This past year, four Space Engineering Research Center (SERC) researchers achieved a major academic milestone by successfully passing their Qualifying Examinations in the USC Department of Astronautical Engineering. Passing the Qualifying Examination formally advances a doctoral student to the status of PhD Candidate, marking a critical step toward earning the distinguished title of Doctor of…

The SERC and Department of Astronautical Engineering student team successfully integrated USC’s 4th satellite in its history to the launch deployer in San Luis Obispo MAVERICK Space Systems facility on June 10th!  Under the guidance of SEOPS Space the team was guided throughout the integration lifecycle to culminate in the finish satellite locked and loaded…

On 23 February Dr Nikita Chiu helped SPACE-GOV launch its first-ever foresight and futures workshop on Space Sustainability and Governance at the Palace of Westminster. The event was sponsored by Lord Devon – a member of the House of Lords in the UK. The workshop brought together policy stakeholders from the UN, governments, as well…

Prof Barnhart had a discussion on NASA’s DART mission and its impact (no pun intended) on future asteroid redirect missions with Yvonne Gomez, “In the News”…

SERC and ISI are proud to be supporting four separate companies working on distinct technologies toward the goal of orbital debris remediation and mitigation. The Phase 1 STTR’s from SpaceWerx under their Orbital Prime BAA are all occurring over the Fall 2022 Semester.

Viterbi’s summer 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) project brought in 45 students from all over the Nation for a unique research experience at USC this summer.  The SERC was honored to host 9 of these outstanding scholars from around the country and integrate them into our summer projects!  Each of the students were assigned…

International Scholar Tomonori Yagi will be conducting research at SERC for 1 year.

June is typically the month to muster in the Summer, this year (as in past) we also say Bon Voyage to four of our unique Masters level researchers who headed back to France!   Sr Lieutenant’s Timotee Lavigne, Nathan Migeon, Mathieu Tordjman and Quentin Lafitte were supported and hosted at SERC for their final research experiences…

Big welcome to not only our USC Summer Interns but the Viterbi Schools Summer Undergraduate Research Experience or SURE students!  This year we are happy to have a variety of schools represented from Washington State all the way to Pennsylvania and many here in California!  This summer we are honored to have over 20 students…