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Rahul Rughani (PhD candidate) and Jeremy Allam (MS Grad) Presented Paper at the IAASS Conference in El Segundo CA

Ryan Duong (MS Candidate) Represented the SERC at the AIAA LA-LV New Space Mini Conference in Hawthorne CA
The recent successful powered flight into space of VSS Unity (SpaceShipTwo) by Virgin Galactic reminds us that the dynamic entrepreneurial spaceflight sector has arrived, and is here to stay.

KeyNote given at CTO Seminar by SERC Director
CTO Roundtable: Leaders in Tech & Aerospace

Prof Barnhart and Graduate Student Team Win Internal IRAD Award
Prof Barnhart and Graduate student team win internal IRAD award for computational topology changes that would support Satellite Aggregation based on biological inspiration.

SERC Highlighted as Part of Los Angeles Space Innovation Industry
USC alumni and researchers build on the region’s legacy in aerospace and aviation to push the next generation of spaceflight.

SERC Director presents USC’s CONFERS Team Results at International Astronautics Conference in Bremen GE
Dave will be discussing practices to develop safety standards for on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations.

SERC Supporting New Orbital Transfer Stage Development for NASA with Parabilis
Parabilis Space Technologies, Inc. of San Marcos, CA today announced that it was awarded three additional NASA contracts to design, develop, and test new space technologies.

SERC Summer 2018 Student Projects Review
Held on August 7th, 18 students working on several hot topics, including USC's latest Cubesat flight project participated in SERC Summer 2018 Student Projects Review

SERC Members Part of Winning Graduate Team from USC for NASA RASC-AL Final Competition in Cocoa Beach Florida!
USC Viterbi students design a deep-space transport with artificial gravity, earning first place in the graduate division of NASA’s student competition

SERC proud to be member of CONFERS with ATI/SWF/SIF!
The next major step in space applications, market creation, and robotic and human exploration is potentially being created through the advent of cooperative on-orbit satellite servicing (OOS).