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SURF@JPL: Announcements of Opportunity
Announcements of Opportunity are posted by JPL technical staff for the SURF@JPL program. Each AO indicates whether or not it is open to non-Caltech students. If an AO is NOT open to non-Caltech students, please DO NOT contact the mentor.
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| Project: |
Miniaturize Spectrometer - Instrument performance model
(JPL AO No. 14112)
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| Disciplines: | Computer Science, Planetary Science, Mechanical Engineering | ||||||||
| Mentor: |
Seyedeh Hosseini,
(JPL),
Sona.Hosseini@jpl.nasa.gov, |
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| Background: | The majority of the NASA missions are looking for water and ocean worlds inside and outside our Solar System. Studying the creation of water and its transfer in the Solar System contains information about the evolution of Solar System and how did water end up on the Earth. One of the approaches to study where the water on Earth came from is by studying spectral signatures from water such as Lyman-alpha, OH, and OD/OH ratio on various objects in the Solar System. However, these spectral signatures are very faint and a very difficult measurement to make, often require in situ bulky spectrometers to be sent to the astronomical bodies with spacecraft. In our lab at JPL, we develop a new generation of technologies that has the capability to make such measurements remotely using small aperture telescopes from ultra-compact instruments. These spectrometers are the size of a shoebox or a sneaker bar (!) but have the sensitivity of a 5-meter telescope for observing a targeted spectral signature. | ||||||||
| Description: |
We have multiple ongoing instrument development projects that require modeling and data analysis. We have a project to mature our miniture spectrometer for luanr missions. Another project is to fly our breadboard spectrometer on a Blue Origin Rocket in summer 2021 and test our instrument by making measurements from Earth’s atmosphere as the rocket goes up to +80 km altitude and returns to Earth. We also have a few mission concept studies for studying planetary and astrophysics targets from SmallSats and CubeSats as well as onboard of large spacecrafts. Under this announcement of opportunity, the student(s) will develop the computer modeling electrical breadboard and data handling software package for the spectrometer given a set of requirements and work on the vibration and thermal analysis to ensure the instrument’s survival and performance after launch and in flight. Depending on the background of the student (s) they can also be involved in reviewing the electrical interfaces and system requirements and system integration strategy and process. The student will be responsible to take notes and document the process of working and progressing between groups in JPL and other companies. |
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| Student Requirements: |
Software and cinputer science Programming Engineering Physics |
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| Location / Safety: | Project building and/or room locations: . Student will need special safety training: . | ||||||||
| Programs: |
This AO can be done under the following programs:
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