SURP
Strategic University Research Partnerships
Features
Understanding Martian Lava Flows with the University of Arizona
Planetary scientists are using a volcanic flow field in New Mexico to puzzle out how long past volcanic eruptions on Mars might have lasted, a finding that could help researchers determine if Mars was ever hospitable to life. Check out the video (with captions):
https://youtu.be/8yHnWrfzRkc
JPL Annual research Poster Conference
Members of the JPL-University of Michigan Dust-Off! Team show off their work at the JPL Annual Research Poster Conference in November, 2018
JPL-MIT Microfossil Collaboration
JPL-MIT collaboration aimed at understanding the preservation of microfossils from climate extremes at the dawn of complex life.
See more here:
https://surp.jpl.nasa.gov/sem/
Hybrid Rocket Experiment at UCLA
Hybrid rocket experiment at UCLA involving in situ laser-based sensing of species and temperature in the reaction layer, providing new insights into combustion physics and feedback on motor design.
Experiments in Greenland
Stanford graduate student Sean Peters in Greenland setting up his radio antenna to passively measure the thickness of the ice sheet using the Sun’s natural radio emissions.
Collaboration between JPL and the University of Colorado, Boulder
Collaboration between JPL and the University of Colorado, Boulder used dynamical systems techniques to rapidly design low-thrust trajectories suitable for SmallSats launched as secondary payloads,
and enable them to visit Sun-Earth L5 Lagrange point. Read more here:
https://surp.jpl.nasa.gov/jpluoc/
Welcome
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory has formal strategic partnerships with fourteen universities that have major commitments to space exploration, and broad connections to JPL.
