I am an assistant professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and the Engineering Systems Division at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I received my Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Aero/Astro from Stanford University in April 2006 and January 2002 respectively, and my B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (Madras), India in 2000. I was a Principal Development Engineer at the NASA Ames Research Center (UC Santa Cruz) between May and December 2006.
