C. C. Foster

Gabriel Hugh Elkaim received his B.S. degree in mechanical/aerospace engineering from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, in 1990, the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, Stanford, CA, in aeronautics and astronautics, in 1995 and 2002, respectively. In 2003, he joined the faculty of the Jack Baskin School of Engineering, at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where he is an assistant professor in the Computer Engineering Department. His research interests include control systems, sensor fusion, GPS, system identification, and autonomous vehicle systems. His research focuses on intelligent autonomous vehicles, with an emphasis on robust guidance, navigation, and control strategies. Specifically, he has founded the Autonomous Systems Lab at UC Santa Cruz, and is currently developing an autonomous wing-sailed marine surface vehicle and off-road autonomous ground vehicles.