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Riley Fitzgerald

Assistant Professor
  • Ph.D., 2021, Aeronautics and Astronautics (Space Systems), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • S.M., 2018, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • B.S.E., 2016, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Riley Fitzgerald
Aerospace & Ocean Engineering (MC0203)
Virginia Tech Swing Space, Room 141A
1600 Innovation Drive
Blacksburg, VA 24061
fitzgerald@vt.edu
  • Courses: AOE 3034 (System Dynamics and Control)
  • AOE 3154 (Astromechanics) 
  • AOE 4454 (Spacecraft PNT and Orbit Determination)

Orbital mechanics
Guidance, navigation, and control
Space systems
Mission design

  • AIAA Space Systems Technical Committee
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics 
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Reviewer
  • Assistant Professor, Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2021 - Present
  • Draper Fellow (Doctoral) | Space and Mission Critical Systems, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 2018-2021
  • Draper Fellow (Masters) | Positioning, Navigation, and Timing, The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc, Cambridge, MA, 2016 –2018
  • Control and Precision Mechanism Design, Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, AZ, Summers 2015-2016