Jonathan P. How
Scholar

Jonathan P. How

Google Scholar ID: gX7rSCcAAAAJ
Ford Professor of Engineering, AA Dept., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Control systemsMulti-agent systemsAerial RoboticsSensor FusionAutonomous Driving
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
23,538
 
H-index
75
 
i10-index
345
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
181
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - 2025, IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award for 2024
  • - 2025, Selected to give Keynote Presentation at ICUAS’25
  • - 2024, Best Paper Award, Robotics: Science and Systems Workshop on Navigation and Mobile Manipulation in Challenging and Cluttered Natural Environments
  • - 2024, Vickie Kerrebrock Faculty Award
Research Experience
  • - July 2025 - present, Ford Professor of Engineering, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • - July 2009 - June 2025, Richard C. Maclaurin Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • - July 2007 - June 2009, Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • - April 2000 - July 2007, Associate Professor, MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (tenured 2003)
  • - April 2000 - December 2002, Consulting Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
  • - September 1994 - March 2000, Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, in the Aerospace Robotics Laboratory
  • - January 1993 - September 1994, Postdoctoral Associate, Space Engineering Research Center, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
Education
  • - Ph.D., February 1993 - January 1994, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Thesis: Robust Control Design with Real Parameter Uncertainty using Absolute Stability Theory
  • - S.M., September 1987 - February 1990, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Thesis: Local Control Design Methodologies for a Hierarchic Control Architecture
  • - B.A.Sc., September 1983 - June 1987, Engineering Science (Aerospace), University of Toronto
Background
  • Research interests include aerospace control, robust control design, and autonomous navigation. Currently, the Ford Professor of Engineering in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT.
Miscellany
  • Personal interests not provided