9-13 January 2017
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS
Selection of session for the
Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference
Prepared by the AIAA GNC TC
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
GNC-01. Missile Intercept and Evasion Guidance Chair(s): Brian Biswell (Raytheon Missile Systems) Co-Chair(s): Ashwini Ratnoo ( ) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 1
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1013. Visibility Augmentation of the Proportional Navigation Guidance
Luca Tardioli; Giovanni Franzini; Lorenzo Pollini; Mario Innocenti
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1014. Near Optimal Evasion from Acceleration Estimating Pursuers
Vitaly Shaferman
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1015. A Cooperative Differential Game for Imposing a Relative Intercept Angle Vitaly Shaferman; Tal Y. Shima
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1016. An Energy Based Objective for Solving an Optimal Missile Evasion
Problem Ryan W. Carr; Richard Cobb
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1017. Optimal Guidance for Active Aircraft Defense Against Homing Missiles
Eloy Garcia; David Casbeer; Meir Pachter
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1018. Estimation Enhancement by Imposing a Relative Intercept Angle for
Defending Missiles Robert Fonod; Tal Y. Shima
GNC-02. Loss of Control and Protections Chair(s): Animesh Chakravarthy (Wichita State University) Co-Chair(s): Jean-Etienne Dongmo ( ) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 6
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1019. Compact Trackers with Exponential Observers Using Hybrid Control
Rates for Flight Vehicles Loss-Of-Control Autonomous Recovery Jean-Etienne Dongmo
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1020. Performance Enhacement of Compact High Order Sliding Mode Controllers for Post LOC Autonomous Recovery Of Flight Vehicles Using Optimal Control Modification Jean-Etienne Dongmo
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1021. Stall Recovery Guidance Using an Energy Based Algorithm
Thomas Lombaerts; Stefan Schuet; John Kaneshige; Kimberlee H. Shish; Vahram Stepanyan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1022. Laplace-Based Predictive Estimation of Loss-of-Control Boundaries on
a Transport Aircraft Kiran Rajaram; Melvin Rafi; James E. Steck; Animesh Chakravarthy
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1023. Low Speed Protections for a Commercial Airliner : a Practical Approach
Simon Oudin
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1024. A Flight Envelope Protection Method Based on Potential Functions Donglei Sun; Xiao Li; Hamidreza Jafarnejadsani; Naira Hovakimyan
GNC-03. Aircraft GNC Control Applications Chair(s): Joseph Horn (The Pennsylvania State University ) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Grapevine 4
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1025. Trajectory Shaping Autopilot-Guidance Design for Civil Autonomous
Aerial Refueling Alexander Tsukerman; Martin Weiss; Tal Y. Shima; David Löbl; Florian Holzapfel
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1026. Enhancing Manual Flight Precision and Reducing Pilot Workload Using
a New Manual Control Augmentation System for Energy Angle Karolin Schreiter; Simon Müller; Robert Luckner; Dietrich Manzey
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1027. Design of a Virtual Fighter Pilot and Simulation Environment for
Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicles Heemin Shin; Jaehyun Lee; David Hyunchul Shim; Dong-Il You
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1028. Aerial Vehicle Localization Using Generic Landmarks Mark P. DeAngelo; Joseph F. Horn
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1029. PIL Simulation of Integrated Autopilot and Path Following Algorithms for
MAVs Using Arduino Target Karim H. Ibrahim; Gamal M. El-Bayoumi; Ayman H. Kassem
GNC-04. Navigation Methods Chair(s): William Whitacre (Draper Laboratory) Co-Chair(s): Michael Oppenheimer (Air Force Research Laboratory) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 2
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1030. Lost in Space and Time Van H. Adams; Mason A. Peck
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1031. Inertial Navigation Employing Common Frame Error Representations
Matthew Whittaker; John L. Crassidis
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1032. Wahba’s Problem: A Combined Binary Search and Bisection Approach
Kamran Turkoglu; Eric L. Wahl
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1033. Utilization of INS Measurements into Fixed-Point Smoothing Approach to Mitigate the Disturbance Effect of Missile Initial Heading Errors on Missile Terminal Guidance Performance Gunes Tanriverdi; Mursel Emre Cavdaroglu
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1034. Spacecraft Pose Estimation using Principal Component Analysis and a
Monocular Camera Jian-Feng Shi; Steve Ulrich; Stephane Ruel
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1035. Robust Navigation of UAV using Inertial Sensors Aided by UWB and
RTK GPS Kristoffer Gryte; Jakob M. Hansen; Tor Johansen; Thor I. Fossen
GNC-05. Spacecraft and Launch Controls Chair(s): Kevin Bollino (U.S. Air Force) Co-Chair(s): John Reed (United Launch Alliance, LLC) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Grapevine 6
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1036. Non-linear Control Law Design For Satellite Fixed Ground Target
tracking Hady Bel; Amgad M. Aly; Ahmed M. Youssef; Yehia Z. Elhalwagy
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1037. Super-Twisting Sliding Mode Three-Axis Attitude Control of Spacecraft
Using Solar Radiation Pressure Keum W. Lee
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1038. Adaptive Nonlinear Control of Autonomous Spacecraft Rendezvous and
Proximity Operations Liang Sun; Wei Huo; Zongxia Jiao
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1039. Evolving Systems Approach to the Attitude Control of a Space-Debris
Removal Spacecraft Jannick Habets; Erwin Mooij; Susan A. Frost
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1906. A New Multi-position Calibration Method for the Gyrowheel Using
Multiple Objective Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm Yuyu Zhao; Hui Zhao; Xin Huo
GNC-06. Control of Micro Air Vehicles Chair(s): Eric Johnson (Georgia Institute of Technology) Co-Chair(s): Yongcan Cao (University of Texas, San Antonio) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 4
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1040. A strategy for robust precision control of an endbody being towed by an
orbiting UAV. Mariann Merz
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1041. Nonlinear Controller Design for Transition Flight of a Fixed-Wing UAV
with Input Constraints Yoshifumi Kawakami; Kenji Uchiyama
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1042. A Tangential Guidance Logic for Virtual Target Based Path Following Shantanu Thakar; Ashwini Ratnoo
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1043. A Daisy-Chain Control Design for a Multirotor UAV with Direct Force
Capabilities Hamza Mehmood; Eric N. Johnson
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1044. Integrated Guidance and Nonlinear Feedback Control of Underactuated
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in SE(3) Sasi Prabhakaran Viswanathan; Amit K. Sanyal; Maziar Izadi
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1045. Longitudinal Controller for Hand Launched MAV Based on
Supertwisting Algorithm Shweta Balajiwale; Hemendra Arya; Ashok Joshi
GNC-07. Spacecraft Robotics Chair(s): Seong-jin Lee (Alfred University) Co-Chair(s): Hugh Liu (University of Toronto) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 5
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1046. Iterative Learning Control of Spacecraft Proximity Operations Based on
Confidence Level Steve Ulrich; Kirk Hovell
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1047. Experimental Emulation of the Scaled Clohessy-Wiltshire Dynamics on
a Flat Air-bearing Testbed Marco Ciarcia; Roberto Cristi; Marcello Romano
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1048. Contact Dynamics and Control of a Space Manipulator Capturing a
Rotating Object Shuang Wu; Fangli Mou; Ou Ma
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1049. Experimental Validation for Tethered Capture of Spinning Space Debris Kirk Hovell; Steve Ulrich
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1050. Dynamics and Control of Polyhedral Surface Robots with Control
Moment Gyroscopes David S. Elliott; Mason A. Peck
GNC-08. Missile GNC Chair(s): Scott Wells (Raytheon Missile Systems) Co-Chair(s): Julie Parish (Sandia National Laboratories) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 1
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1238. Adaptive Roll Control of Guided Munitions with State Independent
Uncertainty Parameterization Naz T. Ovec; Ali Turker Kutay
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1239. Time-to-Go Prediction for Anti-Ballistic Missile Midcourse Guidance
Gun Hee Moon; Min-Guk Seo; Seong-Min Hong; Sang-wook Shim; Min-jea Tahk
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1240. Linearized Analysis of Azimuth Transfer of Strapdown INS for Vertical
and Slant Launch Applications Venugopal Reddy Bogala; Chandrasekhar RS; Narayana Murthy BHVS
GNC-09. Trajectory Optimization Chair(s): Jack Ryan (NASA-Dryden Flight Research Center) Co-Chair(s): Yoshikazu Miyazawa (Kyushu University) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Grapevine D
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1241. Vertical and Horizontal Flight Reference Trajectory Optimization for a
Commercial Aircraft Alejandro Murrieta Mendoza; Paul Mugnier; Ruxandra M. Botez
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1242. An Improved Online Reentry Trajectory Planning and Tracking
Algorithm for Common Aero Vehicles Yutao Wang; Wenya Zhou; Yan Pang
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1243. Maximizing Range Observability in Bearings-Only Rendezvous
Guidance P Anjaly ; Ashwini Ratnoo
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1244. A Blended Performance Function for Extremum-Seeking-Control of a
Formation Flight System Jack J. Ryan
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1245. Target tracking using Adaptive coarse-to-fine Particle Filter Dong-yeon Lee; Sang-wook Shim; Min-chul Hwang; Min-jea Tahk
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1246. Optimal Arrival Time Assignment and Control Analysis using Air Traffic Data for Tokyo International Airport Yuki Higuchi; Naoto Kitazume; Keiichi Tamura; Tomoyuki Kozuka; Yoshikazu Miyazawa; Mark Brown
GNC-10. Adaptive Control for Aircraft GNC Chair(s): Jens Dodenhöft ( ) Co-Chair(s): Scott Nivison (Air Force Research Lab) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 6
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1247. L1 Augmentations for a Fixed Gain Controller on a Large Transport
Aircraft Mengmeng Wang; Florian Holzapfel; Fubiao Zhang; Shuguang Zhang
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1248. NDI-Based L1 Adaptive Control Design for a Generic Hypersonic
Vehicle Model Chen Qi; Ai Jianliang
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1249. Improving Long-Term Learning of Model Reference Adaptive
Controllers for Flight Applications: A Sparse Neural Network Approach Scott A. Nivison; Pramod Khargonekar
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1250. Design and Evaluation of an L1 Adaptive Controller for NASA’s
Transport Class Model Jens Dodenhöft; Ronald Choe; Kasey Ackerman; Florian Holzapfel; Naira Hovakimyan
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1251. Helicopter Dynamic Model Identification by Conditional Attitude Hold
Logic Sunggoo Jung; David Hyunchul Shim; Eung-Tai Kim
GNC-11. Aircraft GNC Control Methods Chair(s): Tansel Yucelen (Missouri University of Science & Technology) Co-Chair(s): Michael McFarland (Orbital ATK ) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 5
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1252. Decentralized LQT in a Limited Information Environment Clay J. Robertson; Andrew J. Sinclair; Emily Doucette
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1253. An Anti-windup Fault Tolerant Control Scheme with Guaranteed
Transient Performance for Tailless Flying Wing Aircrafts Weifang Shuang; Shaojie Zhang; Xue Wu; Erik-Jan Van Kampen; Q Ping Chu
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1254. Intent Inference of Aircraft via Inverse Optimal Control Including
Second-order Optimality Condition Nobuhiro Yokoyama
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1255. Integrator-Augmented Robust Adaptive Control Design for Close
Formation Flight Qingrui Zhang; Hugh H. Liu
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1256. Two-Time-Scale Slow and Fast State Tracking of an F-16 Using Slow
and Fast Controls Dipanjan Saha; John Valasek
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1257. Angle of Attack and Load Factor Limiting in Fighter Aircraft using
Command Governors Daniel Simon; Ola Härkegård; Johan Löfberg
GNC-12. Estimation and Tracking Methods Chair(s): Nisar Ahmed ( ) Co-Chair(s): William Whitacre (Draper Laboratory) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 2
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1258. Application of Observability Analysis to Space Object Tracking Andrew D. Dianetti; Ryan M. Weisman; John L. Crassidis
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1259. Gaussian Sum-Based Maneuvering Target Tracking Using Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle Chiyu Zhang; Inseok Hwang
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1260. Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Measurements with Unknown
Time Delay Kyuman Lee; Eric N. Johnson
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1261. Norm-Constrained Forward-Backward Smoothing Stephen A. Chee; James R. Forbes
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1262. Distributed Cubature Gaussian Mixture Filters
Bin JIa; Ming Xin; Tao Sun
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1263. Efficient Nonlinear Actuator Fault Reconstruction System
Peng Lu; Erik-Jan Van Kampen; Q Ping Chu
GNC-13. Spacecraft and Launch Guidance Chair(s): John Reed (United Launch Alliance, LLC) Co-Chair(s): Kevin Bollino (U.S. Air Force) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Grapevine 6
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1264. Adaptive Controllers for Spacecraft Rendezvous based on nonlinear
model with unknown parameters Kewen Zhang; Michael A. Demetriou
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1265. Re-entry Guidance for Path-Constraint Tracking Erwin Mooij
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1266. An Optimal Explicit Guidance Algorithm for Terminal Descent Phase of
Lunar Soft Landing Avijit Banerjee; Radhakant Padhi
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1267. Explicit Constrained Terminal Acceleration Optimal Guidance for Three
Dimensional Lunar Landing Mathavaraj S; Radhakant Padhi
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1268. Spacecraft De-Orbit Point Targeting using Aerodynamic Drag
Sanny R. Omar; Riccardo Bevilacqua
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1269. Autonomous Spacecraft Swarm Formation Planning Using Artificial
Field Based on Nonlinear Bifurcation Dynamics Haibing Chen; Jinfeng Sun; Kang Li; Mengmeng Wang
GNC-14. Control of Innovative Micro Air Vehicle Configurations Chair(s): Michael Oppenheimer (Air Force Research Laboratory) Co-Chair(s): Haitham Taha (University of California, Irvine) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 4
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1270. Manipulation of Wing Tip Vortices on Low Aspect Ratio Wings using
Winglet Control Surfaces Richard S. O'Donnell; Kamran Mohseni
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1271. Wing Design and Testing for a Tailless Flapping Wing Micro-Air Vehicle Michael W. Oppenheimer; David Sigthorsson; David B. Doman; Isaac Weintraub
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1272. Wing Flexibility Induced Control Reversal For Flapping Wing Vehicles:
Theoretical Analysis David Sigthorsson; Michael W. Oppenheimer; David B. Doman; Isaac Weintraub
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1273. Wing Flexibility Induced Control Reversal For Flapping Wing Vehicles:
Observation and Evaluation David Sigthorsson; Michael W. Oppenheimer; David B. Doman; Isaac Weintraub
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1274. Aerodynamic-Dynamic Interactions and Multi-Body Formulation of
Flapping Wing Dynamics: Part I Modeling Ahmed M. Hassan; Haitham E. Taha
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1275. Aerodynamic-Dynamic Interactions and Multi-Body Formulation of
Flapping Wing Dynamics: Part II Trim and Stability Analysis Ahmed M. Hassan; Haitham E. Taha
THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2017
GNC-15. Airflow Mechanosensing for Aircraft Navigation and Control Chair(s): Yunjun Xu (University of Central Florida) Co-Chair(s): Benjamin Dickinson (Air Force Reseach Laboratory) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Grapevine 1
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1484. Tip-Vortex Localization for Cross-Stream Position Control of a Multi-
Hole Probe Relative to a Stationary Wing in a Free-Jet Wind Tunnel Nathan Lauer; Derrick W. Yeo; Derek A. Paley
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1485. Active Gust Alleviation using Artificial Hair Sensors and Feedforward
Control Kaman S. Thapa Magar; Gregory W. Reich; Alexander M. Pankonien; Brian Smyers
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1486. Active Camber Control of Flexible Airfoils using Artificial Hair Sensors
Weihua Su; Houston J. Spencer
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1487. Bio-inspired Distributed Strain and Airflow Sensing for Small Unmanned Air Vehicle Flight Control Sergio A. Araujo-Estrada; Francis Salama; Colin M. Greatwood; Kieran T. Wood; Thomas S. Richardson; Shane P. Windsor
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1488. Fixed Wing Micro Aerial Vehicle Pitching Control Based on Flow Field
Patterns Kenneth Thompson; Yunjun Xu; August Mark; Benjamin Dickinson
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1489. Thin film flow sensor for unmanned aerial platforms Lina Castano; Alison B. Flatau; James E. Hubbard
GNC-16. Verification and Validation of Adaptive Systems I Chair(s): Tansel Yucelen (Missouri University of Science & Technology) Co-Chair(s): Jonathan Muse (AFRL/RQQA) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 2
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1490. Robust and Adaptive Output Feedback Control for Non-Minimum
Phase Systems with Arbitrary Relative Degree Eugene Lavretsky
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1491. Model Reference Adaptive Control in the Presence of Actuator
Dynamics with Applications to the Input Time-Delay Problem Benjamin C. Gruenwald; Tansel Yucelen; Jonathan A. Muse
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1492. Observer-Based Feedback Adaptive Control for Nonlinear Hypersonic
Vehicles Douglas I. Famularo; John Valasek; Jonathan A. Muse; Michael A. Bolender
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1493. Stability Analysis of Human-Adaptive Controller Interactions
Tansel Yucelen; Yildiray Yildiz; Rifat Sipahi; Ehsan Yousefi; Nhan T. Nguyen
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1494. Adaptive Model Predictive Control of Uncertain Systems with Input
Constraints Metehan Yayla; Ali Turker Kutay
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1495. Analysis of Simple Relay Feedback Adaptive Control Yong Eun Yoon; Eric N. Johnson
GNC-17. Entry, Descent and Landing GNC Technology I Chair(s): John Carson (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Co-Chair(s): Ronald Sostaric (NASA-Johnson Space Center) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 4
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1496. COBALT: Development of a Platform to Flight Test Lander GN&C Technologies on Suborbital Rockets John M. Carson; Carl Seubert; Farzin Amzajerdian; Chuck Bergh; Ara Kourchians; Carolina Restrepo; Carlos Y. Villalpando; Travis O'Neal; Edward A. Robertson; Diego F. Pierrottet; Glenn D. Hines; Reuben Garcia
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1497. Evaluation of the Simple Safe Site Selection (S4) Hazard Detection Algorithm using Helicopter Field Test Data Michael E. Luna; Eduardo Almeida; Gary Spiers; Carlos Y. Villalpando; Andrew E. Johnson; Nikolas Trawny
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1498. Comparison of Factorization-based Filtering for Landing Navigation
James S. McCabe; Aaron J. Brown; Kyle J. DeMars; John M. Carson
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1499. Linear Covariance Analysis for a Lunar Lander Jiannwoei Jang; Sagar Bhatt; Matthew Fritz; David Woffinden
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1500. Successive Convexification for Mars 6-DoF Powered Descent Landing
Guidance Michael Szmuk; Utku Eren; Behcet Acikmese
GNC-18. Control Theory, Analysis and Design I Chair(s): Anshu Narang-Siddarth (University of Washington) Co-Chair(s): Rama Yedavalli (The Ohio State University) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 5
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1501. Normal Form for Linear Infinite-Dimensional Systems in Hilbert Space
and Its Role in Direct Adaptive Control of Distributed Parameter Systems Mark J. Balas; Susan A. Frost
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1502. Simple Adaptive Control System Design Trades Erwin Mooij
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1503. Optimal Trajectory Planning of Wheeled Mobile Robot Using Nonlinear
Receding Horizon Kamran Turkoglu; Matthew Miller
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1504. Mismatch-Observer Based Model Reference Adaptive Control for
Transient Performance Improvement of Aircraft Seong-hun Kim; Youdan Kim
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1505. Resilient Control of Active-Passive Networked Multiagent Systems in
the Presence of Persistent Disturbances Dzung M. Tran; Tansel Yucelen; John D. Peterson
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1506. Mesh Refinement Method for Optimal Control Problems with
Discontinuous Control Profiles Yunus M. Agamawi; William W. Hager; Anil V. Rao
GNC-19. Missile Guidance Chair(s): Scott Kowalchuk (Sandia National Laboratories) Co-Chair(s): Raziye Tekin (ASELSAN Inc) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 1
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1507. Optimal Guidance With an in Route Look-Angle Constraint
Vitaly Shaferman
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1508. A Non-Switching Guidance Law for Impact Angle Constrained
Interception of Moving Targets Vairavan A; Ashwini Ratnoo
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1509. Impact Angle Control Based on Feedback Linearization
Raziye Tekin; Florian Holzapfel
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1510. Nonlinear Robust Inscribed Angle Guidance for Stationary Targets Shashi Ranjan Kumar; Ronny Tsalik; Tal Y. Shima
GNC-20. Predictive Control Methods Chair(s): Ella Atkins (University of Michigan) Co-Chair(s): Vahram Stepanyan (Universities Space Research Association) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Grapevine D
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1511. Model Predictive Control Based Integral Line-of-Sight Curved Path
Following for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Shulong Zhao; Xiangke Wang; Daibing Zhang; Lincheng Shen
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1512. Nonlinear MPC for Fixed-wing UAV Trajectory Tracking:
Implementation and Flight Experiments Thomas J. Stastny; Adyasha Dash; Roland Siegwart
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1513. Stall Recovery Guidance Using Fast Model Predictive Control
Stefan Schuet; Thomas Lombaerts; John Kaneshige; Kimberlee H. Shish; Vahram Stepanyan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1514. Application of Generalized Predictive Control to an Experimental Data-
based Aeroelastic System Wenzheng Zhuang; Zhigang Wu; Chao Yang
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1515. Nonlinear System Finite-Time Output Reachability for Flight Control
given Uncertain Airspeed Hossein Rastgoftar; Xiangyu Ni; Ella M. Atkins
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1516. Cooperative Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles based on Nonlinear
Model Predictive Control Pengkai Ru; Kamesh Subbarao
GNC-21. Spacecraft and Launch Navigation Chair(s): Kevin Bollino (U.S. Air Force) Co-Chair(s): John Reed (United Launch Alliance, LLC) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Grapevine 6
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1517. Orbit Injection Error Mitigation by Time-Differenced GPS Carrier Phase
Observables-Aided Inertial Navigation Sreena P V; Dr. Tessy Thomas
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1518. Spacecraft Relative Navigation using Only Range-Rate Measurements Cagri Kilic; John A. Christian
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1519. Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation for Star Identification with Two
Stars Steven Szklany; John L. Crassidis
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1520. Space Object Data Association Using Spatial Pattern Recognition
Approaches Aniketh Kalur; Paul Silversmith; John L. Crassidis
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1521. Relative Navigation in Asteroid Missions: A Dual Quaternion Approach
Bronius Razgus; Erwin Mooij; Daniel Choukroun
GNC-22. Aerospace Robotics Control Chair(s): Anton de Ruiter (Ryerson University) Co-Chair(s): Steve Ulrich (Carleton University) 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM; Austin 6
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1522. Relative Motion Modeling and Control for a Quadrotor Landing on an
Unmanned Vessel Cheng Jin; Ming Zhu; Liang Sun; Zewei Zheng
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1523. Trajectory-Driven Adaptive Control of Autonomous UAVs with
Disturbance Accommodation David A. Painter; Nirmit Prabhakar; Richard J. Prazenica; Mark J. Balas
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1524. Nonlinear Adaptive Control of a Fixed-Wing UAV using Multilayer
Perceptrons Subodh Bhandari; Nigam Patel
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1525. Pseudospectral Model Predictive Control under Partially Learned
Dynamics Manan Gandhi; Yunpeng Pan; Evangelos Theodorou
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1526. Robust Control of Quadrotors using Neuro-Adaptive Control
Augmented with State Estimation Girish Joshi; Radhakant Padhi
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1527. Dynamic Vehicle Routing with Indirect Communication via Unattended
Ground Sensors Christopher C. Olsen; Donald Kunz
GNC-23. Verification and Validation of Adaptive Systems II Chair(s): Tansel Yucelen (Missouri University of Science & Technology) Co-Chair(s): Jonathan Muse (AFRL/RQQA) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 2
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1713. Robustness of Adaptive Control Systems to Unmodeled Dynamics: A Describing Function Viewpoint Heather S. Hussain; Chandan Sharma Subedi; Anuradha M. Annaswamy; Eugene Lavretsky
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1714. Model Reference Neuroadaptive Control Revisited: How to Keep the System Trajectories on a Given Compact Set Ehsan Arabi; Benjamin C. Gruenwald; Tansel Yucelen; Mario L. Fravolini; Nhan T. Nguyen
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1715. Performance Optimizing Multi-Objective Adaptive Control with Time-
Varying Reference Model Modification Nhan T. Nguyen; Kelley E. Hashemi; Tansel Yucelen; Ehsan Arabi
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1716. Approaches to Real-time Predictive Estimation of Loss-of-Control
Events & Boundaries on Transport Aircraft Melvin Rafi; James E. Steck; Animesh Chakravarthy; Tansel Yucelen
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1717. On the Stability of Adaptive Control Systems in the presence of Control
and State Dependent Unmodeled Dynamics Kadriye Merve Dogan; Benjamin C. Gruenwald; Tansel Yucelen; Jonathan A. Muse
GNC-24. Elastic Aircraft and Load Alleviation Chair(s): Animesh Chakravarthy (Wichita State University) Co-Chair(s): Mark Balas (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 1
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1718. Gust-Load Alleviation of a Flexible Aircraft using a Disturbance
Observer Ryan Caverly; James R. Forbes; Brian P. Danowsky; Peter M. Suh
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1719. Optimal Control Allocation with Load Sensor Feedback for Active Load
Suppression, Experiment Development Christopher J. Miller; Dan Goodrick
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1720. Optimal Control Allocation with Load Sensor Feedback for Active Load
Suppression, Flight Test Results Christopher J. Miller; Dan Goodrick
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1721. Gust Load Alleviation Control for a Flexible Aircraft with Loss of Control
Effectiveness Wen Fan; Hugh H. Liu; Raymond Kwong
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1722. Optimal Decentralized Controller with Output Feedback Design for an
Elastically Shaped Aircraft Concept Wilfred G. Nobleheart; Nhan T. Nguyen
GNC-25. ATM and Operations Chair(s): Jimmy Krozel (The Innovation Laboratory) Co-Chair(s): Shankar Sankararaman (SGT Inc., NASA Ames Research Center) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Grapevine D
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1723. Eabling Technologies supporting Oceanic Trajectory-Based Operations
Pete Hruz; Jimmy A. Krozel; William Leber; Carolyn Cross; Giles O'Keeffe
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1724. Uncertainty Quantification in Trajectory Prediction for Aircraft
Operations Shankar Sankararaman; Matthew Daigle
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1725. Airline Dispatcher Cost Situational Awareness Jimmy A. Krozel; William Leber; Chris Maccarone
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1726. A Framework for Wind Sensitivity Analysis for Trajectory Tracking. Hector Escamilla; Hakim Bouadi; Felix Mora-Camino
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1727. Using Weather Translation and Machine Learning to Identify Similar
Weather Impact Day Jit-Tat Chen; Rafal Kicinger; Steven Schelling; Jimmy A. Krozel
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1728. Just On Time – A Concept for iPad Enabled Timely Accurate
Continuous Descent Operations Helge Lenz
GNC-26. Spacecraft and Launch Trajectory and Planning Chair(s): John Reed (United Launch Alliance, LLC) Co-Chair(s): Kevin Bollino (U.S. Air Force) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Grapevine 6
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1729. A Study on Rendezvous Trajectory Design Utilizing Invariant Manifolds
of Cislunar Periodic Orbits Satoshi Ueda; Naomi Murakami; Toshinori Ikenaga
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1730. A General Approach for Calculating Far-Field Orbital Rendezvous
Maneuvers Matthew T. Walsh; Mason A. Peck
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1731. Using Solar Sails to Transfer to the L5 Lagrange Point Armen Meras; Chris J. Damaren
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1732. Fuel-Optimal Rocket Landing with Aerodynamic Controls
Xinfu Liu
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1733. A Multi-Objective Planning Method for Multi-Debris Active Removal
Mission in LEO Yong Liu; Jianan Yang
GNC-27. Control Theory, Analysis and Design II Chair(s): Rama Yedavalli (The Ohio State University) Co-Chair(s): Anshu Narang-Siddarth (University of Washington) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 5
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1734. A combined Averaging-Shooting Approach for the Trim Analysis of
Hovering Insects/Flapping-Wing Micro-Air-Vehicles Ahmed M. Hassan; Haitham E. Taha
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1735. Flutter Suppression for a Two Degree of Freedom Aeroeslastic Wing Section: a Structured H-infinity-Based Gain-Scheduling Approach with Explicit Hidden Coupling Terms Handling Hugo Lhachemi; David Saussie; Guchuan Zhu
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1736. Centralized Predictive Control Allocation Scheme for V/STOL Aircrafts
Wang Xiangyang; Bin Zhu; Zhiqiang Cheng; Jihong Zhu
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1737. Optimal Guidance with Additional Thrust Controller For Various Flight
Tasks Nahshon Indig; Joseph Z Ben-Asher; Erez Sigal
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1738. Passivity-Based Magnetic Attitude Control with Impulsive Thrusting Behrad Vatankhahghadim; Chris J. Damaren
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1739. Simultaneous Arrival Control Algorithms for Weapon Target
Assignment Kyle Volle; Jonathan D. Rogers
GNC-28. Aerospace Robotics Guidance and Navigation Chair(s): Hugh Liu (University of Toronto) Co-Chair(s): Steve Ulrich (Carleton University) 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM; Austin 6
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM AIAA-2017-1740. Autonomous Navigation with Obstacle Avoidance for Unmanned
Aircraft Systems using MILP James A. Devens; Tim Bakker; Robert H. Klenke
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM AIAA-2017-1741. Acoustic Detection of UAS Technologies Using a Biologically-Inspired
Wide-Band Integration Method Ian A. Movius; James M. King; Katie Barbor; Mario Mondal; Imraan A. Faruque
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM AIAA-2017-1742. Robust detection and tracking of ground vehicles using UAV Hugo Oliveira; Sujit P B; Joao Sousa
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM AIAA-2017-1743. Neural Network Guidance for UAVs Kyle D. Julian; Mykel J. Kochenderfer
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM AIAA-2017-1744. Dynamic Re-Plan of the Loyal Wingman Optimal Control Problem Clay J. Humphreys; Richard Cobb; David R. Jacques; Jonah A. Reeger
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM AIAA-2017-1745. Dynamic Visual Servoing of a Rotary-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Without Velocity Measurement Hui Xie; Kin Huat Low
FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017
GNC-29. Verification and Validation of Adaptive Systems III Chair(s): Tansel Yucelen (Missouri University of Science & Technology) Co-Chair(s): Jonathan Muse (AFRL/RQQA) 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM; Austin 2
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1893. Sensor Blending with an Application to Robust Direct Adaptive Control
of a Non-minimum Phase Aircraft Mark J. Balas; Alfonso Norriega; Richard Anderson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1894. Cost Detectability and Stability of Multiple Model-based Adaptive
Controllers Using Data-Driven Control Theory Kadriye Merve Dogan; Karthikeyan Rajagopal; Sivasubramanya N. Balakrishnan
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1895. Decentralized Adaptive Stabilization of Large-Scale Active-Passive Modular Systems Benjamin C. Gruenwald; Ehsan Arabi; Tansel Yucelen; Animesh Chakravarthy; Drew McNeely; Sivasubramanya N. Balakrishnan
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1896. Nonlinear Adaptive Control of Quadrotor UAVs with Run-Time Safety
Assurance Remus Avram; Xiaodong Zhang; Jonathan A. Muse; Matthew Clark
GNC-30. Entry, Descent and Landing GNC Technology II Chair(s): John Carson (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) Co-Chair(s): Ping Lu (San Diego State University) 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM; Austin 4
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1897. Synopsis of Precision Landing and Hazard Avoidance (PL&HA)
Capabilities for Space Exploration Edward A. Robertson
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1898. A Rigid Mid Lift-to-Drag Ratio Approach to Human Mars Entry,
Descent, and Landing Ronald R. Sostaric; Christopher J. Cerimele; Edward A. Robertson; Joseph A. Garcia
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1899. Automated Re-entry System using FNPEG Wyatt R. Johnson; Ping Lu; Susan Stachowiak
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1900. Aerocapture Guidance for a Human Mars Mission
Kyle D. Webb; Ping Lu; Alicia M. Dwyer Cianciolo
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1901. Application of a Fully Numerical Guidance to Mars Aerocapture Daniel A. Matz; Ping Lu; Gavin F. Mendeck; Ronald R. Sostaric
GNC-31. Spacecraft and Launch Estimation and Sensors Chair(s): Scott Starin (NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center) Co-Chair(s): Kevin Bollino (U.S. Air Force) 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM; Grapevine 6
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1902. Recursive Inertia Estimation with Semidefinite Programming
Zachary R. Manchester; Mason A. Peck
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1903. Prediction of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Reaction Wheel Assembly
Angular Momentum Using Regression Analysis Russell DeHart
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1904. Three-Axis Attitude Estimation Using Rate-Integrating Gyroscopes
John L. Crassidis; F. Landis Markley
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1905. Investigating Cross-Axis Sensitivity and Misalignment in an Angular
Accelerometer Measurement Unit Dyah Jatiningrum; Coen C. de Visser; Marinus van Paassen; Q Ping Chu; Max Mulder
GNC-32. Emerging Micro Air Vehicle Capabilities Chair(s): Jack Langelaan (Pennsylvania State University) Co-Chair(s): Haiyang Chao (University of Kansas) 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM; Austin 5
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1907. A Quasi Polar Local Occupancy Grid Approach for Vision-based
Obstacle Avoidance Junyi Geng; Jack W. Langelaan
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1908. Dynamic Soaring in Finite-Thickness Wind Shears: an Asymptotic
Solution Gabriel D. Bousquet; Michael S. Triantafyllou; Jean-Jacques E. Slotine
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1909. Control Strategies for Flight in Extreme Turbulence Mujahid Abdulrahim; Abdulghani Mohamed; Simon Watkins
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1910. Wake Encounter Simulation and Flight Validation with UAV Close
Formation Flight Pengzhi Tian; Anpeng He; Haiyang Chao; Z Charlie Zheng; Yu Gu
GNC-33. Aerospace Robotics Chair(s): Jurek Sasiadek (Carleton University) Co-Chair(s): Steve Ulrich (Carleton University) 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM; Austin 6
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1911. Quadcopter Experimental Evaluation of Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion
Coupled with Fourier Transform Regression Mohammed AlAbsi; Travis Fields
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1912. Experimental Validation of the Selective Velocity Obstacle method for
Autonomous Collision Avoidance Cherry Cheung; Yazdi I. Jenie; Erik-Jan Van Kampen
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1913. Curvature Constrained Lyapunov Vector Field for Stand-off Target
Tracking Abin A. Pothen; Ashwini Ratnoo
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1914. Control of Departure and Approach Maneuvers of Tiltwing VTOL
Aircraft Philipp Hartmann; Marten Schütt; Dieter Moormann
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1915. Fixed Wing Aircraft Perching Mihir Vedantam; Shahriar Keshmiri; Gonzalo Garcia; Weizhang Huang
GNC-34. Intelligent and Cooperative Control in AE Applications Chair(s): Isaac Weintraub Co-Chair(s): Jonathan Warner ( ) 9:30 AM - 1:00 PM; Austin 1
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM AIAA-2017-1916. Autonomous Flightworthiness Determination for Modular Vertical Lift
Vehicles Jonathan Warner; Jonathan D. Rogers
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM AIAA-2017-1917. An Optimal Aircraft Defense Strategy for the Active Target Defense
Scenario Isaac Weintraub; Eloy Garcia; David Casbeer; Meir Pachter
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM AIAA-2017-1918. Game Theoretic Trajectory Negotiation Mechanism for Merging Air
Traffic Management Sang Gyun Park; Padmanabhan K. Menon
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM AIAA-2017-1919. Grid-Free Search and Exploration using Modified Cyclic Pursuit Dwaipayan Mukherjee; Debasish Ghose
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM AIAA-2017-1920. Machine Learning Approach for Finding Similar Weather-Impacted
Situations in En Route Airspace Steven Schelling; Jimmy A. Krozel
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM AIAA-2017-1921. Machine Learning for Efficient Sampling-Based Algorithms in Robust
Multi-Agent Planning Under Uncertainty John F. Quindlen; Jonathan P. How