Graduation

VSCL Student Vinicius G. Goecks Graduates with Doctor of Philosophy

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VSCL alumni Vinicius G. Goecks, who graduated with his Doctor of Philosophy degree in May 2020, has started his postdoctoral position at the US Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD.  At the US Army Research Laboratory, Vinicius will be developing novel algorithms on human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning assisted by eye gaze and natural language commands applied to tasks where unmanned robotic agents are teamed with humans.  He had joined VSCL in 2016 and had previously participated in Summer internships at the US Army Research Laboratory in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

VSCL Students Fojtik and Bowden Graduate with Masters of Engineering

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VSCL Graduate Research Assistant Emily Fojtik graduated with her Master of Engineering degree in May 2019 and has been hired by VectorNav Technologies, Dallas, TX. Emily will be working as a Test Engineer with a principal focus of automating and expediting the verification and validation of products at VectorNav.  Emily started working with VSCL in the Spring of 2016, with her major roles including managing the Texas A&M University Engineering Flight Simulator and developing a means for evaluating human factors aspects for Head Mounted Displays (HMD) for Enhanced Vision System technologies.

VSCL Graduate Research Assistant Zeke Bowden graduated with his Master of Engineering degree in June 2019 and has been hired by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, Fort Worth, TX.  Zeke started working with VSCL in the Fall of  2014, and as one of the principal pilots with a Remote Pilot Certificate and Certified UAS Operator, has played a key role in every Unmanned Air System (UAS) project as either a UAS pilot or as a flight test engineer.  He had previously done a summer internship as a flight test engineer at Insitu Inc., Hood River, OR.