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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).

USC Viterbi Space Activities Highlighted at the International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide Australia!
The University of Southern California is leading the country in driving advanced research toward applied and executable space technologies, and in developing new, robust space engineers.

SERC and ASTE Pioneer First “Hands-on” Course in Ground Satellite Communications
USC Viterbi Astronautical Engineering offered a Spring 2017 course featuring practical training for satellite tracking and antenna communications.

SERC Research Student Mikela Ritter Wins NSF Fellowship for 2017! Congratulations!
Results show the commitment of faculty mentors and the support of programs aimed at jumpstarting academic careers

USC SERC Participated in the AMP SOCAL Innovation Forum on Small Satellites along with Cal Poly and Boeing Corporation.
This forum will highlight the rapidly growing aerospace sector of small satellites (satellites under 1,100 lbs) which is revolutionizing the industry by making spaceflight and extra-atmospheric observations more affordable and accessible to researchers, universities and businesses.

SERC Participated in University of Marylands CODER 2016 Conference on Orbital Debris
The SERC's Prof. Barnhart led the Remediation Technologies and Architectures sessions.

SERC Hosted US/UK Space Mission Sponsored by UK Science and Innovation Network and Chinwag
Nine UK companies participated with 4 US companies in discussions and collaborations in new space development and business opportunities.