Eric W. Frew

Eric W. Frew
Assistant Professor
Aerospace Engineering Sciences
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0429
Phone: (303) 735-1285
Office: ECAE 181
frew@colorado.edu

 

Focus Area

Vehicle Systems

Education

Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2003
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 1996
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cornell University, 1995

Professional Experience

2004-Present, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado
2003-2004, Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Center for Collaborative Control of Unmanned Vehicles, University of California, Berkeley

Awards (selected)

Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award, 2009
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, 2009
The Chancellor's Award for Excellence in STEM Education, 2009-2010
Dean’s Faculty Fellowship, Spring 2009
Young Engineer of the Year, AIAA Rocky Mountain Section, 2006

Research Interests

Networked heterogeneous unmanned aircraft systems, optimal distributed sensing by mobile robots, controlled mobility in ad-hoc sensor networks, miniature self-deploying systems, guidance and control of unmanned aircraft in complex atmospheric phenomena.

Publications (selected)

Jack Elston, Eric W. Frew, Dale Lawrence, Peter Gray, and Brian Argrow. “Net-Centric Communication and Control for a Heterogeneous Unmanned Aircraft System.” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 56(1-2):199-232, Sept., 2009.

Eric W. Frew. “Information-Theoretic Integration of Sensing and Communication for Active Robot Networks.” Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), 14(3):267-280 June 2009.

Cory Dixon and Eric W. Frew. “Maintaining Optimal Communication Chains in Robotic Sensor Networks using Mobility Control.” Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET), 14(3):281-291 June 2009.

Brian Argrow, Elizabeth Weatherhead, and Eric W. Frew. “Real-Time Participant Feedback from the Symposium for Civilian Applications of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.” Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 54:87-103 March 2009.

Eric W. Frew and Timothy X Brown, “Airborne Communication Networks for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems.” Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Aviation Information Systems, 96(12): 2008-2027, Dec. 2008.

Dale A. Lawrence, Eric. W. Frew, and William J. Pisano, “Lyapunov Vector Fields for Autonomous UAV Flight Control” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(5):1220–1229, Sept.-Oct. 2008.

Eric W. Frew. “Sensitivity of Cooperative Target Geolocalization to Orbit Coordination.” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(4):1028-1040, July-August 2008.

Eric W. Frew, Cory Dixon, Jack Elston, Brian Argrow, and Timothy X. Brown. “Networked Communication, Command, and Control of an Unmanned Aircraft System. “ AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information, and Communication, 5(4):84–107, 2008.

Eric W. Frew, Dale A. Lawrence, and Stephen Morris. “Coordinated Standoff Tracking of Moving Targets using Lyapunov Guidance Vector Fields.” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 31(2):290–306, March-April 2008.

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