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Dr. Barajas Named 2024 AIAA Huntsville Professional of the Year

Jun 1st, 2024 | By | Category: Awards & Honors, Happening now...

Dr. Leandro Barajas, Chief Engineer for the Land Systems Business Area, Defense Systems Sector at Leidos Dynetics was named The 2024 Earl Pearce Professional of the Year (POY) by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA).



Dr. Barajas Inducted into the 2020 Class of Leidos Technical Fellows

Aug 5th, 2021 | By | Category: Awards & Honors

Dr. Barajas has been selected as a 2020 Leidos Technical Fellow in Robotics, Autonomy and Instrumentation. Currently, less than 73 (0.2%) out of the almost 40,000 Leidos employees are bestowed with this distinction.



Dr. Barajas receives the 2019 IEEE Huntsville Professional of the Year Award

Jun 26th, 2019 | By | Category: Awards & Honors, IEEE

Dr. Barajas received the 2019 IEEE Huntsville Section Professional of the Year Award for significant works and accomplishments towards the advancement of the IEEE Huntsville Section.



Dr. Barajas Granted with 20th U.S. Patent

Feb 11th, 2018 | By | Category: Awards & Honors

Dr. Barajas has authored over 40 patents and patent applications, 7 Defensive Publications, and 9 Trade Secrets. Leandro’s U.S. Patents granted to date include: 7,171,897, 7,292,960, 7,324,924, 7,526,461, 7,558,771, 7,672,811, 7,761,389, 7,771,089, 7,899,761, 7,996,113, 7,999,664, 8,369,992, 8,515,579, 8,577,815, 8,805,581, 8,843,236, 9,120,224, 9,221,170, 9,387,589, and 9,875,427.



Medasani, Barajas et al., US Patent 9,875,427 Granted

Feb 9th, 2018 | By | Category: Featured Articles, NASA, Patents, Publications, Robonaut 2

United States Patent 9,875,427 Barajas, et al. July 12, 2016 Method for Object Localization and Pose Estimation for an Object of Interest



Barajas et al., US Patent 9,387,589 Granted

Jul 23rd, 2016 | By | Category: Featured Articles, NASA, Patents, Publications, Robonaut 2

United States Patent 9,387,589 Barajas, et al. July 12, 2016 Visual debugging of robotic tasks



Dr. Barajas selected as 2016 AIAA Associate Fellow

Mar 9th, 2016 | By | Category: Awards & Honors

The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) is pleased to announce its Class of 2016 Associate Fellows. AIAA formally honored and inducted the class at its AIAA Associate Fellows Recognition Ceremony and Dinner on Monday, January 4, 2016, at the Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego, California, in conjunction with the AIAA Science and Technology Forum […]



My home airport in Huntsville: KMDQ

Feb 27th, 2016 | By | Category: Airports

HUNTSVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT (KMDQ)   Facility Name: HUNTSVILLE EXECUTIVE AIRPORT TOM SHARP JR FLD City Name: HUNTSVILLE County: MADISON State abbrev: AL State Name: ALABAMA Ownership: PUBLICLY OWNED Use: OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Owner’s Name: MADISON CO EXEC ARPT AUTH; TOM SHARP CHAIRMAN. Address: PO BOX 110 MERIDIANVILLE, AL 35759 Owner’s Phone: 256-828-3883 Manager’s Name: […]



Dr. Barajas Receives NASA’s Space Act Award

Feb 27th, 2016 | By | Category: Aerospace, Awards & Honors, NASA, Robonaut 2

This recognition was granted for the development of a significant scientific or technical contribution, Robonaut 2 (R2) MSC-CC-001, that has been determined to be of value in the conduct of an aeronautical or space activity of NASA.



Sanders, Barajas et al., US Patent 9,120,224 Granted

Sep 11th, 2015 | By | Category: Featured Articles, NASA, Patents, Publications, Robonaut 2

United States Patent 9,120,224 Sanders, Barajas, et al. September 1, 2015 Framework and method for controlling a robotic system using a distributed computer network