Announcements of Opportunity
SURF: Announcements of Opportunity
Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty and JPL technical staff for the SURF 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!
Remember: This is just one way that you can go about identifying a suitable project and/or mentor. Click here for more tips on finding a mentor. Announcements for external summer programs are listed here.
*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: | Materials for Self-Cleaning Coatings | ||||||||
| Disciplines: | Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Electrical Engineering | ||||||||
| Mentor: |
James Hanson,
Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, (CCE),
james.hanson@shu.edu, |
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| Mentor URL: | https://www.shu.edu/profiles/jameshanson.html (opens in new window) | ||||||||
| Background: |
NOTE: This project is being offered by a Caltech alum and is open only to Caltech students. The project will be conducted at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey (not far from New York City). Self-cleaning coating materials are based on several principles. One is the principle of increased hydrophobicity and increased oleophobicity. Increased "phobicity" causes the coating to shed contaminants from the surface. We achieve this by increasing the roughness using volatile solid inclusions in the coating. Another is the principle of advanced photo-oxidation processes. We achieve this by incorporating photo-catalytic pigments in the coating. These use absorbed light to activate oxygen from air to oxidize contaminants on the surface. |
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| Description: | Students working on this project may address one or more of the principles involved. This may be the development of volatile solid systems, the exploration of the effect of volatile solids on different coating materials, or the preparation and evaluation of photocatalysts. This work will help the student learn techniques such as spectroscopy (IR, NMR, UV-Vis, Fluorescence), surface analysis (contact angle, microscopy), and materials analysis (DSC, TGA, light scattering) and their applications. | ||||||||
| References: |
DOI: 10.1021/acsapm.9b00273 DOI: 10.1021/acspolymersau.4c00044 DOI: 10.1021/scimeetings.2c00644 |
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| Student Requirements: | General chemistry, organic chemistry, analytical/physical chemistry | ||||||||
| Programs: |
This AO can be done under the following programs:
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