Academic Degrees
2014, Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York; 2011, M.S. Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo; 2009, B.S. Aerospace Engineering, University at Buffalo
Richard Linares
Charles Stark Draper Assistant Professor; Co-Director, Space Systems Lab
Contact
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-328 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
linaresr [at] mit.edu
Administrative Assistant
Marilyn Good
megood [at] mit.edu
Financial Officer
Jei Lee Freeman
jeileef [at] mit.edu
Honors and Awards
DARPA Young Faculty Award, 2020; Frontiers of Engineering, National Academy of Engineering, 2019; AFOSR Young Investigator Research Program Award, 2018; Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2013; Vela Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 2012; Space Scholar, United States Air Force Research Laboratory, 2010 and 2011; Nasa Space Grant Research Fellowship, 2010; Zimmer Award for Undergraduate Research, University at Buffalo, 2008
Society Memberships
American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Positions Held at MIT
Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, July 2018 — present
Positions Held outside MIT
Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics, University of Minnesota, 2015 – 2018; Postdoctoral Associate, United States Naval Observatory (USNO), Washington D.C., 2014 – 2015; Director's Postdoctoral Fellowship, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 2013 – 2015; Visiting Researcher, United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Maui High Performance Computing, Maui, HI, May-July 2014; Visiting Researcher, United States Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, NM, 2012 – 2013; Research Aerospace Engineer, Calspan-University at Buffalo Research Center (CUBRC Inc.), Buffalo, NY, 2010 – 2012; Graduate Research Assistant, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, Sep-May 2010
Specialization and Research Interests
Astrodynamics, space situational awareness, satellite guidance and navigation, estimation and controls, optimal control, reinforcement learning
Advising Philosophy Statement
Lab/Research Group Affiliation