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Director

Aaron Ames
Bren Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems, and Aerospace; Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies; Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies

Associate Directors

Zhongwen Zhan
Professor of Geophysics; Clarence R. Allen Leadership Chair, Seismological Laboratory; Director, Seismological Laboratory; Associate Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies

CAST Steering Committee

Jean-Philippe Avouac
Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology and Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Tim Colonius
Frank and Ora Lee Marble Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Cecil and Sally Drinkward Leadership Chair, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering
Azita Emami
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Director, Center for Sensing to Intelligence
Morteza Gharib
Founding Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies; Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering
Fred Hadaegh
Research Professor of Aerospace
Chris Umans
Professor of Computer Science; William M. Coughran Jr. Leadership Chair, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Executive Officer for Computing and Mathematical Sciences

CAST Affiliates Members

Ali Agha
Principal Investigator and Visiting Associate, Aerospace Dept., Founder and CEO, FieldAI
Animashree Anandkumar
Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Jane Bae
Assistant Professor of Aerospace; Susan Wu Scholar
Katie Bouman
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute
Joel W. Burdick
Richard L. and Dorothy M. Hayman Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Bioengineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist
Soon-Jo Chung
Bren Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
Tim Colonius
Frank and Ora Lee Marble Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Cecil and Sally Drinkward Leadership Chair, Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Executive Officer for Mechanical and Civil Engineering
John Dabiri
Centennial Professor of Aeronautics and Mechanical Engineering
Michael Dickinson
Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering and Aeronautics; Executive Officer for Biology and Biological Engineering
Michelle Effros
George Van Osdol Professor of Electrical Engineering; Vice Provost
Bethany L. Ehlmann
Professor of Planetary Science
Azita Emami
Andrew and Peggy Cherng Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Director, Center for Sensing to Intelligence
Lorraine Fesq
Chief Technologist of the Mission Systems and Operations Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Woodward Fischer
Professor of Geobiology
Christian Frankenberg
Chandler Family Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Senior Research Scientist
Georgia Gkioxari
Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering; William H. Hurt Scholar
Julia R. Greer
Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics and Medical Engineering; Executive Officer for Applied Physics and Materials Science
Fred Hadaegh
Research Professor of Aerospace
Ali Hajimiri
Bren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Co-Director, Space-Based Solar Power Project
Associate Professor of Aerospace
Richard Murray
Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering
Issa Nesnas
Group Supervisor of Robotic Mobility Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ×
Victoria Orphan
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Science and Geobiology; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions; Director, Center for Environmental Microbial Interactions
Houman Owhadi
IBM Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Control and Dynamical Systems
Pietro Perona
Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director, Information Science and Technology
Z. Ross
Professor of Geophysics; William H. Hurt Scholar
Andrew Thompson
John S. and Sherry Chen Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Director, Ronald and Maxine Linde Center for Global Environmental Science; Executive Officer for Environmental Science and Engineering
Chris Umans
Professor of Computer Science; William M. Coughran Jr. Leadership Chair, Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences; Executive Officer for Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Michael Watkins
Professor of Aerospace and Geophysics; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Keck Institute for Space Studies; Director, Keck Institute for Space Studies
Yisong Yue
Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

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