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NASA Neurodiversity Network Intern Presents at AGU 2024 on Eclipse Megamovie 2024 Project Work
by Hannah Hellman • 2024-10-15
NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) was funded by NASA to make STEM education—particularly informal STEM education—more accessible to populations underrepresented in STEM education and workforces. N3 was inspired by Professor Lynn Cominsky’s work with an autistic student in her community, Alex, who started an informal project in the Sonoma State University lab at age 18. Cominsky fostered Alex’s interests in astronomy and physics, and Alex showed tremendous growth, not only in his academics, but in his self-efficacy regarding socializing and communicating ideas. Alex is currently pursuing a graduate degree in physics.
Lillian Hall, one of the N3 Interns, presented at the 2024 American Geophysical Union conference and was the first-ever N3 Intern to do so! She was accompanied by EM2024’s Juan Carlos Martinez Oliveros, and presented her work involving image calibration, registration, and co-location.
