Joel Sercel
Principal investigator, leads Trans Astronautica Corporation.
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2017First federal award
$549KFederal grants as PI5 awards
0Patents grantedNone matched
0PapersOpenAlex
Federal awards and patents by year
AwardsPatents
5 awards · $549K
| Date | Agency | Award | Amount | Company |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2023 | DoD | SBIR Phase I Worker Bee™ Solar-Thermal Space Vehicle for Cislunar Mobility and Logistics | $75K | Trans Astronautica Corporation |
| Jan 12, 2023 | NASA | SBIR Phase I Mini Bee Capture Bag for Active Debris Remediation | $150K | Trans Astronautica Corporation |
| Nov 4, 2022 | DoD | STTR Phase I Sutter™ Space Telescope System for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness (SDA) | $75K | Trans Astronautica Corporation with University of Michigan |
| May 17, 2021 | NASA | SBIR Phase I Sun Flower: Systems Design and Technology Maturation of a Sustainable Lunar Power Generation Architecture | $125K | Trans Astronautica Corporation |
| Jun 9, 2017 | NASA | SBIR Phase I Microgravity Granular Material Research (MGMR) Facility for ISS | $124K | Trans Astronautica Corporation |
Peer ranks
Federal funding#1,215
Awards as PI#148
Patents#160
Companies
- Trans Astronautica CorporationLeads (SEC Form D) · Space
Research institutions
Federal awards through Oct 21, 2026 and patents through Oct 20, 2026. Awards come from NIH, NSF and other agency records that name a principal investigator; DoD and NASA contract awards do not, so they are not shown here. Researchers are matched by name and company.