Anouck Girard

Assistant Professor

PHONE: (734) 647-4692
FAX: (unsecured) (734) 763-0578
EMAIL: anouck@umich.edu
Webpages:
Personal Website
Michigan/AFRL Collaborative Center in Control Science

Professor Girard's interest include nonlinear control and systems engineering with applications to unmanned vehicle systems, hybrid, distributed and embedded systems, maneuver coordination and control of vehicles, mobile ground, air and ocean robots. She is the director of the Aerospace Robotics and Control (ARC) Laboratory, in which cooperative control algorithms are developed and implemented on small and micro air vehicles and/or ground robots.

Specializations & Research Interests

Nonlinear systems, hybrid systems, embedded systems, cooperative control, unmanned vehicles.

Education
Ph.D. Engineering, University of California, Berkeley (2002) Advisor: J. Karl Hedrick
M.S. Ocean Engineering, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida (1998)
Diplôme d’Ingénieur, Computer Science, École des Mines d’Alès, France (1997)

Society Memberships
ASME
AIAA

Honors and Awards
Visiting Summer Faculty Fellowship, AFRL, 2005, 2006.
ASME Best Student Paper Award, OOAE Division, 2001.
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 2002.
Link Foundation Fellowship in Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation, 2000-2001.
Best Presentation of Session Award, American Control Conference, 2000.

Teaching Interests
Cooperation and Control of Unmanned Air Vehicles, AE 740
Space System Design, AE 483

Positions Held at Michigan
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 2004-present

Publications List and Downloads
Journal Papers