Two graduate students from the Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering have earned prestigious Graduate Research Fellowships from the National Science Foundation.
Gaeron Friedrichs and Thomas Dearing will use their awards to continue their PhD research at CU Boulder. The NSF Graduate Research Fellows Program supports outstanding students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing graduate education at accredited U.S. institutions. Fellows receive a three-year annual stipend of $34,000, tuition and fee support, and opportunities for international research and professional development.
Gaeron Friedrichs
Advisor: Dejan Filipovic
Lab: Antenna Research Group
My research will focus on wideband, mmWave antennas for classical and Simultaneous Transmit and Receive (STAR) applications. The applicability of tightly coupled arrays, array thinning, and machine-learning driven reconfigurability will be explored for current 5G needs and future spectrum expansions as well.
Thomas Dearing
Advisors: Xudong Chen, Marco Nicotra
Lab: Robotics, Optimization, and Constrained Control (ROCC) Lab
My current research focuses on the topic of Optimal Formation Control of On-orbit Systems. In particular, my work focuses on achieving and maintaining fuel-and-measurement optimal formations with groups of cooperative satellites such as GRACE and MMS. This research applies tools from Multi-Agent, Optimal, and Geometric control theory, and involves significant collaboration with the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL) and the CU Boulder Aerospace Department.
