Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Below are undergraduate research opportunities with SESE faculty, staff, post-doctorates, and graduate students. Use the filtering options to find the best fit for you, after selecting your filters, click "APPLY" to view the filtered table. Be sure to check out other SESE undergraduate research pathways here, as well!

For advice on contacting mentors once you've identified a possible opportunity, contact your mentor with the method listed. For email, write your potential mentors a formal email to introduce yourself, and inquire about their interest in taking an undergraduate student (you!) onto their research team. Here is an example email template. There are also more tips for contacting a possible research mentor on the main undergraduate research page.

For any issues or suggestions with this site please email Duane DeVecchio: ddevecch@ASU.EDU.

Subject	Mentor	Contact	Project Description	Position Type	Location	Duration	Experience Required	Experience Type	Thesis Option
Planetary Science	Mark Robinson/Megan Henriksen	megan.henriksen@asu.edu	We currently have two open undergraduate student job positions with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera and ShadowCam teams. See below for more information on the two open positions. They currently close at 3 pm MST on Thursday, December 28st. Research Aide (97181BR) The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera Science Operations Center supports the LRO camera, a system of three cameras mounted on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) that capture high-resolution images of the lunar surface. We are looking for a motivated undergraduate student to assist in the production of high-resolution Digital Elevation Models of the lunar surface using SOCET SET by BAE Systems, a digital mapping software application for precision photogrammetry and geospatial analysis. Research Aide (97191BR) The LROC research group is looking for an energetic and motivated undergraduate student to map the data collected at the Apollo landing sites, including samples, equipment, and handheld imagery, and to provide research support to assist the PI, Science Operations Center staff, and the LROC Science Tea	Paid	In-person	Multi-year	No		No
Planetary Science	S.-H. Dan Shim	SHDShim@asu.edu	High-pressure synthesis of minerals for shock wave experiments	Paid	In-person	Multi-year	Yes	Coding Experience, Laboratory experience. Background in mineralogy, petrology, or chemistry.	Yes
Astrophysics	Rogier Windhorst	rortizii@asu.edu	Research lab and projects in Galaxy formation and evolution with HST and JWST imaging.	Unpaid	Remote	Academic year	No		Yes
Astrophysics	Timothy Carleton	tmcarlet@asu.edu	Studying the formation of metal-poor dwarf galaxies in different simulations.	Unpaid	Remote	Academic year	No		Yes
Astrophysics	Timothy Carleton	tmcarlet@asu.edu	Analysis of systematic variations in the dark current level in Hubble Space Telescope cameras.	Unpaid	Remote	Academic year	No		Yes
Astrophysics	Timothy Carleton	tmcarlet@asu.edu	Analysis of Large Binocular Telescope images of the MACS1149 cluster.	Unpaid	Remote	Academic year	No		Yes
System Administration	Nathan Cluff	nacluff@asu.edu	System administration for various NASA missions	Paid	In-person	Multi-year	Yes	Coding Experience, Linux command line	No