Computer Science · USC ViterbiLos Angeles, CA

Joshua Terranova

USC computer science student: NASA lunar systems work, LiraLab robot learning, Field Robotics Lab autonomy, and shipped products.

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NASA L'SPACE engineering, USC LiraLab, Field Robotics Lab, and independent projects drawn from the curriculum vitae.

Red sandstone buttes under clear sky — lunar-analog desert terrain

NASA & Aerospace · 2026

L'SPACE MCA · Team 19: Ad Astra

Lead Systems Engineer on an 18-member MCA team: autonomous lunar permanently shadowed region volatile-prospecting rover at Nobile Rim 2.

City lights across North America at night from orbit

NASA & Aerospace · 2025

L'SPACE NPWEE · Team 10: Forged in Orbit

Lead Systems Engineer on a 12-member NPWEE team: cold-welding repair proposal and lead-authored L-MAP-FI pathfinding study.

Research · 2026–Present

LiraLab · Undergraduate Researcher

Undergraduate researcher in the Learning and Interactive Robot Autonomy Lab (Prof. Erdem Bıyık): robot learning, preference-based reward learning, and human-robot interaction.