Field Work

• [UPCOMING] Field campaign to Mauna Kea, Hawai'i -- Title: Assessing Anthropogenic Contamination in Extreme Terrestrial Analog Environments: Mauna Kea Field Study. Funded by Lewis and Clark Field Exploration Funds. July 2024. 

• Field campaign to Mt. Rainer -- collected snow samples for analytical instrument design optimization. 2019

• Carried out sample preparation and analysis on field samples from Rio Tinto (Spain), Dyngjusandur (Iceland), Mt. Rainer (Washington). 2022

• A field campaign to Japan’s hot springs in collaboration with Hokkaido University was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Selected publication products out of field campaign (instrument design focused):

1. Polymer-based Contactless Conductivity Detector for Europan Salts (PolyCODES). Govinda Raj C, Salyards P, McCoy C, Stockton A, Sensors and Actuators B, Submitted. 2023.

2. Fabrication protocol for PEDOT:PSS Contactless Conductivity Detector Electrodes. Govinda Raj C, Salyards P, McCoy C, Stockton A, Journal of Visual Experiments (JoVE), Accepted. 2023.

3. Early TRL development of the Microfluidic Inorganic Conductivity detector for Europa (MicroICE). Govinda Raj C, Odeh M, Salyards C, Stockton A, Icarus, Submitted. 2023.

[Photos yet to come]