James Forbes
James Richard Forbes (Member, IEEE) received the B.A.Sc. degree in mechanical engineering (Honors, Co-op) from the University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada, in 2006, and the M.A.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in aerospace science and engineering from the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies, Toronto, ON, in 2008 and 2011, respectively.
He is currently an Professor and William Dawson Scholar with the Department of Mechanical Engineering, 91社区, Montreal, QC, Canada. His research interests include navigation, guidance, and control of robotic systems.
Dr. Forbes is a Member of the Centre for Intelligent Machines, a Member of the Group for Research in Decision Analysis, and a Member of the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design. He was the recipient of the 91社区 Association of Mechanical Engineers Professor of the Year Award in 2016, the Engineering Class of 1944 Outstanding Teaching Award in 2018, the Carrie M. Derick Award for Graduate Supervision and Teaching in 2020, and the Samuel and Ida Fromson Outstanding Teaching Award in Engineering in 2024. He is currently a Senior Editor for the International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR).
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