Group

Principal Investigator

Dr. Thanakorn Khamvilai is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Texas Tech University. He received his doctoral degree in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He previously worked as an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University. He holds Private Pilot and Remote Pilot Certificates. His research interests include avionics systems, real-time optimization, and guidance-navigation-and-control of autonomous systems.

Ph.D. students

Sarocha Jetawatthana (Sam)

sjetawat@ttu.edu
Alma mater: Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand

M.S. students

Roshan Kumar Chhetri

roschhet@ttu.edu
Alma mater: Kathmandu University, Nepal

B.S. students

Akinloluwa Oluokun (Joel)

aoluokun@ttu.edu

Carlos Quiroga

caquirog@ttu.edu

John Bradford Gann

johngann@ttu.edu

Sierra Melass

smelass@ttu.edu

Christopher Wilcox

chrwillc@ttu.edu

Jeremias Palacios

jerpalac@ttu.edu

Payton Smith

smi31959@ttu.edu

Alumni

Marcos Guzman

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
First Position: Field Robotics Engineer at Square Robot
Contact: linkedin

Obadah Wali

Short-Term Ph.D. Visiting
Current Position: Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Contactobadah.wali@kaust.edu.sa