James “Wyatt” Cross is a graduate student in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida, where he is pursuing his doctoral degree and conducts research with the Systems, Cognition and Control Lab. He received his B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Florida in 2026. During his undergraduate studies, he worked as an Undergraduate Research Assistant, where he contributed to the design and deployment of multi-agent robotic fleets and the development of real-time dynamics simulators. His research interests span both theoretical development and experimental validation in autonomous systems, with a focus on nonlinear control design and multi-agent robot networks.