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a bit more about MM ...
in a nutshell …
- Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics
- J. Ray Bowen Endowed Professor in Engineering Education
- Adjunct Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
- Adjunct Professor of Mathematics
- Director of the Robotics, Aerospace, and Information Networks (RAIN) Lab
- Executive Director of Joint Center for Aerospace Technology Innovation (JCATI)
- IEEE Fellow
- AIAA Fellow
- Member of the Washington State Academy of Sciences
my research spans the following areas:
Distributed aerospace systems: space constellations, formations, swarms, coordinated flight, aerospace robotic networks, space-borne navigation/comm/science, collaborative space robotics, space communication networks, synchronization, delay-tolerant networks, deployment and optimization.
Networks & coordination: Coordination algorithms, synchronization, control over networks, distributed optimization/decision-making, algebraic graph theory, mixed networks, product networks, multi-time scale networks, human/bots teams, aerospace networks, network control and dynamics, state-dependent networks, uncertain/random networks, adaptive and resilient networks, system theory of networks, fundamental theory, algorithms, and applications.
Autonomy & Control: Optimization-based synthesis, guidance problems and funnels, landing, rendezvous and docking, applied semidefinite and convex programming, applied robust and optimal control, real time motion planning, computational control, distributed actuation, perception-based control, hybrid and electric air mobility, air mobility networks, transportation networks, flight systems, energy optimization, human/bots teams, cubesats.
Data-guided Decision-making: Learning for feedback control and autonomy, data-guided network control, trade-offs between identification and control, fundamental guarantees, dimension reduction, safe learning, data-guided control, first order methods for control and games, reinforcement learning, and federated/distributed learning.
Engineering Education: Learning paradigms, effective teaching, social learning, write/code/build to-learn, online learning, inclusive teaching, teaching across disciplines and cultures; see UW Columns article, and Teaching Showcase
at JPL I contributed to the following programs :
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Cassini Mission to Saturn : attitude estimation, guidance and control, Saturn orbit insertion, constrained monitor
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Shuttle Radar Topography : attitude control for synthetic aperture radar antenna at the end of a 60 m boom connected to the space shuttle bay
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Starlight Mission : formation control, geometry, fuel budget analysis, guidance maneuvers
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Terrestrial Planet Finder : formation control, guidance, estimation, network control
some recognitions :
- Fellow of AIAA, 2024
- Member of Washington State Academy of Sciences, 2023
- Distinguished speaker, Chinese Control and Decision Conference, 2019
- College of Engineering Faculty Appreciation for Career Education and Training Award, 2019
- Graduate Instructor of the Year, Aeronautics & Astronautics, 2015
- Fellow of IEEE, 2015
- Professor of the Year, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2010
- College of Engineering Innovator Award for Teaching, 2008
- Keynote speaker, Graduation, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2008
- Professor of the Year, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2006
- Member; University of Washington Teaching Academy (since 2005)
- Professor of the Year, Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2004
- NASA Space Act Award, 2004
- NSF CAREER Award, 2001
- NASA New Technology Award, 2001
- Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Award, JPL, Caltech, 2000
- Achievement Award for the Cassini Program, NASA, 1998
- Cassini Attitude and Articulation Control Subsystem Award, JPL, Caltech, 1997
videos about our work (some more historical) :