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Research Assistants
Ph.D. | M.S. | Undergraduate2007-2008 Graduate and Undergraduate Research Assistants
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SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENTS OF MY GRADUATE AND UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
- (3) National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship recipients
- (4) National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship (NDSEG) recipients
- (6) Texas A&M University Graduate Merit Fellowship Recipients
- (2) Texas A&M University Undergraduate Research Fellows
- (1) Texas A&M University Undergraduate Research Scholars
- (10) Texas A&M Undergraduate Engineering Honors Research Scholars
- (2) Travel Award to Present at Professional Conference (IFAC)
- (4) Graduate placers (two 1st , one 2nd, one 3rd) Texas A&M Student Research Week Competition
- (7) Graduate placers (four 1st, two 2nd, two 3rd) Regional AIAA Student Paper Conferences
- (9) Undergraduate placers (two 1st, four 2nd, four 3rd ) Regional AIAA Student Paper Conferences
- (1) Undergraduate team 1st place winner Regional AIAA Student Paper Conferences
- (3) Undergraduate placers (one 2nd, two 3rd ) AIAA Airplane Design Competitions
My Ph.D Students:
| Name | Dissertation | Date | Employer/Sponsor |
| Wei Chen | Online System Identification of Aircraft |  |
Dell Computer Incorporated Austin, TX |
| Dai Ito | Robust Dynamic Inversion Controller Design And Analysis (Using the X-38 Vehicle As A Case Study) | May 2001 | LinCom Corporation Houston, TX |
| Gi-Bong Hur | Identification Of Powered Parafoil-Vehicle Dynamics From Modeling And Flight Test Data | December 2004 | Agency for Defence Development (ADD) Taejon, Korea |
| Monish D. Tandale | Adaptive Dynamic Inversion Control Of Nonlinear Systems Subjected To Control Saturation Constraints | January 2006 | Optimal Synthesis Palo Alto, CA |
| Yuanyuan Ding | Feasibility Analysis Of Decentralized Aircraft Landing Scheduling For Non-Controlled Airports | March 2007 | S-Tec Incorporated Mineral Wells, TX |
| Jie Rong | Artificial Intelligence Techniques For Cockpit Warning And Advising Systems | |
Interning at Rockwell Collins Electromechanical Systems Irvine, CA |
| James Doebbler | Autonomous Intelligent Supervisors And Controllers | |
AFRL Consortium for Autonomous Space Systems |
| Amanda Lampton | Machine Learning Control of Complex High Dimensional Systems | |
National Science Foundation Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dynamics and Controls Division |
| Anshu Narang | Intelligent Control Of Morphing Air And Space Vehicles | Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dynamics and Controls Division Washington, DC |
My Master of Science Students:
| Name | Thesis | Date | Employer/Sponsor |
| Jin Suzuki | Fuzzy Logic Pneumatic Vortex Control | May 1997 | Pratt & Whitney Company East Hartford, CT |
| Praveen S. Joshi | Direct Comparison Of Neural Network, Fuzzy Logic, And Model Predictive Variable Structure Vortex Flow Controllers | June 1999 | Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Bangalore, India |
| David M. Smith | Agility Metric Sensitivity Using Linear Error Theory | May 2000 | Systems Technology Incorporated Hawthorne, CA |
| Jennifer Georgie | Selection Of Desired Dynamics For Dynamic Inversion Controlled Re-Entry Vehicles | June 2001 | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Fort Worth, TX |
| Catherine M. Bahm | Non-Thesis | April 2002 | NASA Dryden Flight Research Center Edwards AFB, CA |
| Sangeeta Bokadia | Intelligent Weather Agent For Aircraft Severe Weather Avoidance | December 2001 | National Test Pilot School Mojave, CA |
| Jie Rong | Intelligent Executive Guidance Agent For General Aviation Aircraft Under Free Flight | May 2002 | Texas A&M Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering |
| Jennifer J. Kimmett | Autonomous Aerial Refueling Of UAV's Utilizing A Vision Based Navigation System | April 2002 | Sparta International Systems Huntsville, AL |
| Surya U. Shandy | Intelligent Agent For Aircraft Collision Avoidance | July 2002 | Lynntech, Incorporated College Station, TX |
| Dallas Hopper | Theory And Application Of Linear Parameter Varying Control For X-38 Type Re-entry Vehicles | August 2002 | Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Fort Worth, TX |
| Monish D. Tandale | Fault Tolerant Adaptive Control | October 2002 | Texas A&M Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering |
| Edward Caicedo | Non-Thesis | August 2004 | Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Roshawn Bowers | Estimation Algorithm For Autonomous Aerial Refueling Utilizing A Vision Based Relative Navigation System | April 2005 | Northrop-Grumman Integrated Systems El Segundo, CA |
| Jeffrey C. Morris | Automated Spacecraft Docking Using A Vision Based Relative Navigiation Sensor | October 2006 | Odyssey Space Research Houston, TX |
| Thomas Wagner | Digital Autoland System for Unmanned Air Vehicles | November 2006 | United States Air Force Washington, DC |
| Felix Turcios | Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Rockwell Collins |
| Amanda Lampton | Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Texas A&M Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering |
| Theresa Spaeth | Non-Thesis | December 2006 | L-3 Communication Houston, TX |
| James Doebbler | Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Texas A&M University Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering |
| Jeremy Hart | Prototyping Levels of Automation For Crew Exploration Vehicles (CEV) Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Tasks | March 2007 | NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX |
| Carolina Restrepo | Structured Adaptive Model Inversion Controller For Mars Atmospheric Flight | June 2007 | National Science Foundation Washington, DC NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX |
| Brian Wood | Non-Thesis | October 2007 | StarVision Technologies, Inc. College Station, TX |
| Monika Marwaha | Model Estimation For Adaptive Trajectory Reshaping And Control | September 2008 | Knowledge Based Systems, Inc. College Station, TX |
| Kenton Kirkpatrick | Characterization of Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) Input-Output Behaviour Using Reinforcement Learning | December 2008 | National Science Foundation Washington, DC |
| Adam Niksch | Morphing Airfoil and Wing Models with Aerodynamic and Structural Effects | May 2009 | Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dynamics and Controls Division Washington, DC |
| Brian Eisenbeis | Morphing Air Vehicle Computational Structural Model | National Defense Science Engineering Graduate Research Fellowship Washington, DC |
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| Jimmy May | Machine Vision System for UAV Autolanding | ||
| Clark Moody | Neural Network Learning Concepts For Aerospace Systems |
My Undergraduate Research Students:
| Name | Topic | Sponsor |
| Travis Condit | Virtual Instrumentation For Aircraft | |
| Claire Hazelbaker | System Identification and Modeling of Avian Flight Mechanics | Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Dynamics and Controls Division Washington, DC |
| Matt Harris | Omnidirectional Motion Robotics | AFRL Consortium for Autonomous Space Systems |
My Undergraduate Research Alumni
- Amir Ajami*
- Daniel Ayewah*
- Lawrence Baitland
- Edward Caicedo*
- David Carlos
- Travis Condit
- James Doebbler*
- Robert Effinger*
- Brian Eisenbeis
- Holly Feldman*
- Paul Gesting*
- Brandon Gulrich
- Chris Haag
- Matt Harris*
- Claire Hazelbaker
- Kyle Helbing*
- Kenton Kirkpatrick*
- Amanda Lampton*
- Nick Lancaster*
- Samantha Mason
- Jimmy May*
- Clark Moody*
- Adam Niksch*
- Nicole Norstrud
- Staci Parker
- Heather Ransom
- Carolina Restrepo*
- Alexander Rhode*
- Daniel Sorenson
- Theresa Spaeth*
- Tom Wagner*
note: * subsequently attended graduate school
If you are interested in working with me, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to hearing from you!
MY STUDENTS . . . are the reason I am here. My philosophy is to measure my success by their success: If they are successful in achieving their professional goals, then I am successful.
GIVING BACK . . . is one of the most important things we can do. Each of my graduate students experience teaching by substitute lecturing in my classes, giving special lectures on their work to my classes, and helping students one-on-one outside of class with service activities.
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES . . . to present papers at professional conferences, publish work in archival journals, and gain professional experience through internships in industry and government laboratories is something that I work toward for all of my students.
HELPING A STUDENT GROW AS A PERSON . . . is important to me, since touching a student's life in a positive way is what being a teacher is all about.
I am a teacher.
Material wealth is not one of my goals, but I am a full time treasure seeker in my quest for new opportunities for my students to use
their talents, and in my constant search for these talents that sometimes lie buried in self-defeat.
And so I have a past that is rich in memories. I have a present that is challenging, adventurous, and fun because I am allowed to spend
my days with the future.
I am a teacher... and I thank God for it every day.
- John W. Schlater
