Research
Group for Professor How
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Research
Group for Professor How |
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| Louis Breger ("Icebreaker") | MIT AA PhD - Control design formation flying spacecraft, e.g. Orion | |
| Mehdi Alighanbari | MIT AA PhD - Stochastic Trajectory Design and Optimization (AFOSR) | |
| Luca Bertuccelli | MIT AA PhD - Coordinated sensing using multiple UAVs (Vehicles) | |
| Geoff Huntington | MIT AA PhD - Local vs Global Optimization Techniques | |
| Mario Valenti | MIT EE PhD - Health Management for UAV Swarms | |
| Han-Lim Choi | MIT AA PhD - Coordinated Control of Multiple Mobile Observing Platforms for Weather Forecast Improvement | |
| Justin Teo | MIT AA PhD - Decentralized Trajectory Optimization and the DARPA Grand Challenge | |
| Emily Craparo | MIT AA PhD - Distributed Sensing and Decision Making | |
| Dan Dale | MIT EE MEng - Automatic Recharging for a Multi-UAV Testbed | |
| John Griffith | MIT AA SM - Attitude and Path Planning Algorithms for Target Tracking using Multiple Spacecraft | |
| Brett Bethke | MIT AA SM - Distributed Control of Multiple Quadrotor UAVs | |
| Georges S. Aoude | MIT AA SM - Demonstration of Combined Attitude and Trajectory Optimization on SPHEREs | |
| Gaston Fiore | MIT AA SM - Planning and Control for the DARPA Grand Challenge | |
| Yoshiaki Kuwata | MIT AA |
MIT AA 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. |