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Timothy W. Bretl

Assistant Professor

tbretl@illinois.edu		 Return to: Faculty
Office address Mailing Address Research Group
321A Talbot Lab
217-244-3126		 306 Talbot Lab
104 S. Wright St.
Urbana, IL  61801
  
Research Areas
  • Aerospace information technology, systems, and control, with a focus on robotics and autonomous vehicles.
  • See also: Professor Bretl's home page

Education:

  • Ph.D., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2005.
  • M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University, 2000.
  • B.S., Engineering, Swarthmore College, 1999.
  • B.A., Mathematics, Swarthmore College, 1999.

Honors and Awards:

  • Herbert Kunzel Stanford Graduate Fellowship, 2002-2004
  • National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, 1999-2002
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (honorary), 1999-2002
  • McCabe Engineering Award, 1999
  • Heinrich W. Brinkmann Mathematics Prize, 1999

Academic Positions:

  • Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 2006–present
  • Postdoctoral Research Affiliate, Computer Science, Stanford University, June 2005–May 2006

Selected Publications:

  • K. Hauser, T. Bretl, K. Harada, and J.C. Latombe. “Using Motion Primitives in Probabilistic Sample-Based Planning for Humanoid Robots” (2006). Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), New York, NY.
  • K. Hauser, T. Bretl, J.C. Latombe, and B. Wilcox. “Motion Planning for a Six-Legged Lunar Robot” (2006). Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), New York, NY.
  • T. Bretl and S. Lall. "A Fast and Adaptive Test of Static Equilibrium for Legged Robots" (2006). IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Orlando, Florida.
  • T. Bretl. "Motion Planning of Multi-Limbed Robots Subject to Equilibrium Constraints: The Free-Climbing Robot Problem" (2006). International Journal of Robotics Research, 25(4): 317-342.