Aerospace Controls Laboratory

Steven Roche


Master's Candidate

I am a current student in ACL. I am interested in exploring reinforcement learning and computer vision on both underwater and aerial platforms.

LinkedIn  /  GitHub  /  Website
rochesh [at] mit [dot] edu
31-236A

Education

  • M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT (MIT-WHOI JP), 2025 - current
  • B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, Boston College, 2025

Research Interests

  • Reinforcement Learning
  • Robotic Perception
  • Optimization

Awards

  • Department of Defense SMART Scholarship, 2025
  • George F. and Jean W. Bemis Award (University Senior Award), 2025
  • Matthew Copithorne Scholarship (University Senior Award), 2025
  • Order of the Cross and Crown - Marshal Distinction, 2025
  • AMS Top Senior Named Scholarship - Orville Endowed Family Scholarship, 2024
  • NOAA Ernest F. Hollings Scholar,
  • , 2023

Projects

CORAL-AUV: CFD Oriented Reinforcement Learning for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles
Steven Roche, 2026

We use reinforcement learning to improve the control of an underwater autonomous vehicle that studies coral reefs.