Joshua L. Malone, NASA Intern

by Maia LaVille

NASA awarded Joshua L. Malone a summer internship in April 2014, and Malone found himself learning about safety requirements and processes for the United States, International Partners and Commercial Crew Carriers.

Malone a Lewis’ Educational and Research Collaborative, or LERCIP Intern, worked at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, in the Safety and Mission Assurance Directorate, Program and Project Assurance Division, Reliability and System Safety Engineering Branch. His responsibilities included preparing a safety checklist for payloads going to the Space Station. He also evaluated safety deliverables and projected how deliverables such as hazard analyses, hazard reports and safety data packages were documented and used for communicating safety compliance.

“The internship was a big step into my career”, said Malone.  It provided me with more work experience and an introduction to other fields of engineering.” Continue reading