Zac Manchester

Associate Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Joined May 2021

Names

Zac Manchester (Preferred)
,
Zachary Manchester

Emails

****@cmu.edu (Confirmed)
,
****@andrew.cmu.edu (Confirmed)
,
****@mit.edu (Confirmed)

Personal Links

Career & Education History

Associate Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (mit.edu)
2026 – Present
 
Assistant Professor
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
2020 – 2025
 
Assistant Professor
Stanford University (stanford.edu)
2018 – 2020
 
Postdoc
Harvard University (harvard.edu)
2015 – 2017
 
PhD student
Cornell University (cornell.edu)
2009 – 2015
 
Undergrad student
Cornell University (cornell.edu)
2005 – 2009
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Postdoc Advisor
2015 – 2017
 
PhD Advisor
Mason Peck
2009 – 2015
 

Expertise

model-predictive control
Present
 
optimization
Present
 
robotics
Present
 
space systems
Present