May 2013 - Battlefield High School

Space Club (cont.)
Congratulations to our new 2013-2014 Space Club officers:
President – Silu Tang
Vice President – Mitchell Gillin
Treasurer – Kyle So
Secretary – Hyejune Limb
Congratulations are also in order for the following Space Club members who have been accepted for 2013
summer internships and the Summer Residential Governor’s School:
Aaron Guo – Bank of America supporting non-profit work with the YMCA of Washington, D.C.
Silu Tang – NASA Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars (LARSS) Program, Engineering Directorate,
NASA laser database access to the public
Kent Komine – Aspiring Scientists Summer Internship Program (ASSIP) at George Mason University,
bioengineering and prosthetics technology
Kajol Gupta and Hyejune Limb – Governor’s School for Math, Science, and Technology at Lynchburg College
Kyle So – Governor’s School for Agriculture at Virginia Tech
Mr. Irwin, our Space Club sponsor, attended the 56 th Annual Dr. Robert H. Goddard Memorial Dinner on
March 22 at the Washington Hilton as a guest of the National Space Club (NSC), Washington, D.C. chapter and
Mr. Marc Johansen, former NSC President and Vice President, Satellites and Intelligence Programs, Boeing
Government Operations. Mr. Irwin also had the pleasure of meeting former BHS students and founders of our
BHS Space Club, Abdus Khan (Virginia Tech) and Michael Yoon (UVa). They were working the black tie
dinner registration tables of over 2000 guests in support of NSC. What a treat to see an ongoing success story
of our former BHS students!
Space Club Secretary, Silu Tang
Mr. Marc Johansen and Mr. Irwin
Mr. Irwin with former BHS students
Abdus Khan (Virginia Tech, left) and
Michael Yoon (UVa, right).
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