Scholar
Aaron D. Ames
Google Scholar ID: TjWwqmwAAAAJ
Bren Professor, Mechanical and Civil Engineering, Control and Dynamical Systems, Caltech
Citations & Impact
Citations
21,598
H-index
65
i10-index
252
Publications
20
Co-authors
99
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of the 2005 Leon O. Chua Award for achievement in nonlinear science and the 2006 Bernard Friedman Memorial Prize in Applied Mathematics. In 2010, received both the NSF CAREER award for my research on bipedal robotic walking and its applications to prosthetic devices. Recipient of the 2015 Donald P. Eckman Award recognizing an outstanding young engineer in the field of automatic control.
Research Experience
- Was a Postdoc at Caltech from 2006-2008 with John Doyle.
Education
- Received a BS in Mechanical Engineering and a BA in Mathematics from the University of St. Thomas in 2001. Received a MA in Mathematics and a PhD in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley in 2006 with Shankar Sastry.
Background
- My research interests center around theoretic methods in hybrid systems and nonlinear control, with a heavy emphasis on applications to bipedal robotic walking---both formally and through experimental validation. The theoretic foundations that I explore extend to a variety of application domains encompassing cyber-physical and autonomous systems, including: safety-critical control via control barrier functions, automotive applications, real-time optimization-based control, powered prostheses and robotic assistive devices.
Miscellany
- Personal website: https://skylerhallinan.com/; AMBER Lab Website: www.bipedalrobotics.com; YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/user/ProfAmes
