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  • Eric Feron
  • Professor
  • Dutton/Ducoffe Professor of Aerospace Software Engineering

Contact Information

  • Phone: 404.894.3062
  • Fax: 404.894.2760
  • Office: Knight 419

Degrees

  • B.S., Ecole Polytechnique, Paris, 1989.
  • M.S., Computer Science, Ecole Polytechnique & Ecole Normale Supérieure, 1990.
  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Stanford University, 1994.

Biography

Not available.

Selected Publications

  • Frazzoli, E., Dahleh, M. and Feron, E. “Maneuver-based Motion Planning for Nonlinear Systems with Symmetries” to appear, IEEE Trans. on Robotics, 2005.
  • General Theory of Algebraic Equations, by E. Bezout, translation from French by E. Feron. Princeton University Press, 2005. Original publication: 1779.
  • Schouwenaars, T; Valenti, M; Feron, E; How, J; Roche, E.. " Linear Programming and Language Processing for Human/Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicle Team Missions," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. Vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 303-313. Mar.-Apr. 2006
  • T. Schouwenaars, A. Stubbs, J. D. Paduano and Eric Feron: “Multi-Vehicle Path Planning for Non-Line of Sight Communication”, Journal of Field Robotics, 2006.
  • Zhi-Hong Mao, David Dugail, and Eric Feron . “Space Partition for Conflict Resolution of Intersecting Flows of Mobile Agents Zhi-Hong Mao, David Dugail, and Eric Feron”,  IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2007.

Honors and Distinctions

  • Charles Stark Draper Chair, 1993
  • NSF Research Initiation Award, 1994
  • NASA Certificate of Recognition, 1998
  • ONR Young Investigator Award, 1999
  • Advisor, French Academy of Technologies   2001

Research Interests

Flight mechanics and control involving real-time, embedded systems, including:
  • Air traffic control with an emphasis on air traffic safety and airports
  • Unmanned aerial vehicles with an emphasis on high agility flight
  • Embedded software analysis and design by means of rigorous, quantitative methods