Seated (left to right): Joseph Johnson, Damion Dunlap, Mahipal Raythattha, Graham Baskett, Daniel Lo, Tim Eby, Matt McDaniel, Thomas Thueer, Amer Fejzic, Matthew Clothier, Julie Sandberg, Melissa Jensen-Morgan, Amanda O'Toole, Yuri Carrillo.
Standing (left to right): Jun-Young Kwak, Ernestine Ahgeak, Victor Mejia, Ethan O'Jala, John Leichty, Patrick Ostlund, Caleb Gritters, Caitlin Flynn, Lamar McFarlane, Sarah Morgan, Jodi Shi, Reed Tomlinson, James Steele, Charles Poon.
Not shown: Madlenne Bach, Melody Chu, Luke Durant, David Haslam, Dimitrios Lamprou, Harrison Lapahie, Brandon Metz, Oscar Merchant, Pierre Rajha, David Stowe, Macarthur Tsang, Chelsea Yazzie.
| Name | Home Institution | Program | Point of Contact | Task Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernestine Ahgeak | Barrow High School, AK | MII | Rich Petras | DARPA Grand Challenge |
| Activity: Testing and web documentation of tests | ||||
| Madlenne Bach | University of Southern California | SUM (Affiliate) | Alberto Elfes | Autonomous Wind Navigation |
| Activity: Developing on 3D models for simulating Airship movement through wind fields on Titan | ||||
| Graham Baskett | Montana State University | Space Grant | Matt Heverly | ATHLETE |
| Activity: Will be responsible for the design, build, and test of a hydrogen refueling fixture/mechanism for the ATHLETE rover | ||||
| Yuri Carrillo | City Honors High School, Inglewood, CA | SpaceSHIP | Ashley Stroupe | Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition |
| Activity: Robotics testing and software development | ||||
| Melody Chu | Flintridge Preparatory High School, CA | SUMMER | Curits Padgett | Auto Unman Sea Vehicle |
| Activity: Assist in evaluation of video imagery for an automated water surface vehicle | ||||
| Mathew Clothier | Oregon State University | Space Grant | Abhi Jain | Large Scale Terrain Models for Space Vehicle Simulations |
| Activity: Design, implement and evaluate new strategies that can form the basis for significant extensions to SimScape environmental simulator. | ||||
| Damion Dunlap | Florida A&M University | Space Grant | Stroupe/Huntsberger | Arctic Mars Analog Svalbard Expedition |
| Activity: Robotics testing and software development | ||||
| Luke Durant | CalTech University, CA | SURF | Abhi Jain | Large Scale Terrain Models for Space Vehicle Simulations |
| Activity: Design, implement and evaluate new strategies that can form the basis for significant extensions to SimScape environmental simulator | ||||
| Timothy Eby | Hopewell High School, NC | SpaceSHIP | Chris Assad | Linear Rail Testbed Integration |
| Activity: Setup and program a 3 meter long worm gear driven by a large stepper motor, as a testbed for development of a mobile impulse radar sensor. The testbed will be used to collect sensor data at controlled velocities during the radar experiments. The long-term goal is to detect pedestrians from a moving vehicle. | ||||
| Amer Fejzic | MIT University, MA | Space Grant | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Develop, implement, and test manipulator force control and tool monitoring to enable coring from a rover under conditions of modest rover slip on a slope | ||||
| Caitlin Flynn | University of Idaho | Space Grant | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Design, fabricate, and integrate the sleeve and container components of the Sample Caching Subsystem | ||||
| Caleb Gritters | George Fox University, OR | Space Grant | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Design, fabricate and demonstrate a Mars Sampling Harpoon | ||||
| David Haslam | ISU, Strasbourg, France | ISU | Jaret Matthews | ATHLETE |
| Activity: Mechanical design | ||||
| Thomas Howard | Carnegie Mellon University, PA | SUM (Affiliate) | Issa Nesnas | CLARAty |
| Activity: Integrating testing, and deploying the integrated software on real and simulated planetary rovers | ||||
| Melissa Jensen-Morgan | Oregon State University | Space Grant | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Design, fabricate, and integrate the sleeve arm component of the Sample Caching Subsystem | ||||
| Joseph Johnson | Clemson University, SC | Space Grant | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Develop aerobot dynamic models and control | ||||
| Jun-Young Kwak | Carnegie Mellon University, PA | SUM (Affiliate) | Issa Nesnas | CLARAty |
| Activity: Integrating testing, and deploying the integrated software on real and simulated planetary rovers | ||||
| Dimitrios Lamprou | ISU, Strasbourg, France | ISU | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Design, fabricate, and integrate the funnel component of the Sample Caching Subsystem | ||||
| Harrison LaPahie | UC Los Angeles | MII | Rich Petras | Rover Maintenance |
| Activity: Rover diagnotics for the research rovers | ||||
| John Leichty | CalTech University, CA | SURF | Jaret Matthews | Prototype Mars Drilling System |
| Activity: Design and implementation of electronics and software | ||||
| Daniel Lo | CalTech University, CA | SURF | Hari Nayar | Lunar Surface Modeling |
| Activity: Develop software to evaluate performance of mobility systems on lunar surfaces | ||||
| Matt McDaniel | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY | SURF | Abhi Jain | Large Scale Terrain Models for Space Vehicle Simulations |
| Activity: Design, implement and evaluate new strategies that can form the basis for significant extensions to SimScape environmental simulator | ||||
| Lamar McFarlane | Polytechnic University, NY | MII | Edward Tunstel | Distributed Spectroscopy |
| Activity: Integrate electronics and computing to enable sensor-based motion control of a prototype mobile spectrometer testbed rover | ||||
| Victor Mejia | UC Los Angeles | MII | Edward Tunstel | Distributed Spectroscopy |
| Activity: Develop laptop-based operator station with GUI for basic command and control of a small rover prototype over wireless link | ||||
| Oscar Merchant | Glendale Community College, CA | SIRI | Matt Heverly | ATHLETE |
| Activity: Mechanical design | ||||
| Brandon Metz | Cal Poly Pomona University | SUMMER | Arin Morfopoulos | Formation Control Testbed |
| Activity: Help built an Optical Pointing Loop on the Formation Control Testbed | ||||
| Sarah Morgan | UC St. Barbara | SUMMER | Jonathan Cameron | Titan Aerobot R&TD |
| Activity: Data collection, analysis of airship instrument calibration and flight data | ||||
| Anastasios Mourikis | University of Minnesota | SUM (Affiliate) | Issa Nesnas | CLARAty |
| Activity: Calibrate & test on 6D EKF on Rocky 8 | ||||
| Ethan Ojala | Sitka High School, AK | SpaceSHIP | Chris Assad | Linear Rail Testbed Integration |
| Activity: Develop a translating platform testbed for investigation of a mobile impulse radar sensor | ||||
| Patrick Ostlund | South Pasadena High, CA | SUMMER | Eric Kulczycki | Mars Deep Drilling System |
| Activity: Hardware design and fabrication | ||||
| Amanda O'Toole | Flintridge Scared Heart Academy, CA | SpaceSHIP | Julie Townsend | ATHLETE |
| Activity: Support ATHLETE test efforts | ||||
| Charles Poon | San Marino High School, CA | SUMMER | Eric Kulczycki | BIGPIG / Planetary Protection |
| Activity: Assist in a computer aided modeling, assembly, testing and concept development of deep drilling mechanisms | ||||
| Pierre Rajha | UC San Diego | SURF | Dan Clouse | Ground Station Software for Control of Aerobot |
| Activity: Assist in evaluation of video imagery for an automated water surface vehicle | ||||
| Mahipal Raythattha | CalTech University, CA | SURF | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Develop, implement, and test rover motion to reconfigure a rover and core hole starting from a rover under conditions of modest slip on a slope | ||||
| Julie Sandberg | University of Wyoming | Space Grant | Paulo Younse | Rover Maintenance |
| Activity: Creating part drawings and submission to machine shop for fabrication, mechanical assembly, testing, verification, and reporting and documentation of the results | ||||
| Jodi Shi | University of Washington | Space Grant | Navid Serrano | SmartLand |
| Activity: Assist in the development of computer graphics in the generation of synthetic planetary terrains and registration of actual orbital data, as well as statistical learning in the design and implementation of Bayesian networks for safe landing site selection | ||||
| James Steele | Boise State University, ID | Space Grant | Mike McHenry | Science Operations on Planetary Surfaces |
| Activity: Assist in the development of an approach to supporting simulated remote sensing data products from simulated terrain models | ||||
| David Stowe | Clemson University, SC | SUM (Affiliate) | Jaret Matthews | ATHLETE |
| Activity: Mechanical design | ||||
| Thomas Thueer | ETH Zurich, Switzerland | SUM (Affiliate) | Paul Backes | Whole Rover-Arm Coordination JPL |
| Activity: Compare passive and active rover suspension alternatives | ||||
| Reed Tomlinson | University of S. Sewanee, TN | SURF | Bob Balaram | Large Scale Terrain Models for Space Vehicle Simulations |
| Activity: Design, implement and evaluate new strategies that can form the basis for significant extensions to SimScape environmental simulator | ||||
| Nikolas Trawny | University of Minnesota | SUM (Affiliate) | Issa Nesnas | CLARAty |
| Activity: Calibrate & test on 6D EKF on Rocky 8 | ||||
| Glenn Wagner | CalTech University, CA | SURF | Jeff Hall | Aerobot Tether-Based Deployment System |
| Activity: Design, fabricate and test in the laboratory a proof-of-concept prototype deployment device for an airship | ||||
| Chelsea Yazzie | Dine College, NM | MII | Rich Petras | Rover Maintenance |
| Activity: Rover diagnotics for the research rovers | ||||