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Dr.
Mike Gruntman is professor and chair of astronautics
in the Viterbi School of Engineering of the University
of Southern California. He is the founder of the USC
Astronautics Program focused on degrees in spacecraft
engineering. This spring semester Prof. Gruntman teaches
a graduate course in spacecraft design with more than
one hundred engineering students across the United
States. Dr. Gruntman is actively involved in R&D
programs in space science and space technology, supported
by NASA and Air Force. He is co-investigator on two
current NASA space missions, TWINS and IBEX. Gruntman
has authored and co-authored more than 200 publications
in the areas of astronautics, space physics, space
technology, scientific instrumentation, space sensors,
astronautical education, and rocket and space history.
His book “Blazing
the Trail. The Early History of Spacecraft and Rocketry,”
AIAA, Reston, Va., 2004, received the Luigi Napolitano
Award from the International Academy of Astronautics
in 2006. |
