- Shashank successfully defended his MS thesis, titled Automatic Carrier Landing System for V/STOL Aircraft Using L_1 Adaptive and Optimal Control in Fall, 2015
- Brian successfully defended his PhD Dissertation, titled Bayesian Statistics and Information Fusion for GPS-Denied Navigation in Fall, 2015
- Gus successfully defended his PhD Dissertation, titled Novel neuro-dynamic methods for solving robotic planning and control problems in Fall, 2015
- Alok successfully defended his PhD Dissertation, titled Characterization of Flapping Wing Aerodynamics and Flight Dynamics Analysis using Computational Methods in Fall, 2015
- Tracie receives NASA Fellowship from the NESSF program (2015-2016)
- Paul passes his AE qualifying exam in August 2015
- Ameya successfully defended his MS thesis, titled Dynamics and Control of a Smart Maintenance and Inspection Robotic Free-Flyer (SMIRFF) in Spring, 2015
- Pavan successfully defended his PhD Dissertation, titled Aspects of an Intuitive Control Framework: Stabilize, Optimize and Identify in Spring, 2015