AWAEDS
NSF Director’s Award for Superior Accomplishments 2021
Foundational Research in Robotics (FRR) Group
(in my role as an NSF IPA PD)
Finalist Best Application Paper
McMahon J and Plaku E (2021): “Dynamic Multi-Goal Motion Planning with Range Constraints
for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Following Surface Vehicles.” Proceedings of the IEEE
International Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, pp. 704–711
Best Robotics Paper
Le D and Plaku E (2017): ”Cooperative Multi-Robot Sampling-Based Motion Planning with Dynamics.” Proceedings of the International Conference on Planning and Scheduling, pp. 513–521
Best Student Paper
Wells A and Plaku E (2015): “Adaptive Sampling-Based Motion Planning for Mobile Robots
with Differential Constraints.” Springer LNCS Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, vol.
9287, pp. 283–295
Kaman Excellence in Research Award
School of Engineering, Catholic University of America, 2015
Faculty Research Fellowship
Office of Naval Research, Summer 2014
Burns Fellowship
School of Engineering, Catholic University of America, 2011