Robyn Woollands

Education

• PhD Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2016
• MS Aerospace Engineering, University of Minnesota, 2010
• MS Astronomy, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2008
• Graduate Certificate Antarctic Studies, University of Canterbury, NewZealand, 2008
• BS Physics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2006

Academic Positions

• Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2021-present
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2017-2020
• Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M, 2017

Other Professional Employment

• Mission Design Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 2017-2020; JPL Affiliate (2021-present)
• Junior Scientist, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Nova Neutrino Detector, University of Minnesota, 2011-2012

Research Interests

• Astrodynamics
• Optimal Control
• Picard-Chebyshev Methods
• Space Mission Design

Honors

• Distinguished Graduate Student Doctoral Award, Texas A&M University (2017)
• John V. Breakwell Student Paper Award, AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference (2015)
• Outstanding Achievement in Guidance, Navigation and Control, Student Paper Award, AAS Guidance, Navigation & Control Conference (2014)

Courses Taught

• AE 502 - Advanced Orbital Mechanics