About Us

The Space Engineering Research Center is the fusion of two research centers at Texas A&M University: The Center for Space Power and the Spacecraft Technology Center. Our staff combines the skillset of engineers and researchers of both organizations. Over the years, we have worked on a variety of contracts with NASA, the DoD, Small and Large Space Companies. We also perform work with companies that are not in the Space field in projects that require innovative solutions. The Space Engineering Institute, is an exclusive partnership with NASA that is focused on providing an opportunity for students to work in the space industry. Throughout the school year, selected students will have hands-on projects and practical training in various fields of engineering.

We also have strong connections with a variety of faculty on the Texas A&M University campus, in particular the Interphase Transport Phenomena Lab of Dr. Fred Best as well as faculty in the Aerospace Engineering department.

Some of the websites created by our students over the years are:

  • The Starnav 1 website dedicated to the first star tracker built, designed and tested at Texas A&M that flew on STS-107. (2003)
  • A website dedicated to show the results of student's led experiment on the KC-135 (2004-2005)
  • The GeoCam/HyperGeoCam experiment that flew on several High altitude Balloon (2006-2007)
  • Syndicate content