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

Roshan Kumar Chhetri

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

M.S. students

B.S. students

Christopher Wilcox

chrwillc@ttu.edu

Timaje Moore

timamoor@ttu.edu

Alumni

Sierra Melass

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
First Position: Engineer at L3Harris
Contact: linkedin

Akinloluwa Oluokun (Joel)

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
First Position: Engineer at Enterprise Products

Carlos Quiroga

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
First Position: Systems Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Contact: linkedin

John Bradford Gann

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University
First Position: Mechatronics Engineer at Lockheed Martin
Contact: linkedin

Marcos Guzman

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

Jeremias Palacios

Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University

Obadah Wali

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