| Name | Photo | Dissertation | Date | Employer/Sponsor |
| 1st Lt Noah R. Luna |  |
Real-Time Controller Architecture for the Flight Test of Custom Control Algorithms on Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems | June 2025 |
Student Pilot
U.S. Air Force
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| Jillian Bennett |  |
Nonlinear Adaptive Multiple Time Scale Stability Analysis For An Arbitrary Number Of Time Scales | June 2025 |
PhD Program Texas A&M University
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| MD Sunbeam |  |
Gaze-Regularized Imitation Learning | December 2024 |
Researcher
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| Cassie-Kay McQuinn |  |
Online Near-Real Time Open-Loop System Identification from Closed-Loop Flight Test Data | August 2024 |
PhD Program Texas A&M University
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| Connor Atkins |  |
Non-Thesis | May 2023 |
Research & Development Engineer
Los Alamos, Nm |
| Esteban Gomez |  |
Non-Thesis | May 2023 |
Mechanical Engineer II
Dallas, Tx |
| Scott Gosnell |  |
Non-Thesis | December 2022 | Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM |
| Shelby Hackett |  |
Non-Thesis | May 2022 | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Pasadena, CA |
| Blake Krpec |  |
Vision-based Marker-less Landing of a UAS on Moving Ground Vehicle | May 2022 | Southwest Research Institute
San Antonio, TX |
| Ritwik Bera |  |
Modular and Extensible Software Framework for Training Autonomous Systems via Human Interaction | December 2021 | Zoox
Foster City, CA |
| Zeke Bowden |  |
Non-Thesis | June 2019 | Lockheed Martin |
| Emily Fojtik |  |
Non-Thesis | May 2019 | VectorNav |
| Han-Hsun “Jack” Lu |  |
Online Near Real-Time System Identification on Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems | December 2017 | Houston, TX |
| Joshua Harris
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship |
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Nonlinear Adaptive Dynamic Inversion Control for Variable Stability Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems | November 2017 | Lockheed Martin |
| Cameron Rogers |  |
Modular Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Control Framework With Integrated Payloads | June 2017 | Aerospace Systems Engineer
Seattle, WA |
| Tim Woodbury
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship |
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Quantitative Feedback Theory Controller Design for UAV Autoland System | May 2014 | Senior Aerospace Engineer |
| Jim Henrickson |  |
Characterization of Shape Memory Alloys Using Artificial Neural Networks | March 2014 | Bell Helicopter
Fort Worth, TX |
| Jim May | No image on file | Extensible Software Architecture for a Distributed Engineering Simulation Facility | January 2013 | Software Engineer
Houston, TX |
| Andrew Beckett |  |
Airborne Infrared Target Tracking with the Nintendo Wii Remote Sensor | October 2012 | Sensors Development Engineer II
Avionics |
| Clark Moody
Co-Advised with J. Hurtado |
 |
Non-Thesis | March 2011 | Co-Founder and Director of Engineering |
| Matthew Harris
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship |
No image on file | Extremal Fields and Neighboring Optimal Control of Constrained Systems | October 2010 | University of Texas Ph.D. program in Aerospace Engineering |
| Brian Eisenbeis
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship |
 |
Structural and Aerodynamic Interaction Computational Tool for Highly Reconfigurable Wings | June 2010 | Strategy & Consulting Senior Manager |
| Adam Niksch |  |
Morphing Airfoil and Wing Models with Aerodynamic and Structural Effects | June 2009 | Staff Engineer, Flight Controls and Simulation
Flight Technologies |
| Kenton Kirkpatrick
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship |
 |
Reinforcement Learning for Active Length Control and Hysteresis Characterization of Shape Memory Alloys | January 2009 | Robotics Flight Controller CX2 – Robotics Operations Branch
Houston, TX |
| Monika Marwaha | No image on file | Fault Tolerant Control Allocation in Systems with Fixed Magnitude Discrete Controls | September 2008 | General Electric, Inc. Hyderabaad, India |
| Brian Wood |  |
Non-Thesis | October 2007 | StarVision Technologies, Inc. College Station, TX |
| Carolina Restrepo
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship |
 |
Structured Adaptive Model Inversion Controller For Mars Atmospheric Flight | June 2007 | Aerospace Engineer
Navigation and Mission Design Branch |
| Jeremy Hart | No image on file | Prototyping Levels of Automation For Crew Exploration Vehicles (CEV) Rendezvous and Proximity Operations Tasks | March 2007 | NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX |
| James Doebbler |  |
Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Chief Technology Officer
Dallas, TX |
| Theresa Spaeth
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship |
 |
Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Orion Flight Software Deputy Manager
Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle (MPCV) Program NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX |
| Amanda Lampton
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship |
 |
Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Principal Research Engineer
Hawthorne, CA |
| Felix Turcios |  |
Non-Thesis | December 2006 | Sr. Systems Engineer, Commercial Systems Advanced Concepts Group
Cedar Rapids, IA |
| Thomas Wagner |  |
Digital Autoland System for Unmanned Air Vehicles | November 2006 | Major, and C-17 Pilot
United States Air Force Washington, DC |
| Jeff Morris | No image on file | Automated Spacecraft Docking Using A Vision Based Relative Navigation Sensor | October 2006 | Senior Engineer
Houston, TX |
| Roshawn Bowers |  |
Estimation Algorithm For Autonomous Aerial Refueling Utilizing A Vision Based Relative Navigation System | April 2005 | Northrop Grumman Fellow for Vehicle Management Systems and Flight Control Systems Integration
Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems San Diego, CA |
| Edward Caicedo
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship |
 |
Non-Thesis | August 2004 | Guidance Navigation & Control Manager
Orlando, FL |
| Monish D. Tandale |  |
Fault Tolerant Adaptive Control | October 2002 | Solutions Architect – Big Data and Data Science
Sunnyvale, CA |
| Dallas Hopper | No image on file | Theory And Application Of Linear Parameter Varying Control For X-38 Type Re-entry Vehicles | August 2002 | Director of Guidance, Navigation, and Control Engineering |
| Surya U. Shandy |  |
Intelligent Agent For Aircraft Collision Avoidance | July 2002 | Control Engineering for Subsea BOP Drilling Control System- Rapid Response Division
Cameron, a Schlumberger company Houston, TX |
| Jennifer J. Kimmett
National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship |
No image on file | Autonomous Aerial Refueling Of UAV’s Utilizing A Vision Based Navigation System | April 2002 | Aerospace Engineer
Huntsville, AL |
| Jie Rong |  |
Intelligent Executive Guidance Agent For General Aviation Aircraft Under Free Flight | May 2002 | Strategic & Product Marketing Director, Aerospace Asia Pacific
Shanghai China |
| Sangeeta Bokadia | No image on file | Intelligent Weather Agent For Aircraft Severe Weather Avoidance | December 2001 | National Test Pilot School Mojave, CA |
| Catherine M. Bahm |  |
Non-Thesis | April 2002 | Deputy Project Manager for Low Boom Flight Demonstration Project
NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center Edwards CA |
| Jennifer Bennington |  |
Selection Of Desired Dynamics For Dynamic Inversion Controlled Re-Entry Vehicles | June 2001 | Software Engineer, Sr. Staff
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Fort Worth, TX |
| David M. Smith |  |
Agility Metric Sensitivity Using Linear Error Theory | May 2000 | Senior Flight Controls Systems Engineer
Garmin International, Inc |
| Praveen S. Joshi | No image on file | 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 |
| Jin Suzuki | No image on file | Fuzzy Logic Pneumatic Vortex Control | May 1997 | Pratt & Whitney Company East Hartford, CT |