SSDL is pleased to welcome Dr. John Christian who will be joining the Aerospace Engineering department as an Assistant Professor. He joins us from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where he was an Assistant Professor of Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering and the Director of the Sensing, Estimation and Automation Laboratory.
His research interests are in image-based spacecraft autonomous navigation and has worked on software for NASA flight missions.
Congratulations to the following SSDL students on graduating in Spring 2021- Hao Chen(PhD), Philippe Clifton, Athreya Gundamraj, Abhijit Harathi, Bhavi Jagatia, Alex Lee, Ricky Macke, Will McNulty, Samuel Rapoport, & Ricardo Saborio(all MS). We wish them the best for the future!
Two SSDL students Onalli Gunasekara and Brandon Colón have been awarded prestigious fellowships by DoD and NASA. These fellowships will support their PhD research.
Congratulations to William Jun, who passed his Ph.D. Qualifying Exam!