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Education

Completed degree, ongoing doctoral research, and specialist training in space systems and multi-robot systems.

Degrees and ongoing research

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Doctoral researcher, ongoing

SnT, University of Luxembourg

Advisor: Prof. Dr Holger Voos

  • Semantic relational SLAM and situational-awareness architectures for UAVs.
  • Collaborative missions using shared semantic maps as a research direction.

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MEng Aerospace Engineering, First-Class

University of Nottingham

  • Advisor: Prof. Chantal Cappelletti.
  • Individual project focus: aerospace control systems and autonomous vehicle dynamics.
  • Coursework: Dynamics & Flight Mechanics (99%), Avionics Systems (91%), Introduction to Space (83%).
  • Controls, avionics, dynamics, software, and simulation.
  • C, C++, Python, MATLAB, Simulink, and Linux.
  • Modelled longitudinal and lateral aircraft dynamics in MATLAB against Cranfield flight-test data.

Specialist training

Selected participation photographs and certificates. Select a preview to enlarge it.

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Multi-robot systems summer school (IEEE RAS)

Czech Technical University, Prague

  • Cooperative aerial robotics and active perception.
  • Presented SaCoGraph, a research concept.
Jason Richards beside his SaCoGraph research poster
SaCoGraph poster presentation · IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems, 2026.
IEEE RAS Multi-Robot Systems certificate of attendance for Jason Richards
Certificate of attendance · 29 July-4 August 2026.

Space Resources and Robotics

AGH University, Krakow

Space Resources and Robotics participants at AGH University
Space Resources and Robotics training · AGH University, May 2026.
UNIVERSEH Space Resources and Robotics course completion certificate for Jason Richards
UNIVERSEH Space Resources and Robotics · course completion certificate.

UNIVERSEH Space is all Around Workshop

University of Namur · Libin, Belgium

UNIVERSEH Space is all Around participation certificate for Jason Richards
UNIVERSEH Space is all Around · participation certificate.

Space Systems Engineering

ESA Academy, Transinne, Belgium

ESA Academy Space Systems Engineering course participants
ESA Academy Space Systems Engineering training · May 2025.
Jason Richards at ESA's European Space Security and Education Centre
Visit to ESA, Redu · part of the May 2025 Space Systems Engineering course.

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Mars Rover Simulation workshop

The Open University · Team Isidis

  • Worked as part of a team in an analogue Mars mission, commanding a rover to collect scientific measurements.
  • Collaboratively selected areas of interest and planned rover activities around limited command-upload windows, emulating scientists working in a mission control room.
Open University Mars Rover Simulation completion certificate for Jason Richards, Team Isidis
Open University Mars Rover Simulation · completion certificate, 9-14 February 2025.

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Rosenbrock lecture series

University of Manchester

Attended keynote lectures by Prof. Rodolphe Sepulchre, Prof. Jonathan P. How, Prof. Maria Prandini, and Prof. Bruno Siciliano.

Jason Richards with Prof. Bruno Siciliano at the Rosenbrock lecture series
With Prof. Bruno Siciliano · University of Manchester, 21 March 2024.
Jason Richards at the Rosenbrock lecture event
At the Rosenbrock lecture series · University of Manchester, 21 March 2024.

ESA Fly Your Satellite programme call

Attended as an undergraduate member of the NottSpace research group working on JamSail, learning about different aspects of satellite engineering.

ESA Fly Your Satellite participants inside a spacecraft mock-up
ESA Fly Your Satellite programme call · 2023, attending with NottSpace.

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