Tarek A. Elgohary, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Email: elgohary@ucf.edu
Phone: (407) 823-4379
Office: ENG I, Room 216
Tarek A. Elgohary is an assistant professor at the UCF mechanical and aerospace engineering department. He is the director of the Astrodynamics and Space Robotics Laboratory. Before joining UCF, he was a postdoctoral research associate at Texas A&M and a visiting scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He received his B.S. in mechanical engineering from the American University in Cairo and his master’s degree and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from Texas A&M University. His research interests are in astrodynamics, optimal control, robotics and space situational awareness.
- Heep Fellowship, Texas A&M Institute for Advanced Study, 2013-14
- Aerospace Engineering Graduate Fellowship, Texas A&M University. 2012-13
- Regents Fellowship, Texas A&M University, 2008-09
Pugazhenthi Sivasankar
Ph.D. Student
- MS in Space Exploration, Delft University of Technology
- BSE Aeronautical Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology
- Seminars Attended: Exploring Physics of Planetary Environments, KTH, Sweden - 2nd Space Science School, ISSI-BJ, Sanya, China
Research Interests: Higher-dimensional PDF Approximation in satellite orbits
Hunter Quebedeaux
MS Student
- BSE Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics, Space Systems, Flight Dynamics and Controls
Ryan Ketzner
MS Student
-BSE Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, Flight Dynamics and Controls
Laura Jones
Ph.D. Student
- BSE in Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, Optimal Control
Jeremy Luckett
MS Student
- BSE Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics
Rithika Prem
MS Student
- BSE Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics
Nathan
MS Student
- BSE Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics
MIkaeel Danawala
Undergraduate
- BSE Computer Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics
Nicole Martins
MS Student
- BSE Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Astrodynamics
Sarah Fleischer
MS Student
- BSE Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Theme Park Engineering
Joshua Villegas
MS Student
- BSE Aerospace Engineering
Research Interests: Rockets
Ahmed Elsadek Seleit
Ph.D. Candidate
- MS in Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida
- MS in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University
- BSE in Aerospace Engineering, Cairo University
Research Interests: Flight Dynamics and Controls, Autonomous Systems, Optimal Control, Nonlinear Dynamics
Hao Wang
Ph.D. Candidate
- MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Purdue University
- BSE in Aeronautics and Astronautical Engineering, Purdue University
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, Space Situational Awareness, Machine Learning, Flight Dynamics and Control, System Engineering
Tahinsul Haque Tasif
Ph.D. Student
- BSE in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, Non-linear Dynamics, Computational Methods, Optimal Control, Feedback Control, Robotics
James Hippelheuser
Ph.D. Student
- MS Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida
- BSE Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, Space Situational Awareness, Orbit Determination, Optimal Control, State Estimation
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Ryan Debevec
MS Student
- BS in Aerospace Engineering, UCF
Michael Renzetti
MS Student
- BS in Aerospace Engineering, UCF
Chad Rose
BS Student
- Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Astrodynamics, Mission Analysis
Ryan Sheffield
BS Student
- Electrical Engineering
Research Interests: Robotics, Flight Dynamics and Controls, Computational Methods
Micah Iversen
BSE Student
- Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests: Propulsion, Additive Manufacturing, Space Robotics