{"id":3129,"date":"2018-07-08T23:45:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-08T23:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3129"},"modified":"2018-07-09T02:45:54","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T02:45:54","slug":"tstc-student-spending-the-summer-at-nasa-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/?p=3129","title":{"rendered":"TSTC Student Spending the Summer at NASA Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"

(HARLINGEN) \u2013 Saul Pizano liked to watch space shuttle launches on television when he was growing up. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, that fascination with space is enabling the Texas State Technical College student to learn from professionals in their environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pizano, 22, began a summer internship in June in NASA\u2019s Lithium Ion Battery Thermal Management System at Johnson Space Center in Houston. His role is to help design a thermal management system used in batteries for usage in space. He is scheduled to finish in mid-August with an option of continuing in the fall.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAnything that is sent into space requires power requires batteries,\u201d Pizano said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mark Rosas, an instructor in TSTC\u2019s Architectural Design and Engineering Graphics program, said internships are important for a student\u2019s future success in the workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cInternships in general are awesome,\u201d he said. \u201cThey (the students) get real-world experience and learning beyond a classroom setting. It puts you one step above a competitor in a job search.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pizano took a week off from his internship to compete in late June on a two-man team in Additive Manufacturing at SkillsUSA\u2019s 54th annual National Leadership and Skills Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The competition involved using knowledge of 3-D printing and computer aided drafting.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou are applying what you learn at SkillsUSA and can apply this to work,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n

The trip to Kentucky also marked the first time Pizano had been out of Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI want to travel more,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are so many things to experience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pizano grew up in Harlingen and graduated in 2014 from Harlingen High School.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI helped my dad a lot when I was smaller,\u201d he said. \u201cHe would take me out to these construction sites. I loved seeing how all the houses are designed. I liked the idea of creating something from nothing.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pizano graduated from TSTC in 2016 with an Associate of Applied Science degree in Architectural Design and Engineering Graphics and earlier this year received an Associate of Science degree in Physics.<\/span><\/p>\n

After his internship, he wants to study mechanical engineering and physics at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe tell our students that finishing an associate degree is only a stepping stone into something better,\u201d said David Campos, TSTC\u2019s statewide division director for Architecture, Science and Engineering Technology. \u201cThey can make a real good career out of it or as a stepping stone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Pizano wants to one day work full time in a civil service job at NASA.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on Texas State Technical College, go to tstc.edu.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(HARLINGEN) \u2013 Saul Pizano liked to watch space shuttle launches on television when he was growing up. Now, that fascination with space is enabling the Texas State Technical College student to learn from professionals in their environment. Pizano, 22, began a summer internship in June in NASA\u2019s Lithium Ion Battery Thermal Management System at Johnson […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-harlingen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3129"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3131,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3129\/revisions\/3131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.tstc.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}