Jillian Bennett, a member of VSCL since March of 2023, graduated in May of 2023 with her Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and Minor in Mathematics and in August of 2025 with her Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering. She began her PhD with the lab in the Fall of 2025. Jillian has been an active member of the Aerospace Ambassador program since the Spring of 2021, becoming lead ambassador her senior year. In the Summer of 2022 she was the recipient of the Undergraduate Student Research Grant from Texas A&M, working under Dr. Amine Benzerga in the Material Science laboratory. She also interned with Los Alamos National Laboratory and in material science and technology, working on characterizing impacted materials. She has since changed paths, gaining an interest in flight test engineering, multiple time scale systems, and adaptive controls. Jillian is working on her dissertation project with the Office of Naval Research on Adaptive Control for Multiple Time Scale Systems, interning at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) to implement her research on Naval vehicles. She is a two time recipient of the Aerospace Graduate Excellence Fellowship and a recipient of the 2025 and 2026 Stanger Endowed Fellowship. In April of 2025, Jillian was awarded Outstanding Mentoring Award for Graduate and Professional Students for her dedication to mentoring undergraduate aerospace students.