Education:

University of California, Berkeley
PhD Engineering ’02

Florida Atlantic University
MS Ocean Engineering ’98

École des Mines d’Alès
Diplôme d’Ingénieur Computer Science ’97

Teaching: ^top

AE341, Aircraft Dynamics
AE343, Space Flight Mechanics
AE470, Control of Aerospace Vehicles
AE483, Space Systems Design
AE550, Linear Systems
AE551, Nonlinear Dynamics and Control
AE573, Dynamics and Control of Spacecraft
AE740, Special Topics in Flight Dynamics and Control: Cooperative Control of UAVs, Advanced FDC, Nonlinear and Predictive Control, Applied Nonlinear Control and Autonomy

Biography: ^top

Professor Girard’s interests include the dynamics, control, and optimization of advanced, increasingly autonomous vehicles operating in space, air, ground or marine domains. She is a co-director of the Vehicle Optimization, Dynamics, Control and Autonomy Laboratory. In addition to modeling and control of the mechanical motions of such vehicles, Professor Girard, and the lab consider the related problems of trajectory optimization, increasing autonomy, optimal energy and heat management, and information collection. Recent applications include spacecraft, UAVs, fighter jets, autonomous cars and America’s Cup foiling catamarans.

POSITIONS HELD AT U-M

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2012 – present)
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan (2006 – 2012)

Awards: ^top

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Link Foundation Fellowship in Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation (2000- 2001)
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Best Student Paper Award, Ocean, Offshore and
• Arctic Engineering Division (May 2001)
• Visiting Summer Faculty Fellowship at AFRL, Summers (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• National Academy of Engineering Frontiers of Engineering Participant (2007)
• AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee (Elected) (2007-2011)
• Associate Member, AIAA (2008)
• Associate Fellow, AIAA (2015)
• Senior Member, IEEE (2014)
• Sigma Gamma Tau Silver Shaft Award (UM Teaching Award) (2013)

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

IEEE, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics