Brooks L. Reed
As of August 2015 I am a controls engineer at Cruise Automation .
Broadly speaking, I am interested in the application of control and optimization techniques to real-world problems with meaningful societal impact. I enjoy "bringing algorithms to life" via implementation and experiments---a major component of my research is discovering cutting-edge algorithms with promise and developing them to work in the field. I have previously worked extensively in multi-vehicle marine systems and the integration of feedback control and communication design, and currently am working on methods to allow cars to safely drive themselves.
Research Interests
Model predictive control, dynamics and feedback control, estimation, communication-constrained control, autonomous vehicles, marine robotics, multi-agent systems, optimization
Education
From December 2014 to August 2015 I was a MIT Postdoctoral Associate, working on multi-vehicle communication and control with Franz Hover and John Leonard in the MIT Marine Robotics Group.
My PhD work was with Prof. Franz Hover's research group in the MIT Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.
I was co-advised by Dr. Dana Yoerger of the Deep Submergence Lab at WHOI.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Woods Hole, MA
PhD, MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanographic Engineering, December 2014
Thesis: “Controller Design for Underwater Vehicle Systems with Communication Constraints”
SM, MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanographic Engineering, August 2011
Thesis: “Multiple-Vehicle Resource-Constrained Navigation in the Deep Ocean”
Advisors: Prof. Franz Hover (MIT), Dr. Dana Yoerger (WHOI)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
SB, MIT Mechanical and Ocean Engineering, June 2009
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