ISSA Internship: Exoplanet Data Analysis

Overview

During the summer between my first and second year at Junior College, I interned at the Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy (ISSA) to gain hands-on experience in space sciences.

I worked with Mr Connor Sant Fournier and Prof. Jackson Said, starting with foundational Python tasks such as plotting data, running calculations, and analyzing simple datasets.

Key work completed

• Built confidence with Python for scientific data analysis
• Developed increasingly complex analysis scripts as the internship progressed
• Created a basic satellite-orbit simulation around a planet
• Analyzed NASA exoplanet data and built a comparison tool for planetary properties

Outcome

This internship strengthened my programming and mathematical skills.