Alumni

Doctoral Theses

David C. Guglielmo, "SPATIO-TEMPORAL ATMOSPHERIC DENSITY FORECASTING FOR DRAG-BASED PROPELLANT-LESS SPACECRAFT MANEUVERING: THEORY AND MISSION
DESIGN", Ph.D., November 2015, University of Florida.

David Andres Perez Chaparro, "ADAPTIVE LYAPUNOV CONTROL AND ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR SPACECRAFT RELATIVE MANEUVERING USING ATMOSPHERIC DIFFERENTIAL DRAG". Ph.D., December 2013, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Daniele Gallardo, “Reduced Order Models for Fluid-Structure Interaction Phenomena”, May 2014. Co-advised with Dr. Sahni.

Master Theses

Patrick Kelly, "CONTROL OF GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE ORBITS USING SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE", M.Sc. April 2016, University of Florida.

Vincenzo Pesce (visiting student), "Stereovision-Based Pose and Inertia
Estimation of an Unknown Uncooperative Space Object", M. Sc., April 2015, Politecnico di Milano, Italy (UF visiting scholar).

Leone Guarnaccia (visiting student), “Suboptimal LQR-based spacecraft full motion control: theory and experimentation”, M. Sc., Oct. 2013, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (RPI visiting scholar).

Mirko Pastorelli (visiting student), “Differential-drag-based Attitude and Position Control for Propellant-less Spacecraft Maneuvers”, M. Sc., Oct. 2013, Politecnico di Torino, Italy (RPI visiting scholar).

Christopher Shake, M. Sc., “Using Neuromorphic Optical Sensors for Spacecraft Absolute and Relative Navigation”, M. Sc., August 2013, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Kelsey Saulnier, M. Sc., “Lyapunov Based Control of 6DOF Spacecraft Simulator”. M. Sc., August 2013, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Second reader of the following M. Sc. dissertations:

LCDR Tanya Lehmann, US Navy, Hardware-in-the-loop Testing of Distributed Autonomous Control Algorithms for Multiple Spacecraft Close Proximity Operations Using the Autonomous Multi-Agent Physically Interacting Spacecraft (AMPHIS) Testbed”, US Naval Postgraduate School, Aerospace Engineering M. Sc., March 2009.

LT Caprari, A.P., “Evolving Robotics Systems Navigation and Control: Simulation and Hardware-In-The- Loop Testing for Multiple Spacecraft Autonomous Assembly ,” M.S. Thesis, Department of Astronautical and Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, 2009.

Dave Meissner, ongoing work on assembling a nano-satellite three axis simulator an development of a mass balancing logic, M.S. Thesis, Department of Astronautical and Mechanical Engineering, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, graduating December 2009.

LT Mark Gerald, US Navy, “Design and Integration of Three Degrees-of-Freedom Robotic Vehicles for the Autonomous Multi-Agent Physically Interacting Spacecraft (AMPHIS) Test Bed”, US Naval Postgraduate School, Aerospace Engineering M. Sc., December 2008.

Mrs. Noemi Liberati, “Computer Vision for Parameter Estimation of Flexible Manipulators for Input Shaping Control”, US Naval Postgraduate School and University of Rome, “La Sapienza”, Aerospace Engineering M. Sc., May 2008.