Research on lighting and thunderclouds will be conducted by undergraduate and graduate students at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology under the direction of Dr. William Winn, Chairman of Langmuir Laboratory.

During the summer thunderstorm season, students will join in the construction and deployment of instruments around the Laboratory, which is located at 10,600 feet above sea level in the Magdalena Mountains of central New Mexico. Some of the instruments will be flown on balloons into thunderstorms while others will operate on the ground beneath storms.

The students will gain experience in solving a variety of problems arising from operating instruments where they can be damaged by rain, icing, and lightning.

Students who are able to work after the thunderstorm season---during the fall and spring semesters---can participate in data analysis and further instrument development.