Takashi Tanaka
Dr. Tanaka joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 2017. Before moving to UT, he held a postdoctoral researcher position at KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden. From 2012 to 2015, he was a postdoctoral associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Dr. Tanaka received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), USA, in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Prior to his graduate studies, he received his B.S. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan. Dr. Tanaka is a recipient of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) best student paper award in 2011.
Kaoru Teranishi
Dr. Teranishi is a JSPS Overseas Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and a Research Affiliate Postdoctoral in the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in mechanical and intelligent systems engineering from the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan, in 2024. From October 2019 to September 2020, he was a Visiting Scholar at the Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA. From April 2021 to March 2024, he was a Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, Japan. From April 2024 to May 2024, he was a Research Fellow at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. [Kaoru’s website]
Apurva Patil
I am a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at UT Austin. My research interests lie in robotics, path-planning and perception. I completed my bachelor’s from College of Engineering Pune in India. In my free time, I enjoy swimming and listening to music. [Apurva’s website]
Vrushabh Zinage
I am a graduate student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at the University of Texas at Austin. My research interests lie in the intersection of robotics, motion planning and control theory. Prior to joining UT, I completed my Bachelor’s in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in India. In my free time, I enjoy watching cricket, listening to music, stargazing and watching movies.
Jihoon Suh
I am a PhD student in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. My current research is on encrypted control, where the objective is to protect the privacy of sensitive data such as personal, financial, or strategically valuable information while they are being processed by a control system. I completed my Bachelor’s at UT Austin, and I served in the US Army for 6 years as a member of MAVNI. In my free time, I enjoy playing Tennis, camping, and stargazing. [Jihoon’s website]
I am a PhD student in the Aerospace Engineering department focusing on controls, autonomy and robotics. My research interests include leveraging deep reinforcement learning methods as well as classical control theory to optimize decision making in competitive, multi-agent scenarios. I graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Applied and Computational Mathematics. In my spare time, I enjoy hiking, being outdoors, and cooking.
BLANK SPACE INSERTED
Alumni
Michael Hibbard (Graduated with PhD in 2024, currently at Starfish Space)
Hyunho Jung (Graduated with PhD in 2024, currently at the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF))
Ali Reza Pedram (Grudated with PhD in 2023, currently at Georgia Tech)
Binghan He (Postdoc researcher until 2022, currently at UC Berkeley)
Riku Funada (Postdoc researcher until 2020, currently at Tokyo Institute of Technology)
Jeb Stefan (Graduated with M.S. in 2019, currently at Odyssey Space Research)