Loaded with Wright State STEM students, DDN touts SUCCESS program at AFIT, AFRL

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AFIT faculty member David Jacques (left) mentors SUCCESS Program intern John Wintersohle, a Wright State student with a dual majors in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Students from Community College Gaining Skills and Experience in STEM, or the SUCCESS Program as it is known, is designed as a vehicle to introduce community college students to AFRL and the larger Air Force to gain real world science, technology, engineering and math experience.

John Wintersohle is a current SUCCESS Program intern working in AFRL’s Sensors Directorate. After earning an associate degree from Sinclair Community College, he transferred to Wright State University where he is working on a dual major in Computer Science and Computer Engineering.

Jacques’ focus on interdisciplinary team work has impacted the interns. Jaime Workman, an electrical engineering student at Wright State University, said that “this project has shown me that there is a lot of cross-disciplinary work to get a project done.” Morgan Oldman, a student at Wright State University studying biomedical engineering, echoed Workman’s thought, saying, “In this program I have learned that no matter what type of engineering you are studying, the material learned in class can be applied across multiple engineering projects.”

Evan Lynd is a student at Wright State University studying computer engineering and is working at AFRL’s Sensors Directorate.

“I am currently working on software development for ground station control units. What we are doing here with the internship is related to my job because this UAS has a ground station control as well. I am able to learn the differences in the software and apply my experience to make each one better,” Lynd said.

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