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Navigation Engineer
  • M.S., Applied and Computational Mathematics
    2018, Johns Hopkins University
  • B.E., Computer Engineering
    2015, Dartmouth College
  • B.A., Mathematics
    2014, Colby College

Experience in designing, implementing, and analyzing spacecraft optical navigation systems for various Government sponsors. Developed image processing and navigation algorithms for use on NASA’s DART and Dragonfly missions. Currently serving as the Electro-Optical Terrain Sensing lead for the Mobility subsystem of Dragonfly. Interested in Position, Navigation, and Timing approaches for cislunar space and beyond.

Scholarly Publications

Preliminary Flight Testing of Dragonfly’s Electro-Optical Terrain Sensing Function

3rd Space Imaging Workshop, 2022
Stephen Jenkins, (2022), Preliminary Flight Testing of Dragonfly’s Electro-Optical Terrain Sensing Function, 3rd Space Imaging Workshop

No GPS? No Problem! Exploring the Dunes of Titan with Dragonfly Using Visual Odometry

AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 2019
Isaac R. Witte and Dmitriy L. Bekker and Michelle H. Chen and Thomas B. Criss and Steve N. Jenkins and Nishant L. Mehta and Carolyn A. Sawyer and Jason A. Stipes and Justin R. Thomas, (2019), No GPS? No Problem! Exploring the Dunes of Titan with Dragonfly Using Visual Odometry, AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2019-1177

A Motion Planning Approach for Marsupial Robotic Systems

2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
Paul G. Stankiewicz and Stephen Jenkins and Galen E. Mullins and Kevin C. Wolfe and Matthew S. Johannes and Joseph L. Moore, (2018), A Motion Planning Approach for Marsupial Robotic Systems, 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), https://doi.org/10.1109/iros.2018.8593392