Row 1 (bottom most row, left to right) : Chi Yeung Chiu, Lawrence Fortmuller, Matthew Dotson, Jessica Cameron, Divya Srivastava, Maryam Tebyani, Joshua Yurtsever, Soojean Han, Jill Chang, Joshua Katz, Shreetej Reddy, Katherine Tighe, Roxanna Pakkar, Paul Akangah, Amy Valukonis
Row 2 (2nd row from bottom, left to right) : Pradyumna Vyshnav, Daiju Uehara, Christopher Fryer, Savannah Cofer, Kathryn Kwiecinski, Bryan Lara Tovar, Austin Langrehr, David Qiu, Shunichiro Nomura, Sahand Sabet, Brett Lopez, Ian Rankin, Steven Morad, Omar Rehman, Eric Chan
Row 3 (3rd row from bottom, left to right) : James Spann, Geoffrey Martin, Mitchell Kinney, Ariel Kohanim, Samar Mathur, Larkin Folsom, Mary Radke, Maven Losey, Christopher Villalobos, Jasmine Rimani, Nathan Ballintyn, Cody Emrick, Siddharth Kucheria
Row 4 (4th row from bottom, left to right) : Hongsen Qin, Eric Heiden, Aaron Nguyen, Joseph Gatto, Ezekiel Hsieh, William Bensky, Ethan Prober, Makena Fetzer, Chaska Yamane, Benjamin Sternklar-Davis, Miranda Lapour, Paul Nadan, Edward Eldeiry, Samuel Ubellacker, Noel Csomay-Shanklin, Andrea Tagliabue, Scott Harper, Daniel Lytle
| Name | Home Institution | Program | Point of Contact | Task Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adajian, Rama | CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY | NASA UI | Paulo Younse | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Akangah, Paul | NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIV | JSFRP-Faculty | Christopher Yahnker | HBCU Faculty Research Apprenticeship Project |
| Activity: The objective of this project is to provide opportunities for faculty from other institutions to experience the methods and content of the JPL additive manufacturing (AM) and topology optimization research in order to better guide students in applying such technologies. | ||||
| Angus, Dylan | University of Edinburgh | JPLYIP-SUM | Joshua Vander Hook | Path planning and controls for high speed boats |
| Activity: Develop and deploy multi-robot path planning and controls for up to 5 unmanned surface vessels traveling at high speed in close formation. | ||||
| Archanian, Avak | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO | JPLYIP-SUM | Kalind Carpenter | Mobile Autonomous Robotic Swarm of Multi-Static Ground Penetrating Radar |
| Activity: Build custom circuit boards with electronics board components and write firmware. | ||||
| Autelitano, Giulio | Università di Pisa | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Avalos, Carlos | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | JPLYIP | Gareth Meirion-Griffith | Simulation engineer for robotic mobility |
| Activity: Assist in the implementation of mobility simulations that utilize multi body dynamics and the discrete element method. | ||||
| Ballintyn, Nathan | WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Olivier Toupet | Modelling and Testing in Support of M2020 AutoNav |
| Activity: Conduct field testing and simulations of the new AutoNav algorithm in the Mars Yard with Scarecrow. | ||||
| Bartlett, Tara | The University of Sydney | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Ben Miled, Meriem | ETH zurich | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Bensky, William | University of Colorado Boulder | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Berchier, Sandro | ETH Zürich | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Bocklund, Andrew | University of Illinois Urbana-Chamapaign | JPLSIP | Aaron Parness | Underwater Gripper Testbed |
| Activity: Assist in designing the testbed hardware and software to allow full characterization of the gripper in a variety of orientations and environments. | ||||
| Bonaccorsi, Giacomo | Politecnico di Milano | JVSRP | Marco Quadrelli | Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Planetary Vehicles |
| Activity: Conduct physics based modeling, simulation and visualization of space vehicles using the DARTS Lab in support of numerous projects. | ||||
| Brown, Ari | TUFTS UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Marc Pomerantz | Visualization of robotic vehicle and spacecraft data |
| Activity: Extend Ranger's user experience for engineering and public outreach by adding support for data visualization using an immersive headset, a WYSIWYG scene and display builder and a multi-mission interface to spacecraft or robotic vehicle telemetry. | ||||
| Cameron, Jessica | CALIF STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIV POMONA | JPLSIP | Patrick McGarey | Axel DuAxel Mobility Evaluation |
| Activity: Test the Axel and DuAxel systems in relevant environments to understand mobility on loosely-correlated terrain at a range of inclinations. | ||||
| Cano, Brent | CALIF STATE UNIV-LOS ANGELES | NASA UI | Paulo Younse | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Castillo Specia, Emiliano | Tecnológico de Monterrey | JVSRP | Fernando Mier-Hicks | GSE M2020 |
| Activity: Assist in the design, assembly, testing, troubleshooting and implementation of ground support equipment for M2020. | ||||
| Chan, David | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | JPLSIP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robot Operational and Computational Services |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Chan, Eric | YALE UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Trevor Reed | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Assit in improving current ROCS services and potentially adding new tools to the Robot Sequencing & Visulaization Progrm (RSVP). | ||||
| Chang, Hsin-Fang | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA) | JPLYIP | Raymond Ma | Barefoot Rover Data Collection |
| Activity: Assotin building a test rig to drive a sensor-laden wheel over many configurations of Mars and Earthly analog terrains. T | ||||
| Chelakkat, Kristine | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | SURF | Matthew Gildner | Underwater Robotic Arm Testing and Operations |
| Activity: Assist in the testing and operation of the robotic arm with particular focus on the underwater gripper which incorporates a 6-axis force torque sensor. | ||||
| Chiu, Chi | CALIF STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIV POMONA | JPLYIP | Brett Kennedy | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Cielo, Nikki | Mt. San Antonio College | SIRI-Spring | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Graphics design and technical visualization |
| Activity: Support the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Cofer, Savannah | Rice University | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Inflatable Giacometti Robots |
| Activity: Build and test telescopic and inflatable rogidizable robot legs. | ||||
| Companeitz, Benjamin | CALIF STATE UNIV-NORTHRIDGE | JPLYIP | Jaakko Karras | Embedded Electronics and Software for Origami Robots |
| Activity: Develop and test embedded electronics and software for motor control, communication, and sensing on origami-inspired “pop-up” robots. | ||||
| Coutrot Hedrick, Gabrielle | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Cox, Jeremy | The University of Sydney | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Csaposs, Steven | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | SURF | Matthew Gildner | UAV Sensor and Test Environment Design |
| Activity: Assit in developing mechanical designs to integrate sensors onto UAV platforms. | ||||
| Csomay-Shanklin, Noel | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLSIP | Paul Backes | Controls and Autonomy Software for Planetary Body Sampling and Manipulation |
| Activity: Implement controls and autonomy software to operate a sampling tool and the robotic arm that carries the tool. | ||||
| Culbertson, Preston | STANFORD UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Saptarshi Bandyopadhyay | Towards a Micro-Sat Swarm for Space Manipulation and Construction |
| Activity: Develop distributed control algorithms to enable a group of micro-spacecraft to cooperatively manipulate objects in space. | ||||
| Daruwala, Rohan | UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Das, Manash Pratim | Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur | JVSRP | Larry Matthies | Autonomous Visual Navigation of MAVs at Night |
| Activity: Assit in algorithmic development and field experiments for robust visual-inertial state estimation and terrain perception of an MAV during night operations using a COTS, low-cost, uncooled thermal infrared camera. | ||||
| Demir, Asli | MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY | JVSRP | Eric Kulczycki | Mechanical Design and Testing for Mars Sample Transfer Test bed |
| Activity: Assist in the design, development, and testing of technology for sample caches as part of the development of a Mars Sample Transfer Test-bed development. | ||||
| Dotson, Matthew | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA) | JPLSIP | Scott Moreland | Icy Body Planetary Surface Sampling System Mechanism Design and Validation |
| Activity: Conduct mechanical design, assembly and laboratory testing of prototype sampling systems for application to Enceladus surfaces. | ||||
| Ebadi, Kamak | SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY | JPLYIP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Eldeiry, Edward | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLYIP-SUM | Brett Kennedy | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Elliott, David | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | NSTRF | Issa Nesnas | Tumbling/Rolling Mobility with Polyhedral Rover |
| Activity: Investigate polyhedral rovers that does not use wheels. | ||||
| Elsdon, Michael | NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY | JPLYIP-SUM | Alessandro Buscicchio | Mechanical Support for Mars2020 EGSE |
| Activity: Work with the team developing the Electronics Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) for Mars2020 Sampling and caching system (SCS) to develop mechanical assembly drawings and mechanical assembly instructions. | ||||
| Emrick, Cody | ORANGE COAST COLLEGE - FIN AID OFF | JPLYIP | Viet Nguyen | Visual perception technologies for multi-mission, multi-agent maritime robotics |
| Activity: Assist in developing and testing algorithms for stereo and monocular vision-based perception systems. | ||||
| Emrick, Cody | ORANGE COAST COLLEGE - FIN AID OFF | JPLYIP | Jean-Pierre de la Croix | On-board Autonomy for a Small, Foldable Robot |
| Activity: Contribute to on-going development of autonomy functionality for PUFFER (e.g., motion control, state estimation, etc.). | ||||
| Endicott, Devon | UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS-AMHERST | JPLSIP | Jonathan Cameron | DARTS Lab Software Development |
| Activity: Assit the DARTS Lab team in the development, improvement, and adaptation of software tools for aerospace simulation applications. | ||||
| Fetzer, Makena | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Folsom, Larkin | NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIV | MSP | Masahiro Ono | MAARS: machine learning-based analytics for automated rover systems (student support) |
| Activity: Enhance the scientific and engineering value of future Mars rovers through the development, HPSC deployment, verification, and validation of two key MAARS capabilities. | ||||
| Fortmuller, Lawrence | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Fowler, Roger | RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | JPLSIP | Blair Emanuel | Robotics Modeling, Analyses, Manipulation, and Mobility for In Space Assembly |
| Activity: Develop simulations of the expected interactions between the robot and mating components. | ||||
| Fryer, Christopher | COLUMBIA UNIV SCHOOL ENGIN-UNDERGRA | JPLSIP | Scott Moreland | Comet Surface Sampling System Environmental Validation |
| Activity: Design, prepare for and execute an environmental test in a thermal-vacuum chamber to assess the debris generation in a comet-like enthronement due to sampling operation. | ||||
| Gardiner, Mathew | The University of Sydney | JVSRP | Theodore Tzanetos | Autonomy for Agile Micro Air Vehicles |
| Activity: Research, design, implement, tune and evaluate subsystems and algorithms that maximize both robustness and performance for autonomous MAVs. | ||||
| Gatto, Joseph | COLUMBIA UNIV SCHOOL GENERAL STUDIE | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning |
| Activity: Apply data analytics techniques such as deep learning to extract information from large amounts of data. | ||||
| Glassner, Samantha | NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Spencer Backus | Design and Modeling of a Modular Satellite |
| Activity: Design, build and simulate 3D models of component modules, tools, and assembly robots in order to better understand how a modular satellite can be assembled and serviced. | ||||
| Gomez, Luis | GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | SIRI-Spring | Michael Wolf | Swarms of Robot Boats – Multi-Agent Planning and Autonomy Software Architecture |
| Activity: Assist in the development of CARACaS for use on autonomous vehicles. | ||||
| Gramigna, Edoardo | University of Bologna | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Greene, Rebecca | STANFORD UNIVERSITY | JPLYIP | Travis Brown | Axel Rover Development |
| Activity: Perform electrical circuit design, integration, testing, and programming in support of the Axel Rover. | ||||
| Gu, Elvin | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Jeff Delaune | Vision-Based Localization for Quadcopters at Night |
| Activity: Contribute to and extend and existing visual-intertial navigation algorithm from daytime to night time using advanced visual-inertial filtering and image processing techniques. | ||||
| Han, SooJean | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLYIP-SUM | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Harper, Scott | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Harper, Scott | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | JPLYIP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Heiden, Eric | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | JPLGF | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Holesinger, Jacob | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | JPLSIP | Jonathan Cameron | DARTS Lab Software Development |
| Activity: Assit the DARTS Lab team in the development, improvement, and adaptation of software tools for aerospace simulation applications. | ||||
| Hsieh, Ezekiel | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN | JPLSIP | Scott Moreland | Comet Surface Sampling System Environmental Validation |
| Activity: Design, prepare for and execute an environmental test in a thermal-vacuum chamber to assess the debris generation in a comet-like enthronement due to sampling operation. | ||||
| Huynh, Kevin | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA) | JPLSIP | Jonathan Cameron | DARTS Lab Software Development |
| Activity: Assit the DARTS Lab team in the development, improvement, and adaptation of software tools for aerospace simulation applications. | ||||
| Iranmanesh, Ava | MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY | JVSRP | Eric Kulczycki | Mechanical Design and Testing for Mars Sample Transfer Test bed |
| Activity: Assit in the design, development, and testing of technology for sample caches as part of the development of the Mars Sample Transfer Test-bed. | ||||
| Kaithaparampil Moncy, Jiljo | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLGF | Issa Nesnas | Rover Mobility and Navigation |
| Activity: Support software development to control the Athena research rover. | ||||
| Katz, Joshua | ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY | CSU STAR | Brett Kennedy | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Kern, Theodore | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Aaron Parness | Grasp and Path Planning for Limbed Robots |
| Activity: Assit the perception team with defining, procuring, mounting and integrating a sensor package that may include stereo cameras, LIDAR, and other sensors so that the robot can build a local map of its position on the rock wall and identify good locations for the grippers to engage the surface. | ||||
| Kim, Joo Eun | California Institute of Technology | SURF | Yang Cheng | Mars 2020 LVS |
| Activity: Develop analysis tool to evaluate the lander vision system reference maps over Death Valley regions in very close interaction with the LVS team. | ||||
| King, Jonathan | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | NSTRF | Aaron Parness | Grasp and Path Planning for Limbed Robots |
| Activity: Assist the perception team in defining, procuring, mounting and integrating a sensor package that may include stereo cameras, LIDAR, and other sensors so that the robot can build a local map of its position on the rock wall and identify good locations for the grippers to engage the surface. | ||||
| Kinney, Mitchell | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES | JPLYIP-SUM | Adrian Stoica | Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning |
| Activity: Apply data analytics techniques such as deep learning to extract information from large amounts of data. | ||||
| Kohanim, Ariel | SANTA MONICA COLLEGE | MSP | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Kraus, Julie | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLYIP-SUM | Kalind Carpenter | Tensegrity Lander Prototyping |
| Activity: Design, analyze, build test then iterate through tensegrity structures. | ||||
| Kucheria, Siddharth | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | JPLSIP | Shreyansh Daftry | Vision-based Power Line Detection for Autonomous Recharging of Quadcopters |
| Activity: Assist in enabling a robot with autonomous capability to perch on power-lines for battery recharging. | ||||
| Kwiecinski, Kathryn | UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Lamarre, Olivier | University of Toronto | JVSRP | Masahiro Ono | MAARS: Energy Optimal AutoNav |
| Activity: Assit in devloping an optimal route planning algorithm with estimated driving energy prediction both experimentally and theoretically. | ||||
| Langrehr, Austin | Citrus College | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Intelligent Robotic Assistant with natural language capabilities |
| Activity: Develop software that interacts with humans in natural language using simplified vocabulary and grammar. | ||||
| Lapour, Miranda | ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN | JPLSIP | Brett Kennedy | Graphical Communication in Support of Robotics Research |
| Activity: Create conceptual illustrations and other forms of graphical communication related to various robots under development at JPL. | ||||
| Lara Tovar, Bryan | Politecnico di Torino | JVSRP | Adrian Stoica | Robot-Oriented Integrated Circuits (RobotICs) |
| Activity: Design a family of co-processors dedicated to efficient implementation of computations needed by robotics applications. | ||||
| Leake, Carl | TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Abhinandan Jain | Modeling and Simulation of Planetary Space Platforms |
| Activity: Participate in the development of models for new vehicles, conduct studies using simulations, develop terrain environment models for the moon and Mars environments, 3D graphics visualization and user interface development. | ||||
| Lee, Isabel | YALE UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Marc Pomerantz | Visualization of robotic vehicle and spacecraft data |
| Activity: Extend Ranger's user experience for engineering and public outreach by adding support for data visualization using an immersive headset, a WYSIWYG scene and display builder and a multi-mission interface to spacecraft or robotic vehicle telemetry. | ||||
| Leps, Thomas | university of maryland | JPLSIP | Aaron Parness | Electrostatic Adhesive Gripper |
| Activity: Improve upon the adhesive perching mechanism to increase the performance and decrease the weight of the system. | ||||
| Lizewski, Jacob | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLYIP-SUM | Travis Brown | Axel Rover Development |
| Activity: Assit in the development and testing of electrical and computer systems on the Axel Rover. | ||||
| Lopez, Brett | MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Losey, Maven | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN | Space Grant | Ryan McCormick | Micro-vehicle development |
| Activity: Develop capabilities for micro-vehicles. | ||||
| Lugo, Salvador | CALIF STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIV POMONA | JPLYIP | Eric Kulczycki | Hermetic Seal Mechanical Support |
| Activity: Assit in seal activation, leak checking, ground support hardware design, inventory, and various misc. activities in support of the development and qualification of the Hermetic Seal Assemblies for the Mars 2020 Rover mission. | ||||
| Lunsæter, Sivert | University of Oslo | JVSRP | Adrian Stoica | Intelligent Robotic Assistant with natural language capabilities |
| Activity: Develop software that interacts with humans in natural language using simplified vocabulary and grammar. | ||||
| Lytle, Daniel | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | JPLSIP | Cristina Sorice | Barn Owl |
| Activity: Assist in systems integration, software development, mechanism design/ prototyping, and flight testing of a small UAV designed for fully visual-inertial state estimation, with the goal of precision landing on different structures. | ||||
| Martin, Geoffrey | Yale-NUS College | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning |
| Activity: Apply data analytics techniques such as deep learning to extract information from large amounts of data. | ||||
| Martone, Matthew | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Aaron Parness | Ice Climbing Robots |
| Activity: Redesign the gripper and robotic limb interface to allow the system integration and testing to occur. | ||||
| Massari, Luca | The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, | JVSRP | Kalind Carpenter | Tactile Gripper Development |
| Activity: Develop tactile sensing to be incorporated into Robosimian. | ||||
| Mathur, Samar | UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Mnatsakanyan, Sevak | CALIF STATE UNIV-LOS ANGELES | MSP | Eric Kulczycki | Mars Sample Transfer Testbed Robotic Arm Operations Testing and Software |
| Activity: Assist in the design, development, and testing of robotic arm control and workspace analysis software for sample retrieval tools and sample cache interface features as part of the development of a Mars Sample Transfer Test-bed development. | ||||
| Morad, Steven | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | JPLSIP | Renaud Detry | Simulating Icy-surface Perception and Mobility |
| Activity: Assit in extending the robot simulation software environment, improving workflow, simulating additional sensors, enhancing robot-ice contact simulation, software development, drawing experimental protocols, collecting experimental data and supervising robot experiments in a water tank. | ||||
| Nadan, Paul | FRANKLIN W. OLIN COLLEGE OF ENGINEE | JPLSIP | Jacob Izraelevitz | Spring-Launched Multirotors |
| Activity: Assit in prototyping, developing, and testing folding multirotors and their launchers. | ||||
| Nguyen, Aaron | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARB | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Inflatable Giacometti Robots |
| Activity: Build and test telescopic and inflatable rogidizable robot legs. | ||||
| Nomura, Shunichiro | The University of Tokyo | JVSRP | Masahiro Ono | MAARS Energy Optimal Route Planning |
| Activity: Assist in enhancing the scientific and engineering value of future Mars rovers through the development, HPSC deployment, verification, and validation of two key MAARS capabilities. | ||||
| Ong, Ryan | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | JPLYIP-SUM | Joshua Vander Hook | Path planning and controls for high speed boats |
| Activity: Develop and deploy multi-robot path planning and controls for up to 5 unmanned surface vessels traveling at high speed in close formation. | ||||
| Onishi, Rina | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS | NASA UI | Aaron Parness | Ice Climbing Robots |
| Activity: Redesign the gripper and robotic limb interface to allow system integration and testing to occur. | ||||
| Orton, Karen | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Matthew Gildner | UAV Indoor Mapping Simulation Environment Development |
| Activity: Produce a 3D simulation environment for the UAVs developed for RIOT. | ||||
| Pakkar, Roxanna | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | JPLYIP | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Pakkar, Roxanna | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Park, Hee Won | California Institute of Technology | SURF | Marc Pomerantz | MAARS: Machine-learning based analytics for automated rover systems |
| Activity: Extend Ranger's user experience for engineering and public outreach by adding support for data visualization using an immersive headset, a WYSIWYG scene and display builder and a multi-mission interface to spacecraft or robotic vehicle telemetry. | ||||
| Park, Hyoshin | NORTH CAROLINA A&T STATE UNIV | JSFRP-Faculty | Masahiro Ono | Visualization of robotic vehicle and spacecraft data |
| Activity: Enhance the scientific and engineering value of future Mars rovers through the development, HPSC deployment, verification, and validation of two key MAARS capabilities. | ||||
| Patel, Vandan | GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLYIP-SUM | Michael Paton | Navigation of Extreme Terrain with a Tethered Rover |
| Activity: Assist in the research and development of software related to the autonomous navigation of the Axel rover with respect to Martian crater faces. | ||||
| Pflieger, Joshua | SADDLEBACK COLLEGE | MSP | Roland Brockers | Micro Air Vehicle structural design and modelling |
| Activity: Design structural components for a micro air vehicle (small autonomous quadrotor) that will allow for additional hardware to be attached to the vehicle. | ||||
| Porter, Fletcher | University of California, Santa Barbara | JPLSIP | Brett Kennedy | Robotic System Prototyping |
| Activity: Support the development, design, fabrication, and test of a range of robots under the supervision of experienced engineers. | ||||
| Prober, Ethan | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN - ANN ARBOR | SURF | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| Qin, Hongsen | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | SURF | Brandon Rothrock | Machine vision to enable dynamic human-robot behaviors |
| Activity: Develop and integrate computer vision components to issue movement commands to the robot using a set of visual gestures. | ||||
| Qiu, Dicong | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Masahiro Ono | MAARS (Machine learning-based analytics for automated rover systems) |
| Activity: Assist in enhancing the scientific and engineering value of future Mars rovers through the development, HPSC deployment, verification, and validation of two key MAARS capabilities. | ||||
| Radke, Mary | UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN | Space Grant | Ryan McCormick | Robotic Manipulation and Sampling |
| Activity: Develop robotic manipulator technologies. | ||||
| Rankin, Ian | NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Neil Abcouwer | Ice Climbing Robot |
| Activity: Study and implement solutions to enable mobility for a robot with ice screw grippers, especially software for control and planning. | ||||
| Reddy, Shreetej | UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA | JPLSIP | Cristina Sorice | Barn Owl |
| Activity: Assist in systems integration, software development, mechanism design/ prototyping, and flight testing of a small UAV designed for fully visual-inertial state estimation with the goal of precision landing on different structures | ||||
| Rehman, Omar | ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN | JPLYIP-SUM | Brett Kennedy | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Riccobono, Dario | Politecnico di Torino | JVSRP | Brett Kennedy | Enceladus Surface Sampling Mechanism Development |
| Activity: Study the tool/material interaction problem as it relates to Enceladus surface sampling, develop a test apparatus to study sampling mechanics, conduct experimentation and make recommendations for design as an outcome of the work. | ||||
| Rimani, Jasmine | Politecnico di Torino | JVSRP | Marco Quadrelli | Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Planetary Vehicles |
| Activity: Assit in exploring alternative solutions for efficient flight mechanics in the environment of Titan. | ||||
| Sabel, Anna | BROWN UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Jean-Pierre de la Croix | A Framework for Multi-Agent Robotics Software Development |
| Activity: Assist in the development and testing of CARACaS, including performing simulations, analyzing data from on-water testing, and adding new features to the framework. | ||||
| Sabet, Sahand | UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA | JPLSIP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Salazar, Robert | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARB | JPLYIP | Adrian Stoica | Transformers - innovation to flight |
| Activity: Study, build and demonstrate prototype solar reflectors that unfold from small packages to large apertures, and reflect solar energy to dark areas where robots with solar panels would operate. | ||||
| Salceda, Maximilian | UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA | CSU STAR | Christopher Assad | Natural Robot Control Interfaces Using Wearable Sensors |
| Activity: Assit in interfacing robotic platforms to test a new wearable interface for sending control commands to robots. | ||||
| Sinigaglia, Carlo | Politecnico di Milano | JVSRP | Marco Quadrelli | Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Planetary Vehicles |
| Activity: Conduct physics based modeling, simulation and visualization of space vehicles using the DARTS Lab in support of numerous projects. | ||||
| So, Charlson | GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | SIRI-Spring | Michael Wolf | A Framework for Multi-Agent Robotics Software Development |
| Activity: Assist in the development of CARACaS for use on autonomous vehicles. | ||||
| So, Charlson | GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE | JPLSIP | Jean-Pierre de la Croix | Swarms of Robot Boats – Multi-Agent Planning and Autonomy Software Architecture |
| Activity: Assist in the development and testing of CARACaS, including performing simulations, analyzing data from on-water testing, and adding new features to the framework. | ||||
| Spann, James | ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Big Data Analytics and Machine Learning |
| Activity: Apply data analytics techniques such as deep learning to extract information from large amounts of data. | ||||
| Srivastava, Divya | Rutgers University | JPLSIP | Adrian Stoica | From Innovation to Flight - Pilot Projects |
| Activity: Develop a mechanical, electrical or robotic system prototype that can be tested in a atmospheric platform at the conclusion of the program. | ||||
| St. Hilaire, Jeffrey | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | JPLSIP | Spencer Backus | Design and Modeling of a Modular Satellite |
| Activity: Design, build and simulate 3D models of component modules, tools, and assembly robots in order to better understand how a modular satellite can be assembled and serviced. | ||||
| St. Hilaire, Ryan | WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE | JPLSIP | Spencer Backus | Design and Modeling of a Modular Satellite |
| Activity: Design, build and simulate 3D models of component modules, tools, and assembly robots in order to better understand how a modular satellite can be assembled and serviced. | ||||
| Sternklar-Davis, Benjamin | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | JPLYIP-SUM | Issa Nesnas | Tumbling/Rolling Mobility with Polyhedral Rover |
| Activity: Investigate polyhedral rovers that does not use wheels. | ||||
| Strader, Jared | WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Strahle, Jackson | CALIF STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIV POMONA | JPLYIP | Brett Kennedy | In-orbit Capture Mechanism Design for Mars Sample Return |
| Activity: Design mechanical devices using CAD, order and assemble parts for prototyping on a workbench, test the capture techniques in the lab, report on capture performance and make recommendations for future development. | ||||
| Tagliabue, Andrea | ETH Zuerich | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Tebyani, Maryam | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-SANTA CRUZ | MSP | Eric Kulczycki | Mars Sample Transfer Testbed Robotic Arm Operations Testing and Software |
| Activity: Assist in the design, development, and testing of robotic arm control and workspace analysis software for sample retrieval tools and sample cache interface features as part of the development of a Mars Sample Transfer Test-bed development. | ||||
| Thrush, Tristan | MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLYIP-SUM | Renaud Detry | Object Localization for Manipulation |
| Activity: Assist in conceptual and software development in support of robotics and mobility systems. | ||||
| Tighe, Katherine | DUKE UNIVERSITY | Space Grant | Eric Kulczycki | Mechanical Design and Testing for ADT EIM and M2020 |
| Activity: Assist in the design, development, and testing of sample retrieval tools and sample cache interface features as part of the development of a Mars Sample Transfer Test-bed development for the Advanced Development Team (ADT). | ||||
| Ubellacker, Samuel | MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLSIP | Paul Backes | Controls and Autonomy Software for Planetary Body Sampling and Manipulation |
| Activity: Implement controls and autonomy software to operate a sampling tool and the robotic arm that carries the tool. | ||||
| Uehara, Daiju | UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN | JVSRP | Larry Matthies | Titan aerial daughter craft |
| Activity: Expand a rotorcraft sizing model to estimate flight range as a function of aircraft size, given a set of assumptions. | ||||
| Valukonis, Amy | CAL POLY STATE UNIVERSITY | JPLYIP-SUM | Trevor Reed | Robot Operational and Computational Services |
| Activity: Assit in improving current ROCS services and potentially adding new tools to the Robot Sequencing & Visulaization Progrm (RSVP). | ||||
| Vasilev, Andrei | LOS ANGELES VALLEY COLLEGE | JPLSIP | Blair Emanuel | Robotics Modeling, Analyses, Manipulation, and Mobility for In Space Assembly |
| Activity: Develop simulations of the expected interactions between the robot and mating components. | ||||
| Villa, Jacopo | KTH Royal Institute of Technology | JVSRP | Aliakbar Aghamohammadi | Robotic Autonomy and Mobility Concept Design |
| Activity: Provide support to the robotic mobility group in creating high-quality graphics that depict complex robotic mobility concepts and concept space vehicles. | ||||
| Villalobos, Christopher | CALIF STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIV POMONA | JPLYIP | Raymond Ma | Barefoot Rover Data Collection |
| Activity: Assotin building a test rig to drive a sensor-laden wheel over many configurations of Mars and Earthly analog terrains. T | ||||
| Weiss, Barrett | STANFORD UNIVERSITY | JPLSIP | Michael Wolf | Swarms of Robot Boats – Multi-Agent Planning and Autonomy Software Architecture |
| Activity: Assist in the development of CARACaS for use on autonomous vehicles. | ||||
| Whitman, Julian | CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY | NSTRF | Paul Backes | Automated manipulator kinematics generation and analysis |
| Activity: Develop tools for automated analysis and generation of manipulator kinematics. | ||||
| Wu, Shiyao | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | JPLSIP | Renaud Detry | Visual perception technologies for multi-mission, multi-agent maritime robotics |
| Activity: Assist in implementing image processing algorithms for enhancing color perception and improving 3D reconstruction, software development, hardware integration and experimental design and realization. | ||||
| Wu, David | PASADENA CITY COLLEGE | JPLYIP | Viet Nguyen | Underwater Robot Vision and Manipulation |
| Activity: Assist in developing and testing algorithms for stereo and monocular vision-based perception systems. | ||||
| Wylie, Brittany | CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY | JPLSIP | Spencer Backus | Design and Modeling of a Modular Satellite |
| Activity: Design, build and simulate 3D models of component modules, tools, and assembly robots in order to better understand how a modular satellite can be assembled and serviced. | ||||
| Yamane, Chaska | CORNELL UNIVERSITY | SURF | Adrian Stoica | Intelligent Robotic Assistant with natural language capabilities |
| Activity: Develop software that interacts with humans in natural language using simplified vocabulary and grammar. | ||||
| Yang, Jehan | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | JPLSIP | Jaakko Karras | Mechanism Development for Origami Robots |
| Activity: Develop and test actuated mechanisms both for the deployment and mobility of small folding robots. | ||||
| Yurtsever, Joshua | UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY | JPLSIP | Shreyansh Daftry | Multi-modal Image Matching for Precision Landing on Titan |
| Activity: Develop and evaluate approaches to Terrain Relative Navigation (TRN) for Titan using multi-modal image matching. | ||||