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James W. Cutler

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Associate Professor

Contact

jwcutler@umich.edu(734) 615-7238

Location

3013 François-Xavier Bagnoud Aerospace Building
1320 Beal Avenue Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2140

Additional Title(s)

Associate Director, University of Michigan Space Institute

Primary Website

http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jwcutler/

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Education

Stanford University
PhD Electrical Engineering ’05
MS Electrical Engineering ’98

Purdue University
BS Computer and Electrical Engineering ’96

Teaching

AEROSP 450 — Flight Software
AEROSP 483 — Space System Design
AEROSP 548 — Astrodynamics

Research Interests

Space systems
Communication
Robust Computing
Remote sensing (emphasis on magnetometers

Biography

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. He is Co-PI on the first NSF space mission, the Radio Aurora Explorer (RAX). Prof. Cutler’s teaching interests are in all things space related.

Positions Held at U-M

Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2014 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, 2008 – 2014

Related Links

  • Kickstarter Campaign for Cubesats
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  • University of Michigan Space Institute

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