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4800 Oak Grove Drive
M/S 107-102A

Pasadena, CA 91109

347C - Extreme Environment Robotics Systems

Christopher Lopez

Chris is a multidisciplinary mechatronic technician with emphasis in machine shop, rapid prototyping, and mentoring

NTMA Training Center - Machinist certificate

A lifetime of turning wrenches and working on computers

~30 years of trombone and ukulele

~15 years of machine shop, with equal parts production and prototyping, for job shops and medical device manufacturers

~10 years of 3D printing with industrial and consumer machines

~10 years of CAD / CAM, mostly with Solidworks and Autodesk

~10 years of mentoring in all of the above

~5 years of R&D for industrial robotics.

~2 years at JPL

How to get metals and polymers on Mars and beyond

2024

M. Ono, R. Thakker, N. Georgiev, P. Gavrilov, A. Archanian, T. Drevinskas, G. Daddi, M. Paton, H. Melikyan, T. Pailevanian, C. Lopez, E. Ambrose, B. Jones, L. Tosi, M. Gildner, B. Hockman, D. Loret de Mola Lemus, D. Pastor Moreno, T. Hasseler, Y. Kumar Nakka, E. Marteau, B. Nuernberger, M. Peticco, M. Cable, P. Proenca, M. Malaska, J. Bowkett, A. Jasour, M. Ingham, J. Nash, D. Balentine, A. Barchowsky, F. Bevreng, K. Botteon, M. Caballero, K. Carpenter, M. Chodas, A. Daca, J. Feldman, A. Gardner, A. Goddu, A. Jain, C. Jin, M. Khanum, R. Kornfeld, G. Mark, B. Morrell, J. Naish, W. Reid and R. Etheredge, "To Boldly Go Where No Robots Have Gone Before – Part 1: EELS Robot to Spearhead a New One-Shot Exploration Paradigm with In-situ Adaptation," AIAA Scitech 2024 Forum, Orlando, Florida, USA, pp. 1-23, 08 January 2024.