Intro
Institutions:
California State University, Los Angeles, (CSULA), Pasadena City College (PCC),
University of Southern California (USC)
The
goal is to initiate collaborative research with other organizations and
enhancing the SERENADES research capability.
people
Faculty:
Charles Liu, Khosrow Rad (CSULA), John Sepikas (PCC), Sami Masri (USC)
Students:
Carlos Velasco, Armando Hernandez, Jenny Martinez, Ignacio Sanchez, Michael
Wai, Tareq Alquaddoomi, Algis Kokenas, Vu Khuong, John Costello, Yulu Chen,
Wing Ho
education
Two
undergraduate students have participated in summer internships with Boeing
and JPL.
Two
graduate students have been enrolled in the NASA Planetary Science Summer
School hosted by JPL.
One
undergraduate student from the SERENADES Laboratory has enrolled in the M.S.
program at USC. The personnel will focus on fault-tolerant, real-time
embedded architecture of the SPACE testbed.
outreach
Initiated
contacts with Ball Aerospace and Northrop Grumman Space Technology for
steering the current researches related to JWST.
Initiated
contacts with JPL for possible collaborative researches related to the SPACE
Interferometry Mission (SIM),
Initiated
contacts with Arco Service Corporation, NASA for Frequency and Timing System
analysis of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). Co-sponsored (with the SPACE Laboratory) a NASA Awareness Day recruitment event March 21-23, 2004. The SERENADES Laboratory has displayed its educational pipeline model, educational programs, and research activities during the exhibit sessions of this event.
Hosted a session in the Satellite & Education Conference XVII. Two student technical presentations have been given. Also, the overview of the SERENADES program has been given by another student.
Participated in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SPACE 2004 Conference & Exposition sponsored by Northrop Grumman, September 28-30, San Diego. The SERENADES CD-ROMs which details the research and educational activities are to be distributed to the attendees in the conference.
Hosted a session in the Satellite & Education Conference in August 2005. Student technical presentations have been given.
Participated in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) SPACE 2005 Conference & Exposition sponsored by Raytheon, August 30 – September 1, Long Beach, CA. SERENADES students presented accepted publications at this conference. The SERENADES CD-ROMs which details the research and educational activities were distributed to the attendees in the conference
Produced a CD-ROM of the SERENADES semi-annual technical workshop with a plain text abstract, and a MPEG video clip for each of the presentations given in the workshop
research
Research
conducted by using the neural network technologies as the Frequency and
Timing Subsystem (FTS) forecaster of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN).
Ph.
D. research: Yulu Chen, transferred from CSULA is being prepared in the
astronomical engineering at USC. The literature research include the topics
of
–Space
power systems and to evaluate possible applications of space nuclear power
generators.
–The
lunar environment, lunar base construction, and inflatable habitats.
–Micrometeoroid
and debris shielding, health-monitoring systems, and survivability.
– “Spacecraft
System Design” and participated in Space Exploration Architectures Concept
Synthesis Studio at the University of Southern California.
A
virtual space environment is being developed using 3-D animation technology
to assist users in learning, analyzing and designing space mission, orbital
mechanics, and orbital maneuvers.
Two
research reports regarding space power systems and lunar habitats were
prepared for delivering the literature research at USC to the SERENADES
Laboratory.
Health-monitoring
and self-repairing systems for spacecrafts and space habitats were
identified as a potential future research interest that needs further
investigation.
A
presentation focusing on self-repairing system for inflatable space habitats
was made in the USC class, Space Exploration Architectures Concept Synthesis
Studio.
A
three-dimensional animation software architecture model for implementing a
virtual space environment to be implemented has been defined.
publications
C.
Velasco, “Time Offset Extrapolation of the DSN Clocks through Neural
Networks,” Master Thesis, CSULA, Dec. 2005.
Yulu
Chen, “Spacecraft Orbital Mechanics Simulation,” SERENADES Technical
workshop, June, 05, 2005.student accomplishments
Two
graduates from the SERENADES Laboratory are currently working at JPL.
Two
other graduate have been recently hired by Boeing and Northrop Grumman.