This summer, the Geophysical Laboratory was host to seven summer interns, including four university undergraduate students who participated in CDAC-related projects as part of the Carnegie Summer Intern Program.





Edward Banigan (Carnegie Summer Intern), from Georgetown University, worked on first principles simulations of crystal structure stability with Razvan Caracas.








Cheng Chin, a 2005 graduate of Forest Hill High School in New York, worked on the CVD diamond project with Chih-Shiue Yan. Cheng will be attending Columbia University in the fall.








Jacob Cohen, a high school student at the Yeshiva of Greater Washington, looked for superconductivity in compressed sodium with Viktor Struzhkin.








Betsy Littlefield (Carnegie Summer Intern), from Colby College, worked on hydrous phases in the mantle with Steven Jacobsen.







Lisandra Rosario (Carnegie Summer Intern), from Universidad Metropolitana (Puerto Rico), worked on iron-bearing solid solutions with Stephen Gramsch.








Cathy Tarabrella (Carnegie Summer Intern), from West Virginia University, worked on high-P crystal structures with Olga Degtyareva.