Alan Papalia

Pronouns: he/him

Assistant Professor, Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Postdoc, ECE, Northeastern University

PhD student, Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

PhD student, Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

  • Joined January 2025

Names

Alan Papalia (Preferred)

Emails

****@mit.edu (Confirmed)
,
****@gmail.com (Confirmed)

Career & Education History

Assistant Professor
Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (umich.edu)
2026Present
 
Postdoc
ECE, Northeastern University (neu.edu)
20252025
 
PhD student
Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
20192025
 
PhD student
Applied Ocean Science and Engineering, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (whoi.edu)
20192025
 
Undergrad student
Mechanical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (uiuc.edu)
20152019
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Coauthor
Present
 
Postdoc Advisor
20252025
 
Postdoc Advisor
20252025
 
PhD Advisor
20192025
 

Expertise

Verification, Semidefinite Programming
Present
 
Marine Robotics, Field Robotics, Environmental Monitoring
Present
 
SLAM, State Estimation, Robot Perception, Robot Navigation
Present