Associate Professor
Aerospace Engineering
3012 FXB Bldg
François-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building 1320 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140(734) 647-4692
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
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
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)
HONORS AND AWARDS
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
IEEE, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics