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Tim McLain
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Brigham Young University
Provo, Utah 84602
voice: (801) 422-6537
fax:    (801) 422-0516
email: mclain@byu.edu


Current Graduate Students:

Jeff Anderson
    Degree:  MS
    Topic:  Neglect-Tolerant Control of Robot Teams
    email:  jeffanderson1@hotmail.com

Blake Barber
    Degree:  MS
    Topic:  Vision-based Target Localization Using a Fixed-wing Miniature Aircraft
    email: d.blake.barber@gmail.com

James Hall
    Degree:  PhD
    Topic:  Attitude Estimation and Control for a Tail-Sitter Miniature Aircraft
    email:  hallatjk@gmail.com

Steven Hansen
    Degree:  MS
    Topic:  Cooperative Target Localization Using Multiple Miniature Aircraft
    email:  steven.hansen@millenergy.biz

Joe Jackson
    Degree:  MS
    Topic:  Software Gimbal Based Camera Control for Miniature Aircraft 
    email:  joejenjackson@gmail.com 

Neil Johnson
    Degree:  MS
    Topic:  Control of Small Autonomous Rotorcraft 
    email:  realdealneil@gmail.com 

Nathan Knoebel
    Degree:  MS
    Topic:  Adaptive Control for a Tail-Sitter Miniature Aircraft
    email:  nathan.knoebel@gmail.com

Rob Messenger
    Degree:  PhD
    Topic:  Piezoresistive Sensing and Precision Control of a MEMS Nanopositioner
    email:  rkm4@et.byu.edu 

Former Graduate Students:

Andrew Eldredge, MS, 2006
    Thesis:  Improved State Estimation for Miniature Air Vehicles
    Current coordinates:
       Raytheon Missile Systems
       Tucson, AZ 
       email:  andrew.eldredge@gmail.com 

Jisang Sun, MS, 2006
    Thesis:  Human Interfaces for Cooperative Control of Multiple Vehicle Systems
    Current coordinates:
        email:  mjs0523@gmail.com

Stephen Griffiths, MS, 2006
    Thesis::  Remote Terrain Navigation for Unmanned Air Vehicles
    Current coordinates:
        Scientific Systems Company, Inc.
        Woburn, MA
        srgriffiths@ssci.com       

Tim Hakala, PhD, 2005
    Dissertation:  Settling-time Improvements in Positioning Machines Subject to Nonlinear Friction Using Adaptive Impulse Control
    Current coordinates:
       Raytheon Missile Systems
       Tucson, AZ 
       tim@hakala.org 

Derek Nelson, MS, 2005
    Thesis:  Cooperative Control of Miniature Air Vehicles
    Current coordinates: 
        Northrop Grumman Corporation
        San Diego CA
        derek.nelson@ngc.com

Joshua Redding, MS, 2005
    Thesis:  Vision-based Target Localization from a Small, Fixed-wing Unmanned Air Vehicle
    Current coordinates: 
        Scientific Systems Company, Inc.
        Woburn, MA
        joshua@ssci.com

Dale Rowley, MS, 2005
    Thesis:  Real-time Evaluation of Vision-based Navigation for Autonomous Landing of a Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a Non-cooperative Environment
    Current coordinates: 
        Army/NASA Rotorcraft Division
        NASA Ames Research Center
        Moffett Field, CA
        drowley@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Rob Messenger, MS, 2004
    Thesis:  Modeling and Control of Surface Micromachined Thermal Actuators
    Current coordinates: 
        Brigham Young University (doctoral student)
        Provo, UT
        rkm4@et.byu.edu

David Walker, MS, 2004
    Thesis:  UAV-Target Assignment Using Distributed Calculation of Target-Task Tours
    Current coordinates: 
        Boeing Phantom Works
        St. Louis, MO
        David.H.Walker@boeing.com

Jason Howlett, MS, 2002
    Thesis:  Path Planning for Sensing Multiple Targets from an Aircraft
    Current coordinates: 
        US Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate
        Moffett Field, CA
        jhowlett@mail.arc.nasa.gov

Jason Vest, MS, 2002
    Thesis:  The Effects of Communication and Sensor Latency on the Formation Control of Multiple Vehicles
    Current coordinates: 
        Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory
        Schenectady, NY
        jvest@byu.edu

Chris Lott, MS, 2001
    Thesis:  Electrothermal Modeling of a Surface Micromachined Linear Displacement Microactuator
    Current coordinates: 
        L-3 Communications
        Salt Lake City, Utah
        clott@csw.L-3com.com

Kevin Judd, MS, 2001
    Thesis:  Trajectory Planning Strategies for Unmanned Air Vehicles
    Current coordinates: 
        IBM Tucson

Chris Bailey, MS, 1999
    Thesis:  Fuel Saving Schemes for Separated Spacecraft Flying in Formation
   
Current coordinates: 
        NTT/Verio
        Orem, UT
        cbailey@verio.net

Rich Abbott, MS, 1999
    Thesis:  Experimental Validation of a Synthesis Technique for Optimal Control of Nonlinear Systems
    Current coordinates:
        Idaho Technology
        Salt Lake City, UT
        rich@idahotech.com

Doug Gilbert, MS, 1998
    Thesis:  The Repeatability Bound of an Impulsive Position Control System Subject to Frictional Variation
    Current coordinates:
        Eaton Hydraulics
        Eden Prairie, MN

 

   
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