Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

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Through its annual graduate scholarship program, the AIAA Foundation presents awards to graduate students doing excellent research in the air and space sciences. This scholarship has been sponsored by the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee since 1998. Basic Criteria and other information can be found at http://www.aiaa.org/scholarshipsandawards/;

Award Recipients

2024

  • Mr Ramchander Bhaskara
    TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
    Awarded
    Award: 2024

2023

  • Animesh Shastry
    Awarded
    Award: GNC TC Graduate Award

2022

  • Mr Damien Gueho
    Geminus.AI
    Awarded
    Award: 2022

2021

  • Dr Oliver Jia-Richards
    University of Michigan
    Awarded
    Award: 2021

2017

  • Mr Utku Eren
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2016

  • Mr Patrick Kenneally
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2015

  • Mr Brandon Cook
    NASA Ames Research Center
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2014

  • Mr James John Paulos
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award
    AIAA Citation: James Paulos is pursuing a PhD in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania. He is advised by Professor Mark Yim, and is a member of the General Robotics, Automation, Perception, and Sensing Laboratory (GRASP) and the Modular Robotics Laboratory (ModLab). His research focuses on the control and design of novel, minimally actuated micro air vehicles. James previously received a M.Eng. from Cornell University under the supervision of Professor Ephrahim Garcia and a B.S. from Caltech.

2013

  • Miss Aude Claire Marzuoli
    Georgia Institute of Technology
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2012

  • Ved Chirayath
    Stanford University
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award
    AIAA Citation: Graduate Award

2011

  • Dr Brent E Tweddle
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2010

  • Dr Ashley Moore Williams
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2009

  • Darren Pais
    Princeton University
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2008

  • Dr Andrew T Klesh
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2007

  • Dr Lesley A Weitz
    The MITRE Corporation
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2006

  • Lars J Blackmore
    Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2005

  • Dr John M Carson III
    NASA
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2004

  • Dr Todd E Humphreys
    University of Texas at Austin
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2003

  • Dr Suneel I Sheikh
    ASTER Labs, Inc.
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2002

  • Dr Marco La Civita
    Boeing Engineering Operations & Technology
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2001

  • Dr William T Cerven
    The Aerospace Corporation
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

2000

  • Mr. Vladislav Gavrilets
    Rockwell Collins
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award

1999

  • Prof Silvia Ferrari
    Cornell University
    Awarded
    Award: AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Graduate Award