Kat Hendrickson is an aerospace PhD candidate with over eight years experience as a DoD contractor. She is interested in making the world a better place by solving optimization problems in machine learning, robotics, and AI.


I
love

problem solving,

collaborating with passionate team members,

sharing my work with others, and

researching difficult, real-world challenges.


PhD, Aerospace Engineering

University of Florida | Expected Summer 2022

MS, Industrial and Systems Engineering

University of Florida | December 2017

BS, Mathematics

Auburn University | May 2013


Controls, Optimization, and Robotics Engineering Lab | Researcher

2019 - Present

Survivability Analyst

2013 - Present