RenatoZanetti

About

Renato Zanetti specializes in the estimation of complex dynamical systems and autonomous onboard navigation. He began his career at C.S. Draper Laboratory and later worked at NASA’s Johnson Space Center, where he contributed to the design and flight of advanced space navigation systems. In 2017, he joined the University of Texas faculty, and after several years in academia, he continued his industry involvement at Blue Origin, where he supported the development of autonomous spacecraft navigation systems.

Zanetti’s current research focuses on onboard navigation, estimation for nonlinear and non-Gaussian systems, and autonomous spacecraft GNC. He is a Fellow of the American Astronautical Society (AAS), an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He previously chaired both the AIAA Astrodynamics Technical Committee and the AAS Space-Flight Mechanics Technical Committee.

His contributions have been recognized through multiple awards, including the 2015 NASA Software of the Year Award for the Orion EFT-1 GNC flight software, a NASA Technical Excellence Award (2012), several NASA Group Achievement Awards, and two NASA On-the-Spot Awards.

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D., Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin

Related Websites

• Renato Zanetti’s website
• Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences
• Center for Space Research
• Center for Autonomy

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