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Announcements of Opportunity

Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty and JPL technical staff for the SURF program. Additional AOs for the Amgen Scholars program can be found here.

Students pursuing opportunities at JPL must be
U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.

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.

Announcements for programs not offered by Caltech are listed here.

The requested research listing (ID 823) is no longer available.

 Project Title Disciplines Mentor  Posted 
Robot Commanding and Monitoring Mobile App    Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Recaredo Torres (JPL)  25-Feb-13
Deep Space Network Planning and Scheduling    Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology Mark Johnston (JPL)  25-Feb-13
Cloud computing and storage    Computer Science Darren Dao (JPL)  25-Feb-13
Cloud Computing for Mission Operations    Computer Science Brett George (JPL)  25-Feb-13
Android Interplanetary Overlay Network Software    Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology Jordan Torgerson (JPL)  20-Feb-13
Probing the binding of anti-freeze proteins to nucleoside crystals    Biochemistry, Chemistry William Goddard  19-Feb-13
Optimizing the design of highly versatile, fast, ultra-compact optical switches for next generation III-V/silicon photonics    Electrical Engineering, Physics Hyuck Choo  19-Feb-13
Building Software Hub for X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Sciences    Applied Physics, Computer Engineering, Scattering Science Brent Fultz  15-Feb-13
Data Visualization Opportunities    Computer Science, Data Visualization Hillary Mushkin  14-Feb-13
Probing the mechanics of fault roots: a search for tectonic tremors in southern California    Geophysics Jean Paul Ampuero  14-Feb-13
Advanced radiation assurance methods    Electrical Engineering, Physics/Applied Physics Leif Scheick (JPL)  13-Feb-13
Starbursts, Black Holes, and the Heating and Cooling of Powerful Infrared Galaxies    Astrophysics Lee Armus  13-Feb-13
Jason 3 AMR Testbed    Electrical Engineering, Computer Science Amarit Kitiyakara (JPL)  13-Feb-13
Jason-3 GPS Real Time Performance Evaluation    Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering Walton Williamson (JPL)  13-Feb-13
Experimental Ice Testing of the CIRIS Spectrometer    Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Daniel Berisford (JPL)  12-Feb-13
Intelligent Controller for Fourier Transform Spectrometer    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Didier Keymeulen (JPL)  12-Feb-13
Granular Element Method for Computational Particle Mechanics    Computer Science, Applied and Computational Mathematics Jose Andrade  11-Feb-13
Classifying the Variable Sky    Astrophysics, Computation/Informatics Ashish Mahabal  08-Feb-13
Building a Virtual Caltech     Astrophysics, not really any particular field, applies to any and all George Djorgovski  08-Feb-13
Immersive and Collaborative 3D Scientific Data Visualization    Astrophysics, Relevant for any field of science George Djorgovski  08-Feb-13
Characterizing the variable sky    Astrophysics, Computer Science Matthew Graham  08-Feb-13
Constructing the CRTS Quasar Catalog    Astrophysics, Computer Science George Djorgovski  08-Feb-13
Time-resolved Laser Raman and LIBS Spectroscopy for Planetary Mineralogy    Planetary Science, Physics/Applied Physics Jordana Blacksberg (JPL)  07-Feb-13
Lunar Geothermal Testbed    Mechanical Engineering, geology Suzanne Smrekar (JPL)  06-Feb-13
Policy-Based Networking Technology Development for Cybersecurity    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Math Simon Woo (JPL)  06-Feb-13
Artificial General Intelligence for Cybersecurity and Autonomous Systems    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Cognitive Science Simon Woo (JPL)  06-Feb-13
What’s a Caltech really worth -- especially in its immediate environs? And, how can one know with any real accuracy?    Economics, Statistics Jonathan Katz  05-Feb-13
Statistical Analysis of Venusian Impact Craters    Planetary Science, Geology Suzanne Smrekar (JPL)  05-Feb-13
Software Systems Engineering of AMMOS GDS Deployment Systems    Computer Science, Computer Engineering Erik Monson (JPL)  04-Feb-13
Validation of data from the JAXA GOSAT sensor    Earth Science, Computer Science Florian Schwandner (JPL)  04-Feb-13
Radar and Lidar Remote Sensing of forests     Computer Science, ecology Marc Simard (JPL)  04-Feb-13
Rodent 3D object vision    Neuroscience Doris Tsao  04-Feb-13
The Voting Rights Act in Peril: A Database about Racial Discrimination in Voting, 1957-2012    Political Science, History J. Morgan Kousser  02-Feb-13
Force Field generator for molecular and materials phenomena    Chemistry, CS, ChemE, AppPhys, Phys William A. Goddard III  01-Feb-13
High-throughput in-silico design of materials for clean energy storage    Chemistry, CS, ChemE, AppPhys William A. Goddard III  01-Feb-13
Using observational datasets to test theories of tropical circulations    Environmental Science and Engineering, Atmospheric Science Andrew Ingersoll  31-Jan-13
Manganese Doped SrTiO3 and BaTiO3 for Thermochemical Fuel Production    Chemistry, Materials Science Sossina Haile  29-Jan-13
Kinetics of Stoichiometry Change in Thin Films of Variable Valence Oxides    Chemical Engineering, Applied Math Sossina Haile  29-Jan-13
Transition Metal Doped Ceria for Thermochemical Fuel Production    Chemistry, Materials Science Sossina Haile  29-Jan-13
Patterned Electrodes for Electrochemical Characterization    Materials Science, Electrical Engineering Sossina Haile  29-Jan-13
Electrochemical Determination of Oxygen Non-stoichiometry in Thin Films of Variable Valence Oxides    Materials Science, Applied Math Sossina Haile  29-Jan-13
Earth science programming support     Physics/Applied Physics, Computer Science William Johnson (JPL)  29-Jan-13
Using the Google Enterprise Server to Automane MSL Products    Mathematics, Computer Science Paul Andres (JPL)  29-Jan-13
Structure Prediction of the Melatonin Receptors and their Ligand Binding Sites    Biology, Chemistry Ravinder Abrol  29-Jan-13
How Do Consumers Choose Complex Products?    Economics, Mathematics Julian Jamison  29-Jan-13
The role of nodal signaling in mesoderm polarity specification in an ancient sea urchin lineage    Biology, Biochemistry Eric Davidson  28-Jan-13
Geometrical Representations of Last Passage Percolation Models    Mathematics, Computer Science Tom Alberts  25-Jan-13
Scientific data analysis and visualization of atmospheric carbon data for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 mission    Earth Science, Computer Science Gregory Osterman (JPL)  24-Jan-13
QuakeSim Role-Based Authentication    Computer Science, Earth Science Andrea Donnellan (JPL)  24-Jan-13
Mars Landing Radar Testing and Simulation    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Electrical Engineering James Hoffman (JPL)  23-Jan-13
Who Uses Online Payday Loans?    Economics, Math, Finance Jialan Wang  23-Jan-13
The role of Mcl-1 protein in pancreatic cancer    Biology, Chemistry Ravinder Abrol  22-Jan-13
Real-time Machine Learning System for Astronomical Transient Detection     Computer Science, Astronomy/Astrophysics Umaa Rebbapragada (JPL)  22-Jan-13
Analysis and Validation of MISR Cloud Data Products    Aerospace Engineering, Earth Science Michael Garay (JPL)  22-Jan-13
Structure prediction of the bitter taste receptor TAS2R30 expressed in the gastrointestinal system    Biology, Chemistry William Goddard  21-Jan-13
Understanding Rover and Orbital Data from Mars (multiple projects)    Planetary Science, Geology Bethany Ehlmann  19-Jan-13
Development of energy storage materials for advanced batteries and supercapacitors    Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Electrochemistry Erik Brandon (JPL)  18-Jan-13
Design and Testing of a Sample Container to Preserve Rock Cores for Mars Sample Return    Earth Science, Mechanical Engineering Charles Budney (JPL)  17-Jan-13
Electrochemistry of Iron Sulfides at Hydrothermal Vents    Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Astrobiology Michael Russell (JPL)  16-Jan-13
Archival and Analysis of Sea Ice Thickness in the Arctic Ocean Based on On-Ice In Situ Historical Measurements    Earth Science, Oceanography Benjamin Holt (JPL)  16-Jan-13
Building a Better Portfolio: Constructing a Better Portfolio in a Less than Perfect World    Economics, Mathematics, Applied Math Ghene Faulcon  16-Jan-13
The Arrow of Time in Financial Modeling    Economics, Mathematics, Applied Math Ghene Faulcon  16-Jan-13
Search for Molecular Gas in Young Circumstellar Disks    Astrophysics John Carpenter  16-Jan-13
Simplify Access to Oceanographic Artifacts    Information Systems/Technology, Earth Science Thomas Huang (JPL)  16-Jan-13
Electric Space Propulsion Applied Research    Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering Lee Johnson (JPL)  16-Jan-13
Exploring the Variable Sky with the Palomar Transient Factory    Astrophysics, Solar System Science Tom Prince  15-Jan-13
High-Resolution Sea-Level History at Belitung Island, Indonesia, on the Sunda Shelf, Over the Past 8000 Years    Environmental Science and Engineering, Geology, Computer Science Adam Switzer  14-Jan-13
Analysis of ridge and trough terrains on icy satellites: A comparative planetology approach    Planetary Science Robert Pappalardo (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Controller for the Earth based Mars Science Laboratory test rover    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering Matthew Heverly (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Aerospace Simulation Advances    Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Jonathan Cameron (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Development of analysis tools for Mars Science Laboratory mobility data    Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering Matthew Heverly (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Ocean Events Display Web Service    Information Systems/Technology, Earth Science Charles Thompson (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Conversion of historical SEASAT data to netCDF    Earth Science, Computer Science Jessica Hausman (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Datacasting Feed Generation Tools    Computer Science, Earth Science Nga Quach (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Assess and enhance usage of web metrics for PO.DAAC Portal and Web Services    Computer Science, Systems Engineering Michael Gangl (JPL)  14-Jan-13
Quantification of dust source dynamics and transport using MISR    Aerospace Engineering, Earth Science Olga Kalashnikova (JPL)  13-Jan-13
Airborne Spectrophotopolarimeter Image Analysis and Data Processing    Physics/Applied Physics, Aerospace Engineering Olga Kalashnikova (JPL)  13-Jan-13
Solar activity at Mars and its influence on the martian atmosphere    Planetary Science, Physics/Applied Physics Armin Kleinboehl (JPL)  12-Jan-13
Dynamics of the Atmospheres of Outer Planets and Titan    Planetary Science, Computer Science Andrew Friedson (JPL)  12-Jan-13
Fluid Flow in Microgravity    Aerospace Engineering, Electrical Engineering Murray Darrach (JPL)  11-Jan-13
Projects Involving the Use of NMR to Study Conformational Analysis    Chemistry John Roberts  11-Jan-13
Under-Ice Rover Development    Mechanical Engineering, Robotics John Leichty (JPL)  10-Jan-13
Modeling, Simulation and Visualization of Robotic Systems    Computer Engineering, Applied Math, Electronics Engineering Rudranarayan Mukherjee (JPL)  10-Jan-13
Technology development for astronomical adaptive optics at Palomar Observatory: Robo-AO and PALM-3000    Astrophysics, Applied Physics Christoph Baranec  10-Jan-13
Intelligent Computer Vision    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Engineering Thomas Lu (JPL)  09-Jan-13
Modeling and Simulation of Planetary Space Platforms    Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science Abhinandan Jain (JPL)  09-Jan-13
Multi-Look Wind Vector Retrieval With a Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer    Earth Science, Electrical Engineering Shannon Brown (JPL)  09-Jan-13
Full Dome Planetarium    Mathematics, Art, Photoshop Paul Andres (JPL)  09-Jan-13
Chirped Pulse Microwave Spectroscopy    Chemistry, Electrical Engineering Geoffrey Blake  09-Jan-13
Lunar Mapping and Modeling    Computer Science, Information Systems/Technology George Chang (JPL)  09-Jan-13
Natural Robot Control Interfaces Using Wearable Bio-Sensors    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Computer Science Michael Wolf (JPL)  09-Jan-13
Autonomous quadrotor safety system    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Robotics Roland Brockers (JPL)  08-Jan-13
Using satellite observations for climate model evaluations and improvements    Earth Science Jonathan Jiang (JPL)  07-Jan-13
Properties of the lunar regolith    Planetary Science, Physics/Applied Physics Benjamin Greenhagen (JPL)  07-Jan-13
The micromechanics of colloidal gels    Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering John Brady  04-Jan-13
Hardware, Software, and Simulants for Comet Surface Sampling    Mechanical Engineering, Earth Science Brian Trease (JPL)  04-Jan-13
Modeling planetary atmospheres    Planetary Science, physics, Astronomy Karen Willacy (JPL)  03-Jan-13
Unveiling the Supernova Remnant of Pulsar J0837-24    Astronomy/Astrophysics, Physics/Applied Physics Sarah Burke-Spolaor (JPL)  03-Jan-13
Power Minimization in Signal Processing For Large Radio Telescopes     Electrical Engineering, Astronomy/Astrophysics Larry D'Addario (JPL)  03-Jan-13
Experimental neutrino physics    Physics, Computer Science Ryan Patterson  03-Jan-13
TextureCam: A Smart Instrument for Robotic Astrobiology    Computer Science, Planetary Science David Thompson (JPL)  03-Jan-13
Supercritical CO2 Organic Extraction Efficiency Study    Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering Fang Zhong (JPL)  03-Jan-13
Rock Climbing Robot Mobility    Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Aaron Parness (JPL)  03-Jan-13
Space Mission Sequencing Software     Computer Science Paul Wolgast (JPL)  02-Jan-13
Free will, decision making and the human brain: Online realtime and offline analysis of intracortical signals in humans    Computation and Neural Systems, Computer Science Ralph Adolphs  29-Dec-12
Gecko Adhesives for Orbital Debris    Mechanical Engineering Aaron Parness (JPL)  28-Dec-12
Autonomous quadrotor roof-top landing    Computer Science, Computer Vision Roland Brockers (JPL)  27-Dec-12
Investigation of mineralogy and petrography of Martian meteorites    Planetary Science, Earth Science Yang Liu (JPL)  21-Dec-12
Hazard Detection and Situation Awareness - Community Sensing and Clouds    Computer Science, Electrical Engineering Julian Bunn  18-Dec-12
Testing the Validity of Solar Far-side Active Region Predictions from Helioseismology using Observations from Two NASA Missions    Physics/Applied Physics, Heliophysics Eric de Jong (JPL)  17-Dec-12
Teleoperation of Simulated Lunar Rovers    Aerospace Engineering, Simulation J Balaram (JPL)  17-Dec-12
Reduction and analysis of reflected sunlight from Jupiter    Planetary Science, Computer Science Glenn Orton (JPL)  17-Dec-12
Reduction and analysis of data on thermal emission from Saturn    Planetary Science, Computer Science Glenn Orton (JPL)  17-Dec-12
Development of efficient reduction and archiving of planetary astronomical data.    Computer Science, Astrophysics, Astronomy Glenn Orton (JPL)  17-Dec-12
Analysis of Mid-Infrared Observations of Jupiter    Planetary Science, Computer Science Glenn Orton (JPL)  17-Dec-12
Molecular simulation and design of therapeutic RNA and DNA nanostructures    Biochemistry, Biology William Goddard  15-Dec-12
Molecular simulations for design characterization and optimization of next generation DNA nano-sequencing devices    Biochemistry, Chemistry William Goddard  15-Dec-12
Understanding implicit brain mechanisms of time perception with EEG and TMS    Computation and Neural Systems, Neuroscience Shinsuke Shimojo  14-Dec-12
Natural and synthetic gene circuit dynamics at the single cell level    Biology, synthetic biology, systems biology Michael Elowitz  14-Dec-12
Volatile transport on Pluto: a telescope project from Table Mountain Observatory    Astronomy/Astrophysics, Physics Bonnie Buratti (JPL)  13-Dec-12
Sensory Substitution for Blind Rehabilitation, and Crossmodal Plasticity    Computation and Neural Systems Shinsuke Shimojo  13-Dec-12
Space-time portrait of brain dynamics    Bioengineering, Neuroscience Shinsuke Shimojo  13-Dec-12
Exploring the Viability of Monitoring Wildfires Using Airborne Radar Systems    Geophysics, Remote Sensing Mark Simons  12-Dec-12
Global Warming and Model Climate Sensitivity     Environmental Science and Engineering, Atmospheric Science Yuk Yung  12-Dec-12
The predicted ensemble of 3 dimensional structures for all human olfactory receptors    Computer Science, structure-based drug design William Goddard III  12-Dec-12
Climate data analysis using GPS radio occultation    Earth Science, Physics/Applied Physics Chi Ao (JPL)  11-Dec-12
Planet Formation    Astronomy/Astrophysics, Mathematics Neal Turner (JPL)  11-Dec-12
Demonstration of a 4 K cryostat for future microwave remote sensing instruments    Mechanical Engineering, electrical engineering Paul Stek (JPL)  11-Dec-12
Development of aircraft microwave limb sounding instruments     Electrical Engineering, system engineering Paul Stek (JPL)  11-Dec-12
Broad Band Digital Radiometer Development     Electrical Engineering, mathematics Paul Stek (JPL)  11-Dec-12
Riches to rags? Do NFL professionals make poor financial decisions in their short high-paying careers?     Economics, statistics Colin Camerer  10-Dec-12
Investigation of analogues for serpentinizing hydrothermal mineralogy on Europa    Earth Science, Planetary Science Steven Vance (JPL)  10-Dec-12
Deciphering object recognition    Biology, Computation and Neural Systems Doris Tsao  10-Dec-12
Radio Frequency Interference Measurements and Pulsar Science    Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Astronomy/Astrophysics Walid Majid (JPL)  10-Dec-12
Pipe Inspection Robot Prototype    Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering Hari Nayar (JPL)  10-Dec-12
Microorganisms Residing on Mars-Based Spacecraft: Characterization and Understanding the Potential for Survival under Mars-Simulated Conditions     Biology/Bioengineering, Microbiology, Molecular Biology James Benardini (JPL)  06-Dec-12
Mitigating Image Persistence in Hubble Space Telescopes Wide Field Camera 3    Astronomy/Astrophysics, Computer Science Jason Rhodes (JPL)  05-Dec-12
Microbial viability in extreme environments    Biology/Bioengineering, Chemistry/Chemical Engineering Adrian Ponce (JPL)  05-Dec-12
Integration of psychological models of information accumulation into economics    Economics, Statistics Antonio Rangel  04-Dec-12
Projects in Experimental Cosmology    Astrophysics, Mechanical Engineering Jamie Bock  30-Nov-12
Monte Carlo studies of gauge theories for topological phases and phase transitions    Physics Olexei Motrunich  28-Nov-12
Mars Data Analysis    Planetary Science, Geographic Information Systems Matthew Golombek (JPL)  26-Nov-12
GPS Applications to Earth Science: Extreme Precipitation, Storm Surge and Groundwater    Earth Science, Math or Physics Duane Waliser (JPL)  21-Nov-12
Computation of Heegaard Floer Correction Terms    Mathematics Yi Ni  21-Nov-12
Solid State Chemistry and Physics of Novel Thermoelectric materials    Materials Science, Applied Physics Jeff Snyder  19-Nov-12
Mathematical Logic/Set Theory    Mathematics Alexander Kechris  16-Nov-12