Erik Komendera
Assistant Professor
- Thrust Area Specialty: Robotics, Autonomous, and Dynamical Systems
413A Goodwin Hall (0238)
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
635 Prices Fork Road
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Research Interests
- Autonomous assembly and construction
- Space robotics
- Field robotics
- Perception
- Mapping and state estimation for precise and accurate robotic operations in large workspaces
- Multi-agent motion planning and control
- Collaborative manipulation
- Machine learning for detection, classification, and correction of off-nominal events in field robotics applications
See Dr. Komendera's publications and research on Google Scholar.
- 2018–Present, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
- 2014–2018, Research Aerospace Engineer, NASA Langley Research Center
- 2011–2014, NASA Space Technology Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
- 2010–2011, Research Assistant, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder
- 2007–2010, Engineer, FAAC Incorporated, Ann Arbor, Michigan
- 2018 – NASA Early Career Achievement Medal
- 2017 – Center Achievement Award, NASA Langley Research Center
- 2014 – First NASA Space Technology Research Fellow to earn Ph.D.
- 2014 – Outstanding Research Award, Computer Science, University of Colorado
- 2012 – Harvard Visiting Fellow
- 2012 – Second place, Mobile Manipulation Challenge, 2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics Automation
- 2011-2014 – NASA Space Technology Research Fellow
- 2011 – Ford Foundation Predoctoral Research Fellow
- 2003-2007 – Ralph E. and Victoria L. Reins Full Tuition Scholarship
- 2003-2007 – University of Michigan Engineering Dean’s List, seven times
- 2006 – Edward A. Stalker Aerospace Research Fellow
- Ph.D. - Computer Science, University of Colorado, 2014
- M.S., Computer Science, University of Colorado, 2012
- B.S.E., Aerospace Engineering, Uiversity of Michigan, 2007