The University of Texas at Austin
College of Engineering
Robert H. Bishop, P.E.
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Chairman and Professor
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
Joe J. King Professorship in Engineering

Education: Ph.D., Rice University

Office Location: W.R. Woolrich Laboratories (WRW)
Room 215FA - Mail Code: C0600

Address:
210 E. 24th St, WRW 215FA
1 University Station, C0600
Austin, TX 78712-0235

Phone: (512) 471-4596

Email: rhbishop@mail.utexas.edu

Contact Info: To schedule an appointment with Dr. Bishop please contact Gail Simpler, Assistant to the Chairman, at 471-4117 or gsimpler@mail.utexas.edu.

Research Interests:

  • Navigation of Aerospace Vehicles
  • Attitude Dynamics, Estimation, and Control
  • Autonomous Systems

Dr. Bishop specializes in guidance, navigation and control of aerospace vehicles. He has served on the Cockrell School of Engineering faculty since 1990. He has 10 years of industrial experience and has published numerous journal articles and three books. He was the recipient of the 1997 Lockheed Martin Tactical Aircraft Systems Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award, the 1999 John Leland Atwood Award, and was elected to The UT Academy of Distinguished Teachers in 2002. Dr. Bishop was elected Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics in 2007.

Dr. Bishop is the Chairman of the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. His term began in Fall 2003.

 

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