With just one month left to apply for the Matthew Isakowitz Fellowship Program—an incredible summer experience for students passionate about commercial spaceflight—read advice from previous Fellows on the application process.
2019 Fellow Anjali Roychowdhury shares her aerospace career journey, from loving space as a kid to interning at Blue Origin, SpaceX, and ABL Space Systems.
2019 Fellow Josh Ingersoll shares tips and tricks for landing internships, his career path, and musings about his current studies in mega-constellation space policy.
Alumni Fellows Hossain Ahmad, Josh Ingersoll, and Cadence Payne, along with MIFP Team Member Jenny Isakowitz, are interviewed about the Program and how it pays tribute to Matthew’s legacy.
“At the end of her fellowship in late summer, Bigwood hopes her experience will help her achieve her ultimate career goals: identifying better sustainability practices that will help the world..”
“Never in my life did I think I would be working on rockets during a pandemic…” 2020 Fellows Amy Huynh and Douglas Chin share their summer experiences, career aspirations, and Astra internships as the company prepares for a major rocket launch.
“For the first time I am spending my entire summer designing and analyzing rocket engines…It's so exciting, and I love it all so far...It is amazing to talk to people who have the same ambitions as you and can back it up with all of the technical know-how.”
The Pat Tillman Foundation, which recognizes dedication to service beyond self, awards scholarship to 2020 Fellow Michael Luu, who hopes to achieve affordable space-based internet access to underserved communities throughout the world.
The educational show, which gives students the opportunity to meet a real scientist, interviewed 2018 Fellow Sydney Dolan about designing missions to the Moon and Mars.
2019 Fellow Josh Ingersoll reflects on the significance of the upcoming NASA/SpaceX crewed mission, and his own journey from “an aimless teenager to a certified space geek” in the nine years since the Space Shuttle Program ended.
Shayna Hume, co-lead for SGAC’s new Mentorship Initiative and 2018 Matthew Isakowitz Fellow, shares her view on how we can help each other strive for success.
"As someone with a technical background, I look forward to being able to not just evaluate the technology a company produces but learning how to evaluate a company's financial and business acumen."
Harrison Delecki and Abhishek Khandal will both head to California this summer to intern at aerospace companies and begin their year of one-on-one mentorship with an experienced aerospace professional.