Dr. Saripalli's expertise is in Navigation and estimation algorithms for VTOL vehicles http://robotics.asu.edu/. Before coming to ASU, he was at NASA/JPL where he developed algorithms for autonomous navigation of aerial robots for exploration of Titan. Over the years he has developed several aerial systems and has worked extensively on autonomous navigation for aerial vehicles: specifically autonomous landing and GPS-denied estimation and navigation. He was a visiting researcher at CSIRO, Australia, CMU and UPM, Spain. He is Senior Member of IEEE and is a currently the technical director for the American Helicopter Society, AZ chapter. He is the recipient of the International Young Investigator Award from Chinese Academy of Sciences and NASA Group Achievement Award for development of Testbed for Titan Missions.