Holmes Endowed Fellowship
Paul and Beverly Holmes Endowed Fellowship Recipients
2022-2023
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saeid Alamdar | EECS | Low-Cost Reconfigurable Antenna Arrays characterized by Digital coding methods for Robust Wireless Communications of UAVs | F. De Flaviis |
| Sahar Bagherkhani | EECS | Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Determination of Soil Moisture Content from FMCW Radar Measurements | F. De Flaviis |
| Carles Diaz Vilor | EECS | Trajectory optimization and navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as communication and sensor nodes | H. Jafarkhani |
| Dipan Deb | MAE | Bio-inspired Navigation Algorithms for Micro-Air-Vehicles | H. Taha |
| Eudald Sangenis | MAE | Machine Learning Methods Applied to Components and Systems of Self-Contained Inertial Navigation | A. Shkel |
| Minwon Seo | MAE | TBD | S. Kia |
2021-2022
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Parrish | MAE | Atomic Sensors, Microfabricated Magnetic Field Sensors, Methods for Indoor Inertial Navigation, Sensor Fusion, and System Integration | A. Shkel |
| Behzad Ashrafi Nia | EECS | Phased Antenna Array for 5G Communication System on Flexible Low Cost Material for UAV Guidance Systems | F. De Flaviis |
| Changwei Chen | MAE | Developing Robust, Reliable, and Fault-tolerant Navigations Filters for Mobile Cooperative Agents | S. Kia |
| Mahmoud Abdelgalili | MAE | Bio-inspired Minimal-Sensory Navigation Algorithms for Robotic Source Seeking | H. Taha |
2019-2020
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ali Abdallah | EECS | Infrastructure-Free Indoor Navigation with Ambient LTE Signals: A Deep Learning Synthetic Aperture Approach | Z. Kassas |
| Chi-Shih (Chico) Jao | MAE | Indoor Inertial Navigation, Estimation, Localization, Signal processing and filtering, Sensor fusion, System integration, dynamics, and Computer vision | A. Shkel |
| Ivan Martinez I Cano | MAE | Low Energy Transport of CubeSat Swarm to Lunar Orbit | K. Mease |
| Navid Rezazadeh | MAE | Motion planning and navigation for persistent monitoring via a group of UAVs in smart Urban domains | S. Kia |
2018-2019
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun Guo | EECS | Deployment and navigation of sensor nodes, especially Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) | H. Jafarkhani |
| Mohamed Nada | EECS | Exceptionally Sensitive Gyroscopes Based on Exceptional Points in Coupled Resonators Optical Waveguides | F. Capolino |
2017-2018
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahmed Hassan | MAE | On the Degree of Controllability of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems | H. Taha |
| Daryosh Vatanparvar | MAE | Design, Modeling, Control, Fabrication, Integration, and Experimental Demonstration of Navigation-Grade Gyroscopes with Interchangeable Operation in Rate and Rate Integrating Modalities | A. Shkel |
2016-2017
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehdi Veysi | EECS | Novel Reflectarray Antennas for Guidance and Navigation of Flight Vehicles | F. Capolino |
| Yusheng Wang | MAE | Navigation Grade Micromachined Rate Integrating Gyroscopes | A. Shkel |
2014-2015
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saman Kabiri | EECS | High Efficiency Power Amplifier for GPS | F. De Flaviis |
| Evangelos Kornaros | EECS | High Efficiency Power Amplifier for GPS | F. De Flaviis |
| Connor Noyes | MAE | Robust Onboard Entry Trajectory Planning | K. Mease |
| Guangfei Duan | MAE | Mars Entry Trajectory Tracking | K. Mease |
2012-2013
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alessandro Bombelli | MAE | Air Traffic Management | K. Mease |
| Efimovskaya Alexandra | MAE | Single-Chip Roll-Pitch-Yaw Sensor | A. Shkel |
2010-2011
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saghar Hosseini | MAE | Insertion and servicing strategies for Earth-Moon constellations | B. Villac |
| Navid Nakhjiri | MAE | Design, Navigation and Guidance of stable transfers | B. Villac |
| Marco Maggia | MAE | Mars Entry Guidance for High Elevation Landing | K. Mease |
2009-2010
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Papio Toda | EECS | Detection System at Microwave Frequency for Airborne Systems | F. De Flaviis |
| Katherine Demko | MAE | Entry Guidance for Next Generation Space Transportation Vehicles | K. Mease |
| Katherine (Yi-Yin) Liu | MAE | Navigating Small Bodies | B. Villac |
2008-2009
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosseini Seyed Ali | EECS | Optimized Novel Sum/Difference Beam Pattern for Airplane Guidance and Targeting | F. De Flaviis |
| Iman Alizadeh | MAE | Control Strategies for Extending the Recovery Margin of Spacecraft in Unstable Orbital Environments | F. De Flaviis |
| Solmaz Sajjadi-Kia | MAE | F. Jabbari |
2007-2008
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Prihodko | MAE | MEMS-Based Inertial Navigation System | A. Shkel |
| Timothy Charland | MAE | Atmospheric Guidance for Skip Trajectories | K. Mease |
| Qian Zhou | EECS | Real-Time Software Architecture for Highly Reliable Navigation Systems in Cooperative Autonomous Ground Vehicles | K. Kim |
2006-2007
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ozan Anac | MAE | Zero rate errors in MEMS gyroscopes | A. Shkel |
| Erkut Aykutlug | MAE | Application of Timescale Analysis Methods to Flight Guidance of Aircraft and Spacecraft | K. Mease |
| Kevin Ponto | EECS | F. Kuester |
2005-2006
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mustafa Beyaz | EECS |
2004-2005
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Trusov | MAE | Angle Measuring MEMS Gyroscope | A. Shkel |
| ZhiQian Chen | EECS | F. Kuester |
2003-2004
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hsieh, Tung-Ju | EECS | F. Kuester | |
| Leavitt, James | MAE | Advanced Entry Guidance Algorithm with Landing Footprint Computation | K. Mease |
| Topku, Ufuk | MAE | Minimum-Fuel Powered Descent for Mars Pinpoint Landing | K. Mease |
2002-2003
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hsieh, Tung-Ju | EECS | F. Kuester | |
| Leavitt, James | MAE | Advanced Entry Guidance Algorithm with Landing Footprint Computation | K. Mease |
| Liu, Jiayin | MAE | MEMS Based Vestibular Prosthesis | A. Shkel |
2001-2002
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acar, Cenk | MAE | Robust MEMS Gyroscopes | A. Shkel |
| Leavitt, James | MAE | Advanced Entry Guidance Algorithm with Landing Footprint Computation | K. Mease |
| Painter, Chris | MAE | Rate Integrating Gyroscopes | A. Shkel |
2000-2001
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yang, Xiaolong | MAE | Flight Control Design Using a Blend of Modern Nonlinear and Robust Techniques | A. Sideris |
1999-2000
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yang, Xiaolong | MAE | Flight Control Design Using a Blend of Modern Nonlinear and Robust Techniques | A. Sideris |
| Zhang, Dongsheng | MAE | W. Schmitendorf | |
| Kumar, Sunil | MAE | Simulation for Mars Precision Landing and X-33 Re-Entry | K. Mease |
1998-1999
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yang, Xiaolong | MAE | Flight Control Design Using a Blend of Modern Nonlinear and Robust Techniques | A. Sideris |
| Srivastava, Sharad | MAE | F. Jabbari | |
| Rossetter, Eric | MAE |
1997-1998
1996-1997
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Munir, Mohammad | MAE | Entry Guidance Law for a Low Lift/Drag Mars Precision Landing | K. Mease |
| Recipient | Dept | Research Project Title | Faculty Advisor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peng, Zhi | MAE | K. Mease |