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Astronautical Engineering (ASTE)
- http://astronautics.usc.edu/
- D class assignments for undergraduates available in RRB-230; Phone: (213) 821-4234.
- D class assignments for graduate students available in RRB-230; Phone: (213) 821-4234.
- To be enrolled in an off-campus course, you MUST also be enrolled in the Distance Education Network (DEN). For more information, call 740-4488 or go to den.usc.edu. DEN courses are indicated by a location of OFF CAMPUS.
Coordinate systems and transformations. Spherical trigonometry. Orientation angles. Spacecraft orbits and orbital maneuvers. Introduction to rocket propulsion, spacecraft attitude dynamics and control and space environment.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29102R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Mon, Wed | 64 of 98 | Dan Erwin | SOSB2 | PDF (67243 KB) |  |
Participation in ASTE undergraduate student team projects. Intended for lower-division students or those with little prior project experience. Departmental approval.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Lander | |||||||||
| 29103R | 001 | Lecture | 9:00-12:50pm | Wednesday | 0 of 18 | David Barnhart | OFFICE | | |
| Microsatellite Project | |||||||||
| 29104R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tuesday | 0 of 18 | David Barnhart, Dan Erwin | OFFICE | | |
| Rocket Laboratory | |||||||||
| 29105R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Friday | 0 of 18 | Dan Erwin | OFFICE | | |
Introduction to compressible and rarefied gas flows with applications to rocket propulsion and the dynamics of supersonic and hypersonic vehicles and spacecraft; ionized gases and plasmas.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32514R | 001 | Lecture | 8:00-9:50am | Tue, Thu | 30 of 36 | Daniel Depew | DMC211 | |
Introduction to spacecraft systems: propulsion, attitude dynamics and control, structures, communications, power, thermal control. Space environment. Systems engineering as applied to spacecraft.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 331A
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28493R | 001 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Friday | 34 of 37 | Jim Chase | THH114 | PDF (361373 KB) | |
Space systems engineering process: requirements definition; trade studies; system integration; technical reviews; cost and schedule development; case studies; ethics. Capstone design experience.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 331B
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29112R | 001 | Lecture | 3:30-4:50pm | Tue, Thu | 24 of 40 | David Barnhart, Lisa Hill | DMC101 | |
Two-body motion. Rigid-body motion. Attitude dynamics and maneuvers. Spacecraft stabilization: gravity gradient, reaction wheels, magnetic torques. Thruster attitude control. Senior standing.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Senior
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29118R | 001 | Lecture | 6:30-9:10pm | Wednesday | 25 of 40 | Bryan Cooley | GFS207 | |
Individual research and readings. Not available for graduate credit.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Junior, Senior
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29120D | 001 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 18 | David Barnhart, Mike Gruntman,Dan Erwin | OFFICE | |
Participation in ASTE undergraduate student team projects. Intended for students with prior project experience. Departmental approval.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Lander | |||||||||
| 29123R | 001 | Lecture | 6:00-7:20pm | Friday | 6 of 18 | David Barnhart | GFS111 | | |
| Microsatellite Project | |||||||||
| 29124R | 001 | Lecture | 5:00-6:20pm | Tuesday | 7 of 18 | David Barnhart, Dan Erwin | DMC211 | | |
| Rocket Laboratory | |||||||||
| 29125R | 001 | Lecture | 4:00-5:50pm | Friday | 21 of 25 | David Barnhart, Dan Erwin | GFS104 | | |
Reviews all aspects of space mission design for practical approaches to reducing cost. Examines "LightSat" mission experience and potential applicability to large scale missions. Graduate standing in engineering or science. Recommended preparation: ASTE 520 or some experience in space engineering.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29126R | 048 | Lecture | 5:00-7:40pm | Thursday | 22 of 34 | James Wertz, Dan Erwin | OHE120 | | |
| 29173D | 034 | Lecture | 5:00-7:40pm | Thursday | 47 of 50 | James Wertz, Dan Erwin | DEN@Viterbi | |
Engineering methodology and analysis techniques for safety certification and mission assurance of robotic and human space systems and space missions by government and commercial industry. Recommended preparation: ASTE 520 or some experience in space engineering. Open only to Engineering graduate students.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Professional Year 1, Doctoral Student
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29166D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 19 of 50 | Michael Kezirian | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (287562 KB) | |
Space environments and interactions with space systems. Vacuum, neutral and ionized species, plasma, radiation, micrometeoroids. Phenomena important for spacecraft operations.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29135R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 21 of 40 | William Tobiska | OHE136 |  | |
| 29165D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 28 of 50 | William Tobiska | DEN@Viterbi | |
Plasma simulation techniques: particle-in-cell (PIC); PIC with Monte Carlo; computational electromagnetics; computational magnetohydrodynamics. Parallelization. Applications in engineering and space plasma physics. Prerequisite: ASTE 505a.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29150R | 048 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Thursday | Canceled | Lubos Brieda | PDF (977446 KB) | | |
| 32520D | 034 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Thursday | Canceled | Lubos Brieda | |
Engineering fundamentals of spacecraft systems design and analysis to support human life in the space environment.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 524
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28494D | 034 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Friday | 17 of 30 | Garrett Reisman | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 28495R | 048 | Lecture | 1:00-3:50pm | Friday | 13 of 30 | Garrett Reisman | OHE120 | |
Theory, practice, architecture, operations of ground satellite communications with satellites. Practical implementation of satellite communications system and reception and analysis of satellite transmitted signals.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 520
- Restriction: Registration open to the following school(s): Andrew and Erna Viterbi School of Engineering
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32511D | 034 | Lecture | 12:00-1:20pm | Tue, Thu | 7 of 12 | David Barnhart | DEN@Viterbi | | |
| 29116R | 048 | Lecture-Lab | 12:00-1:20pm | Tue, Thu | 9 of 12 | David Barnhart | OHE336 | | |
| 32512D | 034 | Lab | TBA | TBA | 7 of 12 | David Barnhart | TBA | |
Liquid-propelled rocket propulsion systems. Capillary devices for gas-free liquid acquisition in zero gravity. Ground and in-orbit operations. Propellant life predictions and spacecraft end-of-life de-orbiting strategies.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 470
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29142R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Thursday | Canceled | Ghanshyam Purohit | | ||
| 29172D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Thursday | Canceled | Ghanshyam Purohit | |
Nuclear, electric, sails, and far-term propulsion systems. Overviews of nozzles, heat transfer, electromagnetics, rarefied gases, and plasma physics. Analysis of electrothermal, electrostatic and electromagnetic thrusters. Graduate standing in engineering or science.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 470
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29174D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | 18 of 50 | Keith Goodfellow | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (181477 KB) | |
Fundamentals, technologies, and design of space launch vehicles. Propulsion, trajectory analysis and optimization, static and dynamic structural loads, stability, control, and safety.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29184R | 048 | Lecture | 12:30-3:10pm | Tuesday | 19 of 40 | Don Edberg | SCT1501K | | |
| 29185D | 034 | Lecture | 12:30-3:10pm | Tuesday | 18 of 50 | Don Edberg | DEN@Viterbi | |
Space missions, rocket dynamics, and propulsion requirements. Thermodynamics and combustion; compressible gas dynamics in nozzles. Liquid- and solid-propellant rockets; launch systems. Advanced propulsion.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Doctoral Student, Master Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32516R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 30 of 120 | Mike Gruntman | OHE122 | PDF (122477 KB) | |
| 32526D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Monday | 57 of 120 | Mike Gruntman | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (122477 KB) | |
Physical principles; two-body and central force motion; trajectory correction maneuvers; position and velocity in conic orbits; Lambert's problem; celestial mechanics; orbital perturbations.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29145R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 7 of 30 | Gerald Hintz | RTH109 | | |
| 29175D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 16 of 50 | Gerald Hintz | DEN@Viterbi | |
Theory of perturbations of orbits; numerical methods in orbital mechanics; satellite dynamics; averaging methods; resonance; mission analysis.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 580
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29146R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 4 of 30 | Ryan Park | OHE120 | PDF (78485 KB) | |
| 29176D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 5 of 50 | Ryan Park | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (78485 KB) | |
Introduction to solar arrays, batteries, nuclear power sources, mechanical energy storage. Application, theory of operation, practical considerations. Subsystem topologies and performance. Design optimization techniques. Graduate standing in engineering or science.
- Restriction: Registration open to the following class level(s): Master Student, Doctoral Student
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29148D | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 9 of 30 | Steve Lapen, David Lee | RTH105 | PDF (306087 KB) | |
| 29178D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Wednesday | 28 of 30 | David Lee, Steve Lapen | DEN@Viterbi | PDF (306087 KB) | |
Research leading to the master's degree. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the division. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29180D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 8 of 18 | David Barnhart, Mike Gruntman | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
- Prerequisite: ASTE 594b
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29183D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 8 | Mike Gruntman,Dan Erwin, David Barnhart | OFFICE | |
Advanced topics in spacecraft navigation: Rendezvous, frozen/sun synchronous orbits, stationkeeping. Nonlinear filtering for orbit and attitude determination. Optical navigation. Mission applications. Prerequisites: ASTE 580 and ASTE 583. Recommended preparation: Skill in MATLAB programming.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29188R | 048 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | Canceled | Gerald Hintz | | ||
| 29189D | 034 | Lecture | 6:40-9:20pm | Tuesday | Canceled | Gerald Hintz | |
Laboratory studies of specific problems by candidates for the degree Engineer in Astronautical Engineering. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29190D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 8 | Dan Erwin, Joseph Wang, Azad Madni | OFFICE | |
Required for the degree Engineer in Astronautical Engineering. Credit on acceptance of thesis. Graded IP/CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29191D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 0 of 8 | OFFICE | |
Research leading to the doctorate. Maximum units which may be applied to the degree to be determined by the division. Graded CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29194D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 11 of 35 | Dan Erwin, Mike Gruntman,Joseph Wang, Azad Madni | OFFICE | |
Credit on acceptance of dissertation. Graded IP/CR/NC.
| Section | Session | Type | Time | Days | Registered | Instructor | Location | Syllabus | Info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29195D | 048 | Lecture | TBA | TBA | 2 of 12 | Dan Erwin, Joseph Wang, Mike Gruntman,David Barnhart | OFFICE | |