Aaron D. Ames

Aaron D. Ames
Residence Pasadena, California, US
Nationality American
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
University of St. Thomas
Scientific career
Fields Bipeds
Control theory
Institutions California Institute of Technology
Georgia Institute of Technology
Texas A&M University
Doctoral advisor S. Shankar Sastry

Aaron D. Ames has been the Bren Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems at California Institute of Technology,[1] in Pasadena, California since 2017. Formerly, he was an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology,[2] Atlanta, GA and an Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Texas A&M University, [3] College Station,TX.

Ames received his PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering from University of California, Berkeley [4] in 2006 under S. Shankar Sastry [5]. He was the recipient of the Donald P. Eckman Award[6] in 2015 for his contributions in bipedal robotic research. He was also a recipient of the 2017 Okawa Foundation Research Grant [7] for his research project entitled "Safety-Critical Autonomy in Robotic Locomotion". This prize honors top young researchers working in the fields of information and telecommunications.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.caltech.edu/
  2. ↑ http://www.gatech.edu/
  3. ↑ http://www.tamu.edu/
  4. ↑ http://www.berkeley.edu/
  5. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._Shankar_Sastry/
  6. ↑ http://a2c2.org/awards/donald-p-eckman-award
  7. ↑ http://www.okawa-foundation.or.jp/en/activities/research_grant/


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