Professor
Dr. Maruthi R. Akella
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).
Graduate Students
Dr. Siddarth Kaki
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 3.112
siddarthkaki(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: spacecraft autonomy, vision-based relative navigation, radial low-thrust rendezvous schemes, EDL GNC
Mihir Vedantam
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
Richard Hoobler
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
rhoobler(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: guidance, optimization, machine learning
Yoonjae “Jesse” Lee
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
yol033(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: multi-agent systems, autonomous vehicles, game theory, distributed control, optimal control
Andrew Miller
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
andrew(dot)miller(at)austin(dot)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: attitude estimation and control, adaptive control
Steven Patrick
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
spatric5(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: path planning, collision avoidance, optimal control, multi-agent systems
Rachael Gold
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
rgold(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: spacecraft GNC, autonomous systems, mission design
Edward Jung
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
Christopher Busic
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
cbusic(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: spacecraft autonomy, EDL GNC, nonlinear dynamics and control
Anand Agrawal
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
aagrawal66(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: spacecraft GNC, multi-agent systems, spacecraft and trajectory design, machine learning
Donghae Kim
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
Anabel Soria Carro
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
anabelsoriacarro(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: mission and trajectory design, spacecraft GNC, nonlinear dynamics and control
Pete Lealiiee
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
Kyle Shiller
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
kyle(dot)shiller(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: spacecraft rendezvous and proximity operations, relative navigation and path planning, optimization
Anna Hagen
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
annahagen(dot)ah(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: hypersonic GNC, autonomous systems, control state estimation
Akhilesh Mulgund
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
Visiting Students
Stefano Coco
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
stefano(dot)coco(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: mission and trajectory design, spacecraft dynamics and control
Simone Amorosino
Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
simone(dot)amorosino(at)utexas(dot)edu
Research Interests: trajectory design, spacecraft GNC, orbital mechanics
Undergraduate Students
Antonio O Jimenez
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE)
Robots
Gollum
Ground Rover
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118
Research Interests: MY PRECIOUS
Bilbo
Quadcopter
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118
Research Interests: flying high, swarming, mapping, occasionally crashing
Frodo
Quadcopter
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118
Research Interests: taking over from Bilbo
Mikicopter
Quadcopter
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118
Research Interests: chilling in retirement
Unibot
Ground Rover
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118
Research Interests: chilling in retirement
Rekr
Ground Rover
Aerospace Engineering Building (ASE), Room 4.118
Research Interests: chilling in retirement