Tucker McClure specializes in developing guidance, navigation, and control systems for spacecraft and aircraft, as well as the corresponding simulation platforms and optimization algorithms for tuning global performance.
Recent work:
In 2017, he developed an inertial navigation for Zipline, which helped reduce costs, simplify operations, and dramatically increase reliability for a fleet of autonomous aircraft that deliver blood in Rwanda.
He was the principal investigator on a 2017 Small-Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract with NASA to develop an open-source vehicle simulation platform (still in development).
He had a paper, “On the Automatic Generation of Recursive Attitude Determination Algorithms”, in the 2017 AAS GN&C Conference in Breckenridge, Colorado. (Paper, Presentation)
He likes his job, and he likes making sure other people like theirs.
He holds a bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from Columbia University and a master of engineering degree in aerospace from Cornell University.
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