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The sky is the limit for Clemson physics student...
NOT!
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She has dined with astronauts and generals. At the age of 20, she has traveled the likes of Taiwan, Norway, Italy, and the Marshall Islands to study physics. And at the beginning of the Spring term, Clemson senior and physics major Caroline Yount of Conover, N.C. was in Alaska to launch rockets – in total darkness.
“The rockets are useful in figuring out the layers of the atmosphere,” said Yount when asked about her experience with the SPIRIT 3 – (Student Projects Involving Rocket Investigation Techniques). “The ionosphere is the link between space and earth. It’s a natural communications tool. So we send communication signals into this level with the rockets to see how the sun is affecting the earth.”
Yount was in Alaska with Clemson physics professor Miguel Larsen and a group of 12 undergraduate and two graduate students. She has presented previous findings at national and international conferences. “I felt inspired by the company I was in,” recalls Yount. She adds that NASA is interested in the research.
Yount was awarded the Robert H. Goddard Space Research Scholarship for 2006-2007. The award honors one undergraduate a year in the United States for outstanding contribution to the field of space research. It was in Washington, D.C., that she met and dined with astronauts John Glenn and Mike McCulley, NASA Director Mike Griffin and retired Air Force Major General Robert Dickman.
When physics major Caroline Yount won the Robert H. Goddard Space Research Scholarship for 2006-2007, former Senator and astronaut John Glenn offered his congratulations.
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Yount was in Alaska at the beginning of the spring term, working with the SPIRIT 3 (Student Projects Involving Rocket Investigation Techniques) program. |
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