Solar Probe SWEAP and MAVEN PF spacecraft instrument operations and analysis
Tony Mercer, Research Scientist
Space Sciences Laboratory
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2023 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2024.
The undergraduate researcher will assist in the operations of the Solar Probe SWEAP instruments and the MAVEN PF instruments, including spacecraft coordination, science data pipeline and processing, instrument health and safety, and python data reduction and visualization software. As a note, the researcher may need to visit the lab occasionally in person but this work is mostly remote. The research supervisor works fully remote so meetings and tagups will be done via zoom.
Role: The researcher will use the current Python data tool set, including the pipeline and database, to regularly check the instrument configurations and status, performing trending analysis, and work with instrument scientists and engineers to understand any aberrations. The researcher will also build new Python tools for pipeline processing, database storage, analysis, and visualization using NumPY, pandas and MySQL.
Qualifications: Interest in space science and spacecraft
Python, with numpy, pandas, and MySQL preferable
Hours: 6-8 hrs
Off-Campus Research Site: The Space Sciences Lab is located at the top of the hill near the Lawrence Hall of Science and MSRI, but the work is mostly remote. And there is a shuttle.
Related website: https://lasp.colorado.edu/home/maven/science/instrument-package/
Related website: http://sweap.cfa.harvard.edu/SWEAP.html