Half of the 30 total summer employees are shown. By row, they are:
Row 3: Dennis Hong, William Farrow, Andrew Stein, Latasha Taylor, James (Lars) Blackmore, Elette Boyle
Row 2: Stephane Smith, Lauren Taylor, Edmond So, Damian Rogers, Diana Acosta
Row 1: Nathan Wood, Lamar McFarlane, Maria Gutowski, John Wason
| Name | Home Institution | Program | Point of Contact | Task Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana Acosta | UC Davis | Summer Student | A. Elfes | Wide Area Prospecting Lunar Rovers |
| Activity: Support teleoperation tests for SRR rovers | ||||
| Danielle Ator | University of Idaho | Space Grant Fellowship | W. Kim | Instrument Placement Validation |
| Activity: Conduct experiments in validating the visual target tracking | ||||
| Goran Basic | International Space University | ISU | A. Behar | |
| Activity: Hydro Vent Sampler technology development | ||||
| Lars Blackmore | MIT | Summer Student | B. Kennedy | In-Space Robotic Assembly |
| Activity: Investigate the use of a hybrid estimation algorithm to determine the state of the Lemur robots during operation. | ||||
| Ken Borst | UCLA | SURF | J. Balaram | SHERPA |
| Activity: Conduct simulation experiments to understand SHERPA dynamics and control performance. SHERPA is a new way of doing hypersonic flight on MARS using moving masses instead of cluster. | ||||
| Elette Boyle | Caltech | SURF | J. Montgomery | MSL - Navigation Validation |
| Activity: Assist GESTALT validation in rough terrain on FIDO rover | ||||
| Shawn Catron | New Mexico State University | Space Grant Fellowship | W. Kim | Visual Tracking Integration into MER |
| Activity: Work as a second operator for MER SSTB testing | ||||
| Gerardo Cruz | University of Florida | MURF | Ay. Howard | Leadership Paradigm for Human-Robot Team Dynamics |
| Activity: Conduct experimental runs for verification of Human-Robot interaction theory. | ||||
| William Farrow | Milwaukee School of Engineering | FPT | E. Baumgartner | |
| Activity: Adaptation of JPL mobile robotics expertise to the development of senior design project course | ||||
| David Foor | Texas A&M University/Kingsville | SURF | A. Behar | Trans Tech - Robotic Colony |
| Activity: Improve the status of the Spiderbot project, including the programming, mechanical modification, and any additional design. | ||||
| Maria Gutowski | Caltech | SURF | J. Montgomery | Mars Tech - SC PPL JPL |
| Activity: Assist validation of coupled vision and inertial state estimation s/w | ||||
| Kale Harbick | USC | Summer Student | E. Baumgartner | High Res. FOV |
| Activity: Finish characterization tests for ROAMS simulating a rover driving on mixed terrain | ||||
| Dennis Hong, PhD | Virginia Tech | FPT | B. Kennedy | Digital Periscope |
| Activity: Develop interfaces for high-resolution CMOS imagers | ||||
| Camden Jansen | Caltech | SURF | J. Montgomery | MSL - Navigation Validation |
| Activity: Assist GESTALT validation in rough terrain on FIDO rover | ||||
| Brandon Jones | Southern University and A&M College | MURF | Ay. Howard | Safe Landing Sequences using Linguistic Fuzzy Sets |
| Activity: Use Fuzzy Logic techniques to integrate independent sensor suite imagery at the information level into a fused hazard map. | ||||
| Nathan Koenig | USC | USC | A. Howard | Autonomous Navigation (LAGR) |
| Activity: Implement terrain-geometry-analysis algorithms for LAGR. | ||||
| Robert Kozma, PhD | University of Memphis | Contractor | T. Huntsberger | |
| Activity: Experimental investigation of neural strategies for rover navigation. | ||||
| Lamar McFarlane | Polytechnic University | MII | E. Tunstel | Distributed Spectroscopy |
| Activity: Integrate primary microcontroller with mobility and pan/tilt subsystems of miniature surveying rover prototype. | ||||
| Wesley Paul | University of WA | Summer Student | A. Trebi-Ollennu | An Analytical Configuration Model for Modular Cooperative-repair Robot Teams Given Mission Constraints |
| Activity: Develop a conceptual design analytical framework addressing modular design, self-reconfiguration, self-maintenance and self-repair. | ||||
| Cesar Rivadeneyra | UC Irvine | MURF | J. Matthews | Robot Model Development |
| Activity: Design and construction of the Hydrothermal Vent Sampler, including the design and simulation of the system structure, construction and testing of the system. | ||||
| Damian Rogers | International Space University | ISU | A. Behar | |
| Activity: Develop a software model to be used to size a mobile habitat module for the moon. | ||||
| Erik Schweller | University of Idaho | Space Grant Fellowship | I. Nesnas | CLARAty for embedded hardware |
| Activity: Develop automated tools to download and exercise regression test programs developed by CLARAty for embedded rover hardware. | ||||
| Stephane Smith | UT/Austin | CO-OP | T. Huntsberger | Digital Periscope |
| Activity: Develop graphical user interface for 360-degree high-resolution sensing array. | ||||
| Edmund So | International Space University | ISU | A. Behar | |
| Activity: Hydro Vent Sampler technology development. | ||||
| Andrew Stein | Carnegie Mellon University | Summer Student | L. Matthies | Perception for Autonomous Mobility |
| Activity: Experiment with global optimization stereo algorithm based on Belief Propagation. | ||||
| Frank Sun | UT/Austin | SURF | J. Hall | Titan Aerobot |
| Activity: Analysis and simulation of the dynamics of a Titan aerobot steerable antenna. | ||||
| La Tasha Taylor | University of WA | Summer Student | E. Baumgartner | Multifunctional Modular, Management |
| Activity: Develop SuperBot mobility performance requirements and a test plan that will validate these mobility requirements. | ||||
| Lauren Taylor | Carnegie Mellon University | Summer Student | M. Garrett | Mars Technology Program Rover Maintenance |
| Activity: Provide general electronics support for the build and maintenance of the various technology rovers. | ||||
| John Wason | Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst | SURF | J. Balaram | SHERPA |
| Activity: Design an electro-mechanical prototype for SHERPA moving-ballast system. SHERPA is a new way of doing hypersonic flight on MARS using moving masses instead of cluster. | ||||
| Nathan Wood | University of Nebraska/Lincoln | NASA Space Grant | B. Kennedy | |
| Activity: Design and implement a robust suspension system on the Crewbot robots, as well as assist in the integration of all of the robots� mechanisms. | ||||
| John Ziegler | Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst | SURF | A. Jain | Autonomy Infusion Simulation Environment |
| Activity: Prototype PyCraft workbench for computational dynamics algorithm development. | ||||