Additional Campus Affiliations
Associate Head, Aerospace Engineering
William H. Severns Faculty Scholar, Aerospace Engineering
Professor, Aerospace Engineering
Professor, Siebel School of Computing and Data Science
Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor, Information Trust Institute
Professor, Coordinated Science Lab
Professor, Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology
Recent Publications
Hanley, D., Lee, J., Choi, S. Y., & Bretl, T. (2026). The MagPIE2 Dataset for Mapping, Localization, and Simultaneous Localization and Mapping Using Magnetic Fields. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 75, 1-1. Article 7502015. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIM.2026.3662919
Schaer, G., Wu, I., Yan, A., Ma, V., Bhardwaj, A., Baur, J., & Bretl, T. (2026). Closed-loop control of polymerization fronts during Frontal Polymerization of DCPD. Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 167, 61-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2026.03.038
Chen, Q. J., Bretl, T., & Pham, Q. C. (2025). Accurate Simulation and Parameter Identification of Deformable Linear Objects using Discrete Elastic Rods in Generalized Coordinates. In C. Laugier, A. Renzaglia, N. Atanasov, S. Birchfield, G. Cielniak, L. De Mattos, L. Fiorini, P. Giguere, K. Hashimoto, J. Ibanez-Guzman, T. Kamegawa, J. Lee, G. Loianno, K. Luck, H. Maruyama, P. Martinet, H. Moradi, U. Nunes, J. Pettre, A. Pretto, T. Ranzani, A. Ronnau, S. Rossi, E. Rouse, F. Ruggiero, O. Simonin, D. Wang, M. Yang, E. Yoshida, ... H. Zhao (Eds.), IROS 2025 - 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Conference Proceedings (pp. 20454-20460). (IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems ). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS60139.2025.11247160
Parks, T., Bretl, T., & Shehab, S. (2025). BOARD #127: WIP: Assessing aerospace students’ human-centered engineering design competency across multiple required courses. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--55944
Puthumanaillam, G., Bretl, T., & Ornik, M. (2025). The Lazy Student's Dream: ChatGPT Passing an Engineering Course on Its Own. IFAC-PapersOnLine, 59(7), 213-218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ifacol.2025.08.049