Announcements of Opportunity
Special Note for SURF@JPL 2024
JPL is operating under a continuing resolution (meaning they are waiting for approval from Congress of NASA's 2024 budget). Additionally, due to other factors, JPL is concerned about a potential budget decrease. This will impact the number of summer internships available. We are working closely with JPL leadership to minimize the impact, but you can expect that AOs will likely not get posted until later this term. To accommodate this later timeline we will offer a second SURF@JPL application deadline. (This extension is for SURF@JPL only.)
- Students who find a JPL mentor early are encouraged to apply by the regular February 22 deadline. For applicants who meet this deadline, awards will be announced on April 1.
- Students who find a JPL mentor later will need to apply by April 19. Awards for this round of applications will be announced on May 6.
Students are also encouraged to apply to the JPL SIP program, which has an application deadline of March 29. For more information about SIP, visit: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/edu/intern/apply/summer-internship-program
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.
Announcements of Opportunity are posted as they are received. Please check back regularly for new AO submissions!
**Students applying for JPL projects should complete a SURF@JPL application instead of a "regular" SURF application.
**Students pursuing opportunities at JPL must be U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.
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Project: |
Mars Sample Tube Handling, Opening, and Core Extraction Technology Development for a Sample Receiving Facility
(JPL AO No. 15512)
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Disciplines: | Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering | ||||||||
Mentor: |
Paulo Younse,
(JPL),
Paulo.J.Younse@jpl.nasa.gov, |
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Background: | One of the goals of the Mars 2020 (M2020) rover is to collect rock cores and regolith samples from the surface of Mars and encapsulate and seal them in Sample Tubes. Followup missions will retrieve these sample tubes and return them to Earth. The need for key technologies for pristine sample handling performed in double-walled isolation cabinets in a Sample Receiving Facility (SRF) have been identified. Pristine handling processes and hardware including sample removal from tubes, sorting/splitting and packaging as well as head-gas removal are desired to be demonstrated to TRL-6 by SRF PDR (end of 2026). | ||||||||
Description: |
The project will consist of developing tools, techniques, and processes to handle, open, and extract Martian samples from the Mars 2020 sample tubes, reporting on study results, project implementation planning, and making recommendations for future development. |
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References: | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10115855 | ||||||||
Student Requirements: | Mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, systems engineering, project management, robotics, modeling and simulation, Solidworks, Cameo Systems Modeler, MS Project | ||||||||
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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