Vishala Arya

  • Assistant Professor
  • COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH (CCAR)
Vishala Arya
Address

AERO 465

Education

PhD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2022
MS, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2018
BS, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology, Pilani, India, 2014

Professional Experience

2025 - Present, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
2022 - 2024, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
2016 - 2022, Graduate Student Assistant, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University

Selected Awards

2024, NASA Honors award for GRACE-FO team
2023, Winning Team 12th International Global Trajectory Optimization Competition (GTOC)
2021, Breakwell award at AAS Space Flight Mechanics Conference for the best paper 
2020, AERO Graduate Excellence Fellowship, Texas A&M University
2019, AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference paper presentation award
2017, HEEP Graduate Fellowship by Hagler Institute for Advanced Study       
2014, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Scholarship, Germany

Research Interests

Astrodynamics, Trajectory Optimization, Robust and Autonomous Guidance, Navigation and Control, Multidisciplinary design optimization of space systems, Cooperative control of multi agent space systems