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Sarah Li named Amelia Earhart Scholar
January 13, 2021
UW Aero & Astro
Ph.D. student Sarah Li wins Amelia Earhart Scholarship for her dynamic games approach to autonomous networks.
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A Conversation with Behcet Açıkmeşe
July 17, 2020
IEEE Xplore
IEEE Control Systems Magazine interviews Professor Açıkmeşe on his early career and the field’s future directions.
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Updating Apollo 11
March 23, 2020
UW Aero & Astro
Researchers show us what we gain by applying optimization algorithms to the iconic mission.
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Danylo Malyuta wins best AIAA 2020 GNC Graduate Paper at SciTech
March 2, 2020
Autonomous Controls Laboratory
Congrats also to co-authors Taylor Reynolds, Miki Szmuk and Professors Açıkmeşe and Mesbahi.
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Society of Women Engineers awardees
February 26, 2020
UW Aero & Astro
ACL’s Sarah Li received an Outstanding Female Award by the UW Society of Women Engineers.
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A&A CubeSat secures exclusive NASA spot
February 25, 2020
UW Aero & Astro
NASA picks A&A’s CubeSat for the CubeSat Launch Initiative, providing preparation services and a ride into space.
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Açikmeşe wins IEEE Technical Excellence Awards
December 18, 2019
UW Aero & Astro
Açikmeşe won the IEEE’s Control Systems Society’s 2019 Technical Excellence Award in Aerospace Control.
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A&A leads $1.2M NSF grant to advance autonomy through Mars missions insights
November 25, 2019
UW Aero & Astro
A research team spanning three universities led by A&A professor Behçet Açıkmeşe received a total of $1.2 million from the NSF.