Payton Clem is a second-year Master of Science student in Aerospace Engineering at Texas A&M University, working in the Vehicle Stability and Controls Laboratory (VSCL). She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering, with minors in Mathematics and Astrophysics, in Fall 2023.
During her undergraduate studies in Dr. Daniel Selva’s SEAKERS lab, she contributed to a NASA SBIR project on systems engineering and led a capstone team designing a satellite constellation for L3Harris. Her interest in artificial intelligence applications in aerospace engineering led her to join VSCL.
At VSCL, her research primarily involves developing a reinforcement learning controller for a target tracking problem involving a hostile target, with environmental factors like wind and sun incorporated for concealment (Robust Threat Detection, sponsored by the Army Research Laboratory). She is also contributing to the Cycle of Learning project, also sponsored by ARL, which investigates leveraging human modalities in AI training.
Through these projects and her broader work in the lab, she has gained extensive experience in conducting and managing flight tests to validate her research. Her primary interests lie in autonomous, nonlinear guidance, navigation, and control for aerial systems, as well as flight testing.
Kameron Eves
Kameron Eves is a Ph.D. student in the aerospace engineering department. He graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) with a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering. He also received minors in mathematics and business. At BYU, Kameron worked in the Multiple Agent Intelligent Coordination and Control (MAGICC) laboratory. At the VSCL, Kameron fills a variety of roles. He spent two years designing, building, and testing a 50 lb multirotor unmanned air vehicle (UAV) for the army to use in autonomous reconnaissance. Kameron was responsible for the software, embedded systems, and dynamic analysis of this UAV. Kameron’s dissertation topic is Adaptive Control for Multiple Time Scale Systems with specific application to hypersonic aircraft. Kameron’s research interests are theoretical and computational dynamics and control of aerospace systems. Additionally, he is interested in engineering teaching methods in higher education. Professionally, he plans to join academia and teach at a university.