All his degrees are in Aerospace Engineering with the Ph.D. (2009) and Masters (2005) from Georgia Institute of Technology and the Bachelors (2002) from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prior to joining Wichita State, he was a Research Engineer at Georgia Tech (2009-11) and a Postdoctoral Research Associate (2011-13) at Princeton University. His research and teaching interests are in the areas of space dynamics, optimal control, mission analysis, and optimization.