Biography

Dr. Kamesh Subbarao is the Jenkins Garrett Professor and Associate Chair of the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington (UTA). He is also the director of the Aerospace Systems Laboratory (ASL). He received his PhD from the department of Aerospace Engineering at Texas A & M University, College Station in 2001. After his PhD he worked as an Applications Developer at The MathWorks Inc. (2001-2003) in the Controls and Systems Identification and Estimation Toolboxes group. His research interests span flight mechanics, simulation and control, astrodynamics, nonlinear and adaptive control, linear and nonlinear filtering/estimation approaches, cooperation and coordination for multiple unmanned vehicles subject to measurement uncertainties and distributed time delays.

Dr. Subbarao’s research has been funded by DARPA, NSF, AFRL, ONR, NASA, Lockheed Martin, Whirlpool Inc., Nextgen Aeronautics and Hypercomp Inc. He received the College of Engineering Teaching Award in 2022, President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2021, and the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016. Previously he received the AIAA Foundation Award for “Model Reference Adaptive Control” in 2001. He has also been nominated by the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering as well as the College of Engineering for numerous other teaching and research awards, including Provost’s Teaching Award, Board of Regents Teaching Award, Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Provost’s Excellence in Research Award. He was also nominated for the Outstanding Academic Advisor Award in 2018-19 and again in 2020-21. He has authored and co-authored more than 200 journal and peer reviewed conference publications.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society (FRAeS), and the American Astronautical Society. He is also an Associate Fellow of AIAA, and Senior Member of IEEE, and ASME

Background

Educational Background

• 1998 – 2001, PhD, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA.
• 1993 – 1995, ME, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science , Bengaluru, India.
• 1989 – 1993, BTech, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology , Kanpur, India.

Professional Appointments

• 2019 – Present, Professor University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington, TX, USA
• 2018 – Present, Graduate Advisor, Aerospace Engineering, Arlington, TX, USA
• 2009 – 2019, Associate Professor University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington, TX, USA
• 2012 – 2013, Visiting Researcher (Prognostics Methods Laboratory) GE Global Research, Bengaluru, India.
• 2003 – 2009, Assistant Professor University of Texas at Arlington , Arlington, TX, USA
• 2001 – 2003, Applications Developer (Controls & Systems ID. Toolboxes) The MathWorks Inc., Natick, MA, USA.
• 1996 – 1998, Scientist (National Control Law Team) The Aeronautical Development Agency , Bengaluru, India.
• 1995 – 1996, Scientist (Systems Directorate) The Defence Research & Development Laboratory , Hyderabad, India.

Research

• Flight Mechanics & Control, Uncrewed Systems
• Astrodynamics, & Celestial Mechanics
• Modeling, Simulation, Estimation, & Control of Nonlinear, and Distributed-Parameter Systems
• Cooperative Control, & Coordination for Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Research/Teaching Laboratories

• Aerospace Systems Laboratory
• Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory – An Inter-Disciplinary effort between MAE, & IMSE departments. Click to see our lab’s activities that was featured on the Local Channel 8 (ABC affiliate) news (needs Windows Media Player)

Teaching

• Undergraduate courses in Flight Dynamics, Astronautics, Automatic Control, Engineering Analysis, and Unmanned Vehicle Systems.
• Graduate courses in Optimal Estimation and Control, GNC of Aerospace Vehicles, Advanced Flight Mechanics, Advanced Astronautics and Unmanned Vehicle Systems.
• Fall 2023
  • AE 5302-001/002: Advanced Flight Mechanics

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