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Speaker Bio
Prince Kuevor is an alum of the Aerospace Department and has recently completed his PhD in Robotics here at the University of Michigan. His work focused on creating magnetic field maps of indoor spaces to assist with navigation. Prince started his college career here at UofM in 2012. During his time here, he sent three CubeSats into orbit with work in Prof. Cutler's Michigan eXploration Lab (MXL) and developed novel UAV technologies in Prof. Atkins' Autonomous Aerospace Systems (A2sys) lab. He has also served as a leader in student organizations like Black Students in Aerospace (BSA), Graduates Out in STEM (GoSTEM), and Operation Graduation. In his free time, Prince likes to play volleyball and video games.



About the Award
The Professor Pierre T. Kabamba Award has been established to recognize a senior graduate student’s excellence in aerospace engineering or controls systems. The award honors Pierre T. Kabamba, a University of Michigan Aerospace Engineering professor and distinguished control systems researcher who passed away in 2014. In his career, Professor Kabamba published over 100 journal papers on control theory and co-authored two textbooks. He was also a widely-respected educator, having been awarded the Aerospace Engineering Department Teaching Award (1994) and the Silver Shaft Award for Undergraduate Teaching (2002).