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LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANETARY EXPLORATION AND AEROSPACE: NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR MISSION STUDIES AND ALUMNI 1999-2017 C. J. Budney 1 , L. L. Lowes 1 , K. L. Mitchell 1 , and A. S. Wessen 1 ; 1 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Employment (1999-2017 Cohorts) • 577 of 617 alumni located through online presence • PSSS clearly feeds the employment pipeline for NASA, aerospace, and related academia PSSS Alumni Leadership • Samples of PSSS cohorts from alumni employment study • Fields, positions, and responsibilities run broader than this small list below • Alumni advisors recommend students for current PSSS sessions Diversity of Participants PSSS tracks and, most recently, exceeds male/ female gender balance (2017 attendance was 50% female) of: (1) PhDs earned in related fields (Source: 2000-2015 NSF Survey of Doctoral Degrees Earned) (2) 2011 Planetary Science Workforce Survey: Planetary Science PhD degrees in 2008/09 and 2009/10. 40% awarded to women. (source: Bagenal 2011) PSSS attendance (1999-2017) generally tracks PhDs earned in relevant fields for largest underserved/underrepresented minority groups (Source: 2000-2015 NSF Survey of Doctoral Degrees Earned) Distribution (% of total) of PhDs Earned at Accredited US Institutions, Compared to Participation in PSSS Continue to Increase Diversity in Candidate Pool • Target HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions with higher population of potentially qualified aerospace engineering graduate students to improve candidate pool. • Encourage alumni to promote PSSS to their collaborators at underserved institutions. Influential PSSS Mission Concept Studies PSSS student studies can be of interest to the broader community as: • Point designs in the trade space of potential missions • Novel selections and usage of science instrumentation 2017: CAMILLA Mission to Centaur Chariklo Determine if differences in color on Centaurs are a result of the cumulative effect of impacts, coma activity, or other processes, by correlating color to the relative age of the surface. 2012: Venus Atmosphere, Descent, and Environmental Researcher 2003: Mars Geophysical Lander Indicators of the long-term success of PSSS • PSSS experience has a positive influence on career choice and on career progress • PSSS feeds the employment pipeline for NASA, aerospace, and related academia • PSSS alumni demonstrate leadership potential, ability, and/or experience in fields related to planetary science exploration Planetary Science Summer Seminar (PSSS) Experience • For 10 weeks prior to JPL session, students select the mission and science goals, and develop a preliminary suite of instrumentation and a science traceability matrix. • Once at JPL, students participate in a series of Team X project design sessions, during which their mentors aid them in finalizing their mission design and instrument suite, and in making the necessary trade-offs to stay within the cost cap. • At week’s end, students present their Concept Study to a “proposal review board” of JPL scientists an engineers and NASA Headquarters executives, who feed back the strengths and weaknesses of their proposal and mission design. Project Goals Participants • 15-18 slots available per session • Strong interest and experience in careers in planetary science/planetary exploration • Science and engineering PhD candidates or postdocs, or last year engineering MS students not planning to pursue a PhD • Typical student areas of study/disciplines: planetary science, geoscience, geophysics, environmental science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science • Participants have come from over 50 different universities • Selected through competitive review process, based on strength of application and advisor’s recommendation letter http://psss.jpl.nasa.gov National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center Glenn Research Center Goddard Space Flight Center Jet Propulsion Laboratory Johnson Space Center Kennedy Space Center Langley Research Center Marshall Space Flight Center NASA Headquarters Stennis Space Center Data window opens after heat shield jettison, 126 seconds after entry 1 Entry 200 km 50 km Chute Phase Heat Shield Jettison Back Shield Jettison LAUNCH RELEASE AND CRUISE July 8, 2020 67.6 km 66.4 km 5 days before EDL (day 103) SEPARATION 4 days before EDL 75 m·s -1 ΔV DIVERT COMMUNICATIONS RELAY 2 hour 15 min data window Measurements are taken during 60 min descent Measurements continue for 75 min after touchdown Touchdown EDL on day 108 Student team representatives invited to present concept and instrument selection at 2013 Venus Exploration Analysis Group meeting. Some of the design elements proposed for MGL have now been realized in NASA’s selection of the InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission. 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Physical Science and Earth Science PhDs Engineering PhDs PSSS Participation PSSS Trend 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Chemistry Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences Physics and astronomy Planetary science (Bagenal, et. Al) Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering PSSS PSSS Trend Name Organization Cohort Position Sarah Noble NASA Headquarters 1999 Program Scientist Christopher Ramos U.S. Department of Energy 1999 Senior Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, Safeguards and Remote Detection Jill Bauman NASA Ames Research Center 2000 Deputy Chief Technologist Vassillis Angelopoulos UCLA 2001 Full Professor and NASA THEMIS mission PI Ahsan Choudhuri U. Texas El Paso 2001 Mechanical Engineering Department Chair Abigail Sheffer National Academy of Sciences 2003 Space Studies Board Program Officer Joel Hurowitz Stonybrook 2004 Mars 2020 PIXL Instrument Deputy PI Karly Pitman Space Science Institute 2004 Executive Director Kris Zacny Honeybee Robotics 2008 Vice President and Director of Exploration Technology Serina Diniega JPL 2011 Investigation Scientist Europa Mission Jamey Szalay Princeton U. 2012 Lead Graduate Student for New Horizons Student Dust Counter Instrument (@U Colorado) Natalya Brikner Bailey Accion Systems 2013 Co-Founder and CEO Jessica Watkins NASA Johnson Space Center 2016 Astronaut Candidate Students/Postdoc@Univ, 61 Univ Faculty/Staff, 145 NASA Centers/JPL, 139 Research, 52 Tech, 37 Aerospace, 33 Other Govt, 28 Misc, 24 Other FFRDC, 29 Consulting, 22 Energy, 7
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LEADERSHIP CONTRIBUTIONS TO PLANETARY EXPLORATION AND AEROSPACE:NASA PLANETARY SCIENCE SUMMER SEMINAR MISSION STUDIES AND ALUMNI 1999-2017
C. J. Budney1, L. L. Lowes1, K. L. Mitchell1, and A. S. Wessen1; 1NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Employment (1999-2017 Cohorts)• 577 of 617 alumni located through online presence• PSSS clearly feeds the employment pipeline for NASA, aerospace, and related academia
PSSS Alumni Leadership• Samples of PSSS cohorts from alumni employment study• Fields, positions, and responsibilities run broader than this small list
below• Alumni advisors recommend students for current PSSS sessions
Diversity of Participants
PSSS tracks and, most recently, exceeds male/ female gender balance (2017 attendance was 50% female) of:(1) PhDs earned in related fields(Source: 2000-2015 NSF Survey of Doctoral Degrees Earned)
(2) 2011 Planetary Science Workforce Survey: Planetary Science PhD degrees in 2008/09 and 2009/10. 40% awarded to women.(source: Bagenal 2011)
PSSS attendance (1999-2017) generally tracks PhDs earned in relevant fields for largest underserved/underrepresented minority groups(Source: 2000-2015 NSF Survey of Doctoral Degrees Earned)
Distribution (% of total) of PhDs Earned at Accredited US Institutions, Compared to Participation in PSSS
Continue to Increase Diversity in Candidate Pool• Target HBCUs and Minority Serving Institutions with higher population of potentially qualified aerospace engineering graduate students to improve candidate pool.• Encourage alumni to promote PSSS to their collaborators at underserved institutions.
Influential PSSS Mission Concept StudiesPSSS student studies can be of interest to the broader community as:• Point designs in the trade space of potential missions • Novel selections and usage of science instrumentation
2017: CAMILLA Mission to Centaur Chariklo
Determine if differences in color on Centaurs are a result of the cumulative effect of impacts, coma activity, or other processes, by correlating color to the relative age of the surface.
2012: Venus Atmosphere, Descent, and Environmental Researcher
2003: Mars Geophysical Lander
Indicators of the long-term success of PSSS• PSSS experience has a positive influence on career choice and on career progress• PSSS feeds the employment pipeline for NASA, aerospace, and related academia• PSSS alumni demonstrate leadership potential, ability, and/or experience in fields
related to planetary science exploration
Planetary Science Summer Seminar (PSSS) Experience• For 10 weeks prior to JPL session, students select the mission and science goals,
and develop a preliminary suite of instrumentation and a science traceability matrix. • Once at JPL, students participate in a series of Team X project design sessions,
during which their mentors aid them in finalizing their mission design and instrument suite, and in making the necessary trade-offs to stay within the cost cap.
• At week’s end, students present their Concept Studyto a “proposal review board” of JPL scientists anengineers and NASA Headquarters executives,who feed back the strengths and weaknessesof their proposal and mission design.
Project Goals
Participants• 15-18 slots available per session• Strong interest and experience in careers
in planetary science/planetary exploration• Science and engineering PhD candidates or postdocs, or last year engineering MS
students not planning to pursue a PhD• Typical student areas of study/disciplines: planetary science, geoscience,
geophysics, environmental science, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, materials science
• Participants have come from over 50 different universities• Selected through competitive review process, based on strength of application and
advisor’s recommendation letter
http://psss.jpl.nasa.gov
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Ames Research CenterGlenn Research Center
Goddard Space Flight CenterJet Propulsion Laboratory
Johnson Space CenterKennedy Space Center
Langley Research CenterMarshall Space Flight Center
NASA HeadquartersStennis Space Center
Data window opens after heat shield jettison, 126 seconds after entry
1Entry 200 km
50 km
Chute Phase
Heat Shield Jettison
Back Shield Jettison
LAUNCH RELEASE
AND CRUISE
July 8, 2020
67.6 km
66.4 km
5 days before EDL (day 103)
SEPARATION
4 days before EDL
75 m·s-1 ΔV
DIVERTCOMMUNICATIONS
RELAY
2 hour 15 min data window
Measurementsare taken
during 60 min descent
Measurements continue for 75 min
after touchdown
Touchdown
EDL on day 108Student team representatives invited to present concept and instrument selection at 2013 Venus Exploration Analysis Group meeting.
Some of the design elements proposed for MGL have now been realized in NASA’s selection of the InSight (Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport) mission.
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5%
10%
15%
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1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Physical Science and Earth Science PhDs Engineering PhDs PSSS Participation PSSS Trend
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Chemistry Geosciences, atmospheric, and ocean sciences Physics and astronomy
Planetary science (Bagenal, et. Al) Aerospace, aeronautical, and astronautical engineering PSSS
PSSS Trend
Name Organization Cohort PositionSarah Noble NASA
Headquarters1999 Program Scientist
Christopher Ramos
U.S. Department of Energy
1999 Senior Program Manager, National Nuclear Security Administration, Safeguards and Remote Detection
Jill Bauman NASA Ames Research Center
2000 Deputy Chief Technologist
VassillisAngelopoulos
UCLA 2001 Full Professor and NASA THEMIS mission PI
Ahsan Choudhuri
U. Texas El Paso 2001 Mechanical Engineering Department Chair
Abigail Sheffer National Academy of Sciences
2003 Space Studies Board Program Officer
Joel Hurowitz Stonybrook 2004 Mars 2020 PIXL Instrument Deputy PIKarly Pitman Space Science
Institute2004 Executive Director
Kris Zacny Honeybee Robotics 2008 Vice President and Director of Exploration Technology
Serina Diniega JPL 2011 Investigation Scientist Europa MissionJamey Szalay Princeton U. 2012 Lead Graduate Student for New Horizons
Student Dust Counter Instrument (@U Colorado)
Natalya BriknerBailey
Accion Systems 2013 Co-Founder and CEO
Jessica Watkins
NASA Johnson Space Center
2016 Astronaut Candidate
Students/Postdoc@Univ, 61
Univ Faculty/Staff, 145
NASA Centers/JPL, 139
Research, 52
Tech, 37
Aerospace, 33
Other Govt, 28
Misc, 24
Other FFRDC, 29Consulting, 22
Energy, 7
