Hamsa Balakrishnan

Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-328
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139

Phone: (617) 253-6101
hamsa@mit.edu
Web site: http://web.mit.edu/hamsa/www

B.Tech., 2000, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (India)
M.S., 2002, Stanford University
Ph.D., 2006, Stanford University

Specialization and Research Interests

Air traffic control, traffic flow management, airport operations scheduling, hybrid systems

Teaching Interests

Air Transportation Systems Architecting (16.886)

Positions Held at MIT

Assistant Professor, January 2007-present

Positions Held Outside MIT

NASA Ames Research Center (UC Santa Cruz): Principal Development Engineer, Terminal Area ATM Research Branch (April-December 2006)

Honors and Awards

Gerald Lieberman Fellowship, Stanford University, 2005 – 2006; Stanford Graduate Fellowship, Gabilan Fellow, 2000 – 2003; Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Prize, IIT Madras, 2000.

Society Memberships

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics