Ph.D. student Aaron Liao received John V. Breakwell Award at 2026 Astrodynamics Specialist Conference hosted by American Astronautical Society (AAS) and American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).

 

He received the award for his paper titled "Cislunar Autonomous Navigation Using Direction-of-Arrival-Augmented Radiometric Measurements."

 

Details about the award can be found at https://www.space-flight.org/docs/Breakwell/Breakwell_award.html.