Dr. Paul Griesemer

Associate Professor & Department Chair
College of Humanities and Sciences

pgriesemer@umhb.edu
Davidson 119
UMHB Box 8008
(254) 295-5419
Curriculum Vitae (Résumé)

Dr. Griesemer joined UMHB in 2011 after working as a consultant for NASA and the Defense Department. He earned his Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2009. Dr. Griesemer's research is focused in the areas of trajectory planning and control of aerospace vehicles. He is currently developing cooperative guidance strategies for quadcopters with a team of undergraduate students. A secondary research program is devoted to enhancing undergraduate engineering education through innovative team-building strategies. His engineering education research has been presented at the The Teaching Professor national conference.

Subjects Taught
Engineering Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Control Systems, Mechatronics
Degrees Earned
B.S., Rice University; M.S.E., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Research Interests

Optimization of Aircraft/Spacecraft Flight Trajectories, Aircraft/Spacecraft Control Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Pedagogy