Thousands of candidate planets outside of our solar system have been identified via indirect means and a new generation of instruments is now coming online to directly image exoplanets. NASA and other space agencies are also working on space observatories with exoplanet imaging capabilities. We have supported this development work by producing high-fidelity simulations of potential exoplanet space missions, to optimize observatory operations and predict probable science returns. We are now beginning an extended project to update our existing codebase, improve our modeling and analysis tools, and refactor for release as free and open source to the general community. Multiple spots are open for MEng students to assist in all phases of the project. We are looking for students with a strong background in dynamics and good coding ability. Knowledge of Python and MATLAB is preferred but not required.
For more information contact: Prof. Savransky dsavransky@gmail.com