Tansel Yucelen

Dr. Tansel Yucelen is a Professor of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, the Director of the Laboratory for Autonomy, Control, Information, and Systems (LACIS, http://lacis.eng.usf.edu/), and the Director of the Forum on Robotics and Control Engineering (FoRCE, http://force.eng.usf.edu/) at the University of South Florida. He is also the Co-Founder and Principal Engineer of ControlX (cX, https://controlx.systems/) - a startup company focusing on sensing and control for next-generation aerospace and space systems. Dr. Yucelen received the Doctor of Philosophy in Aerospace Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is currently a member of the National Academy of Inventors, an associate fellow of the AIAA, and a senior member of the IEEE. His hobbies include composing rock songs; playing acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, and piano; photography; reading and writing poems and critical essays; bodybuilding; and traveling.