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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.


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.

Updating Apollo 11
March 23, 2020
UW Aero & Astro
Researchers show us what we gain by applying optimization algorithms to the iconic mission.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.