Matt Harris
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Assistant Professor
Contact Information
Office Location: ENGR 419HPhone: 435-797-9149
Email: matthew.harris@usu.edu
Additional Information:
Educational Background
Awards
Graduate Student Mentor of the Year, 2023
College of Engineering
Graduate Student Mentor of the Year, 2023
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Teacher of the Year, 2020
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Graduate Dean's Prestigious Fellowship Award, 2012
UT Austin
John V. Breakwell Travel Award, 2012
AIAA
M.J. Thompson Endowed Presidential Graduate Fellowship, 2012
UT Austin
NDSEG Fellow, 2010
American Society for Engineering Education
NSF Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2010
National Science Foundation
Phil Cleary Memorial Scholar, 2010
NASA JSC
Best Paper, 2009
Region IV AIAA Student Conference
Columbia Crew Memoral Scholar, 2009
Texas Space Grant Consortium
Craig C. Brown Outstanding Senior Engineer Semi-Finalist, 2008
Texas A&M
Publications | Books
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Journal Articles
Academic Journal
- Harris, M.W, (2021). Optimal Control on Disconnected Sets using Extreme Point Relaxations and Normality Approximations. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- Shuster, S., Geller, D.K, Harris, M.W, (2020). Analytic Impulsive Maneuver Sequences for Nominal Safety Ellipse Reconfigurations. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
- Harris, M.W, (2019). Abnormal and Singular Solutions for a Two-player Zero-sum Differential Game. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
- Deuri, D., Acikmese, B., Scharf, D., Harris, M.W, (2017). Customized Real-time Interior-point Method for Onboard Powered Descent Guidance. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
- Acikmese, B., Demir, N., Harris, M.W, (2015). Convex Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Density Safety Constraints in Markov Chain Synthesis. IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
- Harris, M.W, Acikmese, B., (2014). Lossless Convexification of Non-convex Optimal Control Problems for State Constrained Linear Systems. Automatica
- Harris, M.W, Acikmese, B.W, (2014). Maximum Divert and Soft Landing Using Convex Optimization. Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications
- Harris, M.W, Acikmese, B., (2014). Minimum Time Rendezvous of Multiple Spacecraft Using Differential Drag. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
- Harris, M.W, Hull, D.G, (2012). Optimal Solutions for Quasi-planar Ascent over a Spherical Moon. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.
Publications | Other
An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.