When: Monday, 20th of July, 10:00AM AEDT
Where: This seminar will be partially presented at the ACFR seminar area, J04 lvl 2 (Rose St Building) and partially online via Zoom. RSVP
Speaker: Prof. Zac Manchester
Bio:
Zac Manchester is an Associate Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. He holds a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering and a B.S. in applied physics from Cornell University. Zac was a postdoc in the Agile Robotics Lab at Harvard University and previously worked at CMU, Stanford, NASA Ames Research Center and Analytical Graphics, Inc. He has received numerous top awards, including a NASA Group Achievement Award and NSF Career Award in 2025, NIAC Fellow in 2021 and NASA Early Career Faculty Award in 2018. In addition, he has numerous best paper awards, and has led four NASA-funded satellite missions. His research interests include motion planning, control, and numerical optimization, particularly with application to small, low-cost spacecraft.