City College students don’t slow down just because the school year winds down.  This year and last year students have immersed themselves in summer projects and fellowships as diverse as nanoengineering new surfaces, interning at the White House, helping to feed hungry children while researching neighborhood gardening, and studying poetry at sea.

For 2011 we invited students to tweet their summer adventures. Follow them as they expand their horizons, deepen their knowledge, and hone valuable skills for future careers. Be a part of the journey!

Go to their Twitter pages below, login or sign up as a new member and click “Follow”. Or search Twitter for the City College Tweeting Your Summer hashtag “#ccnysum”.

Alina Sabanska Follow Alina Sabanska on Twitter

• Class Standing: Senior
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Summer project:  Developing nanoengineered surfaces and coating technologies for scale prevention
• Where: MIT Material Processing Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Isatou Sanneh Follow Isatou Sanneh on Twitter

• Class Standing: Senior
• Major: Computer Science
• Summer project:  Working with the Child Development Support Corporation's food pantry program and conducting research on the roles that community gardens can play in advancing local fresh organic food production.
• Where: Greenproofing Inc. in New York City, New York

Errol Markland Follow Errol Markland on Twitter

• Class Standing: Senior
• Major: Computer Engineering
• Summer project:  Developing a web application for computer security metadata
• Summer institution: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, MD

Debashish "Jay" Sircar Follow Debashish "Jay" Sircar on Twitter

• Class Standing: Senior
• Major: Mechanical Engineering
• Summer project: Using a particle transport code to simulate the theoretical radiation dosage that a patient would receive while undergoing Micro-beam Radiation Therapy
• Where: Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York

Do you want to tweet about your exceptional summer experiences?

All current City College students are welcome to apply to tweet about their summer study abroad, research experience or internship.  To do so, please contact jnetting@ccny.cuny.edu.  All submissions are subject to approval of the Office of Communications and Marketing prior to posting.

Read what students did last year in My Most Excellent Summer.