At ALMA, internships make their own discoveries. Six young people have found a way to contribute their professional practice to the world’s largest observatory. Francisco Ortiz, Valentina Rodríguez, Camilo González, Dante Zunino, Matías Ávila and Luciana Fuenzalida have contributed, either in the Atacama Desert or from Santiago.
For Francisco Ortiz, this experience simply brought him to one of his favorite places: “I saw the opportunity to do my internship at the largest observatory in the world”. Currently, the Mechanical Civil Engineering student at the Universidad del Bío-Bío is part of the ADE-AMG team. “We review the work we do every day for preventive or corrective maintenance of the antennas,” he says as he walks around the ALMA facilities
Valentina Rodriguez had the same connection. One day she was walking with her family outside the Santiago office and, convinced, told them: “I want to do my internship here, and that’s how it happened”. Today she works at ADC-SW on the Antenna Deploy Helper project. “My contribution is in automation,” says the OSF intern, who is studying Computer Science/Analyst in Scientific Computing at USACH.
While on the island of Chiloé grew up a young man who sought to associate his career with cosmic origins. For Camilo González, his internship at Safety has been a unique experience. “Here I work in the Safety Department, which is also in charge of environmental inspection,” adds the Environmental Engineering student at the University of Concepción.
Contribution in the capital
And from Santiago, two young people are immersed in EPO to contribute with innovation. One of them is Matías Ávila, a journalism student at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción. His contribution consists of “improving the website’s search system. I am implementing artificial intelligence,” he explains.
On the other hand, her classmate Luciana Fuenzalida is proud to accept the challenge of going further: “I lost my fear of trial and error”. The Digital Interaction and Design student at UDD specifies her contribution: “I have helped with the ALMA Kids website in its four languages”.
A warm atmosphere
Although their areas are diverse, the six internships agree on the human quality that characterizes ALMA.
Words such as listening, respect, community, willingness to teach and kindness are repeated among the feelings that Francisco, Valentina, Dante, Camilo, Matías and Luciana have received for contributing to the world’s largest radio telescope.
“Thank you very much to ALMA for giving me this opportunity”, concludes future engineer Francisco Orticontributing to the world’s largest radio telescope.
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