B.S. in Electrical Engineering (2020) – Texas A&M University
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering (2022) – Texas A&M University
Jessica Jeneve Zamarripa is a graduate student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Texas A&M University. In December 2022, she graduated with a professional certificate in Materials, Informatics and Design and obtained her Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from Texas A&M University. She also graduated as a National Academy of Engineering (NAE) Grand Challenges Scholar with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a minor in Mathematics from Texas A&M University in May 2020. Her contributions to the M²AESTRO lab focuses on understanding a range of processes and fabrication options toward physical realization of developing compliant and multifunctional circuits using eutectic gallium-indium (EGaIn) liquid metal (LM) and shape memory alloys (SMAs). The project objectives include: i) create electrically conductive traces/patterns using EGaIn LM, ii) utilize SMAs as a substrate to promote integrated sensors and actuation circuits iii) develop an effective patterning method for applying LM onto the SMA substrate and iv) understand the coupling between mechanical deformation and electrical resistance.
Experience:
- Pathways Graduate Student Trainee – NASA Johnson Space Center (January 2024 – May 2024)
- Graduate Student Intern – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (June 2022 – August 2022)
- Graduate Student Intern – Air Force Research Laboratory (May 2021 – August 2021)
- Graduate Student Intern – Air Force Research Laboratory (June 2020 – August 2020)
Fellowships:
- The Department of Defense National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 2022 AFOSR DoD NDSEG Fellow
- The National GEM Consortium, GEM Fellow
Publications:
- Darren Hartl, Jacob Mingear, Brent Bielefeldt, John Rohmer, Jessica Zamarripa, and Alaa Elwany, “Towards High-Frequency Shape Memory Alloy Actuators Incorporating Liquid Metal Energy Circuit”, Shape Memory and Superelasticity Advances in Science and Technology, December. 2017.
- Darren Hartl, Jacob Mingear, Brent Bielefeldt, John Rohmer, Jessica Zamarripa, and Alaa Elwany,
Towards High-Frequency Shape Memory Alloy Actuators Incorporating Liquid Metal Energy
Circuit, ASNE 2018 SMART Materials Conference, September 2018. - Jacob Mingear, Brady K Allen, Jessica J Zamarripa, Darren J Hartl,”Internal Liquid Metal Channels to Enable High Power Additively Manufactured SMA Actuators.” SMST2022. ASM International, 2022.