Robert F. (Bob) Brodsky- (Retired), Spacecraft and space missions

Daniel Erwin- Professor and Chair; Spacecraft propulsion, optics and optical instruments, kinetics of gases and plasmas

Sergey Gimelshein- Research Assistant Professor; Computational fluid dynamics and hypersonic aerodynamics, spacecraft propulsion, laminar separated flows, plume flows, plume interactions and surface contamination, physics of molecular energy transfer, chemical reactions in gas phase and on the surface, and upper atmosphere radiation processes

Mike Gruntman- Professor; Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); Spacecraft and space mission design, propulsion, space physics, space sensors and instrumentation, space plasmas.

Gerald Hintz- Adjunct Professor, (NASA-Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Orbital Mechanics

Darrell Judge- Professor; Fellow of American Physical Society (APS); Director, Space Sciences Center; space science, spectroscopy, deep space and sounding rocket flight experiments

Andrew Ketsdever- Research Associate Professor; Space environment and spacecraft propulsion

Joseph Kunc- Professor; Fellow of American Physical Society (APS); Nonlinear models of nonequilibrium plasmas, transport of particles and radiation in high-temperature gases, molecular dynamics, atomic and molecular interactions, statistical thermodynamics

Herbert Schorr- Research Professor, Executive Director of USC Information Sciences Institiute (ISI), artificial intelligence, advanced computing systems, information technology 

F. Stan Settles- Professor; Member of National Academy of Engineering (NAE); Fellow of the Institute of Industrial Engineering (IIE); engineering management, integrated management and design, quality management, manufacturing for biomedical/biotechnical applications

James Wertz- Adjunct Professor, (Microcosm); space mission design

Peter Will- Research Professor; robotics, MEMS, design and manufacturing