Current Graduate Students
Peter Niedfeldt, PhD
Topic: Sensor guided flight
Email: pcniedfeldt (at) gmail (dot) com
Matt Argyle, PhD
Topic: Sensor guided flight
Email: matt (dot) argyle (at) gmail (dot) com
Eric Quist, PhD
Topic: Sense and avoid
Email: eric (dot) quist (at) gmail (dot) com
Laith Sahawneh, PhD
Topic: Sense and avoid for unmanned air vehicles
Email: laith20 (at) hotmail (dot) com
Everett Bryan, MS
Topic: GPS denied navigation
Email: eabryan (at) gmail (dot) com
Stephen Quebe, MS
Topic: Vision based navigation
Email: squebe (at) gmail (dot) com
Former Post Docs
P.B. Sujit, 2006-2008
Topic: Cooperative task assignment and path planning for UAVs
Current coordinates:
email: sujit (at) byu (dot) edu
Former PhD Students
Liang (Solomon) Sun, PhD, 2012
Dissertation: Dynamic Modeling, Trajectory Generation and Tracking, Simulations and Experiments of Aerially Towed Cable Systems for Aerial Recovery of Miniature Aerial Vehicles
Email: solbuaa (at) gmail (dot) com
John Mcdonald, PhD, 2012
Dissertation: Efficient Estimation for Small Multi-Rotor Air Vehicles Operating in Unknown, Indoor Environments
Current Coordinates: Research Scientists at Air Force Research Laboratory, Sensors Directorate
Email: jandkmacdonald (at) hotmail (dot) com
Rajnikant Sharma, PhD, 2011
Dissertation: Bearing-only Cooperative Localization and Path Planning for Ground and Aerial Robots
Current Coordinates: Post doc at Air Force Academy
Email: raj (dot) drdo (at) gmail (dot) com
Huili Yu, PhD, 2011
Dissertation: Vision-based Path Planning, Collision Avoidance, and Target Tracking for Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles in Urban Environments.
Current Coordinates: Post doc at Boston University
Email: huiliyu (dot) yhl (at) gmail (dot) com
Jeff Saunders, PhD, 2009
Dissertation: Obstacle Avoidance, Vision Automatic Tartget Tracking, and Task Allocation for Small Unmanned Air Vehicles
Current Coordinates: Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ.
Email: saunders (dot) jeff (at) gmail (dot) com
David Casbeer, PhD, 2009
Dissertation: Decentralized Estimation in a Multi-Static UAV Radar Tracking System
Current coordinates: Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Vehicles Directorate, WPAFB
Email: David (dot) Casbeer (at) wpab (dot) af (dot) mil
Derek Kingston, PhD, 2007
Dissertation: Decentralized Control of Multiple UAVs for Perimeter and Target Surveillance
Current coordinates: Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Vehicles Directorate, WPAFB
Email: derek.kingston (at) gmail (dot) com
Wei Ren, PhD, 2004
Dissertation: Consensus Seeking, Formation Keeping, and Trajectory Tracking in Multiple Vehicle Cooperative Control
Current coordinates: University of California at Riverside
Email: ren (at) ee (dot) ucr (dot) edu
J. Will Curtis, PhD, 2002
Dissertation: A Generalization of Sontag's Formula for High-Performance CLF-based Control
Current coordinates: Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Eglin Air Force Base
Email: jess (dot) curtis (at) eglin (dot) af (dot) mil
Jonathan R. Lawton, PhD, 2000
Dissertation: A Behavior-based Approach for Spacecraft Formation Flying
Current coordinates: L3 Communications West, Salt Lake City
Email: jonathan (dot) lawton (at) L-3com (dot) com
Former Masters Students
Kevin Meier, MS, 2012
Thesis: A Guidance Law for a Small Scale Controllable Projectile
Current Coordinates: PhD student at University of Illinois
Email: kevin (dot) c (dot) meier (at) gmail (dot) com
Brandon Carrol, MS, 2012
Thesis: Using Motion Fields to Estimate Video Utility and Detect GPS Spoofing
Current Coordinates: PhD student at Georgia Tech
Email: ctnodnarb (at) hotmail (dot) com
Bryce Pincock, MS, 2012
Thesis: Real-Time Target Following Using an Unmanned Rotorcraft with a Laser Rangefinder
Current Coordinates: Hill Air Force Base
Email: bpincock (at) yahoo (dot) com
Caleb Chamberlain, MS, 2011
Thesis: System Identification, State Estimation, and Control of Unmanned Aerial Robots
Current Coordinates: CEO, CH Robotics
Email: voiceafx (at) gmail (dot) com
Andrew Curtis, MS, 2008
Thesis: Path Planning for Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles in Urban Environments
Current Coordinates: MIT Lincoln Labs, Lexington, MA
Email: byudrew (at) gmail (dot) com
Joe Egbert, MS, 2008
Thesis: Low-Altitude Road Following Using Strap-Down Cameras on Miniature Aerial Vehicles
Current Coordinates: Scientific Systems
Email: jegbert1 (at) gmail (dot) com
Steve Osborne, MS, 2007
Thesis: Transition Between Hover and Level Flight for a Tailsitter UAV
Current coordinates:Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson
Email: srosborne (at) gmail (dot) com
Ryan Holt, MS, 2007
Thesis: Three Enabling Technologies for Vision-Based Forest-Fire Perimeter Surveillance Using Multiple Unmanned Aerial Systems
Current coordinates: MIT Lincoln Labs, Lexington, MA
Email: holt (dot) ryan (at) gmail (dot) com
David Johanson, MS, 2006
Thesis: Video Stabilization and Object Localization Using Feature Tracking with Small UAV Video
Current coordinates: Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson
Email: davejohansen (at) gmail (dot) com
Joshua Matthews, MS, 2006
Thesis: Adaptive Control of Micro Air Vehicles
Current coordinates: Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson
Email: josh_matthews (at) byu (dot) edu
Brandon Call, MS, 2006
Thesis: Obstacle Avoidance for Unmanned Air Vehicles Using Computer Vision
Current coordinates: MIT Lincoln Labs
Email: brandoncall (at) gmail (dot) com
Walt Johnson, MS, 2005
Thesis: The Kestrel Autopilot
Current coordinates: Procerus Technologies
Email: waltj (at) procerusuav (dot) com
Reed Christiansen, MS, 2004
Thesis: Design of an Autopilot for Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Current coordinates: Procerus Technologies
Email: reedc (at) procerusuav (dot) com
Josh Hintze, MS, 2004
Thesis: Autonomous Landing of a Rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in a Non-Cooperative Environment Using Machine Vision
Current coordinates: Procerus Technologies
Email: joshh (at) procerusuav (dot) com
Derek Kingston, MS, 2003
Thesis: Implementation Issues of Real-Time Trajectory Generation on Small UAVs
Current coordinates: AFRL, WPAFB
Erik Anderson, MS, 2002
Thesis: Extremal Control and Unmanned Air Vehicle Trajectory Generation
Current coordinates: Google
Email: erikpanderson (at) google (dot) com
Jed Kelsey, MS, 2001
Thesis: The MAGICC Mobile Robot Toolbox (MMRT): A Simulink-based Control and Coordination Toolbox for Multiple Robotic Agents
Current coordinates: Scientific Systems Corporation Inc.
Email: jed (dot) m (dot) kelsey (at) jpl (dot) nasa (dot) gov
J. Will Curtis, MS, 2000
Dissertation: Nonlinear controller comparison on a benchmark system
Current coordinates: Air Force Research Laboratory, Munitions Directorate, Eglin Air Force Base
Email: jess (dot) curtis (at) eglin (dot) af (dot) mil
Brett Young, MS, 2000
Dissertation: Mobile robots: coordination and control
Current coordinates: Raytheon Systems Inc., Tucson, Arizona
Email: Brett_J_Young (at) raytheon (dot) com
