Friday, February 11, 2022

Sylvia Herbert receives young investigator award from the Office of Naval Research



Sylvia Herbert is one of 32 researchers in the United States to receive an award from the 2022 Young Investigator Program at the Office of Naval Research. 

The highly competitive, early career award recognizes prior academic achievement and potential for significant scientific breakthrough. 


Herbert is an assistant professor in the UC San Diego Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She leads the Safe and Autonomous Systems Lab at the Jacobs School and is part of the UC San Diego Contextual Robotics Institute. The research project she was awarded for focuses on constructing and adapting control barrier functions for guaranteed safe control of autonomous systems.

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