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Editor-in-Chief

Robert H. Bishop is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering
and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Aus-
tin and holds the Myron L. Begeman Fellowship in Engineer-
ing. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Texas A&M
University in Aerospace Engineering, and his Ph.D. from Rice
University in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Prior to
coming to The University of Texas at Austin, he was a member
of the technical staff at the MIT Charles Stark Draper Labora-
tory. Dr. Bishop is a specialist in the area of planetary explo-
ration with an emphasis on spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control. He is currently working with
NASA Johnson Space Center and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory on techniques for achieving precision
landing on Mars. He is an active researcher authoring and co-authoring over 50 journal and conference
papers. He was twice selected as a Faculty Fellow at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a Welliver
Faculty Fellow by The Boeing Company. Dr. Bishop co-authored Modern Control Systems with Prof. R.
C. Dorf, and he has authored two other books entitled Learning with LabView and Modern Control System
Design and Analysis Using Matlab and Simulink. He recently received the John Leland Atwood Award
from the American Society of Engineering Educators and the American Institute of Aeronautics and
Astronautics that is given periodically to “a leader who has made lasting and significant contributions to
aerospace engineering education.”

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