Ames, Aaron D.

Committee Member — 31 thesises

• Gurriet, Thomas — Applied Safety Critical Control (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cheng, Richard — Assuring Safety under Uncertainty in Learning-Based Control Systems (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Bouman, Amanda Rose — Autonomous Mission-Driven Robots in Extreme Environments (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Jimenez Rodriguez, Ivan Dario — Constructive Learning for Agile Underactuated Control (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ambrose, Eric Ryan — Creating ARCHER: A 3D Hopping Robot with Flywheels for Attitude Control (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Wei, Skylar Xueyao — Data-Driven Safety-Critical Autonomy in Unknown, Unstructured, and Dynamic Environments (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Reher, Jenna — Dynamic Bipedal Locomotion: From Hybrid Zero Dynamics to Control Lyapunov Functions via Experimentally Realizable Methods (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Burkhardt, Matthew Ryan — Dynamic Modeling and Control of Spherical Robots (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Cosner, Ryan Kazuo — Dynamic Safety Under Uncertainty: A Control Barrier Function Approach (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tucker, Maegan Lindsay — Enabling Robust and User-Customized Bipedal Locomotion on Lower-Body Assistive Devices via Hybrid System Theory and Preference-Based Learning (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ma, Wen-Loong — From Bipedal to Quadrupedal Locomotion, Experimental Realization of Lyapunov Approaches (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dai, Min — From Models to Data: Toward a Unified Framework for Agile and Safe Bipedal Locomotion (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Folkestad, Carl A. A. — Koopman-based Learning and Control of Agile Robotic Systems (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Csomay-Shanklin, Noel V. — Layered Control Architectures: Constructive Theory and Application to Legged Robots (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Mandralis, Ioannis M. — Leveraging Aerial Transformation for Enhanced Air–Ground Robotic Mobility (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Hooper, Meredith Leigh — Machine-Learned Propulsion Strategies: From Adaptive Damage Compensation to Advanced Aeromobility (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Gehlhar, Rachel — Model-Based Lower-Limb Powered Prosthesis Control: Developing and Realizing Nonlinear Subsystem Control Methods for Generalizable Prosthesis Control (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Edlund, Jeffrey Andrews — Numerical Investigation of Spinal Neuron Facilitation with Multi-electrode Epidural Stimulation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Novoseller, Ellen Rachel — Online Learning from Human Feedback with Applications to Exoskeleton Gait Optimization (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Leong, Yoke Peng — Optimal Controller Synthesis for Nonlinear Systems (2018, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Xiong, Xiaobin — Reduced Order Model Inspired Robotic Bipedal Walking: A Step-to-step Dynamics Approximation based Approach (2021, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Kargin, Taylan — Reliable Autonomy Under Uncertainty: From Learning-Based to Non-Rational Control (2025, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Akella, Prithvi — Reliable Controller Synthesis: Guarantees for Safety-Critical System Testing and Verification (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Dixit, Anushri C. — Risk-Aware Planning and Control in Extreme Environments (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Taylor, Andrew James — Robust Safety-Critical Control: A Lyapunov and Barrier Approach (2023, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Singletary, Andrew Wills — Safe Input Regulation for Robotic Systems (2022, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Badithela, Apurva Srinivas — Test and Evaluation of Autonomous Systems: Reactive Test Synthesis and Task-Relevant Evaluation of Perception (2024, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Tanner, Melissa Midori — Tethered Motion Planning for a Rappelling Robot (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Georgiev, Nikola-Zlatkov — Towards High Performance Robotic Actuation (2019, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Li, Kejun — User-Aligned and Robust Bipedal Locomotion (2026, Dissertation (Ph.D.))
• Ronchi, Matteo Ruggero — Vision for Social Robots: Human Perception and Pose Estimation (2020, Dissertation (Ph.D.))