Salary can be a problem,
so if you would prefer working for a contractor, state that on your cover
letter.  We will try to forward resumes if possible. Another problem is locale.
Sorry, we bought land where it was cheap (at the time).  Some positions
sound like they use obsolete equipment (in some cases this is true, but we
recognize the problem and are buying state-of-the-art equipment, manpower
is our biggest problem).

The following descriptions are obviously biased to the Centers I have worked
at and toward contacts I have.  If you are not interested in a computing
position, either the contact or myself should try to help you.
[If you are mailing to specific people, mail ASAP, don't wait for Jan. 1.]

E. N. Miya
MS 233-14
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Including the Dryden Flight Research Facility (Ames South)
located at Edwards AFB where the Space Shuttle lands.
We also have numerous contractors including the Research Institute for
Advanced Computer Science.  We can forward a resume if so indicated (171 for
RIACS is not necessary).  Ames has a Cyber 205, two Cray XMPs, and numerous
other machines.  Located in the heart of Santa Clara Valley.

E. Ng
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109
Work at JPL includes VLSI CAD, image processing, general purpose computing
on IBMs, Univacs, and the normal complement of VAXen and PDPs.  JPL is involved
in deep space missions and communications.  A form 171 is not necessary.

E. Flinn
NASA Headquarters
Washington DC 20546
Dr. Flinn is with the Office of Space Sciences.  There is limited use of
computers at NASA HQ, but I do know people who have summer jobbed in WDC.

Joe Bredekamp
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
GSFC has a Cyber 205, Amdahls soon to be running UTS, and performs work
on unmanned near Earth space missions.  They are located just outside
Washington DC.

Charles Putt
NASA Lewis Research Center
21000 Brookpark Rd.
Cleveland, OH 44135
LeRC does work on aerodynamics.  They have a Cray-1S, Amdahls soon to be
running UTS.

Chris Culbert
NASA Johnson Manned Space Center
Houston, TX
The heart of all manned space operations.  One of the largest NASA centers.
They run on IBMs and Univacs on the large-end to HP 9000s on the small end.

Carl Delaue
NASA Kennedy Space Flight Center
Titusville, FL 32899
The Eastern launch complex for major flights.  Many small minis and other
computers such as IBMs.

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville, AL
The largest NASA Center.  It does work on manned and unmanned space.
They have a separate facility known as the McCloud Computer Center which
houses large IBMs.

Sue Voight
NASA Langley Research Center
Hampton, VA 23665
LaRC has a Cyber 203 and a small number of VAXen.  Those interested in
numerical analysis should know that ICASE (Inst. for Comp. Appl. in Sci.
and Eng.) is located at Langley.  Send your resumes (if interested in ICASE)
to Bob Voight.

If I did not indicate a point of contact, mail me your resume and a copy
to the Office of Personnel at that site.  I will try to help you out as
best as possible.

Cooperative work with a university or college is possible.  If you have an
interest in this, make this clear in your cover letter and check with your
local work-study office.

If you are a foreign national, this can get sticky, but it is possible to
get jobs in NASA.
NASA and its contractors are equal opportunity employers. (usually)

--eugene miya
  NASA Ames Res. Ctr.
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  emiya@ames-vmsb.ARPA
  /* no flames about private space ventures at this time, please */