# SFP Announcements of Opportunity
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| | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | | --- | | Student-Faculty Programs Office Summer 2026 Announcements of Opportunity | | | | [<< Prev](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/index.cfm?event=ViewAODetail&id=2982&inFrame=&type=#ao_nav_links) Record 8 of 12 [Next >>](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/index.cfm?event=ViewAODetail&id=2980&inFrame=&type=#ao_nav_links) [Back To List](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/index.cfm?event=ShowAOPublicList&inFrame=&type=#ao_list) --- | | | | --- | --- | | Project: | **OUSW Support of Radiation Effects Test Development** (JPL AO No. 16846) | | Disciplines: | Electrical Engineering, Physics/Applied Physics | | Mentor: | Gregory Allen, (JPL), [Gregory.R.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov](mailto:Gregory.R.Allen@jpl.nasa.gov), Phone: (818) 393-7558 | | Background: | JPL supports the Office of the Under Secretary of War (OUSW) through evaluation of electronic components for the Trusted & Assured Microelectronics (T&AM) program, ensuring the reliability and mission success of spaceflight hardware. This is achieved by evaluating electronic components, materials, and manufacturing processes for use in the harsh environment of space. This support includes conducting extensive testing, including environmental stress, radiation exposure, failure analysis, and qualification screening, to assess how these parts and materials perform under extreme conditions such as high radiation, thermal cycling, and vacuum. For space missions, particularly those operating in radiation-intensive environments, understanding how electronic parts respond to ionizing radiation is essential. As a summer intern working on OUSW research, the selected intern will support ongoing radiation effects evaluation, contributing to studies focused on radiation-induced degradation, single-event effects, and long-term reliability of electronic components. This work directly informs part selection and qualification processes for government-sponsored missions and helps maintain a robust database of radiation response data, ensuring future projects have access to critical information when designing for high-reliability applications in space. | | Description: | The selected intern will support radiation effects testing and analysis within JPL’s support of the OUSW T&AM program, with a focus on single event effects (SEE) characterization of electronic components. Interns will assist in the preparation of test campaigns, including selecting and handling parts, developing test plans, and configuring test hardware and software. They will gain hands-on experience operating JPL’s pulsed laser system, which simulates heavy ion strikes by delivering focused laser pulses to sensitive regions of semiconductor devices. Interns will collect and analyze SEE data, identify SEE, and compare results to expected radiation responses. Finally, interns will contribute to technical reporting, documenting procedures, data, and findings to support the government’s long-term parts reliability database and future mission design efforts. This project will provide interns with valuable experience in radiation effects research, spaceflight hardware qualification, and the critical intersection of electronics, physics, and data science. | | Student Requirements: | Required: Soldering skills; Data reduction/parsing (e.g. Python, Matlab, etc.); HDL programming (preferably experience with Xilinx tools); ability to read and layout schematics; writing/communication skills; Ability to travel. Desired: Knowledge of general support equipment - power supplies, oscilloscopes, SMUs, etc. | | Location / Safety: | Project building and/or room locations: . Student will need special safety training: . | | Programs: | This AO can be done under the following programs: | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | | | Program | Available To | | | | [SURF@JPL](https://sfp.caltech.edu/undergraduate-research/programs/surfjpl) | both Caltech and non-Caltech students | Click on a program name for program info and application requirements. | --- [<< Prev](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/index.cfm?event=ViewAODetail&id=2982&inFrame=&type=#ao_nav_links) Record 8 of 12 [Next >>](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/index.cfm?event=ViewAODetail&id=2980&inFrame=&type=#ao_nav_links) [Back To List](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/index.cfm?event=ShowAOPublicList&inFrame=&type=#ao_list) | --- | | | | --- | --- | | Problems with or questions about submitting an AO? Call [Student-Faculty Programs](mailto:sfp@caltech.edu) of the Student-Faculty Programs Office at (626) 395-2885. | [About This Site](http://announcements.surf.caltech.edu/About-Mighty-Ant-DataWorks.cfm) | | | | | | | | | |