• Bachelor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering, University of Mumbai, 2008
• Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2020
• Doctor of Philosophy, Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2025

Conference Proceedings

Venkatakrishnan V Iyer and Eric Johnson, 2026, "Kinematically Constrained Joint Pose Estimation of a UAS and Non-Cooperative Moving Platform", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, United States

Venkatakrishnan V Iyer and Eric N Johnson, 2025, "Vision-Based Integrated Pose Estimation of UAS and Moving Platforms", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Venkatakrishnan V Iyer, Rachel Axten, Vítor Tumelero Valente and Eric N Johnson, 2025, "Versatile UAS Platform for Indoor Law Enforcement and First Responders Applications", American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Venkatakrishnan Iyer, Eric N Johnson and Puneet Singla, 2022, "Observer controller identification of a medium-weight co-axial octocopter"

Venkatakrishnan Iyer, Jeffrey Lewis and Eric N Johnson, 2021, "Compound Rotorcraft Yaw Control Fault Detection"

Venkatakrishnan Iyer, Rachel Axten, Vítor Tumelero Valente, Vidullan Surendran and Eric N Johnson, 2021, "Development of a long endurance VTOL UAS platform for search and rescue missions"

• James E. Marley Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2025

• Daniel and Victoria Folmar Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, The Pennsylvania State Univerity, 2025

• C. Norwood Wherry Memorial Graduate Fellowship in Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 2025

• Dr. Jing Yen VFF Scholarship for Cost Awareness, Vertical Flight Foundation, 2022

• Richard M. Carlson Scholarship for Master of Science, Vertical Flight Foundation, 2019

Service to Penn State:

Service to External Organizations:

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Committee Member, Digital Avionics Technical Committee, Technical Conferences, 2026

• Organizing Conferences and Service on Conference Committees, Committee Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Guidance, Navigation and Controls, 2026