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!
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Project: | Visualization interface for the Uranium isotope database | ||||||||||||
Disciplines: | Geochemistry, Computer Science | ||||||||||||
Mentor: | Francois Tissot, Assistant Professor, (GPS), tissot@caltech.edu | ||||||||||||
Mentor URL: | https://isotoparium.org (opens in new window) | ||||||||||||
AO Contact: | Haoyu Li, Haoyu.Li@caltech.edu | ||||||||||||
Background: | The study of uranium (U) isotopes has found applications in a variety of fields including geo/cosmochronology, oceanic paleoredox reconstruction, magmatic differentiation, environmental remediation, and forensic studies. With thousands of newly reported U isotope data each year, a need exists for a comprehensive U isotope database. Our group recently developed a Uranium Isotope Database (UID, https://isotoparium.org/uid), which is a comprehensive, freely accessible, updatable, and internally consistent uranium isotope database. The current version of the UID is an exhaustive Excel sheet. As a result, the user has to download the Excel file to access the UID. To improve the user experience, there is a need to develop an online and interactive searchable database with built-in visualization capabilities. | ||||||||||||
Description: | The project involves developing a user interface for the UID. The student will work with a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow to design the architecture and functions of the database webpage, as well as the approaches to implementing these features. | ||||||||||||
References: |
Andersen, M.B., Stirling, C.H., Weyer, S., 2017. Uranium Isotope Fractionation. Rev. Mineral. Geochemistry 82, 799–850. Li, H., Tissot, F.L.H., 2023. UID: The uranium isotope database. Chem. Geol. 618, 121221. |
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Student Requirements: | Programming experience is required. Basic knowledge in geochemistry is desirable but not required. | ||||||||||||
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This AO can be done under the following programs:
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