People | CAST

Director

Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Medical Engineering; Booth-Kresa Leadership Chair, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies; Director, Graduate Aerospace Laboratories; Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies

Associate Directors

Jean-Philippe Avouac

Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology and Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies

Issa Nesnas

Group Supervisor of Robotic Mobility Group, Jet Propulsion Laboratory ×

CAST Steering Committee

Jean-Philippe Avouac

Earle C. Anthony Professor of Geology and Mechanical and Civil Engineering; Associate Director, Center for Autonomous Systems and Technologies

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; Executive Officer for Electrical Engineering; Director, Center for Sensing to Intelligence

Mory Gharib

Fred Hadaegh

Research Professor in 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

Aaron Ames

Bren Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems

Anima Anandkumar

Bren Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences

Katie Bouman

Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, Electrical Engineering and Astronomy; Rosenberg Scholar; Investigator, Heritage Medical Research Institute

Joel 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

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 Ehlmann

Professor of Planetary Science; Allen V. C. Davis and Lenabelle Davis Leadership Chair, Keck Institute for Space Studies; Director, Keck Institute for Space Studies

Azita Emami

Andrew and Peggy Cherng Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Executive Officer for Electrical Engineering; Director, Center for Sensing to Intelligence

Lorraine Fesq

Principal Engineer in the Engineering Development Office at Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Woody Fischer

Professor of Geobiology

Christian Frankenberg

Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering; Jet Propulsion Laboratory Research Scientist

Georgia Gkioxari

Assistant Professor of Computing and Mathematical Sciences and Electrical Engineering; William H. Hurt Scholar

Julia Greer

Ruben F. and Donna Mettler Professor of Materials Science, Mechanics and Medical Engineering; Fletcher Jones Foundation Director of the Kavli Nanoscience Institute

Fred Hadaegh

Research Professor in Aerospace

Ali Hajimiri

Bren Professor of Electrical Engineering and Medical Engineering; Co-Director, Space-Based Solar Power Project

Richard Murray

Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering; William K. Bowes Jr. Leadership Chair, Division of Biology and Biological Engineering

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

Professor of Applied and Computational Mathematics and Control and Dynamical Systems

Pietro Perona

Allen E. Puckett Professor of Electrical Engineering

Andrew Thompson

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