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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Jeffrey Hough is the Recipient of the 2017 CASI Charles Luttman Award

Jeffrey Hough is selected as the 2017 recipient of the CASI Charles Luttman Award. This prestigious annual recognition is awarded to an undergraduate student who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of leadership and involvement in any area of student affairs, and excellence in communication and organizational skills. Congratulations Jeffrey!... More

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Steve Ulrich Elevated to IEEE Senior Member Grade

Prof. Ulrich was recently elevated to the grade of IEEE Senior member. IEEE Senior Membership is an honor bestowed only to those who have made significant contributions to the... More

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Kirk Hovell’s Successful Defence and Senate Medal

Congratulations to Kirk Hovell for the very successful defence of his MASc thesis entitled: “Detumbling Space Debris Using Tethers”. For his outstanding achievements at the MASc level, Kirk was awarded a prestigious Senate Medal by Carleton... More

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

Lab Members Recognized with Scholarships and Awards

Congratulations to the following undergraduate and graduate students for having been awarded prestigious awards and scholarships to conduct cutting-edge research in the Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory: Kirk Hovell (NSERC PGS-D3), to begin his doctoral research on distributed iterative learning control with applications to spacecraft... More

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

First Ever Experimental Validation of Tethered Detumbling of Space Debris

At this year's AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kirk Hovell presented the first ever experimental demonstration of detumbling a spinning space debris using visco-elastic tethers. Compared to the currently-accepted tether configuration proposed by the European Space Agency, Kirk's innovative sub-tether strategy is proven to be... More

Thursday, October 20, 2016

R.D. Richmond Bursary in Aerospace Engineering

Congratulations to Kirk Hovell for having been awarded the 2016 R.D. Richmond Bursary in Aerospace Engineering by the Dean of Graduate Studies and Research. This bursary recognizes outstanding and deserving graduate students in the Aerospace Engineering program and will assist Kirk with the cost of travel and accommodation associated with his... More

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Lab Members Recognized with Scholarships and Awards

Congratulations to the following undergraduate and graduate students for having been awarded prestigious awards and scholarships to conduct cutting-edge research in the Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory: Kirk Hovell (Ontario Graduate Scholarship), to continue his current master's research on dynamics analysis and experimental validation... More

Monday, February 15, 2016

Graduate Student Travel/Research Bursary

Congratulations to Kirk Hovell for having been awarded a Graduate Student Travel/Research Bursary by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs for the outstanding presentation of his graduate work at the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Seminar Series. His presentation was titled: "Attitude Stabilization of an Uncooperative Spacecraft... More

Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Partnership with EnduroSat AD

Following a visit in Bulgaria last fall by Prof. Ulrich to lecture on spacecraft guidance, navigation and control, Carleton University’s Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory partners with EnduroSat AD on a project related to the design and analysis of the on-board autonomous attitude determination and control system (ADCS) for the next... More

Monday, November 16, 2015

The Globe and Mail Interview

Prof. Ulrich was recently interviewed by The Globe and Mail for an Aerospace Special Feature article. See article titled "New strategy needed to keep space sector in orbit"... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Ontario Centres of Excellence Research Award

Under funding from the Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE) Voucher for Innovation and Productivity II (VIP II) program, Carleton University’s Spacecraft Robotics and Control Laboratory renews its partnership with Neptec Design Group Ltd. on a two-year industrial R&D project related to the development, implementation and experimental... More

Monday, June 29, 2015

2015 CanSat Competion

The Raven Knights, a group of students representing Carleton University, ranked third in the 2015 CanSat competition; world's largest and most prestigious space-related undergraduate competition. This annual design-build-launch competition, organized by the American Astronautical Society (AAS) and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics... More

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