Current Research Interests

• Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  - control of flexible spacecraft
  - passivity-based control techniques
  - control approaches using the geomagnetic field
  - control of large flexible solar sails
  - spacecraft formation flying
  - trajectory optimization in cislunar space
  - trajectory planning for active debris removal

• Nonlinear Control System Design for Spacecraft Applications
  - nonlinear filtering for attitude determination
  - nonlinear H-infinity control
  - hybrid control for nonlinear time-varying systems

• Control of Structurally Flexible Space Manipulators

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Last updated May 26, 2026.