Thomas Battista (S'15–M’18) received the B.S. degree in aerospace and ocean engineering and the Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering from the Kevin T. Crofton Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA, in 2014 and 2018, respectively. He is currently a Controls Engineer at the Control Analysis Department, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA, USA. His research interests include modeling and control for underwater vehicles and spacecraft.