Michael (Miki) Szmuk
Education
- B.Sc in Aerospace Engineering, UT Austin, 2010
- M.Sc in Aerospace Engineering, UT Austin, 2013
- Ph.D in Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering, University of Washington, 2019
Bio
Miki is a senior PhD student in the field of Guidance, Navigation, & Control, and would best describe himself as a full-stack controls engineer. His research has involved development of embedded quad-rotors and rovers, development of low-level feedback control architectures, and development real-time trajectory optimization algorithms. He also very much enjoys teaching control theory.
Research Interests
- Feedback control
- Real-time trajectory optimization
- Embedded systems
Publications
Awards
- 2017 AIAA GNC Conference Best Presentation
- 2016 AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Excellent Reviewer
- 2009 NASA JSC Outstanding NASA JSC Intern Award