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Thursday, February 20, 2020

Carleton University Research Achievement Award

Professor Ulrich’s research in the area of autonomous robotics and controls for spacecraft proximity operations was recently recognized by a Research Achievement Award from Carleton University. With this prestigious award, Prof. Ulrich and his research team will develop adaptive algorithms to modify, in real-time, the behavior of the on-board... More

Thursday, January 16, 2020

AIAA GNC Graduate Student Paper Award Finalist

Kirk Hovell, PhD Candidate in the lab, has been selected as one of the six finalists for this year's GNC Graduate Student Paper Award. This award is sponsored by the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control (GN&C) Technical Committee and recognizes high-quality papers whose primary author is a student. All six finalists had to present... More

Friday, September 27, 2019

Government of Ontario’s Early Researcher Award

Prof. Steve Ulrich was awarded funding from the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade through the Early Researcher Awards (ERA) program. This prestigious award will allow Prof. Ulrich's research team to address the problem of autonomous proximity operations with space debris. Specifically, he will develop adaptive... More

Thursday, May 9, 2019

Partnership with Defence Research and Development Canada

Under funding awarded from the Government of Canada, Prof. Ulrich’s Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory partners with Defence Research and Development Canada's Director General Science and Technology Centre Operations (DRDC - DGSTCO) on a R&D project related to autonomous pose tracking in space. This project leverages the lab’s... More

Monday, January 14, 2019

Jian-Feng Shi’s Successful Defence

Congratulations to Jian-Feng for the very successful defence of his PhD thesis entitled: “Spacecraft Pose Estimation Using a Monocular... More

Monday, December 17, 2018

Cory Fraser’s Successful Defence

Congratulations to Cory Fraser for the very successful defence of his MASc thesis entitled: “Adaptive Extended Kalman Filtering Strategies for Autonomous Relative Navigation of Formation Flying... More

Thursday, October 25, 2018

Partnership with Bombardier Aerospace

Under funding awarded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC), Prof. Ulrich's Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory partners with Bombardier Aerospace on an industrial R&D project related to the development of innovative real-time... More

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

David Rogers’ Successful Defence

Congratulations to David Rogers for the very successful defence of his MASc thesis entitled: “Simple Adaptive Control for Spacecraft Trajectory Tracking Under Uncertainties and... More

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Best Paper Award

Congratulations to Jian-Feng Shi, a fourth-year PhD Candidate in our group, for being the recipient of the Best Paper Award at this year's International Conference on Control, Dynamic Systems, and... More

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Bradley Kuiack’s Successful Defence and University Medal

Congratulations to Bradley Kuiack for the very successful defence of his MASc thesis entitled: “Spacecraft Formation Guidance and Control in J2-Perturbed Eccentric Orbits”. In addition, for his outstanding achievements at the MASc level, Bradley was awarded a prestigious University... More

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Alexander Crain’s Successful Defence

Congratulations to Alexander Crain for the very successful defence of his MASc thesis entitled: “Optimal Trajectory Tracking and Compliant Spacecraft Capture Using a Space... More

Saturday, April 21, 2018

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program allows highly motivated and competitive postdoc researchers to realize their full potential and develop their careers. Researchers interested to join our research group at the postdoctoral level may consider applying. Application deadline is September 19, 2018. More details can be found... More

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