Advanced Individual Academic Development (AIAD)
The Advanced Individual Academic Development (AIAD) program provides cadets with an opportunity to observe and implement concepts from their education in chemistry, chemical engineering and life science over several weeks during this summer internship. The AIAD program enables cadets to perform research with leaders in government and private sector laboratories, both stateside and abroad. These unique experiences broaden cadets’ perspectives and provide them with practical advanced education related to their field of study and real-world application of science in the military.
Cadets Timothy Horan (2012) and Bradley Potts (2012) on their Physician Shadowing IAD at Madigan Army Hospital this summer.
Cadet Ashli Carlson (2013) performing surgery to implant a heart monitoring device in a rat at WRAIR during her IAD this summer in the Bacterial and Rickettsial Division.
Cadets Parascandola, Pittman, and Stein (2012) preparing and working with microscope slides at the Malaria Drug Resistance Lab in Kenya.
Andrew Magenau PhD and Cadet Patrick Mescher (2014) in Professor Matyjaszewski’s lab at CMU. Andrew is the group leader of the team in charge of synthesizing nanostructured polymers (NSPs).
Cadet Steven Burroughs (2012) in Australia giving cattle an anti-bacterial vaccine.
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Chemical Engineering Program IAD(A) Opportunities for Summer 2013
Alternative Energy Project, Chemical Engineering, West Point, NY
Biomaterials at ICB-UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA
Biomaterials and Batteries at MIT-ISN, Cambridge, MA
- Electrochemical Detection of Munitions, Columbia University, New York City, NY
Microbial Fuel Cells at ARL-SEDD, Adelphi, MD
Counterproliferation Analysis and Planning System, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
HCCI Engine Combustion Modeling, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Washington Penn Plastics Internship, Washington, PA
Life Science Program IAD(A) Opportunities for Summer 2013
Systems Biology, Biosciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM
Gene expression changes w/ RDX exposure to model organisms, ERDC-EL, Vicksburg, MS
Cellular and Molecular Events in Post-Traumatic Heterotopic Ossification, National Institute of Health and Walter Reed Medical Center, Washington DC
Developing an siRNA drug to address Heterotopic Ossification, CMU in Pittsburg, PA
- Development of an aptamer generation system - Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Riboswitches in Prokaryotes at U of MD College Park, Maryland
Metabolomics Research at West Point and U of Washington
Microbial Gene Expression at ARL-SEDD in Adelphi, MD
- Malaria Research, Australia
- Physician Shadowing at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
Chemistry Program IAD(A) Opportunities for Summer 2013
Use of Surface Enhanced Raman in Munitions Detection, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD
Testing of Biochemical Protective Wear, Battelle, Columbus Ohio
Hyperspectral Imagery Data Collection and Analysis, USMA
Propellant Synthesis and Quality Assurance, Redstone Arsenal, AL
Pyrotechnic Materials Development and Testing, RDECOM, Picatinny Arsenal, NJ
- Cloud Computing and Applications in Chemistry, USMA
- Application GP-GPU’s in Chemistry: The Next Generation Super Computers, USMA
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