Graduate Research in Autonomous Guidance, Navigation and Control

I am a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Aeronautics & Astronautics Department at the University of Washington, working with the Autonomous Controls Laboratory under Prof. Behçet Açıkmeşe and with the Control and Trustworthy Robotics Laboratory under Prof. Karen Leung. My research focuses on the developing reliable and real-time capable Perception and Guidance methods for autonomous systems, and their practical applications in real-world systems. To take full advantage of these algorithms, I also designed custom full-stack quadrotor controllers and hardware. This includes:

• Convex Optimization (Convex Approximation Methods)
• Real-Time Trajectory Optimization (Sequential Convex Programming)
• Perception-in-the-Loop Planning (Active Navigation)
• Primary Applications:
  • Aeronautics: Multirotors
  • Spaceflight: Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL), Relative Orbital Maneuvers

Academically, I graduated from the University of Washington with a B.S. in Applied Physics (2021), and am the recipient of both the NASA NSTGRO and Washington Space Grant fellowships for graduate research. Professionally, I have been a Visiting Technologist working at the NASA Johnson Space Center, as well as an internship at the Autonomy and Technology Research Center at the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Have a look through my website to learn more!