Michael Frye, Ph.D., is a Professor of Electrical Engineering. He is also the founding PI and Director of the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Research Laboratory. Dr. Frye teaches circuit and electronics, control theory, engineering mathematics, computer programming, and artificial intelligence. Dr. Frye earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston in 1996, his Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from University of Southern California in 2000, and his Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio in December of 2006 all in control theory.

Prior to joining UST, the PI worked as an avionics engineer with Continental Airlines on predictive wind shear systems, a flight controls engineer with the Lockheed Martin Skunkworks, a graduate researcher with the NASA Ames/Army Rotorcraft Directorate on UAV rotorcraft modeling and control, and a doctoral student with the Southwest Research Institute in signal estimation and detection.

Dr. Frye is an Associate Fellow in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Dr. Frye has over 100 publications and has been awarded over 50 state and federal grants. He holds a FAA Part 107 Remote Operator license and is an Engineer-in-Training in the State of Texas.