JPL Internship Funded by the ESMD Program
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JPL Internship Funded by the ESMD Program
Chris WyattUniversity of Arkansas at Little Rock
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Internship Details
• Classification: Senior in Systems Engineering
• 10 Week Research Internship• Jet Propulsion Laboratory• Pasadena, California• Funded by the ESMD program• Project was selected based on a
submitted proposal
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Over 300 students interned at Caltech and JPL
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Project Details• Project Title: The Advancement of Electrostatic Dust
Mitigation Technologies by Improved Manufacturing Methods
• Advisor: Nick Mardesich• Accomplishments:
– Found new manufacturing methods using sputtering vapor deposition, electroplating, and conductive paste screen printing
– Manufactured stainless steel sputtering masks– Designed and refitted a vacuum chamber test setup for a
synergetic dust mitigation process
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Other Interesting Activities at JPL
• Observed testing of the Athlete rovers• Learned about numerous advanced
research projects including hydrogen storage, advanced RTG (radioisotopic thermoelectric generator) semiconductors, nanolithography, vapor sputter deposition, and ATK flexible solar arrays
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More Activities
• Weekly seminars on topics such as the Dawn project, Mars Science Laboratory, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and universe expansion
• Attended Mars Exploration Rover planning sessions
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Suggestions for Other Students
• Summer internships with NASA centers usually lead to future NASA or affiliate careers
• Choose an ESMD funded group project at a preferred NASA center (group projects appeared to be better defined at the beginning of the internship term)
• Take part in aerospace oriented undergraduate research to get ahead
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So what do you do with 10 weekends in southern California?
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Special thanks to the ESMD program, the Arkansas Space Grant Consortium, my advisor Nick Mardesich, and the JPL
education office.