Hanspeter Schaub

University of Colorado Boulder • Distinguished Professor

Dr. Schaub is a distinguished professor and chair of the University of Colorado aerospace engineering sciences department. He holds the Glenn L. Murphy Chair and the Schaden leadership chair. He directs the Autonomous Vehicle System (AVS) lab with around 20 researchers. He has over 30 years of research experience, of which 4 years are at Sandia National Laboratories. His research interests are in astrodynamics, relative motion dynamics, charged spacecraft motion as well as spacecraft autonomy. This has led to about 244 journal and 396 conference publications, as well as a 5th edition textbook on analytical mechanics of space systems. Dr. Schaub has been the ADCS lead in the CICERO mission, the ADCS algorithm lead on a Mars mission and supporting ADCS for a new asteroid mission. In 2023 he won the Hazel Barnes Prize , the top award granted to faculty at the University of Colorado. He has been awarded the H. Joseph Smead Faculty Fellowship, the Provost's Faculty Achievement Award, the faculty assembly award for excellence in teaching, as well as the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. He is a fellow of AIAA and AAS, and has won the AIAA/ASEE Atwood Educator award, AIAA Mechanics and Control of Flight award, as well as the Collegiate Educator of the Year for the AIAA Rocky Mountain section. In 2025 he became a member of the National Academy of Engineering.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2026

5 - 9 October 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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