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Sergio Araujo-Estrada is a Lecturer in Control and Robotics at the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Southampton. His research focuses on developing bio-inspired techniques to enhance the functionality and trustworthiness of robotic systems, particularly Unmanned Vehicles (UAVs), in air/water environments. He emphasizes improving control systems through modeling and applying natural principles to engineering challenges.
Education: BEng in Aerospace Engineering (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico), MSc in Electrical Engineering (CINVESTAV-Mexico), PhD in Aerospace Engineering (University of Bristol, 2017). Postdoctoral research at the University of Bristol before joining Southampton in 2022.
Teaching: Leads the Mechanics of Flight module and supervises CubeSat group design projects. Current PhD students include Sourish Mukherjee, Merle Jill Weniger, and Bailey Rodney McAtee.
Research Interests: Bio-inspired flight control, UAV dynamics, distributed sensing, wing-morphing technology, and simulation-to-real transfer techniques.
Key Projects: Wind tunnel testing of bio-inspired UAVs, reinforcement learning for flight control, and legal frameworks for drone applications in construction.
Labs/Teams: Member of Computational Engineering and Design Group, collaborating on interdisciplinary robotics and aerospace engineering initiatives.
