Naira Hovakimyan
FounderChief Scientific Officer and Secretary at IntelinAir | AGMRI
Urbana-Champaign Area
FoundedIntelinAir | AGMRI
About
Naira Hovakimyan is the Grafton and Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she directs the Center of Autonomous Vehicles In Air Transportation Engineering (AVIATE) and leads the Advanced Controls Research Lab. She co-founded IntelinAir, where she serves as Chief Scientist, and co-founded Kestrel Robotics, where she serves as CEO. Her work spans optimization, machine learning, control theory, and adaptive learning systems, with applications to safety-critical systems across fields including aerospace, biomedical, agricultural, and petroleum engineering.
Chief Scientific Officer and Secretary at IntelinAir | AGMRI
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Experience
- Center of Autonomous Vehicles In Air Transportation Engineering (AVIATE)Directorcurrent2022 — presentMechanical Science and Engineering, UIUC
- IntelinAirCo-founder and Chief Scientistcurrent2015 — presentSan Jose, CA and Urbana, IL
- University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignW. Grafton and Lillian B. Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineeringcurrent2008 — presentUrbana, Illinois
- Virginia TechProfessor2003 — 2008
- Armenian Academy of SciencesResearch Scientist1992 — 1998
Skills & more
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Academic AdvisingC++Finite Element AnalysisFortranSignal ProcessingApplied MathematicsLaTeXRoboticsLabviewLabVIEWOptimizationDynamical SystemsLanguages Armenian · English · French · German · Russian
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Naira Hovakimyan?
- Naira Hovakimyan is the Grafton and Wilkins Professor of Mechanical Science and Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she directs the Center of Autonomous Vehicles In Air Transportation Engineering (AVIATE) and leads the Advanced Controls Research Lab. She co-founded IntelinAir, where she serves as Chief Scientist, and co-founded Kestrel Robotics, where she serves as CEO. Her work spans optimization, machine learning, control theory, and adaptive learning systems, with applications to safety-critical systems across fields including aerospace, biomedical, agricultural, and petroleum engineering.
- Where does Naira Hovakimyan work?
- Naira Hovakimyan is Chief Scientific Officer and Secretary of IntelinAir | AGMRI.
- What companies did Naira Hovakimyan found?
- Naira Hovakimyan founded IntelinAir | AGMRI.
- Where did Naira Hovakimyan go to school?
- Naira Hovakimyan studied at Institute of Applied Mathematics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia (Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics and Mathematics); Yerevan State University (Master's Degree, Theoretical mechanics and applied mathematics); 139.
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