Below are Announcements of Opportunity posted by Caltech faculty and JPL technical staff for all programs administered by the Student-Faculty Programs office. This list also appears on SFP's main website, while AO lists on the SURF, Amgen Scholars, NASA Space Grant, and NASA USRP sites show just AOs applicable to their respective programs.

Project Title Disciplines Mentor  Posted  Modeling Supernovae Beyond Shock Breakout    Astrophysics, Computer Science David Vartanyan  21-Jan-25 A multi-scale investigation of CGM dynamics    Astrophysics, Astronomy Mandy Chen  21-Jan-25 High Energy Physics and Machine Learning Projects with the CMS Experiment at the Large Hadron Collider    Physics, Machine Learning Harvey Newman  21-Jan-25 Developing a mask cutting software for the Magellan telescope instruments    Astronomy, Applied and Computational Mathematics William Schoenell  17-Jan-25 Developing a Machine Learning Framework for Estimating CO₂ and Methane Emissions Using NASA Satellite Observations    Computer Science, Earth Sciences Sudhanshu Pandey (JPL)  14-Jan-25 Developing a Machine Learning Framework for Predicting Jacobians in Atmospheric Flux Inversions    Mathematics, Geophysics Sudhanshu Pandey (JPL)  14-Jan-25 Analysis of Urban Seismic Signals Using Machine Learning Techniques    Computer Science, Data Science Monica Kohler  14-Jan-25 Upgrading the software and functionality of the PIXL ground-based science testbed    Information Systems/Technology, Computing and Physics Chris Heirwegh (JPL)  14-Jan-25 Enhancing the elemental calibration of the PIXL X-ray fluorescence spectrometer on the Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover    Geochemistry, Instrument calibration Chris Heirwegh (JPL)  14-Jan-25 MISR Plume Height Project 2025    Earth Science, Atmospheric Physics Marcin Witek (JPL)  14-Jan-25 Optimality-Based Model Development and Calibration for CliMA-Land    Environmental Science and Engineering Tapio Schneider  14-Jan-25 Signals of Opportunity Software Defined Radio (SDR) based Development for UAV    Electrical Engineering, Earth Science Rashmi Shah (JPL)  13-Jan-25 Development of hyperspectral data processing and visualization software    Computer Science, Data Science Rebecca Greenberger  13-Jan-25 Aerie and Endurance    Computer Engineering, Spacecraft Systems Juan Delfa (JPL)  07-Jan-25 Earth Data Visualization Generation Using UMM-Vis    Computer Science, Earth Science Z Xing (JPL)  07-Jan-25 Projects in Astronomy    Astronomy, Astrophysics Yinuo Han  17-Dec-24 Photo-driven isomerization of performance elastomers towards tailorable properties    Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science Jack Saltiel  16-Dec-24 Investigating Age-Related Macular Degeneration Using a "Disease in a Dish" Model     Biology, Medical Research Deborah Ferrington  16-Dec-24 High Energy Astrophysics Projects     Astrophysics, Astronomy Fiona Harrison  13-Dec-24 Projects in Theoretical Chemistry    Chemistry Rudy Marcus  13-Dec-24 Probing the Weak Interaction With Early Universe Physics    Astrophysics, Physics, ACM (with interest in physics or astrophysics) Chad Kishimoto  12-Dec-24 Whole genome sequencing of mucosal microbiomes to explore connections with human health and disease    Bioengineering, Biology Rustem Ismagilov  10-Dec-24 Psyche Guidance, Navigation & Control: Flight Performance Analysis and Stability Margin Verification    Guidance, Navigation and Control, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Alex Manka (JPL)  06-Dec-24 Reducing methane emissions from biomass carbon sequestration    Environmental Science and Engineering, Geobiology, Chemistry Alex Sessions  06-Dec-24 Propulsive efficiency of robotically controlled jellyfish for ocean exploration    Mechanical Engineering, Bioengineering, Physics, Aerospace John Dabiri  05-Dec-24 Developing inversion methods for a bioisotopic metabolic model     Computer Science, Environmental Science and Engineering Alex Sessions  05-Dec-24 Joint Inversion of Magnetic and Gravity Data for Icy World Oceans Enabled by Laboratory Measurements and Interior Models    Planetary Science, Open source coding Steven Vance (JPL)  04-Dec-24 Water Abundance in Photon-Dominated Regions    Astronomy/Astrophysics Dariusz Lis (JPL)  04-Dec-24 Studies of soft and living matter in complex environments    Multidisciplinary, Biophysics, Fluid dynamics, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Rheology, Mechanical Engineering, Biological Engineering, Soft Matter Physics Sujit Datta  02-Dec-24 Alkylation Alkanes Using Alkanes    Chemistry, specialty in organic or inorganic chemistry desirable Kurtis Carsch  02-Dec-24 Synthesizing Microporous Liquids    Chemistry, ChE (for Ch, specialty in organic or inorganic chemistry desirable; for ChE, specialty in materials chemistry desirable) Kurtis Carsch  02-Dec-24 Calcium isotopes in urine as a tracer of bone health    Geochemistry Francois Tissot  25-Nov-24 Multiple Projects in Astrophysics    Astronomy, Computer Science, Physics Charles Steinhardt  25-Nov-24 Using Biological Passports to Detect Performance-Enhancing Drugs    Computer Science, Biology, Physics Charles Steinhardt  25-Nov-24 Materials for Self-Cleaning Coatings    Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biology, Electrical Engineering James Hanson  25-Nov-24 Machine Learning for Human-Robot Interaction    Computer Science, Computation and Neural Systems (CNS), Electrical Engineering Yanan Sui  22-Nov-24 Photoacoustic, light-speed, and quantum imaging/physics    Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics Lihong Wang  21-Nov-24 Analyzing Human Decision-Making Through Mathematical Models    Economics, Mathematics Kota Saito  15-Nov-24 Symmetry and Homogeneity as Guiding Principles in Energy Materials Design    Applied Physics, Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science Nicholas Stadie  14-Nov-24 Novel MRI Methods    Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering Shreyas Vasanawala  13-Nov-24 Anomaly detection and algorithm development for Deep Space Network data    Data Science, Applied Math, Computer Science, Physics, Astronomy Lisa Locke (JPL)  07-Nov-24 Structural and Function Characterization of Mega Assemblies    Biochemistry, Structural Biology, Cell Biology Andre Hoelz  07-Nov-24 Quality control of mitochondria    Biology, Bioengineering David Chan  07-Nov-24