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The Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics has a wide range of research programs offering opportunities for undergraduate student participation. A student interested in particular areas should contact faculty members conducting research in those areas. Students desiring more information about ongoing projects or specific UROP openings in the department can contact Marie Stuppard.
To do a UROP for pay, a student submits a proposal for direct UROP or sponsored research funding. To do a UROP for credit, a student submits a proposal and registers in either 16.URG (letter grade) or 16.UR (Pass/Fail). A student doing a UROP for credit with a faculty member in a department other than Course 16 registers for a UROP number in that department. Students seeking a UROP should discuss the aforementioned options with their potential UROP supervisor and visit the following site for eligibility criteria, deadlines, payroll and all other UROP guidelines: http://web.mit.edu/urop/apply/mit_cme.html. UROP supervisors can also visit: http://web.mit.edu/urop/dept/super/online.html.
Safety: UROP students must meet Institute and departmental safety training requirements. For more information on safety requirements, visit: http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/about/health-safety.html.
Students are advised to discuss immediate safety-related concerns with their lab supervisor or lab safety coordinator.
Some Related Areas for UROPs: Aerospace Computational Design Lab, Aerospace Controls Lab, Communications and Networking Research Group, Complex Systems Research Lab, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab, Gas Turbine Lab, Humans and Automation Lab, International Center for Air Transportation, Lab for Information and Decision Systems, Lean Advancement Initiative, Man Vehicle Lab, Mars Gravity Biosatellite, Partnership for AiR Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction, Space Grant Consortium, Space Propulsion Lab, Space Systems Laboratory, Technology Lab for Advanced Materials and Structures, and the Wright Brothers Wind Tunnel.
Below is a directory of Aero-Astro UROP supervisors and their research areas. These listings are subject to change.
Prof. Hamsa Balakrishnan, 33-328, x3-6101, hamsa@mit.edu
Air traffic control, traffic flow management, airport operations planning, environmental impact of aviation.
Dr. Peter Belobaba, 33-215, x 3-7573, belobaba@mit.edu
Air transportation economics and operations analysis; airline pricing and revenue management; application of quantitative decision methods to aerospace management; airline and aerospace industry analysis.
- Dr.
Kim B.
Blair,
17-110,
781-266-6375, blairk@mit.edu
- Sports
engineering;
sports product
development;
biomechanics
of sports;
aerodynamics
of athletes
and sports
equipment.
- Prof.
Edward
F. Crawley,
33-413,
x3-7510, crawley@mit.edu
- System architecture; spacecraft design; structural dynamics; aeroelasticity; controlled structures.
Prof. Mary (Missy) L. Cummings, 33-305, x2-1512, missyc@mit.edu
- Human performance in complex systems; human-computer/automation interaction; decision support systems; workload and situation awareness modeling; experimental design, command and control.
- Prof.
David
Darmofal,
Rm.
33-207,
x8-0743, darmofal@mit.edu
- Computational fluid dynamics, numerical analysis, probabilistic aerothermal design, and engineering education
- Prof.
Olivier
L. De
Weck,
33-410,
x 3-0255, deweck@mit.edu
- Multidisciplinary design optimization, system architecture, system lifecycle engineering, multiobjective optimization, aerospace and automotive product development.
- Prof.
John J.
Deyst,
35-213,
x2-1644, deyst@mit.edu
- Avionics and controls, flight guidance, cockpit instrumentation, critical systems, fault tolerance.
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- Prof.
Mark
Drela,
37-475,
x3-0067, drela@mit.edu
- Boundary layers; computational fluid dynamics transonic aerodynamics; low-speed aerodynamics; design methodology.
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- Prof.
Alan
H. Epstein,
31-265,
x3-2485, epstein@mit.edu (On Sabbatical)
- Propulsion, Turbomachinery, Engine Controls, MicroElectrical and Mechanical Systems.
- Prof. Emilio Frazzoli, 33-326, x3-1991, frazzoli@mit.edu
- Automatic control, autonomous vehicles (including UAVs, spacecraft, ground vehicles),
coordination of large-scale robotic networks, air traffic control, software design and verification for aerospace embedded systems.
- Prof.
Edward
M. Greitzer,
31-226,
x3-2128, greitzer@mit.edu
- Gas turbine engines; turbomachinery; silent aircraft initiative; robust turbine engine design; propulsion; active control of aeromechanical systems.
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- Dr. Gerald R. Guenette, Jr., 31-214, x 3-3764, jerryg@mit.edu
- Turbomachinery, fluid mechanics and heat transfer, instrumentation and experimental techniques, rocket propulsion.
- Prof. Steven R. Hall, 33-313; x 3-0869, srhall@mit.edu
- Automatic control, control of helicopters, control of structures.
- Prof.
R. John
Hansman,
33-303,
x3-2271, rjhans@mit.edu
- Aviation safety, aircraft/atmospheric interaction, cockpit human factors and information management, air traffic control, airline operations, instrumentation
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- Prof.
Wesley
L. Harris,
33-207,
x3-0911, weslhar@mit.edu
- Unsteady aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, computational fluid dynamics, bio-medical fluid dynamics (hemodynamics), sustainment, logistics, government acquisition policy.
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- Prof.
Daniel
E. Hastings,
7-133,
x3-0906, hastings@mit.edu
- Plasma physics, spacecraft-environmental interactions, power generation in space, space systems, space policy.
- Dr. James I. Hileman, Room 33-217, hileman@mit.edu
- Alternative fuels, aircraft design, aeroacoutics, environmental effects
- Prof. Jeffrey A. Hoffman, 37-227; x 2-2353, jhoffma1@mit.edu
- Space flight operations, extravehicular activity, space systems architecture.
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- Prof.
Jonathan
P. How, 33-328,
x3-3267, jhow@mit.edu
- Navigation and control: GPS sensing for navigation and control of formation flying spacecraft; experimental and theoretical robust control; activity coordination and trajectory optimization of multiple UAVs.
Dr. Stuart Jacobson, 31-269, x 3-2418, sjacob@mit.edu - Power MEMS, thermofluids, small scale power systems, micro-rockets
- Col.
John E.
Keesee,
37-361,
x3-4438, jkeesee@mit.edu
- Instructor resource modules, space systems and spacesystems engineering.
- Prof.
Paul
A. Lagace,
33-310,
x3-3628, pal@mit.edu
- Composite materials, fracture and fatigue (longevity), damage tolerance, manufacturing technology, system engineering, management issues.
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- Prof.
Nancy G.
Leveson,
33-334,
x8-0505, leveson@mit.edu
- Software engineering, safety of software controlled systems, system engineering, system safety engineering, human computer interaction
- Prof. Paulo C. Lozano, 37-371, x 8-0742, plozano@mit.edu
- Electric propulsion, rocket propulsion, space mission design.
- Prof.
Manuel
Martinez-Sanchez,
37-341,
x3-5613, mmart@mit.edu
- Rocket propulsion, space power, space tethers, dynamics of turbomachinery.
- Dr.
David
W. Miller,
37-327,
x3-3288, millerd@mit.edu
- Distributed satellite systems, precision telescope structures, formation flying satellites.
- Prof.
Eytan
H Modiano,
33-326,
x2-3414, modiano@mit.edu
- Communication
networks
and protocols,
satellite
and hybrid
networks,
high-speed
networks.
- Prof.
Dava
J. Newman,
33-307,
x8-8799, dnewman@mit.edu
- Aerospace biomedical engineering: biomechanics and energetics, control, and dynamics; astrocaut adaptation; advanced spacesuit design; human factors; engineering systems and design; space policy
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- Prof.
Amedeo
R. Odoni,
33-219,
x3-7439, odoni@mit.edu
- Airport planning & design, air traffic control, applied probability theory, operations research, transportation systems analysis
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- Dr.
Charles
M. Oman,
37-211,
x3-7508, cmo@space.mit.edu
- Aerospace physiology and human factors, human planetary exploration mission design, cockpit displays and flight simulation, human orientation and navigation in real and virtual environments.
- Prof.
Jaime
Peraire,
37-451,
x3-1981, peraire@mit.edu
- Aerodynamics, computational fluid mechanics, numerical analysis, parallel computing.
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- Prof.
Raul A.
Radovitzky, 33-316,
x2-1518, rapa@mit.edu
- Computational solid mechanics and fluid-structure interaction; mechanics of materials; multi-scale modeling and simulation, high-performance and massively parallel computing.
- Prof. Nicholas Roy, 33-315, x 3-2517, nickroy@mit.edu
- Mobile robotics, autonomous systems, human-computer interaction, decision-making under uncertainty and machine learning.
- Dr. Alvar Saenz-Otero, 37-381, x4-6827, alvarso@mit.edu
- Formation flight systems: SPHERES Project. Avionics and testbed environment design and operations.
- Prof.
Zoltan
S. Spakovszky,
31-265,
x 3-2196, zolti@mit.edu
- Turbomachinery, propulsion systems and control, aeroengine dynamic system modeling, silent aircraft initiative.
- Dr. Choon S. Tan ,
31-267,
x3-7524, choon@mit.edu
- Unsteady and three-dimensional internal flow in turbomachinery and propulsive devices, propulsion systems, computational techniques.
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- Prof.
Ian
A. Waitz,
33-408,
x3-0218, iaw@mit.edu
- Propulsion, fluid mechanics, combustion, aeroacoustics, environmental effects, microengines.
- Prof. Brian L. Wardle, 33-314, x2-1539, wardle@mit.edu
- Advanced composite materials and systems; microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) materials and structures; MEMS power devices and energy harvesting; nano composites; structural health monitoring (SHM); active materials modeling and design, fracture, fatigue and damage mechanics; durability modeling/testing; finite-element modeling; structural response and testing; buckling mechanics; project design and management; business strategy and growth; cost modeling.
- Prof. Annalisa L. Weigel, 33-404, x3-1207,alweigel@mit.edu
- Complex systems architecture and design, space systems, systems engineering, air and space policy, finance and markets
- Prof.
Karen E.
Willcox,
37-447,
x3-3503, kwillcox@mit.edu
- Model reduction, multidisciplinary design optimization, environmental and economic impacts of aviation, computational fluid dynamics.
- Prof.
Brian
Williams,
33-330,
x3-1678, williams@mit.edu
- Space and aerial robotics, cognitive robotics, automated reasoning and artificial intelligence, automation for operations and design, hybrid control systems.
- Prof.
Laurence
R. Young,
37-207,
x3-7759, lry@mit.edu
- Human factors, bioastronautics, ski safety.
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