Irene Gregory

Biography

Dr. Irene M. Gregory is the NASA Senior Technologist for Advanced Control Theory and Applications. Dr. Gregory received a S.B, in Aeronautics and Astronautics form MIT and a Ph.D. in Control and Dynamics Systems from Caltech. Her research has spanned the entire flight regime from hypersonic vehicles to slow subsonic UAVs with unconventional configurations. She is an author of over 100 referenceable publications. Her current interests are in the areas of robust autonomous systems, self-aware vehicle intelligent contingency management, acoustically-aware vehicles, and resilient control for advanced, unconventional configurations with particular focus on Urban Air Mobility and autonomous cargo. She is a Fellow of the AIAA, a senior member of IEEE and a member of IFAC; and, serves on IEEE Control Systems Society Aerospace Control and Intelligent Control Technical Committees as well as on AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Technical Committee.