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Awards
2012-2013 Sigma Gamma Tau Thomas U McElmurry Teaching Excellence Award, for exemplifying dedication and commitment to developing students professionally and academically by displaying a desire for students to succeed, creatively presenting classroom material, and offering opportunities for mentorship and guidance outside the classroom in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. This is a department-level award.
2012-2013 William O. and Montine P. Faculty Fellow Award in the College of Engineering.
2012 Freshman Convocation Keynote Speaker. http://freshmanconvocation.tamu.edu/speakers/
2009-2010 BP Teaching Excellence Award for excellence in instruction, dedication to students, and outstanding commitment to engineering education at Texas A&M University. This is a college-level award.
2009 Sigma Gamma Tau Thomas U McElmurry Teaching Excellence Award, for exemplifying dedication and commitment to developing students professionally and academically by displaying a desire for students to succeed, creatively presenting classroom material, and offering opportunities for mentorship and guidance outside the classroom in the Aerospace Engineering Department at Texas A&M University. This is a department-level award.
2010 Association of Former Students of Texas A&M University Distinguished Achievement Award at the College Level, in recognition and appreciation of dedication, interest, enthusiasm, and attitude in accomplishing the assigned mission in teaching.
Courses Taught
AERO210 Aerospace Engineering Mechanics
AERO310 Aerospace Dynamics
AERO622 Spacecraft Dynamics
AERO627 Principles of Structural Dynamics
AERO628 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
AERO633 Aerospace Multibody Dynamics
AERO681 (Some Uncommon Topics in Analytical Dynamics)
Teaching History & Student Ratings of Performance
Summary of recent years. Averaged student ratings of my teaching appear in parenthesis; these are scored on a scale from 1 (bad) to 5 (good).
2018 . Spring AERO681 (Seminar: Some Uncommon Topics in Analytical Dynamics)
2017 . Fall AERO622 (4.34)
2016 . Spring AERO628 (4.39) . Fall AERO622 (4.58)
2015 . Fall AERO622 (4.57)
2014 . Summer AERO310 (4.16) . Fall AERO622 (4.53)
2013 . Fall AERO622 (4.56)
Graduate Level D&C Course Offerings
A typical PhD program will include 10 courses. The 10 courses can include D&C courses (listed below), MATH courses, ELEN control courses, MEMA courses (e.g., finite elements), AERO601 and AERO603. Please consider the following:
(AERO424 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control)
AERO622 Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
AERO623 Optimal Spacecraft Attitude and Orbital Maneuvers
AERO624 Celestial Mechanics
AERO625 Digital Control of Aerospace Systems
AERO626 Estimation of Dynamic Systems
AERO627 Principles of Structural Dynamics
AERO628 Adv Spacecraft Dynamics and Contro
AERO630 Introduction to Random Dynamical Systems
AERO631 Optimization of Aerospace Systems
AERO632 Design of Adv Flight Control Systems
AERO633 Analytical Multibody Dynamics
AERO650 Spacecraft Attitude Determination
AERO660 Nonlinear Flight Dynamics & Perturbation Methods