Name: Explore JPL - Week 4
Start: 2017-11-06T12:00:00-08:00
End: 2017-11-06T13:00:00-08:00
Location: 153 Noyes

Explore JPL - Week 4

Caltech Student-Faculty Programs

This lunch-time program is designed to help undergrads learn more about the research happening at the Jet Propulsion Lab and connect them with possible SURF mentors for next summer.
A boxed lunch will be provided for those who register.
Note: Only U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents are eligible for SURFs and Summer Research programs at JPL
The following will be presenting at this week's panel: 
Matt Shaw is leading the development of superconducting nanowire single photon detectors at JPL. He has been a member of the superconducting devices and materials group at JPL since 2011. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral scholar in applied physics at Caltech.  Dr. Shaw holds a B.S. in Physics from Reed College, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Boston University and a Ph.D. in Physics from USC. He was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Yutao He is Sr. Research Technologist in the Advanced Computer Systems & Technologies group at JPL, leading research in developing advanced avionics technology for future space missions. He is an adjunct faculty member at UCLA and CSULA. He received his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA.
Erika Podest is a scientist with the Carbon Cycle and Ecosystems Group in JPL's Earth Science Section. Her research focuses on using Earth observing satellites, particularly microwave sensors, for characterizing and monitoring wetland ecosystems and seasonal freeze/thaw dynamics in the northern high latitudes as related to the global carbon and water cycles and climate change. She is also involved in developing a soil moisture citizen science sensor that can be easily assembled and used and can help validate soil moisture measured from space through the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite. Dr. Podest earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Dundee.
Michel Ingham is the Project Software Systems Engineer for the Europa Clipper Mission at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Since he joined JPL in 2003, he has worked as a software systems engineer and system architect on a variety of projects, including the MoonRise robotic lunar sample return mission, the Mars Science Laboratory rover mission, and the Altair lunar lander. He has also led several NASA, JPL and DARPA research and development activities, in the areas of model-based systems and software engineering, software architectures, and spacecraft autonomy. Dr. Ingham received his Doctoral and Master’s degrees from MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and his Bachelor’s degree in Honours Mechanical Engineering from McGill University in Montreal, Canada.

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