2015 Summer Intern Poster Session and Abstract Proceedings NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 2015 Summer Intern Poster Session and Abstracts NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, USA July 30, 2015 Director, Office of Education, Goddard Space Flight Center Dr. Robert Gabrys Deputy Director, Office of Education, Goddard Space Flight Center Dean A. Kern Acting Lead, Internships, Fellowships, and Scholarships, Goddard Space Flight Center Mablelene Burrell Prepared by USRA Republication of an article or portions thereof (e.g., extensive excerpts, figures, tables, etc.) in original form or in translation, as well as other types of reuse (e.g., in course packs) require formal permission from the Office of Education at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. i Preface NASA Education internships provide unique NASA‐related research and operational experiences for high school, undergraduate, and graduate students. These internships immerse participants with career professionals emphasizing mentor‐directed, degree‐related, and real NASA‐mission work tasks. During the internship experience, participants engage in scientific or engineering research, technology development, and operations activities. As part of the internship enrichment activities offered by Goddard’s Office of Education, the Greenbelt Campus hosts its annual all‐intern Summer Poster Session. Here, interns from Business, Science, Computer Science, Information Technology, and Engineering and Functional Services domains showcase their completed work and research to the entire internal Goddard community and visiting guests. On July 30, 2015, more than 375 interns presented their work at Greenbelt while having the opportunity to receive feedback from scientists and engineers alike. It is this interaction with Center‐wide technical experts that contributes significantly to the interns’ professional development and represents a culminating highlight of their quality experience at NASA. NASA’s internships reach out to students not just from the Maryland area but also worldwide. This year, approximately 64 percent of the interns participating in the poster session were from out‐of‐state, while approximately 36 percent live permanently in Maryland. While NASA internships are available to students with a wide variety of majors, predominately NASA‐related STEM fields, individual internship opportunities target specific disciplines. Engineering and Science were the two domains with most participants in the poster session, with 43 percent for Engineering and 41 percent for Science. Goddard Space Flight Center’s Office of Education acknowledges the outstanding potential assembled at the poster session each year, where great ideas are presented to the NASA public. It is our goal to make all this information accessible. Hence, we are releasing a compilation of the contributions submitted and presented by the interns during the poster session and in individual presentations. A total of 260 abstracts from the summer 2015 Goddard Internship Program are now accessible, on a limited basis, for research and educational purposes. Producing the 2015 Summer Intern Poster Session Proceedings required the dedicated effort of many individuals. In particular, the quality of this publication depends on the commitment of the many mentors who took time from their busy schedules to review and edit papers. We thank you all for your support! It is very much appreciated. Last but not least, this compilation of abstracts directly reflects the work of our interns. Without your hard work and dedication, neither the Poster Session nor this publication would be possible. We thank you for preparing your presentations and papers, and for showing the professionalism and enthusiasm that makes the Summer Poster Session such a great intellectually stimulating event time after time! ii Table of Contents Business ............................................................................................................................................... 1 Reimbursable Agreements ..................................................................................................................... 2 Computer Science/IT ............................................................................................................................ 3 Web Services for Property and Software Tracking (PaST) ..................................................................... 4 RSA Token Reconciliation Project ........................................................................................................... 5 Development for GMSEC Services Suite (GSS) ....................................................................................... 6 Development for GMSEC Services Suite (GSS) and Messaging Interface Standardization Toolkit (MIST) ..................................................................................................................................................... 7 Data Extraction Utility for JPSS ............................................................................................................... 8 IMAGESEER – Lunar Data Pre‐Processing ............................................................................................... 9 Open Source Data Management .......................................................................................................... 10 Common Mission Security Services ...................................................................................................... 11 Hardware Components Database ........................................................................................................ 12 Global Climate Simulation .................................................................................................................... 13 Enterprise Monitoring Solutions .......................................................................................................... 14 An iOS Application for iSWA ................................................................................................................. 15 Data Access Toolkit (DAT) Gridx and Mnemonic Archive Data (MAD) Files ........................................ 16 Flight Software for Distributed Spacecraft Mission Communication ................................................... 17 Visualizing Satellite Data – Worldview User Interface Improvements ................................................ 18 Implementing Automated Security Monitoring Using OpenSCAP ....................................................... 19 Flood Dashboard Capabilities Enhancement ....................................................................................... 20 GEOS‐5 Interactive Mobile Application ................................................................................................ 21 Designing a Virtual Assistant for Systems Engineers ............................................................................ 22 Web‐Based Monitor for the Simple, Scalable, Script‐Based Science Processing System .................... 23 NICER X‐Ray Mission Development: Enhancing the Precision of the NICER Clock ............................. 24 Developing an Application for CFS‐CFE and Rhapsody UML2.0 ........................................................... 25 Geo‐Electric Field Calculator Tool ........................................................................................................ 26 NEN Live ................................................................................................................................................ 27 Evolving Middleware Support for Goddard Mission Services Evolution Center (GMSEC) Application Programming Interface (API) ................................................................................................................ 28 EOS Zenoss Problem Resolution ........................................................................................................... 29 Development of Heater Control Application for the Core Flight System ............................................. 30 Software Architecture Based on UML Diagrams .................................................................................. 31 Content and Log Analysis Using MySQL and Graylog ........................................................................... 32 Shearlet Features for Remotely Sensed Image Registration ................................................................ 33 iii Ground Software for Balloon Infrared Interferometer ........................................................................ 34 Implementing Responsive Web Design ................................................................................................ 35 New Validation Suite for the CCMC ..................................................................................................... 36 Detector Characterization Data Interpretation Using Python ............................................................. 37 Engineering ........................................................................................................................................ 38 Freeform Optical Design of 2 and 3 Mirror Telescopes ....................................................................... 39 Space Flight Instrument Catalog .......................................................................................................... 40 BPSK Receiver Design for the MTRS to Improve Reliability of Data Transmission ............................... 41 Characterization of MOSFET Devices