Student examines a component of OreSat0, Photo by Patric Simon, Courtesy Portland State University
COOS BAY, OR – Southwestern Oregon Community College invites the community to join us on Thursday, November 12, 2026, 6:00 pm, for Getting involved in Oregon’s “Micro Space Program” with Portland State University’s Andrew Greenberg. This is a free event; all ages are welcome.
Coos County residents can join us in-person in the Umpqua Hall lecture room (room 184) on the Coos Campus, 1988 Newmark Ave., Coos Bay.
Curry County residents can join us for a watch party in the Community Room on the Curry Campus, 96082 Lone Ranch Parkway, Brookings.
For those not able to attend in person the lecture will be streamed live on the College’s YouTube channel at: www.youtube.com/@southwesternOR/streams.
About the Lecture:
We’ll discuss Oregon’s very own “Micro Space Program”, the Portland State Aerospace Society, an open-source student aerospace project at Portland State University that builds rockets, rocket engines, satellites, and satellite ground stations. Learn how you can get involved, even remotely! There are opportunities for engineering and non-engineering students to participate in our highly collaborative and completely open-source project.
About the Speaker:
Andrew Greenberg spent the last 20 years in embedded systems and medical devices and is now a senior instructor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Portland State University. He teaches project classes, including senior capstone, and is the founder and faculty advisor for the Portland State Aerospace Society, an interdisciplinary student group that builds open-source amateur rockets, rocket engines, satellites, and satellite ground stations.
For more information about the lecture series contact Dr. Aaron Coyner, Professor, Engineering and Physics at aaron.coyner@socc.edu or 541-888-7244.
For more information on upcoming lectures contact Krystal Hopper Meyers, STEAM Pathways Administrator, at 541-888-1518, or krystal.hopper@socc.edu.
To learn more about STEM degrees at Southwestern visit: https://www.socc.edu/programs-classes/stem/.