Dr. Yoseph Bar-Cohen is the Supervisor of the Electroactive Technologies Group (http://ndeaa.jpl.nasa.gov/) and a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech, Pasadena, CA. In 1979, he received his Ph.D. in Physics from the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. His research is focused on electro-mechanics including planetary sample handling mechanisms, novel actuators that are driven by such materials as piezoelectric and EAP (also known as artificial muscles) and biomimetics.Dr. Kris Zacny is a Senior Research Scientist, Vice President and Director of Exploration Technology Group at Honeybee Robotics. His expertise includes terrestrial and extraterrestrial robotic drilling, excavation, sample handling and processing, geotechnical systems, and sensors. Dr. Zacny received his PhD (UC Berkeley, 2005) in Geotechnical Engineering with an emphasis on Mars drilling, ME (UC Berkeley, 2001) in Petroleum Engineering with emphasis on Drilling and Materials Science, and BSc cum laude (U. Cape Town, 1997) in Mechanical Engineering.

• Volume 1: Advances in Terrestrial Drilling. 1. Introduction – drilling as means of penetrating solids. 2. Design, modeling and testing of piezoelectric actuated percussive drills. 3. Subtractive and additive manufacturing applied to drilling systems. 4. Onshore Drilling. 5. Offshore Deep-Water Drilling. 6. Recent Innovations in Drilling in Ice. 7. Environmental Drilling / Sampling and Offshore Modeling Systems. 8. Drilling Automation. 9. Specialized drilling techniques for medical applications. Volume 2: Advances in Extraterrestrial Drilling. 1. Extraterrestrial Drilling and Excavation. 2. Novel Methods for Deep Ice Access on Planetary Bodies. 3. Scientific rationale for planetary drilling. 4. Biological Contamination Control and Planetary Protection Measures as Applied to Sample Acquisition.