- Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Ocean Engineering
- Wofford Cain Chair III
- Member, National Academy of Engineering
- Joint Faculty in: Ocean
- Phone: 979-845-3947
- Email: bobskelton@tamu.edu
- Office: HRBB 722B
- Website: Personal website
Educational Background
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles - 1976
- M.S., University of Alabama -, 1970
- B.S., Clemson University, 1963
Research Interests
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- Interdisciplinary research
- Tensegrity systems
- Integrating structure and control design
- Education
- System identification, getting models from data
Awards & Honors
- 2017 Mechanics & Control of Flight Award Recipients
- 2016 International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) Fellow
- 2015 TEES Distinguished Research Professor
- 2015 The Academy of Medicine, Engineering, & Science of Texas (TAMEST) Member
- 2014 TIAS Faculty Fellow, Texas A&M University
- 2014 Member Thomas Green Clemson Academy of Engineering
- 2012 Member National Academy of Engineering
- 2011 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Award
- 2005 NASA Appreciation Award for service to the Hubble repair missions
- 2005 The American Astronautical Society (AAS) Fellow
- 2003 Distinguished Engineer Award, University Alabama Huntsville