Location
3013 François-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building
1320 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140
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Biography
Additional Title(s)
- Associate Director, University of Michigan Space Institute
James Cutler is an associate professor in the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Michigan. His research interests center on space systems–a multidisciplinary approach to enabling future space capability with particular emphasis on novel, nanosatellite missions. He is developing next generation communication capability and robust space computing infrastructure. Prof. Cutler’s teaching interests are in all things space related.
Positions Held at U-M
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2024 – Present
Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2014 – 2024
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2008 – 2014
Education
- Stanford University
- PhD Electrical Engineering ’05
- MS Electrical Engineering ’98
- Purdue University
- BS Computer and Electrical Engineering ’96
Teaching
- AEROSP 201 – Intro to Aero
- AEROSP 343 – Spacecraft Dynamics
- AEROSP 495 – CubeSat Flight Lab
Research Interests
- Space systems
- Communication
- Robust Computing
In The News
Michigan News
February 13, 2025
The project assembles a team of experts from across the country to prove technology that will help search for life outside our solar system