Welcome to our 2023-2024 program year. Our plan for this program year is for a mix of in-person and virtual meetings. We will be holding virtual meetings in September, October, January, February and May. We will be holding the Undergraduate Research Symposium and our Initiation n in-person in the spring.
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September Meeting Information
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Speaker: Marianne Paguia Gonzalez, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Title: My Career Journey: Instruments for the Space Station, Mars, and Beyond
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Meeting Agenda:
• 7:00 PM (CST) - Speaker
• 8:00 pm Social hour (via breakout rooms)
Abstract: Marianne Paguia Gonzalez is an engineer and technologist at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Marianne has her B.S and M.S. in Chemical Engineering from Long Beach State and University of Southern California . She has worked on the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) for the Mars Perseverance Rover. MOXIE has successfully produced oxygen on Mars using Solid Oxide Electrolysis. In addition, she has worked on the Spacecraft Atmospheric Monitor (S.A.M.) for the International Space Station, which uses Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry to analyze cabin air for crew members. As of late, Marianne is currently the Instrument Systems Engineer for the Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM). ECM intends to study the effects of Jupiter's magnetosphere on Europa and to help understand the subsurface ocean.
Bio: Marianne began her career at JPL working on the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) for the Mars Perseverance Rover. MOXIE has successfully produced oxygen on Mars using Solid Oxide Electrolysis. In addition, she was part of the Spacecraft Atmospheric Monitor (S.A.M.) team. S.A.M. is an instrument for the International Space Station that uses Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry to analyze cabin air for crew members. As of late, Marianne is currently the Instrument Systems Engineer for the Europa Clipper Magnetometer (ECM). ECM intends to study the effects of Jupiter's magnetosphere on Europa and to help understand the subsurface ocean.
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Please RSVP by Thursday Oct. 5, 2023 by Evite or to gshearerdgs@gmail.com. The Zoom link will be sent to you on Oct. 5, 2023.
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