Mike Gruntman
Professor of Astronautics
Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Professor of Systems Architecture Engineering
Viterbi School of Engineering
University of Southern California
Mike's Web site
at USC
Mike's Publication List
Sputnik 1
Explorer 1
Vanguard 1
Lecture – 1 hr 10 min
The
Road to Space. The First Thousand Years.
Fifty years ago in October of 1957,
the first artificial satellite of the Earth was launched into space. The lecture focuses on the history of the events that led us to the space
age.
Video clips –
Space Mission Design and
Spacecraft Design
Effects of
interest to space mission design and to spacecraft design.
In
2006, Mike's
Blazing the
Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry
(published by AIAA in 2004) received
the
Luigi Napolitano Award
from the
International Academy of
Astronautics (IAA).
From
Astronautics to Cosmonautics,
2007
FIELDS OF INTEREST
- astronautics
- space physics
- spacecraft technologies
- space sensors
- space instrumentation
- space mission design
- spacecraft design
- space applications
- spacecraft propulsion
- spacecraft attitude control
- heliosphere and local interstellar medium
- space plasmas, neutral component of space plasmas
- imaging of the heliosphere and planetary magnetospheres
in fluxes of energetic neutral atoms (ENA imaging)
- extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) and UV optics
- diffraction filtering
- particle and photon analyzers and detector systems
- ultrasensitive particle and photon detectors
- particle(photon)-counting position-sensitive
(imaging) detectors
- mass spectrometry
- ion and neutral particle beams
- atomic collisions
- interactions of particles with surfaces
- history of spacecraft and
rocketry
- astronautical education
Current Space Missions
Interstellar Boundary Explorer
(IBEX), NASA – Mission Co-Investigator
TWINS, NASA –
Mission Co-Investigator
PUBLICATIONS
more
than 200
list of selected publications
JOURNALS
Member
(2001–2003),
Editorial Board, Review of
Scientific Instruments
Member (2005–now), Editorial Board,
Astrophysics and Space Sciences Transactions (ASTRA)
EDUCATION
Ph.D
(experimental physics), 1984
Space Research Institute (IKI), The USSR Academy of Sciences
M.Sc.
(experimental physics), 1977
Department of Aerophysics and Space Research, Moscow Physical-Technical
Institute
Training,
1974-1976, servicing liquid propellant rocket engines
ACADEMIC
PROGRAMS
Founder
(1994–1995), USC Astronautics
Program
First (Founding) Chairman (2004–2007),
Astronautics and Space Technology
Division, USC Viterbi School of
Engineering
Developed
a comprehensive academic program that offers Bachelor of
Science, Bachelor of Science – Minor, Master of Science,
Engineer, and PhD
degrees
and Graduate Certificate in Astronautical Engineering
Astronautics
Program focus:
engineers for Space Industry and Government (NASA, Air Force, IC, DOE, ...)
Research and Development Centers
Distance
Learning:
Master of Science degree and Graduate Certificate are available through classes webcast
by USC Distance Education Network (DEN)
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
-
undergraduate and
graduate classes:
Spacecraft Design, Spacecraft
Propulsion, Basics of Astronautics and Space Sciences, Astronautics and Space
Environment, Introduction to Aerospace Engineering
-
televised
and webcast graduate classes
-
short courses on space
technology for government and industry
USC
STUDENT MICRO-SATELLITE
initiated
and led the first USC student microsatellite program, 1995-1998
advisor
to the current USC student microsatellite program
EDUCATIONAL
AND OUTREACH WEB SITE
developed
(1996) and maintains a professional/educational web site on
Astronautics
and Spacecraft Design
more
than 30,000 visitors each year;
300,000+ hits;
highlighted in Physics
Today;
recognized as the "space site of the week" by SpaceViews
(a major aerospace electronic publication)
AFFILIATIONS
Associate
Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics (AIAA)
Member, American
Physical Society (APS)
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
AWARDS
Luigi
Napolitano Award, International Academy of Astronautics,
2006
NASA
Group Achievement Award, 2001
NASA
Group Achievement Award, 2000
Exceptional
Service Award, 1999
USC School of Engineering
Certificate,
1998
Los Angeles Section, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
Outstanding
Teaching Award, 1997
USC School of Engineering
Certificate
of Appreciation, 1997
Los Angeles Section, American
Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
SERVICE
TO THE
ACADEMIC COMMUNITY
2001–2003
Member
of the Editorial Board
Review of Scientific
Instruments
1999
Sun-Earth
Connection Roadmap Team
Office of Space Science, NASA
1999
Interstellar
Probe Science and Technology Definition Team
Office of Space Science, NASA
1991
– now
Proposal
Reviewer
Office of Space Science, NASA
1999
– now
Member,
Science and Technical Advisory Panel
Air and Space Gallery, California Science Center
1998
– 2000
Member
(elected)
Engineering Faculty Council, USC
1996
– 1998
Member
(elected)
Engineering Faculty Council, USC
1997
– 1998
Vice
Chair, Education (elected)
Los Angeles Section
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1996
– 1997
Vice
Chair, Education (elected)
Los Angeles Section
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
1993
–
now
various
committees
Viterbi
School of Engineering, USC (distance learning, curriculum, etc.)
1990
– now
Service on
advisory/review panels of government agencies (NASA HQ; NASA centers;
DOE, ...)
Reviewer for
scientific book publishers
Reviewer
for scientific journals
Review
of Scientific Instruments, Remote Sensing Reviews, Optical Engineering,
Journal of Geophysical Research, Geophysical Review Letters, Solar
Physics, various conference proceedings, ...
How to reach Mike Gruntman
Astronautics and Space Technology
Division
Viterbi School of Engineering
854 Downey Way, RRB–224, MC–1192
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1192
Tel. 213–740–5536
mikeg@usc.edu
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