University of Arizona Mentor Alumni Database

This database contains the last 4 years of projects (AY21-22 through AY24-25) and is sorted by the mentor's last name.

University of Arizona intern applicants are encouraged to use this information to identify potential mentors in your field!
Last Name First Name Year Project Title Department / Company
Barnes Jessica 2021 Coordinated Microanalysis of Lunar Soils in Preparation for Future Returned Samples Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Bray Veronica 2021 The multi-ring impact basins of Callisto Sonett Space Sciences, Lunar and Planetary Lab
Budinoff Hannah 2021 Exploring the impact of part geometry and process parameters on the accuracy of AM parts Systems and Industrial Engineering
Craig Stuart 2021 High-speed wind tunnel experiments Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Faramaz Virginie 2021 Comets and Exozodiacal Dust in the Epsilon Eridani System Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Frye Brenda 2021 An Exploration of the Magnifying Glass in Space LP-J084650 in Preparation for NASA's JWST Telescope Astronomy
Golish Dathon 2021 CatSat Documentation, Planning, Integration, & Test Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Hamilton Christopher 2021 Giordano Bruno: Secondary impact cratering processes on the Moon Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Hanquist Kyle 2021 Modeling of Thermal Protection Systems during Re-Entry Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Hood Lon L. 2021 Stratospheric Influences on Short-Term Climate Variability Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Impey Chris 2021 Addressing the Pandemic of Science Misinformation on the Internet Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Planetary Sciences Dept.
Little Jesse 2021 Investigation of 3D Shockwave Boundary Layer Interaction and Related Phenomena for the STORT Flight Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Little Jesse 2021 Fusion of Multi-fidelity Experimental and Computational Data for a Surrogate Aerodynamic Database Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Nerozzi Stefano 2021 Investigating Magma-Cryosphere Interactions and Outflow Channel Activity in Hebrus Valles, Mars Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Pierce Nate 2021 Legacy effects of temporally repackaged summer rainfall on soil respiration in Arizona grasslands School of Natural Resources and the Environment
Ramirez-Andreotta Monica 2021 Project Harvest Soil, Water and Environmental Science
Shirley Yancy 2021 Nitrogen Isotopic Fractionation Astronomy
Shkarayev Sergey 2021 High-altitude Flight Experiments of Sailplane for Mars Exploration Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department
Sierra-Alvarez Reyes 2021 Bioremediation of the insensitive munitions compound, 3-nitro-1,2,4-triazol-5-one (NTO) Chemical and Environmental Engineering
Singh Manpreet 2021 The study of plasma waves in space plasmas Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Williams Jason 2021 Legacy effects of vegetation structure on hydrologic function in pinyon and juniper woodlands USDA Agricultural Research Service, Southwest Watershed Research Center
Zeng Xubin 2021 Analysis of aerosol, clouds, and meteorology interactions using NASA aircraft and satellite data Hydrology and Atmospheric Sciences
Budinoff Hannah 2023 Optimizing Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Processing Systems & Industrial Engineering
Byrne Shane 2023 Archiving the Surveyor Lander Imaging dataset Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Chung Haeun 2023 Revealing the Far-Ultraviolet background radiation through archival astronomical data Astronomy
Craig Stuart 2023 Hypersonic wind tunnel experiments Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Hood Lon 2023 Mapping and Modeling of Lunar and Planetary Crustal Magnetic Fields Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Johns Kenneth 2023 Calibration of Topo-Clusters in the ATLAS Calorimeter using Machine Learning Physics
Karanikola Vasiliki 2023 Off-Grid Water Purification Systems Chemical & Environmental Engineering
Kim J. Serena 2023 Diverse Environments of Stellar Nurseries: External UV radiation and Protoplanetary Disks Astronomy
Kortenkamp Steve 2023 Touching Our Solar System: A planetary science course for the visually impaired Planetary Sciences
Mansfield Megan 2023 Measuring the Compositions of Exoplanet Atmospheres Steward Observatory
Margolis David 2023 Measurement of In Vivo Bone Strain Changes to Monitor Fracture Healing Orthopaedic Surgery
Martinovic Mihailo 2023 NASA Wind mission Thermal Noise Receiver data analysis Lunar & Planetary Laboratory
Nichols Mary 2023 Developing a user-friendly web tool to explore the impacts of earthen berms on vegetation USDA-ARS
Parker Michael 2023 CatSat and Arizona Array Rincon Research Corporation
Ramirez-Andreotta Monica 2023 Ramirez-Andreotta Integrated Environmental Science and Health Risk Lab - Research Assistant Environmental Science
Rozo Eduardo 2023 Finding and Characterizing Physical Halos Physics
Sand David 2023 Understanding a New Type of Stellar System – Blue Blobs Astronomy & Steward Observatory
Shirley Yancy 2023 A Deuteration Survey of Starless Cores in the Aquila Rift Astronomy
Shirley Yancy 2023 Probing the Evolution of Dense Starless Cores with Deuterated Ammonia Astronomy
Shirley Yancy 2023 Constraining Magnetic Fields in Starless Cores Astronomy
Sutton Sarah 2023 Mapping enigmatic pits in the north polar layered deposits of Mars Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Thangavelautham Jekan 2023 Planetary Robotics Design University of Arizona - SpaceTREx
Thangavelautham Jekan 2023 Design and development of software to simulate lunar base operations using a team of small robots University of Arizona - SpaceTREx
Threadgill James 2023 Separation Bubble Dynamics: A Comprehensive Investigation of Low- and High-Speed Flows Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Threadgill James 2023 Fusion of Multi-fidelity Experimental and Computational Data for Surrogate Aerodynamic Databases Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Vargas Carlos 2023 Aspera Space Mission Science Targets and Analysis Astronomy
Walker Christopher 2023 GUSTO, CatSat, LunaSat, THSiRU, & ARIES Steward Observatory
Wehbi Sawsan 2023 Understanding the differential loss of ancient proteins Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Yescas Naomi 2023 WINS - Waves Instabilities and Noise Spectrometer for Earth's Ionosphere Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Yoon Jeong-Yeol 2023 Portable Micro- and Nanoplastics Detection Biomedical Engineering & Biosystems Engineering
Apai Daniel 2024 A Quantitative Framework for Habitability in and beyond the Solar System Steward Observatory, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Budinoff Hannah 2024 Optimizing Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing Processing. Systems and Industrial Engineering
Budinoff Hannah 2024 Improving Manufacturability of Topology Optimized Structures for Fabrication Using Laser Powder Bed Fusion Systems and Industrial Engineering
Chalifoux Brandon 2024 Path planning for laser-assisted etching of ultrathin mirrors with integrated flexures Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Corliss Jason 2024 Spatial Heterodyne Interferometric Molecular Cloud Observer  Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Craig Alex 2024 Hypersonic wind tunnel testing Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering
Haenecour Pierre 2024 Map the Breadth and Distribution of Water-Altered Phases from Asteroid Bennu Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Hamilton Christopher 2024 Impact-induced spallation of thin iceshells and its effect on ocean mixing Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Harig Christopher 2024 Glacier mass balance determined from satellite gravity Department of Geosciences
Hood Lon 2024 Mapping of Lunar Crustal Magnetic Field, South Pole. Stratospheric Influences on Subseasonal Weather Prediction Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, Univ. of Arizona
Juneau Stephanie 2024 Why do galaxies stop forming stars? NOIRLab; DCC of University of Arizona
Kim Hee Jeong 2024 Developing lunar concrete Civil and Architectural Engineering and Mechanics
Lauretta Dante 2024 Arizona Astrobiology Center  Astronomy, Steward Observatory
Morzinski Katie 2024 Discovering new faint substellar companions via radial-velocity trends and adaptive optics Steward Observatory/Department of Astronomy
Parent Bernard 2024 Electrodeless Local Force Generator Using Magnetohydrodynamics for Aerocapture Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Ramirez-Andreotta Monica 2024 Ecosystem health and justice: Environmental justice framework to investigate Pollution Science Environmental Science
Robinson Tyler 2024 Inferring the Presence of Oceans on Earth-like Exoplanets Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Rozo Eduardo 2024 Characterizing the Cosmological Dependence of the Lognormal Model Physics
Rozo Eduardo 2024 Fast galaxy simulations for cluster cosmology Physics
Ryan Andrew 2024 Analysis of 3d X-ray datasets of asteroid samples from the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Sawyer Travis 2024 Discovering optical imaging biomarkers for early detection of gastrointestinal cancers University of Arizona, Wyant College of Optical Sciences
Shirley Yancy 2024 Tracing the Kinematics of the Taurus Molecular Cloud with HCN Astronomy
Shkarayev Sergey 2024 Enhancing Mars Helicopter Performance with Tethered Flight and Active Flow Controls Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department
Stolte Daniel 2024 Science Communication Intern University Communications
Sutton Sarah 2024 Mapping enigmatic pits in the north polar layered deposits of Mars Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
Thangavelautham Jekan 2024 Shape Morphing  Robotics for Exploring Off-World Volcanic Environments Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Threadgill James 2024 A High-Speed Optical Investigation of Shock Trains in Axisymmetric Isolators Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Tresch Trent 2024 Spacesuit Operations for Lunar Exploration  UA Center for Human Space Exploration 
Walker Christopher 2024 GUSTO, CatSat, and Beyond Astronomy
Wehbi Sawsan 2024 Inferring the Last Universal Common Ancestor's proteome Genetics GIDP