Jose Magalhaes
José Magalhães received a B.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from IME (Instituto Militar de Engenharia) and M.Sc. degree in Air Transportation from ITA (Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica) in Brazil. He received a M.Sc. degree in Aerospace Engineering and a Ph.D. degree in Robotics from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2019 and 2023 respectively. Before joining Georgia Tech, he worked for GE Global Research Center as an aviation system researcher and for EMBRAER as a product development engineer. He is a Senior Member of AIAA. His research interests are in controls, optimization, machine learning, cyber-physical systems and autonomous systems.
Professor Magalhaes’ teaching focuses on aerospace systems engineering and dynamics, including guidance, navigation, and control at both undergraduate and graduate levels. His instruction emphasizes the integration of theory and practice to prepare students for complex aerospace challenges and fosters student engagement through applied learning and research-driven coursework.
Professor Magalhaes’ research centers on aerospace systems engineering, with particular emphasis on guidance, navigation, and control of aerospace vehicles. His work includes the development of advanced modeling and control methodologies aimed at improving the performance, stability, and autonomy of aerospace systems across various flight regimes.
Lab/Collaboration:
- The Cognitive Engineering Center (https://sites.gatech.edu/feigh-lab/)
- Cyber-Physical System Lab (CPS) Decision and Control Lab
Disciplines:
- System Dynamics and Vibration
- AE 4803 - Foundations of Scientific Machine Learning (Summer 2026)
- AE 3531 - Control System Analysis and Design (Fall 2025)
- AE 3530 - System Dynamics and Vibration (Fall 2024)
AE Multidisciplinary Research Areas:
• Robotics, Autonomy, and Human Interactions
• Urban Air Mobility, Air Traffic management, Control Theory, Reinforcement Learning
- PhD , Robotics, Georgia Institute of Technology (2023)
- MSc, Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology (2019)
- MSc, Air Transportation, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA - Brazil)
- MEng, System Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA - Brazil) BSc., Electrical Engineering, Instituto Militar de Engenharia (IME -Brazil)
- JM Magalhaes, N Tukenmez, K Vamvoudakis, F Fotiadis, A Homaifar, ..., A Comprehensive Review of Trajectory Planning in Swarm Drones: Methods, Challenges, and Future Directions, AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 1769, 2026
- Ricardo F. Silva, Jose M. Magalhaes and Karen M. Feigh, Advancing Conjunction Analysis in SDA Through Hypothesis Reasoning and Analytical Fusion, AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA 2026-0160
- Joel Elze, Jose M. Magalhaes, Pedro Jose G. Ramirez and Flavio J. Silvestre. Learning-Based Output Feedback MPC and Q-Learning for Flutter Suppression, AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, AIAA 2026-1319
- V Silva Figueredo, GL Olichevis Halila, L Kiyoshi Araki, JM Magalhaes, ..., Nonparallel, Nonlocall Flow Stability Analysis Through a Physics-Informed Data-Driven Approach, AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2025, 3771, 2025
- JM Magalhaes, L Zhai, F Fotiadis, A Kanellopoulos, KG Vamvoudakis, ..., Real-Time and Experimental Reactive and Proactive Defense in a Multi-Agent Scenario, AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 0343, 2024
V Silva Figueredo, GL Olichevis Halila, J Messias Magalhães Júnior, ..., A Physics-Informed Data-Driven Approach for Boundary Layer Flows, AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, 4349, 2024 - ÍR de Oliveira, JM Magalhães, DCS dos Reis, B Leão, A De Conto, ..., Capacity analysis of offshore helicopter traffic in Southeast Brazil, 2015 IEEE/AIAA 34th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 1B1-1-1B1-14, 2015