Autonomy, robotics, and control theory
Multi-agent cooperative control
Human learning and understanding human control strategies
Spacecraft dynamics and control
Adaptive and learning control
Safety-critical control
System Identification
Ph.D. 2006, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
M.S. 2005, Mathematics, University of Michigan
M.S.E. 2003, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
B.S.E. 2002, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University
2023 - present: Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
2021 - present: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2016 – 2021: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2010 — 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky
2009 — 2010: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
2008 — 2009: Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, IL
2006 — 2008: Associate, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, IL
2002 — 2006: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan
2003 — 2005: Space Scholar, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM
