Jack Carpenter, Goldwater Scholar and Mines student completes second stint at NASA

RAPID CITY, SD (Sept. 3, 2019) - The dusty sagebrush hills of eastern Wyoming are a far cry from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center–but William Jackson "Jack" Carpenter is at home in either location. Carpenter, a metallurgical engineering major, is starting his senior year at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology after spending the summer at NASA. Carpenter's previous experience includes time at NASA and Oak Ridge National Laboratory last spring and summer.

Carpenter is a 2019 Barry Goldwater scholarship recipient. The award is known as the most prestigious undergraduate scholarship in...