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ROI: Interns make life richer whether hosting on your team, pairing up to companies or launching platforms that connect students with "micro" and "summer" work opportunities. Simply, it just feels great to do for this next generation. Over the last few days, the ROI (Return On Internships) has been awesome to witness for our VCET team and broader community. These little gems include: + An intern from 25 years ago reached out after being CTO or CPO at several leading global tech firms seeking help in starting their own next *BIG* thing. + VCET's two summer associates from Middlebury and University of Washington are now in the house and crushing it. + An MBA Fellow from 16 years ago asked for career advice and within 48 hours was speaking with the CEO of the company of "his dreams". + One MA based intern who had been paired with two Vermont hardware companies over last two summers started ** today ** in a full time engineering role at one of these. #boom + UVM ARC students are in-the-house once again making IP into a business. + Middlebury College Innovation Hub Summer Program kicked off Widewail offices in Hula. This programs places interns all over Burlington area. + Two McGill engineering students from Northern VT are making the next generation of solar cells and working on underwater robots! And on and on, these stories go. Way to go #Vermont for stepping up and focusing on the best ROI. What's your Internship story?

Last week NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration announced their SBIR/STTR Phase I awardees, naming 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦. 🚀 Benchmark was selected to develop a preliminary design of a hybrid propulsion system inclusive of our flight-proven high-test peroxide (HTP) bipropellant subsystem (Halcyon Avant), advanced control electronics and SmartAIM™ GNC software layer, a partner-supplied electric propulsion system, and other commercial off-the-shelf subsystems. The multi-technology solution will be designed with a standard interface across spacecraft and launch vehicles to enable streamlined integration and standardized operation across any mission set. This award validates the industry’s need for our universal integration approach of heritage propulsion systems and complementary technologies to augment existing solutions. “𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯-𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴. 𝘈 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪-𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺; 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘬 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴; 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥, 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘧𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦.” Kevin DiMarzio, Benchmark’s Director of Business Development Read more about the award here: https://lnkd.in/evZFVhCb