Principal Investigator
Ryne Beeson
Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Received BS, MS, and PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Received MS in Mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Was Senior Scientist at CU Aerospace L.L.C. prior to joining the faculty at Princeton University in August 2021.
PhD Candidate, MAE
Amlan Sinha
Received BS in Aerospace Engineering from Cornell University
Research Focus: Optimal Low-Thrust Spacecraft Trajectories in Multiple Gravitational Environment; Robust Low-Thrust Trajectory Optimization.
PhD Candidate, ECE
Anjian Li
Received BS in Mathematics from Beijing Normal University
Received MS in Computer Science from Simon Fraser University
Research Focus: Data-Driven (Amortized) Global Search for Optimal Control Problems; Learning High Dimensional Conditional Distributions via Generative Machine Learning Approaches.
PhD Student, MAE
Arjun Chhabra
Received BS in Robotics and Intelligent Systems from the University of Toronto
Research Focus: Indirect Observational Techniques and Data Assimilation for Physics Based Thermosphere-Ionosphere Models; Space Policy.
PhD Student, MAE
Bryant Zhou
Received BS in Mechanical Engineering from Bucknell University
Received MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin
Research Focus: Control Based Formulations for High Dimensional Particle Filtering of Chaotic or Turbulent Systems; Space Weather.
Senior Theses
Benjamin Benjadol
Degree: BS MAE ’24
Focus: Lyapunov control laws for many revolution low-thrust trajectories
Isabel Kim
Degree: BS MAE ’24
Focus: Human centric design of cislunar outposts
Jordan Bowman-Davis
Degree: BS ECE ’24
Focus: Bolt-On Guidance System for Unmanned Drones; jointly advised with MAE Prof. Aimy Wissa
Alumni
Master of Engineering
An-Ya Olson
Degree: MAE MEng. ’23
Focus: Alternative Uranus Orbiter and Probe Mission Architectures
Next: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Niklas Wegmann
Degree: MAE MEng. ’23
Focus: Very Low Earth Orbit Low Thrust Trajectory Design; jointly advised with MAE Prof. Edgar Choueiri
Next: Busek Co. Inc.
Nathan Spilker
Degree: MAE MEng. ’22
Focus: Probabilistic Indirect Space Flight Optimal Control
Next: Raytheon Missiles & Defense
Senior Theses
Kristen Ahner
Degree: BS MAE ’23
Focus: Robust Trajectory Design; Extending the Stochastic Primer Vector Approach
Honors: The Morgan W. McKinzie ’93 Senior Thesis Prize (Best MAE Senior Thesis) & The Calvin Dodd MacCracken Senior Thesis Award (Best SEAS Senior Thesis)
Next: PhD Student, University of Colorado at Boulder (Aerospace Engineering); Draper Fellow.
John Gonzales
Degree: BS MAE ’23
Focus: A Bayesian Algorithm for Multiple Target Tracking via Random Finite Sets
Next: Capital One
An-Ya Olson
Degree: BS MAE ’22
Focus: On a Technique to Uncover a Sample Distribution for Global Spacecraft Trajectory Optimization
Next: MAE MEng. -> Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Bennett Holmes
Degree: BS MAE ’22
Focus: Machine Learning for Gravitational Assists
Next: Boston Consulting Group
Senior Project
Yulissa Cantero, Leonardo Espinoza Zuniga, Izabella Moran, and Mench Julia Santelices
Degree: BS MAE ’22
Focus: Martian Moons Exploration Excursion Vehicle
Junior Independent Work
Sarah Fry
Degree: BS MAE ’24
Focus: Uranus Secondary Probe Spacecraft Design
Michelle Ho
Degree: BS MAE ’23
Focus: Trajectory Optimization for Low Thrust Missions in Cislunar Space
Next: PhD Student, Stanford University (Aeronautics & Astronautics)
