[Bioundgrd] Fwd: Mars Gravity Biosatellite Fall/IAP Opportunities

[Janice Chang]

>
>Work on a groundbreaking space project!
>
>Students at MIT, the University of Washington, and the University of
>Queensland in Australia are leading an effort to design, build, launch,
>and recover a small low-Earth orbit research satellite to study the
>effects of Martian gravity on mammals. This Mars Gravity Biosatellite
>will become home to fifteen mice for the five weeks it is in orbit,
>spinning to create the first prolonged artificial gravity environment in
>space.  To learn more about the mission, please visit our website at
>www.marsgravity.org, or email info at marsgravity.org.      
>
>Our team is currently seeking interested students to work during the end
>of the fall term and into IAP.  Specific opportunities in Management,
>Business Development, Educational Outreach, Science, and Engineering are
>listed below, though we always welcome students with any interest to
>become involved with the team. 
>
>Working with the Mars Gravity team is an exciting opportunity for
>students to collaborate with one another in a real-world,
>multidisciplinary environment, while being in close contact with the
>project's many faculty, industry, and government advisors.
>
>If you are interested in a particular opportunity as listed below,
>please email audreys at mit.edu and plan to attend one of the following
>informal meetings in 41-116
>(http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?selection=41&Buildings=go):
>
>Management, Business Development and Educational Outreach: Monday, Nov.
>3 from 7 to 8 p.m.
>Science and Engineering: Tuesday, Nov. 4 from 8 to 9 p.m. General
>Interest: Wednesday, November 5 from 8 to 9 p.m.
>
>If you are unable to attend, please email audreys at mit.edu if you'd like
>to learn more.    
>
>See you soon!
>
>-Audrey Schaffer
>Deputy Program Manager
>
>p.s. If you know of someone else who may be interested in this project,
>please do pass this email along.
>
>
>Program Management
>* Program management assistance
>* Legal coordination (export control, contracts, intellectual property)
>* Finance planning
>
>MIT Management
>* MIT resources management
>* Recruitment Chair
>* Orientation and training coordination
>
>Business Development
>* Computer animation creation
>* Documentary/promotional video production
>* Press Relations
>* Developmemt management
>* Fundraising research
>* Marketing and PR copy writing and editing
>* Grass roots campaign leadership/coordination
>
>Educational Outreach
>* Hands-on curriculum development
>* Build liasons with local outreach organizations
>
>Science
>* Fabricate parts for, build, and test partial weight suspension device
>(strain gauging knowledge preferred)
>* Fabricate parts for and build urinalysis system (machine shop
>experience preferred)
>* Analyze behavioral patterns of mice
>* Develop science operational requirements and plans for both pre and
>post flight
>* Investigate particular science issues affecting mission as a whole
>
>Engineering Management/Systems Engineering
>* Technical managers
>* Experienced engineers, especially in systems engineering
>* Engineers interested in leadership
>* Cost analysis/cost estimation
>* Reliability analysis and planning
>* Systems analysis
>
>Payload Engineering
>* Develop CAD models using solid modeling software (experience with
>Solid Edge or Solid Works preferred)
>* Fabricate hardware in machine shop (shop experience preferred)
>* Develop heat flow model of payload bucket (experience with heat
>transfer and thermal modeling preferred)
>* Prototype atmospheric system (basic fluid dynamics knowlegde
>preferred)
>* Work in animal care, with a focus in nutrition and general animal
>health
>
>Operations
>* Research ground station options and work with UW team to design
>mission communications network
>* Develop on-orbit logistical mission timelines
>
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>Audrey Schaffer
>Deputy Program Manager,
>Mars Gravity Biosatellite
>www.marsgravity.org
>
>audreys at mit.edu
>617.817.8500
>MIT, Class of 2005
>Aeronautics and Astronautics
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