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Education

• Ph.D., Aerospace Eng., 2011, Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Advisor: Panagiotis Tsiotras
  • Thesis: Hierarchical Motion Planning for Autonomous Aerial and Terrestrial Vehicles
• M.Tech., Aerospace Eng., 2005, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • Advisor: J. Chandrasekhar
  • Thesis: Autonomous Mission Management System for a Group of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
• B.E., Electronics Eng., 2003, University of Mumbai

Appointments

• Associate Professor, 2019-, Aerospace Eng. Dept., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Assistant Professor, 2013- 2019, Aerospace Eng. Program, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer, 2012-13, Aurora Flight Sciences
• Postdoctoral Associate, 2011-12, LIDS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sponsor: Emilio Frazzoli)
• Graduate Research Assistant, 2006-11, Dept. Aerospace Eng., Georgia Institute of Technology
• Project Engineer, 2005-06, Dept. Aerospace Eng., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (Supervisor: Sanjay Bhat)
• Teaching Assistant, 2003-05, Dept. Aerospace Eng., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Awards & Honors

• 2021 AFRL Summer Faculty Fellowship
• 2019 Romeo L. Moruzzi Young Faculty Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
• 2019 Morgan-Worcester Distinguished Instructorship Award
• 2017 Sigma Xi Outstanding Junior Faculty Award
• 2016 AFOSR Young Investigator Award
• 2009 American Control Conference Student Best Paper Award
• 2005 Aeronautical Society of India Award

Service to the Profession

• Associate Editor, 2014 – 2017, 2019 – Aerospace Science and Technology
• Associate Editor, 2015 – IEEE-CSS Conference Editorial Board
• Member, 2016 – AIAA GNC Technical Committee
• Session chair or co-chair at several conferences: AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, IEEE Conference on Decision & Control; American Control Conference; AIAA Infotech@Aerospace; IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
• Reviewer for multiple journals: IEEE Trans. Robotics; IEEE Trans. Automatic Control; IEEE Trans. Industrial Electronics; Automatica; AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics; Aerospace Science and Technology; ASME J. Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control; European J. Control; IEEE Trans. Automation Science & Eng.; Robotics & Autonomous Systems
• Reviewer for multiple conferences: American Control Conference; IEEE Conference on Decision and Control; IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation; IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems; European Control Conference

Service to WPI

• WPI Committee on Information Technology Policy (2019 – 2022, Chair 2021 – 22)
• WPI Board of Trustees Technology Task Force (2020 – 2022)
• WPI Committee on Academic Operations (2019 – 2021)
• Undergraduate Committee, Aerospace Engineering Program (2016 – 2020)
• Graduate Committee, Aerospace Engineering Program (2014 – 2016)
• Graduate Committee, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2013 – 2017)
• AE/ME Graduate Seminar (2013 – 2016)
• Aerospace Engineering Program Committee (2013 – 2014)