Richard Linares
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
33-328 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
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
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
American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Assistant Professor, Aeronautics and Astronautics, July 2018 — present
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
Astrodynamics, space situational awareness, satellite guidance and navigation, estimation and controls, optimal control, reinforcement learning