Research

• Space system design, development, and operation
  • Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization (MDAO) of a sing Spacecraft (S/C), fleet, or constellation
    • Large-scale multidisciplinary optimization of a small satellite’s design and operation
  • CubeSat development
    • CADRE (University of Michigan): Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS)
      • Development and experimental validation of a multi-algorithmic hybrid attitude determination and control system for a small satellite
    • CySat (Iowa State University)
      • Preparing CySat-1: A look at Iowa State University’s first CubeSat
    • LATTE-Cubes (Iowa State University): CubeSat fleet design and development
      • In progress …
• Spacecraft Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC)
  • Mars Entry, Descent, and Landing (EDL)
    • In progress…
  • Precision Attitude Determination (PAD) with multiple star trackers (with UT Austin)
    • In progress…
  • Spacecraft attitude control on SO(3)
    • S/C attitude control with various constraints
      • Geometric mechanics based nonlinear model predictive spacecraft attitude control with reaction wheels
    • S/C attitude control using SO(3) simulator
      • Development and Experimentation of a CubeSat Magnetic Attitude Control System Testbed
      • Attitude control of a small spacecraft via tube-based model predictive control
      • Satellite dynamics simulator development using lie group variational integrator
• Etc.
  • Related to space manufacturing
    • Parameter Optimization of Hybrid-Tandem Gas Metal Arc Welding Using Analysis of Variance-Based Gaussian Process Regression
    • Optimisation of hybrid tandem metal active gas welding using Gaussian process regression
  • Related to a fleet/constellation control
    • Defensive Ecological Adaptive Cruise Control Considering Neighboring Vehicles’ Blind-Spot Zones
    • A Comparative Study on Model Predictive Control Design for Highway Car-following Scenarios: Space-domain and Time-domain Model