Awards and Recognitions

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• IEEE Outstanding Planning Paper Award, 2022
  IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  Paper: Non-Gaussian Risk Bounded Trajectory Optimization for Stochastic Nonlinear Systems in Uncertain Environments.
  MIT News
   

• Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS) Top 5 Best Papers, 2023
  Paper: Convex Geometric Motion Planning on Lie Groups via Moment Relaxation.
   

• JPL Team Award, 2023
  For software tools and algorithm development for operations of future autonomous spacecraft.
   

• JPL Voyager Award, 2023
  Outstanding contributions to Mars 2020 Ingenuity Helicopter's flight planning, execution, and analysis to successfully complete the ambitious flight campaign.
   

• NASA Award, 2024
  NASA Group Achievement Award - The Ingenuity flight planning team (GNC + Science) | For outstanding group achievement in planning and finely executing the Ingenuity spacecraft on over 50 flights on Mars! 
   

• JPL Voyager Award, 2024
  Ingenuity GNC Planning
   

• JPL Team Award, 2024
  Ingenuity Mars Helicopter - For exceptional implementation of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter campaign, commanding 72 flights through the skies of Mars.
   

• JPL Team Award, 2024
  For the remarkable technical achievements in creating and successfully testing first-of-a-kind robotic system that could enable icy world ocean access.
   

• IEEE RAS TC on Optimization for Robotics,  Finalist for the Best Paper Award, 2025
  Paper: Max Entropy Moment Kalman Filter for Polynomial Systems with Arbitrary Noise
   

• NASA Honor Award, 2026
  For group achievement in the design, development, and field deployment of an intelligent andversatile robotic prototype for icy ocean world exploration.