People

Cockrell Family Chair #19 in Engineering,
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 3.224
(512) 471-9493
(512) 471-3788 (fax)
makella(at)mail(dot)utexas(dot)edu

Dr. Akella specializes in the control of complex dynamical systems that are subject to large scale nonlinearities and uncertainties. He is the founding director for the Center for Autonomous Air Mobility (CAAM).

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 3.112
vedantam(dot)mihir(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: optimal control, machine learning, decision-making, modeling

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
rhoobler(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: guidance, optimization, machine learning

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
andrew(dot)miller(at)austin(dot)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: attitude estimation and control, adaptive control

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
edward(dot)jung(at)austin(dot)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: optimal control, GNC, RPODU, nonlinear dynamics and control

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
aagrawal66(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: spacecraft GNC, multi-agent systems, spacecraft and trajectory design, machine learning

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
donghae(dot)kim(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: path planning, optimal control, system safety, aircraft upset, multi-agent systems

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
anabelsoriacarro(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: mission and trajectory design, spacecraft GNC, nonlinear dynamics and control

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
petelealiieejr4(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: nonlinear dynamics and control, adaptive control, optimal control, UAVs and autonomous robotic systems

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
annahagen(dot)ah(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: hypersonic GNC, autonomous systems, control state estimation 

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
akhilesh(dot)mulgund(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: relative navigation, spacecraft GNC, autonomous systems, nonlinear dynamics and control

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
william(dot)lipscomb(at)austin(dot)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: proximity operations, spacecraft autonomy, and machine learning 

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
johnboh(at)utexas(dot)edu

Research Interests: Orbit determination and optimization, cislunar architecture design, quantum sensing, and space situational awareness

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
tstiffler(at)utexas(dot)edu

Estimation, spacecraft GNC, nonlinear dynamics and control, adaptive control

Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
andrewm1177(at)utexas(dot)edu

Reinforcement Learning, computer vision, Multi Agent Systems

Ground Rover
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118

Research Interests: MY PRECIOUS

Quadcopter
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118

Research Interests: flying high, swarming, mapping, occasionally crashing

Quadcopter
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118

Research Interests: taking over from Bilbo

Quadcopter
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118

Research Interests: chilling in retirement

Ground Rover
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118

Research Interests: chilling in retirement

Ground Rover
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118

Research Interests: chilling in retirement