Jesse Hoagg, Ph.D.

Clifford Cremers and Eric Cremers Department Chair of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Research Interests

• Autonomy, robotics, and control theory
• Multi-agent cooperative control
• Human learning and understanding human control strategies
• Spacecraft dynamics and control
• Adaptive and learning control
• Safety-critical control
• System Identification

Education

Ph.D. 2006, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

M.S. 2005, Mathematics, University of Michigan

M.S.E. 2003, Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

B.S.E. 2002, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University

Appointments

2023 - present: Chair, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

2021 - present: Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

2016 – 2021: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

2010 — 2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Kentucky

2009 — 2010: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

2008 — 2009: Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, IL

2006 — 2008: Associate, McKinsey & Company, Chicago, IL

2002 — 2006: National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan

2003 — 2005: Space Scholar, Air Force Research Laboratory, Albuquerque, NM