Caleb Adams is a project manager and research-focused software engineer with 11 years of experience leading autonomy and spacecraft swarm projects at NASA Ames Research Center. He currently manages the Distributed Spacecraft Autonomy (DSA) effort—overseeing on-orbit demonstrations of swarm command-and-control, autonomous coordination, and adaptive distributed decision-making for NASA’s Starling mission—while also exploring neural radiance methods for planetary digital elevation models. A founder of student and startup space initiatives, Caleb launched the UGA Small Satellite Research Lab and an early smart-telescope venture, blending academic mentorship with hands-on satellite development. He holds degrees in Computer Science and Astrophysics from the University of Georgia and brings a rare mix of mission engineering, research depth, and entrepreneurial drive to space autonomy programs.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
University of Georgia
Master's degree, Computer Science, Master's degree, Computer Science at University of Georgia - Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
Contributions:83 commits, 79 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 6 months
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