Hi, I’m Kristen! 👋

I’m an Aerospace Engineer and Researcher passionate about making autonomous systems more autonomous. From self-driving cars to satellites in orbit, autonomous systems learn about their relationship to the world around them using sensors.

In my dissertation work, I focused on data assimilation. Data assimilation is the process of incorporating information from sensors into an estimate of the state of a dynamical system. Many of my research papers are available online.

Current Role

I’m a Navigation Engineer at Xona Space Systems!

Featured Project: Spacecraft Conjunction Assessment with AI

Spacecraft conjunction assessment How can we use AI to predict when two satellites will get too close for comfort?