Research
Group for Professor How
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Research
Group for Professor How |
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| Post Doctoral Associates | ||
| Luca Bertuccelli | MIT AA PhD - Coordinated sensing using multiple UAVs (Vehicles) | |
| Han-Lim Choi | MIT AA PhD - Coordinated Control of Multiple Mobile Observing Platforms for Weather Forecast Improvement | |
| Graduate Students | ||
| Justin Teo | MIT AA PhD - Adaptive Control and the DARPA Grand Challenge | |
| Brett Bethke | MIT AA PhD - Planning and Control of Multiple Quadrotor UAVs | |
| Georges Aoude | MIT AA PhD - Robust Path Planning for Autonomous Vehicles | |
| Josh Redding | MIT AA PhD - Health Aware Activity Planning for Multiple UAVs | |
| Aditya Undurti | MIT AA PhD - Activity Planning for Integrated Teams of Semi-autonomous Agents and Human Operators | |
| Brandon Luders | MIT AA SM - Robust MPC Algorithms and the Agile Robotics Program | |
| Karl Kulling | MIT AA SM - Communication Strategies to Improve Distributed Task Assignment | |
| Cameron Fraser | MIT AA SM - CSAT Flight Experiments | |
| Frantisek Sobolic | MIT AA SM - Nonlinear Aircraft Control | |
| Buddy Michini | MIT AA SM - Adaptive Aircraft Control | |
| Daniel Levine | MIT AA SM - Closed-loop Vision Based Flight Control | |
| Han-Lim Choi | MIT AA |
MIT PhD (Feb 2009) Adaptive Sampling and Forecasting With Mobile Sensor Networks |
| Luca Bertuccelli | MIT AA |
MIT PhD (Sept 2009) Robust Decision-Making with Model Uncertainty in Aerospace Systems |
| Emily Craparo | MIT AA |
MIT PhD (Sept 2008) Cooperative Exploration under Communication Constraints |
| Spencer Ahrens | MIT ME |
MIT SM (June 2008) Vision-Based Guidance and Control of a Hovering Vehicle in Unknown Environments |
| Gaston Fiore | MIT AA |
MIT SM (June 2008) A Robust Motion Planning Approach for Autonomous Driving in Urban Areas |
| Matthew M. Jeffrey | MIT AA |
MIT SM (June 2008) Closed-loop Control of Spacecraft Formations with Applications on SPHERES |
| Jim McGrew | MIT AA |
MIT SM (June 2008) Real-Time Maneuvering Decisions for Autonomous Air Combat |
| Louis Breger | MIT AA |
MIT PhD (June 2008) Control of Spacecraft in Proximity Orbits |
| Mehdi Alighanbari | MIT AA |
MIT AA PhD (August 2007) Robust and Decentralized Task Assignment Algorithms for UAVs |
| Geoffrey Huntington | MIT AA |
MIT PhD Advancement and Analysis of a Gauss Pseudospectral Transcription for Optimal Control Problems |
| Mario Valenti | MIT EE |
MIT PhD (June 2007) Approximate Dynamic Programming with Applications in Multi-Agent Systems |
| Dan Dale | MIT EE |
MIT MEng (June 2007) Automated Ground Maintenance and Health Management for Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles |
| John Griffith | MIT AA |
MIT AA SM (June 2007) Attitude and Path Planning Algorithms for Target Tracking using Multiple Spacecraft |
| Yoshiaki Kuwata | MIT AA |
MIT PhD (Feb 2007) Trajectory Planning for Unmanned Vehicles using Robust Receding Horizon Control |
| Kieran Culligan | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (Aug 2006) Nap of the Earth Trajectory Design using MILP |
| Michael J. Matczynski | MIT EE |
MIT MEng thesis (June 2006) Avionics and Software for a Distributed Multi-UAV Testbed |
| Milan Mandic | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2006) Decentralized navigation Currently a PhD student at UCLA |
| Henry de Plinval | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (Feb 2006) Distributed Navigation Algorithms Currently working at ESA |
| Tom Schouwenaars | MIT AA |
MIT AA PhD (Dec 2005) Safe Trajectory Planning of Autonomous Vehicles |
| Thomas Chabot | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2005) Integrated navigation Solutions for Mars Rovers Currently working at ESA |
| Ian Garcia | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2005) Nonlinear Trajectory Optimization with Path Constraints Applied to Spacecraft Reconfiguration Maneuvers Research staff at Draper. |
| Thomas Chabot | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2005) Integrated Navigation Architecture Analysis for Moon and Mars Exploration |
| Eric Prigge | SU AA |
Stanford AA PhD (Dec 2005) A Positioning System with No Line-of-sight Restrictions For Cluttered Environments Research Scientist for Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions |
| Arthur Richards | MIT AA |
MIT Ph.D. thesis (Dec 2005) Robust Constrained Model Predictive Control Lecturer in Controls and Dynamics, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol |
| Ellis King | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (Aug 2004) Distributed Coordination and Control Experiments on a Multi-UAV Testbed Research staff at Draper. |
| Chung Tin | MIT ME |
MIT S.M. thesis (Aug 2004) Robust Multi-UAV Planning in Dynamic and Uncertain Environments Currently a PhD student at MIT |
| Megan Mitchell | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2004) CDGPS-Based Relative Navigation for Multiple Spacecraft Research staff at Draper. |
| Louis Breger | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2004) Model Predictive Control for Formation Flying Spacecraft Currently a PhD student at MIT |
| Mehdi Alighanbari | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2004) Task Assignment Algorithms for Teams of UAVs in Dynamic Environments Currently a PhD student at MIT |
| Luca Bertuccelli | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2004) Robust Planning for Heterogeneous UAVs in Uncertain Environments Currently a PhD student at MIT |
| Yoshiaki Kuwata | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2003) Real-time Trajectory Design for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles using Receding Horizon Control - Currently a PhD student at MIT |
| Franz Busse | SU AA |
Stanford University Ph.D. thesis
(Jan 2003) Precise Formation-State Estimation in Low Earth Orbit Using Carrier Differential GPS Currently a Research Scientist at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. |
| Philip Ferguson | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (Jan 2003) Distributed Estimation and Control Technologies for Formation Flying Spacecraft Currently a PhD student at MIT with Prof. Newman |
| Trent Yang | MIT AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (June 2003) Optimal thruster selection with robust estimation for formation flying applications |
| MIT
AA |
MIT S.M. thesis (Aug 2002) Estimation and Control of a Multi-Vehicle Testbed Using GPS Doppler Sensing Currently a student at Northwestern University |
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| MIT
AA |
MIT S.M.
thesis (Aug 2002) Coordination and Control of UAV Fleets using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Currently works for the Canadian Space Agency at NASA JSC |
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| SU
AA |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (June 2002) Dynamic Output Feedback Synthesis of Piece-wise Affine Systems Assistant Professor at Concordia University |
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| MIT
AA |
MIT S.M.
thesis (June 2002) Trajectory Optimization using Mixed-Integer Linear Programming Currently Ph.D. student at MIT |
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| MIT
AA |
MIT S.M.
thesis (June 2002) Coordination and Control of Multiple Spacecraft using Convex Optimization Techniques Currently at Lockheed Martin (Dallas). |
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SU ME |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (June 2001) Precise Relative Navigation using Augmented CDGPS (See also) Currently works for Samsung, Soeul, Korea. |
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SU EE |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Jan 2001) Model-Free Subspace-Based H-infinity Control |
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SU AA |
Stanford University Ph.D. thesis
(June 2001) Spacecraft Formation Flying: Theory and Experiment Currently a Senior Engineer for Hughes Aircraft Company, Space and Communications Group |
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SU AA |
Stanford University Ph.D. thesis
(Dec 2000) Impedance Control of Flexible Macro/Mini Manipulators Currently a Senior Engineer for Real-Time Innovations |
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SU ME |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Dec 2000) Passivity Based Analysis and Control of Nonlinear Systems Currently a Senior Engineer for Voyan |
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SU EE |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Aug 2000) Lyapunov Methods in the Analysis of Complex Dynamical Systems [Joint advisor with Professor Boyd at Stanford EE] |
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Tobe Corazzini (now Tobe Haywood) |
SU AA |
Stanford University Ph.D. thesis
(Aug 2000) Onboard Pseudolite Augmentation For Spacecraft Formation Flying Currently a Senior Software Engineer for Real-Time Innovations |
| John Carl Adams
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SU AA |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Dec 1999) Robust GPS Attitude Determination for Spacecraft Currently at Research Engineer at NASA GSFC |
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SU AA |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Dec 1999) [reproduction quality relatively poor] CDGPS Sensing for Formation Flying Vehicles Senior Professional Staff Member at John Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory |
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| Hong Song Bae
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SU ME |
Stanford University Engineering
Thesis (Aug 1999) Active Vibration Isolation and Alignment Issues for LIGO Currently a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University |
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SU EE |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (July 1999) Estimation-Based Adaptive Filtering and Control Currently a Senior Research Engineer at Pavilion Technologies |
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| SU
AA |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Jan 1999) Analysis and Control of Linear Parameter-varying Systems. Senior Researcher at Draper |
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| SU
EE |
Stanford University Ph.D.
thesis (Oct 1997) Parametric Robust Controller Synthesis Using Linear Matrix Inequalities Currently an Assistant Professor in the Control Systems Research Laboratory, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. |
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| SU
AA |
Stanford University Ph.D. thesis (July 1997) Manipulation of a Free-Floating Object Using A Macro/Mini-Manipulator With Structural Flexibility Currently a Senior Engineering Specialist, Space Systems/Loral |
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| E. Harris Teague |
SU
AA |
Stanford University Ph.D. thesis (June 1997) Flexible Structure Estimation and Control using the Global Positioning System Currently a Senior Project Engineer at Qualcomm. |