AFIT Engineering and Physics Research Internship

Air Force Institute of Technology Internship

AFIT is offering research internships at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for qualified undergraduate students.

As an ORISE participant, you will join a community of scientists and researchers engaged in research activities in nuclear science, physics, engineering, and related fields. Under the guidance of a mentor, you will engage in: collection of experimental data, analysis of results, simulation of environments of interest, and other tasks as assigned.

• Quantum Information and Sensing
• Nuclear Science and Weapon Effects
• Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Cyber Security
• Materials, Extreme Environments, and Optical Sciences
• Remote Sensing and Radiation Detection
• Hypersonics and Re-entry Vehicles

Dayton, Ohio

Exact start dates are determined at the time of selection and in coordination with the chosen candidate. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Research interns are typically appointed for a term of 10 weeks, with the possibility of renewal for additional periods.

• Stipend determined by AFIT, based on academic standing, discipline, experience, and research facility location
• Health insurance supplement (participants may purchase health insurance through ORISE)
• Relocation allowance
• Training and travel allowance

The Air Force Institute of Technology, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the Air Force’s graduate school of engineering and management and its institution for technical professional continuing education.

ORISE, administered by Oak Ridge Associated Universities through a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy, manages the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education. Participants are affiliated with ORISE for the administration of the appointment but are not employees of ORISE, DoD, or any other agency.

Candidate must have completed or be currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree. The degree must have been received within five years of the appointment start date.

• Programming experience
• Basic physics coursework

• Citizenship: U.S. Citizen only
• Degree:
  Bachelor's earned within the last 60 months or currently pursuing
• Discipline(s): chemistry and materials sciences, computer, information and data sciences, earth and geosciences, engineering, environmental and marine sciences, life health and medical sciences, mathematics and statistics, physics
• Age:
  Must be 18 years of age