Education
Postdoctoral Scholar, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford University
Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
M.S., Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University
 

Tara Mina is a Research Engineer in the Space Exploration Analysis Laboratory (SEAL). Before coming to Georgia Tech, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar in the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department at Stanford University, where she also received her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2023. 

Tara’s research expertise lies in designing algorithms for robust and resilient position, navigation, and timing (PNT), including through the use of satellite navigation systems, radionavigation, sensor fusion, and outlier-robust methods. At SEAL, her research will focus on lunar terrain-relative navigation.

Tara has received multiple awards for her research work, including several Best Presentation of the Session awards at the Institute of Navigation GNSS+ conference. She has been awarded several fellowships, including the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship, the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG) Fellowship, and the Amelia Earhart Fellowship, which is awarded to top female doctoral students in aerospace engineering and space sciences. Additionally, Tara has been recognized for her excellence in teaching with two student teaching awards and has received the Stanford Community Impact Award for her leadership and volunteer work as co-president of Engineering Students for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI).

Beyond research, Tara enjoys hiking, exploring new places, dancing, learning new languages, and drinking coffee.