Jonathan P. How
Professor of aeronautics and astronautics; director, Aerospace Controls Laboratory
areas of expertise: navigation and control; design and implementation of distributed robust planning algorithms to coordinate multiple autonomous vehicles in dynamic uncertain environments; adaptive flight control to enable autonomous agile flight and aerobatics; experimental and theoretical robust control
Jonathan P. How is a professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT (tenured in 2003, promoted to full professor in 2007). He received a BASc from the University of Toronto in 1987 and his SM and PhD in aeronautics and astronautics from MIT in 1990 and 1993, respectively. He then studied for two years at MIT as a postdoctoral associate for the Middeck Active Control Experiment (MACE), which flew onboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour in March 1995.
Prior to joining MIT in 2000, he was an assistant professor in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Stanford University. He has graduated a total of 28 PhD students while at MIT and Stanford University on topics related to GPS navigation, multivehicle planning and robust/hybrid control. He has published more than 200 articles in technical proceedings, and 59 papers in technical journals.
Current research interests include the design and implementation of distributed robust planning algorithms to coordinate multiple autonomous vehicles in dynamic uncertain environments; and adaptive flight control to enable autonomous agile flight and aerobatics. How was the planning and control lead for the MIT DARPA Urban Challenge team that placed fourth in the race at Victorville, Calif. He was the recipient of the 2002 Institute of Navigation Burka Award, a recipient of a Boeing Special Invention award in 2008, is the Raymond L. Bisplinghoff Fellow for MIT AeroAstro, an associate fellow of AIAA and a senior member of IEEE.
request an interview: Sarah McDonnell | 617-253-8923 | s_mcd@mit.edu