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
