| Aaron D. Ames | |
| Nationality: | American |
| Field: | Bipeds Control theory |
| Work Institution: | California Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology Texas A&M University |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, Berkeley University of St. Thomas |
| Doctoral Advisor: | S. Shankar Sastry |
Aaron D. Ames has been the Bren Professor of Mechanical and Civil Engineering and Control and Dynamical Systems at California Institute of Technology,[1] in Pasadena, California, since 2017. Formerly, he was an associate professor of mechanical engineering and electrical and computer engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology,[2] Atlanta, Georgia, and an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Texas A&M University,[3] College Station, Texas.
Ames received his PhD in electrical and computer engineering from University of California, Berkeley[4] in 2006 under S. Shankar Sastry. He was the recipient of the Donald P. Eckman Award[5] in 2015 for his contributions in bipedal robotic research. He was also a recipient of the 2017 Okawa Foundation Research Grant[6] for his research project entitled "Safety-Critical Autonomy in Robotic Locomotion". This prize honors top young researchers working in the fields of information and telecommunications.