Minutes of the 2012 AIAA GNC Summer Meeting
AGENDA ITEM or ASSIGNMENT
LEAD or CHAIR, MEMBERS
1. New Member Introductions
New Members
New members Francois Hugon, Joe Connolly, Anshu Narang-Siddarth,
Daniel Alazard, Carey Buttrill and R. Edward Caicedo introduced
themselves
See Appendix A for Bios presented
2. TC Chair
Doman
3. TC Secretary
Ridgely
4. Introduction
4.1 Call to Order
4.2 Introduce Guests
Doman
Doman
Doman
Peggy Williams-Hayes, AFM Chair
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
Introduce Members
Changes to Agenda
Circulate Attendance List, Address List and Agenda/
Assignments List
Approval of Winter 2012 Meeting Minutes
All
Doman
Ridgely
Doman, Ridgely
5. Review Winter 2012 Action Items
Ridgely, Doman
Winter 2012 Action Items
Doman, Schierman
Responsible Party
Irene Gregory
David Doman
Lesley Weitz
Lorenzo Pollini
Action
Status
Add descriptions of Area Chair and Co-Chair
responsibilities to TC Guidebook
Contact the TC webmaster to publish the list of the
Best-In-Session Papers on the TC website
Update the guidebook section on Women in
Engineering
Work with John Schierman to add missing
documents to TC website
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Incomplete
Pending
In process
In process
Completed Items
Responsible
Party
Action
Status
David Doman Compile a list the areas of expertise for each
Complete, added to Photo
member of the TC and distribute this list to the TC Album
Jason Hui
Complete investigation into the difficulties in the
web-based application system for the TC Grad
Student award
Complete, see slides in
Appendix E
Uday Shankar Determine the process by which the Space
Systems TC handles the awards of scholarships
Complete
David Doman Determine the status of Mach II
Scrapped, suggest new one be
created if desired
Luisella
Giulicchi
Determine source of ACC revenue. Luisella will
Complete, discussed in
work with Jurek Sasiadek to determine the method Appendix B
by which the TC is paid by the ACC
David Doman Inform the TC that any time that we spend money Complete
please send Luisella Giulicchi a justification memo
David Doman Advertise all open positions
Luisella
Giulicchi
Done during meeting
Contact Uday Shankar to ensure newsletter is
completed
David Doman Update TC Photo Album
Complete
Complete
6. Chair’s/Steering Committee Report
6.1 AIAA’s Pending Change of Venue for Conference
Doman
Doman
Doman showed Jim Keenan slides (these are NOT attached as they are outdated and would
only be misleading at this point). GNC will be moving to ASTF (now called SciTech)
conference in January 2014. AFM was coming with GNC, now is not. John Reed suggested
having a GNC reception at SciTech. Great deal of questions on submission dates, formats
(draft, full manuscript, etc), page limits, number of sessions, etc – unknown at the time of the
meeting. Was thought CD’s would be unlikely. Discussion on whether registration fees
would be coming down – unlikely.
7. Treasury Report
Giulicchi
Luisella gave the treasurer report. Explained how we receive funds from the ACC, noted that they
are declining. Concern over how funds can be used in the future under NEM.
See Appendix B for the full Treasurer Report
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8. Guests Talks
Guests
None
9. AIAA Staff Reports/Comments
9.1 General Notes
AIAA Staff
Karen Sklenkar from AIAA Staff visited and reported on the GNC Conference. She received
very positive feedback on the conference from attendees. Objective number of attendees
met. All papers were uploaded on time. All of the Session Chair reports will be going to the
chairs. Mark Balas suggested that Ann Ames get a $100 limit token of appreciation. Leslie
motioned, Irene seconded. A vote was taken with a unanimous pass. Action to Dave
Doman to buy and deliver gift.
10. New TC Initiatives
10.1 Support and duties of GNC TC in New Conference Forum
Doman
Doman
Unclear at this point
10.2
Future TC Meetings
Doman
Discussed whether to hold Winter 2013 meeting at Mitre in March or to hold it at ASM in
January. Decided to put it to an email vote after the meeting once more info was found
out
10.3
Nomination of New TC Chair Elect
Doman
Mark Balas nominated Luisella Giulicchi and Lesley Weitz nominated Brett Ridgely. An
email vote will be conducted soon, after the candidates submit statements and bios.
10.4
Undergraduate Conference Experience
Parish
Julie Parish gave a presentation on this proposal. There was some question as to whether
there would be a travel stipend versus a stipend. An action was given to Julie to send an
announcement to Gary Balas.
See Appendix C for the Undergrad Conference Experience Proposal
11. Conference Reports/Assignments
11.1 General Chair 2012 GNC (Minneapolis)
11.2 Technical Co-Chairs 2012 GNC (Minneapolis)
Thienel
Langelaan, Weitz
Julie Thienel gave a presentation on stats and comments about the conference. Issue
arose with author changing title/content of paper between review and final submission –
suggest a statement in acceptance letter that this is prohibited (how would this be
handled?). Also need to find a way to automate reviewer comments sent through
ScholarOne.
See Appendix D for the 2012 GNC Conference Report
11.3 General Chair 2013 (Boston)
NTR
Doman
The GNC Plenary Speaker will be former Air Force Chief Scientist Dr. Werner Dahm on
the topic of V&V and autonomy. The lunch speaker will be Dr. George Schmidt, the
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.
11.4 Technical Co-Chairs 2013 (Boston)
NTR
Brinker, Valasek
11.5 Chair for 2014 GNC
Dave Doman reported that he appointed Robbie Robertson to this role
11.6
11.7
AIAA Society Review Chairman, 2012 ACC
AIAA Society Review Chairman, 2013 ACC
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NTR
NTR
Sharma
Singla
11.8
AIAA Society Review Chairman, 2014 ACC
TBD
Break
12. Awards
12.1 Mechanics & Control Flight
Burken
Concern over how NEM will affect
12.2 Aerospace Guidance, Navigation, & Control
Choukroun (chair), Doman,
Thienel, Idan, Starin
Concern over how NEM will affect
12.3 TC Graduate Student Award
Hui (chair), Singla
See Appendix E for the 2012 Graduate Student Award Report
12.4
Best GNC Graduate Student Paper Subcommittee
Parish, Singla
See Appendix F for the 2012 Graduate Student Paper Competition Report
12.5
2012 AACC Awards
NTR
Erwin
Action given to look up award winners at 2012 ACC
12.6
12.7
2013 AACC Awards
2011 Best Paper Award
NTR
Erwin
Robertson
See Appendix G for the 2011 Best GNC Conference Paper Award Report
12.8 2012, 2103 Best Paper Award
12.9 Best in Session Presentation 2012
NTR
H. Liu, TBD
Ridgely, Starin
Split afternoon sessions caused major problems – intended to give one award for both
combined, but due to change in chairs and even topics will have to give one for each in
many cases. Problems getting awards due to company going out of business, found
another
12.10 Best in Session Presentation 2013
13. Liaison Reports
13.1 AACC
NTR
Starin, TBD
NTR
Erwin, Waslander
Action to Dave Doman to get clarification on who sits in position for AIAA
13.2
13.3
13.4
13.5
13.6
13.7
Aerospace Control & Guidance Systems Committee (formerly SAE Control &
Guidance)
NTR
Doman, Schierman
American Astronautical Society (AAS) NTR
Reed, Parish, Barker
Assoc. for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
NTR
Schierman, Buttrill
Astrodynamics TC
NTR
Fleming, Parish
Atmospheric Flight Mechanics TC
NTR
Frost, Caicedo
Digital Avionics TC
Wanke, Weitz
Action to Weitz to follow up with Digital Avionics TC to see how NEM changes
13.8 Flight Simulation TC
13.9 Flight Test TC
NTR
Burken, Frost
Chaudhary, TBD
NTR
Gregory, Ridgely, J. Liu
Erwin, Doman
See Appendix H for the Flight Test TC Report
13.10 IEEE Aerospace Controls TC
13.11 IFAC
World Congress is 2 years out in South Africa
13.12 Institute of Navigation
NTR
13.13 Intelligent Systems
NTR
13.14 Journal of Guidance, Control & Dynamics
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Weitz
Gregory, Frost
Valasek
Action to Valasek to get notes for meeting here
13.15 Modeling and Simulation Technology TC
13.16 Atmospheric & Space Environments TC
NTR
NTR
Parish
Starin, TBD
13.17 Region 7 Activities (formerly International Activities)
Giulicchi, Alazard
See Appendix I for the CEAS EuroGNC Flyer
13.18 Sensor TC (SENTC)
Chaudhary, TBD
See Appendix J for the Sensor TC Report
13.19 Space Automation and Robotics TC
13.20 Technical Activities Committee (TAC)
NTR
Pham, Romano, J. Liu
Doman, Ridgely
Already discussed in Section 6.1
14. TC Committee Reports
14.1 GNC TC Advisory Board
NTR
14.2 Education
NTR
14.3 TC Finance Committee
Whorton (chair), Crassidis
Balas, Martinovich, Robertson
Frew (chair), Parish,
Langelaan
Giulicchi (chair), Singh,
Weitz, Erwin
Action to follow up on some of the ideas in the finance committee report
See Appendix K for the Finance Committee Report
14.4 2012/2013 Highlights Article
NTR
14.5
14.6
14.7
14.8
NTR
NTR
NTR
Membership
GNC TC Newsletter 2012
GNC TC Newsletter 2013
Women in Engineering
Singh (chair), Giulicchi,
Reed, Shankar
Doman (chair), Ridgely
Shankar
Shankar
Weitz (chair), Giulicchi,
Gregory, Thienel, Parish
Reported that AFM will chip in on lunch – this seems unlikely
now as AFM not moving to SciTech
14.9 TC Guidebook
How
Numerous sections are in process
14.10 TC photo album
NTR
Ridgely
14.11 TC Website
Pollini, Shankar
Action to Ridgely to put meeting agendas on website before meeting in future
14.12
Approval of GNC Short Courses
Chaudhary (chair), Bevilacqua,
Xu, Lampton, Hindle, J. Liu
See Appendix L for the Adaptive Control Short Course Report
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15. Review Action Items
Ridgely, Doman
Summer 2012 Action
Ridgely, Doman
Responsible Party
Irene Gregory
David Doman
Lesley Weitz
Lorenzo Pollini
UNKNOWN
Julie Parish
Dave Doman
Scott Erwin
Dave Doman
Lesley Weitz
John Valasek
Entire TC
Brett Ridgely
Action
Status
Add descriptions of Area Chair and Co-Chair
responsibilities to TC Guidebook
Incomplete
Contact the TC webmaster to publish the list of the
Best-In-Session Papers on the TC website
Pending
Update the guidebook section on Women in
Engineering
In process
Work with John Schierman to add missing
documents to TC website
In process
Ann Ames to get a $100 limit token of appreciation
Incomplete
Send an announcement to Gary Balas about
Undergraduate Conference Experience
Incomplete
Put a statement in GNC conference acceptance letter
that changing content of paper after acceptance in
prohibited. Also need to find a way to automate reviewer
comments sent through ScholarOne.
Incomplete
Look up award winners at 2012 ACC
Incomplete
Get clarification on who sits in AACC position for AIAA
Incomplete
Follow up with Digital Avionics TC to see how NEM
changes
Incomplete
Get notes for JGCD meeting at 2012 GNC
Incomplete
Follow up on some of the ideas in the finance
committee report
Incomplete
Put meeting agendas on website before meeting
Incomplete
Additional Item. Get with Betty on availability of WebEx for future TC meetings. Unknown
whose action this is.
15. Adjourn
Attendance List
In Person
David Doman
Brett Ridgely
Joe Brinker
Winfried Lohmiller
John Liu
Tim Hindle
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Robbie Robertson
Mark Balas
Luisella Giulicchi
Yunjun Xu
Scott Starin
Ashwani Chaudhary
Joseph Connolly
Anshu Siddarth
Amanda Lampton
Lesley Weitz
Edward Caicedo
Uday Shankar
Yildiray Yildiz
Chris D’Souza
Jason Hui
Susan Frost
Daniel Choukroun
Julie Parish
Julie Thienel
Moshe Idan
Daniel Alazard
Carey Buttrill
John Reed
Scott Erwin
Irene Gregory
Jack Langelaan
Eric Frew
Steven Waslander
Jongyeob Shin
Francois Hugon
Yang Cheng
Scott Wells
Khanh Pham
Andrew Fleming
Lorenzo Pollini
Appendices:
Appendix A: New Member Bios
Appendix B: Treasurer Report
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Appendix C: Undergraduate Conference Experience Proposal
Appendix D: 2012 GNC Conference Report
Appendix E: 2012 Graduate Student Award Report
Appendix F: 2012 Graduate Student Paper Competition Report
Appendix G: Best GNC Conference Paper Award Report
Appendix H: Flight Test TC Report
Appendix I: CEAS EuroGNC Flyer
Appendix J: Sensor TC Report
Appendix K: Finance Committee Report
Appendix L: Adaptive Control Short Course Report
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François Hugon
• Education
– Georgia Tech
• BS Aerospace Engineering, 2005
– Mercer University
• Master’s of Business Administration, 2007
– Embry-Riddle
• Currently pursuing
• Master’s of Science in Engineering – Multi-Discipline
– Systems Engineering/Flight Mechanics Focus
– Thesis based – topic is Gulfstream proprietary
François Hugon
• Career – Gulfstream Aerospace
– Engineering Co-op (2002 – 2004)
• Mechanical Systems, Integration Test Facility, Preliminary
Design, Flight Test
– Stress Engineering (2005 – 2007)
• Supersonic Feasibility Study (Con-Ex) jointly with NASA
and Northrop Grumman
• Quiet Spike
• G650 Fuselage
– Electrical Systems Engineering (2007 – present)
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Solid State Power Controllers for Secondary Power
Electrical Harness routing/installation (CATIA)
G650 Flight Controls (independent review team)
Advanced Aircraft Program – Flight Controls
– Next Gen Gulfstream FBW Architecture
– Systems Integration across multiple IPT’s
– Engineering Co-op Steering Team Member
François Hugon
• Avid college and professional football fan
• Savannah AIAA Section STEM K-12 Outreach Chair
– 1st place in the small section category last year
– Adapted 6 DOF simulator from ERAU studies to demo for
students
– Great tool to excite students … hook them with a video
game, then show them the math/physics
• Happily married to my high school sweetheart
• Love to travel with my wife
– Jamaica, France, Italy, New Zealand, Australia, Bahamas,
Mexico
– Up next … Japan, Singapore, Greece, South America
• First child due on December 21
– It’s a boy!
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Controls
Technical Committee Meeting
08/16/2012
NASA Glenn Research Center
Instrumentation, Communications, and Controls
Controls and Dynamics Branch
Joe Connolly
www.nasa.gov
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Professional Work
• Education:
– B.S. Ohio State University – Aerospace
– M.S. Case Western Reserve University – Controls
– In Process, Ph.D Ohio State University – Aerospace
• Past Projects:
– Dilution of Precision Navigation for Lunar Satellite
Constellations
– Ares I Upper Stage Thrust Vector Control Modeling
• Current Projects:
– Integration of flight and propulsion control for supersonic
aero-propulso-servo-elastic vehicles
– Task Lead: Model-Based Turbofan Control
www.nasa.gov
2
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Personal Background
• American Indian, Onondaga, from Brantford, Ontario
– Home town of Wayne Gretzky
www.nasa.gov
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Anshu Narang-Siddarth
Education:
Ph.D Candidate, Aerospace Engineering, Dec 2012
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
M.S, Aerospace Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, 2008
B.Tech, Electrical & Electronics Engineering,
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India 2006
Research Interests:
Bifurcation Theory, Flight Mechanics
Adaptive Control
Nonlinear Control Theory
Non-Affine-in-Control Systems
Singular Perturbation Methods in Control
Anshu Narang-Siddarth
Other Interests:
Bollywood movies, Classical Indian dance Kathak, Kite Flying!
Daniel Alazard short CV
See also : http://personnel.isae.fr/daniel-alazard
– 1886 : Graduate from Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts et Métiers
– 1987 : Graduate from SUPAERO
– 1989-2000 : Scientist at ONERA (the French Aerospace Lab)
– 2003 : Acreditation to Supervize Research (Univ. Paul Sabatier)
– 2000 - now : Professor at ISAE (Institut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace) –
SUAPERO training program
Field of expertise : Aerospace vehicle Dynamics and Control
– Linear robust control
– Flexible multi-body dynamics and control
– Applications :
• Civil Aircraft (AIRBUS, ONERA)
• Satellites and Launchers (Cnes, ESA)
• Helicopters
12/08/12
ISAE 2012
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Daniel Alazard short CV
Current PhD. Supervision :
– Structured H∞ control (see Matlab tutorial on hinfstruct)
– Modeling and control of large flexible space structures
– Model reduction (band-limited frequency-domain approach)
– Parametric robustness analysis of helicopter ground resonance
– Vibration analysis and diagnosis of helicopter main gear box
– Space mission analysis
Course taught :
– Modelling, analysis and control of multi-variable systems
– Robust control
– Control of flexible structures
– Signal processing
Others (the last but not the least) :
– Married, 1 daughter
– Hooby : blues guitar and harmonica
12/08/12
ISAE 2012
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Carey Buttrill – NASA Langley
 ID&A (Integrated Design & Analysis) Lead for Ares I-X Systems
Engineering and Integration, 2009-2010
 Launch was 10/28/2009
 Disciplines covered: GNC, Loads, Trajectory, Aeroelasticity, Vibro-acoustics,
Thermal, Aero
 Branch Head, Dynamics Systems & Control, 2005-present
 Branch Head, 1999-2005, Systems Development Branch
 Flight Simulation Lab
 All research systems on all Langley aircraft.
 Element Lead for Flight Controls Element in HSR Program, 1995-1999
 1983 to 1995, extended techniques to the modeling of aircraft systems
for multidisciplinary control design applications.
 Lead for dynamic model integration on the Active Flexible Wing project.
 Demonstrated integrated flutter suppression, roll control, and load alleviation in the
LaRC Transonic Dynamics Tunnel.
 1979-1983: Real Time simulation programmer in Flight Simulation Lab
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Carey Buttrill – NASA Langley
 Previous TC Experience
 GNC TC, 1999-2002
 Modeling & Simulation TC, 1987-1990
 Personal Research Interests
 Integrated aeroelastic modeling for controls applications
 Complex Systems
 Recreational Interests
 Vball & Bball until knees gave out
 Golf
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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Dynamic Systems & Control Branch AoE
Mission/Charter: Advance the capabilities of aerospace vehicles through the research,
development and application of guidance, control and modeling technologies.
 Control theory, analysis, design,
and algorithms
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Robust, adaptive, reconfigurable control
Control of flexible dynamics
Variable autonomy crew interface
Probabilistic reliability analysis
 Trajectory optimization and guidance
 Optimization-compatible dynamic system
modeling
 Tool development for nonstandard
optimization problems
 Sensitivity analysis and neighboring optimal
control law design
 Dynamic systems modeling,
simulation, and system identification
 Linear and nonlinear system identification
methods
 Dynamics of flexible systems
 Nonlinear systems, unsteady aerodynamics,
and novel control effectors
 Pilot-vehicle coupling
Dynamic Systems & Control Branch
Carey Buttrill, Branch Head
Patricia Williams, Administrative Assistant
Scott Dorsey, Computer SA, SGT
Exploration/CEV
Dr. John Davidson, Lead
David Raney
Dana McMinn
Dean Sparks
Exploration/SLS
Steve Derry, Lead
Jing Pei (E401)
Dr. Zhiqiang (Joe) Zhou (D203)
Vehicle Systems Safety Technologies
Dr. Christine Belcastro, Project Scientist
Dr. Irene Gregory, Lead GNC
Dr. David Cox, Lead V&V
Dr. Suresh Joshi
Dr. Sean Kenny
Dr. Dan Giesy
Dr. Luis Crespo, NIA
Dr. Gene Morelli
Dr. Patrick Murphy
Richard Hueschen
Ken Goodrich
Thuan Khong
Fundamental Aero
Dr. Dan Moerder, Lead
Paul Rothhaar
Jared Grauer
Fred Lallman
Mario Smith, Technician
David Christhilf, Lockheed
NESC/HL20/MLAS
Bruce Jackson
Dr. Bart Bacon
Airspace Systems, UAS
Sheri Hoadley
Human and Autonomous
Vehicle Systems (HAVS) Lab
Ralph Williams, AMA
AIAA GNC TECHNICAL
COMMITTEE
NEW MEMBER INTRO
R. Edward Caicedo
Senior Member of Technical Staff
Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque NM
edwardcaicedo@gmail.com (personal)
recaice@sandia.gov (business)
Professional Background
• B.S. Aerospace Engineering – Texas A&M University (2001)
• Graduate School Motivator: Dr. John Crassidis
• M.S. Aerospace Engineering – Texas A&M University (2004)
• Graduate Advisor: Dr. John Valasek
• Emphasis on Control Systems & Research On Formation Control
• Sandia National Laboratories (2004-Present)
• Member of Navigation Guidance & Control Department
• Julie Parish’s Co-worker
• 2004-2006: Research in applying Dynamic Inversion to hypersonic
reentry vehicles with limited number of control effectors using
pseudoinverses
• Literally “crashed and burn”… thankfully in simulation only, never got a real
flight
Professional Background (Cont’d)
• 2006-2009: Lead Autopilot
Engineer for 3-stage Solid
Rocket Booster
• No Research, Not Allowed To
Apply Modern Control
Techniques 
• Model Development & Gain
Modification To Existing System
• Verification of Flight Control
System Readiness Prior To
Flight
• Hardware
• Software
• Supported 4 Successful Vehicle
Launches, 1 Not So Successful
Professional Background (Cont’d)
• 2009-Present: Lead Navigation Guidance & Control Engineer
• Developed Attitude Control System Algorithms for Exo-atmospheric Control of
Vehicle
• Time-Optimal, Quaternion-Based, Non-Spinning Attitude Control with Lateral Rate
Control
• Flown Twice
• Future Flights
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C++ Programming
Microsoft Project
Meetings
Team Leader
Personal Life
Uncle Ed
Sean & Jana In Houston
Auto Racing & Car Enthusiast
Personal Life
• Salsa Dancing
• It’s In My Latin Blood
• Sports
• Mountain Biking (Summer)
• Skiing (Winter)
• Swimming (Year-Round)
GNC TC
• Happy To Be A Member And Grateful For The Opportunity
• Count On Me Even If We Haven’t Personally Met
• Looking Forward To Helping
• Probably Don’t Know As Many Folks In The Field As You Do, So I
Might Need A Little Help There
• Willing and Able To Provide “Elbow Grease”
Treasurer Report Repor,ng period 5: 16 Mar. 2012 – 15 Jul. 2012 Luisella Giulicchi GNC TC mee0ng, 16 Aug. 2012 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 1 Repor,ng Periods •  Repor0ng period 1: 7 Jul. 2009 -­‐ 25 Jan. 2010 •  Repor0ng period 2: 26 Jan. 2010 -­‐ 15 Jul. 2010 •  Repor0ng period 3: 16 Jul. 2010 – 15 Mar. 2011 •  Repor0ng period 4: 16 Mar. 2011 -­‐ 12 Jul. 2011 •  Repor0ng period 5: 13 Jul. 2011 – 15 Mar. 2012 •  Repor,ng period 6: 16 Mar. 2012 – 15 Jul. 2012 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 2 Contents •  Report period #6 (Mar -­‐ Aug 2012) •  ACC contribu0ons •  Overview TC funds 2010-­‐2012 •  Conclusion 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 3 GNC TC Accounts •  The GNC TC has 4 accounts: – TC GNC (3202) – TC ACC Account (3207) – GNC Student Paper Award Acc. (3133) – GNC TC Graduate Account (3128) 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 4 GNC TC Funds Summary (Mar – Jul 2012) TC GNC -­‐ 3202 Beginning Balance TC American GNC Student GNC TC Control Conf. -­‐ Paper Award -­‐ Graduate -­‐ 3128 3207 3133 Total 22,747 92,249 37,168 45,041 197,204 Credit 0 0 0 0 0 Debit 0 0 0 0 0 22,747 92,249 37,168 45,041 197,204 Ending Balance Report (Jul. 2011 -­‐ Mar. 2012) TC#GNC#&#3202
Beginning&&Balance&
Credit
Debit
Ending&Balance&
16 August 2012 22,955
7,898
8,106
22,747
TC#American#
GNC#Student#
Control#Conf.#&# Paper#Award#&#
3207
3133
85,151
42,684
7,898
0
800
5,517
92,249
37,168
GNC TC Mee0ng GNC#TC#
Graduate#&#
3128
52,035
0
6,995
45,041
Total
202,826
15,796
21,417
197,205
5 GNC TC Funds Status 1/3 (Jul. 2009 -­‐ Aug. 2012) GNC TC Funds (Total) 250,000 200,000 150,000 100,000 50,000 0 TC GNC -­‐ 3202 15-­‐Jul-­‐2009 25-­‐Jan-­‐2010 15-­‐Jul-­‐2010 15-­‐Mar-­‐2011 12-­‐Jul-­‐2011 15-­‐Mar-­‐2012 15-­‐Aug-­‐2012 16 August 2012 19,212 12,224 19,143 22,955 22,955 22,747 22,747 TC American GNC Student GNC TC Control Conf. -­‐ Paper Award -­‐ Graduate -­‐ 3128 3207 3133 66,208 66,208 73,111 85,151 85,151 92,249 92,249 GNC TC Mee0ng 65,720 49,264 49,264 42,684 42,684 37,168 37,168 61,929 53,719 53,719 51,565 51,565 45,041 45,041 Total 213,069 181,415 195,237 202,355 202,355 197,205 197,205 6 GNC TC Funds Status 2/3 (Jul. 2009 -­‐ Aug. 2012) 100000 100000 90000 90000 80000 80000 70000 50000 60000 TC American Control Conference -­‐3207 40000 50000 TC GNC -­‐3202 GNC Student Paper Award -­‐3133 TC American Control Conference -­‐3207 30000 20000 40000 GNC TC GGNC raduate Student Paper Award -­‐3133 -­‐3128 10000 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 1-­‐Jul-­‐2012 1-­‐Mar-­‐2012 1-­‐Jul-­‐2012 1-­‐May-­‐2012 1-­‐Mar-­‐2012 1-­‐Jan-­‐2012 1-­‐Jul-­‐2011 1-­‐Mar-­‐2011 1-­‐Nov-­‐2010 1-­‐Jul-­‐2010 1-­‐Nov-­‐2011 1-­‐Nov-­‐2011 1-­‐Sep-­‐2011 1-­‐Jul-­‐2011 1-­‐May-­‐2011 1-­‐Mar-­‐2011 1-­‐Nov-­‐2009 1-­‐Mar-­‐2010 1-­‐Jan-­‐2011 1-­‐Jul-­‐2010 1-­‐May-­‐2010 1-­‐Mar-­‐2010 1-­‐Jan-­‐2010 1-­‐Nov-­‐2009 1-­‐Sep-­‐2009 1-­‐Jul-­‐2009 10000 1-­‐Nov-­‐2010 20000 GNC TC Graduate -­‐3128 1-­‐Jul-­‐2009 0 1-­‐Sep-­‐2010 30000 0 TC GNC -­‐3202 60000 70000 7 Contribu,ons from ACC •  TC main source of funding is the ACC contribu0on •  Contribu0ons for the last years (*): –
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2011 -­‐ 15.796$ 2010 -­‐ 22.840$ 2009 -­‐ 15.405$ 2008 -­‐ 45.031$ 2007 -­‐ 30.181$ 2006 -­‐ 46.727$ 2005 -­‐ 20.553$ 50000 46727 45031 40000 30181 30000 22840 20553 20000 15796 15405 10000 0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (*) This contribu0ons are split by B. Guillie in the various TC accounts depending on the needs. 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 8 GNC TC Funds Status 3/3 (Jul. 2009 -­‐ Mar. 2012) 250000 Total Funds 200000 150000 100000 50000 40000 30000 50000 20000 ACC contribu0on 10000 0 0 1-­‐Jul-­‐2009 16 August 2012 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 1-­‐Jan-­‐2010 1-­‐Jul-­‐2010 1-­‐Jan-­‐2011 1-­‐Jul-­‐2011 1-­‐Jan-­‐2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 1-­‐Jul-­‐2012 9 Future •  How GNC TC funds could be used in a “new AIAA conference model” ? •  Reduce saving level ? (Is there a project worth to fund ? ) 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee0ng 10 GNC TC Ini)a)ve Proposal 16 August 2012 Julie J. Parish Undergraduate Student Conference Experience •  Goals: •  Engage students at the undergraduate level •  Encourage undergraduate par)cipa)on in research •  Offer career/graduate school guidance •  Provide undergraduate students a venue for mee)ng government and industry professionals in their field (i.e., not necessarily recruiters) •  Proposed Idea: •  Offer undergraduate workshop & mentor program at GNC conference •  Compe))ve applica)on process for students entering Year 3 or 4 Undergraduate Student Conference Experience Proposed I)nerary •  Sunday, 18 August 2013 •  5:00 PM Welcome Dinner* •  6:00 PM Graduate Student Paper Compe))on •  Monday, 19 August 2013 •  7:00 AM Speaker Breakfast/I)nerary Advice* •  8:00 AM Plenary •  9:00 AM Technical Sessions •  12:00 PM Graduate School/Career Aspira)ons Panel Lunch** •  1:30 PM Technical Sessions •  6:00 PM Young Professional Event** •  Tuesday, 20 May 2013 •  7:00 AM Speaker Breakfast* •  8:00 AM Plenary (op)onal) •  9:00 AM Technical Sessions (op)onal) •  12:00 PM Students Depart/No addi)onal events *Volunteer Opportunity: Student Mentor **Volunteer Opportunity: Y&EP Panel Undergraduate Student Conference Experience Applica)on •  Compe))ve, but straighaorward applica)on process •  1-­‐page resume w/required GPA •  Short essay (<400 words): “Why are you interested in par)cipa)ng in the GNC Undergraduate Conference Experience?” •  Op)onal recommenda)on •  Decision: Volunteer •  Small volunteer organizing commiiee Opportunity: •  Number of students accepted… Organizer •  ~10 students (budget-­‐dependent) •  Student Interest-­‐dependent •  Diverse group: •  Students with (some) relevant research experience •  Students new to research •  Not all students expected to have a “stellar” GPA Undergraduate Student Conference Experience Proposed Budget: 10 Student Par3cipants Hotel Lodging Subtotal 6 Rooms (2 students per room) x 2 Nights @ $200 + 15% tax $2,760.00 Airfare Taxi Transporta)on Subtotal 10 students @ $500 RT $50 to subsidize taxi from Boston Logan Meals Welcome Dinner Panel Lunch Speaker Breakfast Meal Subtotal Welcome Dinner, Panel Lunch, Breakfast 15-­‐20 Par)cipants @ $40 each* 20-­‐25 Par)cipants @ $30 each Absorbed by conference? $0** $5,500.00 Mail flyers to Engineering Colleges Registra)on Registra)on Subtotal $30/student (assumes AIAA membership) TAC has agreed to contribute $3000 in FY13 $1,550.00 Promo)onal Materials Promo Subtotal TOTAL $200.00 $300.00 $10,310.00 $7,500 support requested from the GNC TC AIAA GNC TC Meeting
Conference Report
Julie Thienel, Jack Langelaan, and
Lesley Weitz
8/16/12
Paper Submission Summary
Year
Published
Rejected
Withdrawn
Total
2012
352
58
40
450
2011
338
58
20
416
2010
488
82
75
645
• All papers uploaded and submitted on time (including a
few extensions for technical difficulties). First time ever!
• Decided on best presentation for split sessions – will be
one award – although TBD if this will work...
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Session Format
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Conference Events
• GNC plenary Tuesday morning, Dr. Mason Peck NASA
Chief Technologist
• MST invited awards lunch speaker
• Women in Engineering lunch Monday, speaker is Lillian
Ryals, Vice President of MITRE and deputy general
manager of CAASD – great turnout
• Happy hour Sunday evening 5-7pm
• Baseball game Monday evening
• Mall of America Tuesday evening, shuttles provided
• Wednesday Networking lunch
• Mark Balas event Sunday, 6:30-8pm, supported by TC
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AIAA launched a new website the day papers were due. It caused some
problems in sending paper confirmation emails to the wrong
authors. There were duplicate submissions, problems with logging in for
some. Ann Ames had to spend time during the first few days of the review
process cleaning things up. Problem with an invited paper abstract
disappearing.
ScholarOne does not send reviewer emails, must be done manually.
Even if reviewers are AIAA members, they don’t necessarily show up in
ScholarOne. To select someone as a reviewer that person has to first go
into ScholarOne.
Ann Ames is requesting that ‘Accept for Poster’ session option be
removed, it is confusing.
Would be nice if Tech Area chairs automatically have decision authority
over papers in their area. They have to give themselves authority. Or, add
to the list of tasks for Tech Chairs to do this for all the area chairs before
decisions have to be made.
Adding networking breaks caused some confusion in preparing
sessions. ScholarOne can’t insert a coffee break, so all 8 paper sessions
in the afternoon had to be reconfigured to be two 4 paper sessions.
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Comments
• A draft paper was accepted, and then before the final
submission the authors changed the title and significant
content change. Perhaps needs a policy addressing?
• Networking coffee break resulted in separate conference
session numbers for the split afternoon sessions, so
session chairs had to find 2 tables. Fixed this for second
day. Not all chairs continue over the break.
• Received a lot of positive feedback on sessions and
conference in general.
• We had great support from the AIAA staff.
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Technical Co-Chairs
THANK YOU to my fantastic Technical Co-Chairs,
Lesley Weitz and Jack Langelaan!!!!
They both made my job so easy, solved problems
sometimes before I even finished reading the email.
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Itzhack Bar-Itzhack Memorial
Symposium
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Status of Symposium
• Received $4K in support from TC – a Gold Sponsor
• US Air Force European Office of Aerospace R&D also
a sponsor, in addition to Israeli industries and the
Technion
• 49 papers received, 3 rejected and 1 withdrawn. 45
papers scheduled to be presented.
• 5 Plenary speakers
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F. Landis Markley (NASA/GSFC, emeritus)
Mark L. Psiaki (Cornell U)
Jason L. Speyer (UCLA)
Hector Rotstein (RAFAEL)
Mark. J. Balas (U of Wyoming – the professor and the guitar)
• Program is being finalized, should be posted next
week
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Status, Continued
• Post-symposium a Springer book will be published
with select papers from the symposium. Editors:
Daniel Choukroun, Julie Thienel, and Yaakov
Oshman
• Symposium structure
– Sunday evening Oct 14: welcome reception
– Monday Oct 15: full day of talks with Gala dinner
– Tuesday Oct 16: half day of talks, with excursion to Old
Acre for all registered attendees
– Wed Oct 17: full day of talks, evening Farewell reception
• Registration ~$500 US, includes proceedings,
breakfasts and lunches, receptions, dinner, and
excursion
• Venue: Dan Panorama Hotel, Haifa
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2012 AIAA GNC Graduate Student Award
Head Judge: Dr. Jason Hui
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15 applicants, top three were:
 1) Ved Chirayath – Stanford University
 2) Daniel Lubey – University of Colorado at Boulder
 3) Zarrin Chua – Georgia Tech
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AI – Complete investigation into the difficulties in web-based application system
for the TC Graduate Student Award
 Experienced minor IT difficulties with respect to viewing applicant material
or providing login access to judges
 Resulted in some delays, but did not affect the overall judging period. All
issues were resolved by AIAA IT.
 AI should be closed
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Thanks to the following judges: John Christian, Yildiray Yildiz, Riccardo
Bevilacqua, Jae-Jun Kim, Yang Cheng, Lorenzo Pollini, Emilio Frazzoli, Lee
Barker, Susan Frost, and Timothy Hindle
GNC Graduate Student Paper Compe11on Summary: •  31 Submissions 6 Ineligible •  25 Eligible •  18 Rejected •  1 Alternate •  6 Finalists •  $1200 award •  Conference Registra1on •  Winner: Sara Spangelo, University of Colorado •  $2500 award (addi1onal) •  Note: 5 of 8 (eligible?) submissions accepted in 2011 Issues: •  Early deadline an issue (changed in 2013) •  Some S1 difficul1es •  Long session (added break) •  Recogni1on for finalists? (In call for papers…) Women in Engineering Luncheon Summary: •  54 AXendees •  2011-­‐ •  2010 – 50 AXendees •  Speaker: Lillian Ryals, MITRE Corp. •  Q&A/Discussion Time Feedback: •  Liked speaker •  Appreciated Lunch •  Posi1ve/encouraging atmosphere 2011 Best GN&C Conference
Paper Award Status Report
2011 Best Paper Team
The Team
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Yang Cheng
Daniel Choukroun
R. Scott Erwin
Adam Fosbury
Irene Gregory
Jonathan How
Amanda Lampton
Hugh Liu
• Erwin Mooij
• Lawrence “Robbie
Robertson
• Jong Yeob Shin
• Leena Singh
• Kamesh Subbarao
• Craig Wanke
• Yildiray Yildiz
Thank you for all your help!!!
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Process
• Round 1 and 2 Judging:
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Each of person assigned 5-6 papers to review
Papers are rated on a 1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best
Judges asked to use whole scale, even though all are good
Suggestion of only give a 5 to the single best paper (or perhaps
none) in your group, and a four to another 1 or 2.
– Only those that average 4 or above are likely to make it to the next
round.
• Method (as per our guidance)
– Quality/clarity/appeal of the exposition
– Originality/creativity/innovation of the idea;
– Impact/significance/scope of the findings
• Round 3 – Each judges given all the papers and asked to
provide a rank order of at least the top three (i.e. 1, 2, 3)
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And the Winner Was/Is
Decentralized Information-Rich Planning and Hybrid Sensor
Fusion for Uncertainty Reduction in Human-Robot Missions
Sameera Ponda, Nisar Ahmedy, Brandon Luders, Eric
Sampley, Tauhira Hoossainyy, Danelle Shahy, Mark
Campbelly, Jonathan P. How
AIAA Paper Number: AIAA-2011-6238
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Thank you Again for Your Help!
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Yang Cheng
Daniel Choukroun
R. Scott Erwin
Adam Fosbury
Irene Gregory
Jonathan How
Amanda Lampton
Hugh Liu
• Erwin Mooij
• Lawrence “Robbie
Robertson
• Jong Yeob Shin
• Leena Singh
• Kamesh Subbarao
• Craig Wanke
• Yildiray Yildiz
26-Mar-04
2012 Best Conference Paper Award
Chair: Lawrence “Robbie” Robertson
Pleases sign up to help out the new chair
with this important job
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Liaison, Flight Test Technical Committee
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Contact:
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Thane Lundberg, Chair, AFFTC, Edwards AFB.
Thane.Lundberg@edwards.af.mil
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Summer Conferences, New Orleans, LA 27 June 2012.
Nashville, TN, on January 12-13, 2012
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The TC discussed the T&E Days forum and conference. Overall,
the conference and forum were considered successful. The four
flight test sessions were spread out over four days. The
presentation room was too small; most sessions had standingroom-only. The T&E forum hall was too large. The audience
totaled 60 to 100 in a room with several hundred seats.
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Abrams award, to recognize the achievements of individual, to
Mr. Kris Peterson from EAFB.
Chanute Award is an AIAA-level award for lifetime achievement
and requires three letters of recommendation written by AIAA
members. Will award this in 2014 and seeking candidates.
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Developing “flight test for ground test dummies” presentation.
“The GNC TC has a nice website with meeting minutes, papers
contributed by members, etc. Their website might serve as a
nice prototype for our website.”
AIAA GN&C Technical Committee Meeting, Aug 2012
Liaison, Sensor Systems Committee
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Contact:
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Daniel Clancy, TC Chair, daniel.j.clancy@lmco.com:
Infotech@Aerospace Conference
 2014 Collocated with GNC
 2015 and beyond - There was a lot of discussion about the future of the
Infotech@Aerospace conference in light of the new AIAA paradigm which
desires “Super-Sized” conferences only. The viable options for the future
were
 DASC
 AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition (AST)
 AIAA Space and Astronautics Forum and Exposition
 AIAA Aviation and Aeronautics Forum and Exposition
“The TCs strongest preference was for collocation with DASC if it can be
managed. As for the “Super-Sized” AIAA-organized conferences, the TC
viewed the Aviation & Aeronautics event as a non-starter for our purposes.
The TC also don't see much overlap with traditional AST (formerly ASM) topic
areas but if GNC was going to be co-located there and a “Super-Sized” AIAA
conference had to be chosen, then AST was the best choice.”
“Strategies were also discussed for increasing our membership, for which it
was determined that modifying our charter was a necessary first step.”
“Lastly, due to the large number of conferences which SENTC has supported
in the past, it was decided to limit our support to at most 2 conferences per
year, with Infotech being the primary focus for the coming year.”
AIAA GN&C Technical Committee Meeting, Aug 2012
Finance Commi+ee Report GNC TC mee(ng, 16 Aug. 2012 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 1 GNC TC Funds Summary (Mar – Jul 2012) TC GNC -­‐ 3202 Beginning Balance TC American GNC Student GNC TC Control Conf. -­‐ Paper Award -­‐ Graduate -­‐ 3128 3207 3133 Total 22,747 92,249 37,168 45,041 197,204 Credit 0 0 0 0 0 Debit 0 0 0 0 0 22,747 92,249 37,168 45,041 197,204 Ending Balance 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 2 Call for ideas result (1/4) •  DescripMon: Guidance, Naviga(on, and Control Undergraduate Conference Experience: "This two-­‐day event pairs GNC community mentors with students to introduce them to the conference events, including technical sessions, graduate student opportuni(es, and young professional ac(vi(es. The goal of the program is to provide mo(vated students insights into the GNC research community, career guidance, and networking opportuni(es with both young and experienced professionals in academia, industry, and government" •  Funding: $7,000 ($10,000 total; TAC has offered to supply $3,000) •  Person in charge: Julie Parish 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 3 Call for ideas result (2/4) •  DescripMon: Roommate finder “Graduate students registered for the conference and in need for a roommate to share the hotel room can send out a request through email. The coordinator in-­‐charge who has access to these emails creates and shares this informa(on with those reques(ng a roommate. The rest is le^ to the students themselves. They can decide whom to room with and other details”. •  Funding: $ 0 •  Person in charge: Anshu Siddarth 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 4 Call for ideas result (3/4) •  DescripMon: Sponsorship for Student Author/Presenter Par(al travel support for graduate students who, as the first author, are presen(ng at the conference AND are not supported financially by any other source. Funding: $500-­‐$1,000 each student (*) (**) •  Person in charge: Anshu Siddarth (*)to ensure only those students that have no other support (no project funding/
fellowship), it could be required a leder from his/her advisor to confirm no other financial resources were provided (**) registra(on, travel and/or hotel or reimburse students a minimum amount 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 5 Call for ideas result (4/4) •  DescripMon: Mini-­‐grants to K-­‐12 educators to develop an engineering related project for their classroom Funding: $200-­‐$300 •  Person in charge: Susan Frost 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 6 Summary and way forward •  Proposals submided prior to the summer TC mee(ng: –  Guidance, Naviga(on, and Control Undergraduate Conference Experience (7000$) –  Sponsorship for Student Author/Presenter (500-­‐1000$ each) –  Room mate finder (0$) –  Mini-­‐grants to K-­‐12 educators (200-­‐300$ per grant) •  Proposals should be evaluated by the TC and if approved implemented in 2013 •  Call for ideas is open (please send your proposals including: brief descrip(on; funds required; person in charge) 16 August 2012 GNC TC Mee(ng 7 Course Reviewed & Approved, 2/24/2012
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Subcommittee members (Yunjun Xu, Ashwani Chaudhary, Timothy
Hindle, Riccardo Bevilacqua, Amanda Lampton, John Liu) approved
a new course
Recent Advances in Adaptive Control: Theory and Applications
Lead Instructor:
Name: Tansel Yucelen
Address: School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia
Other Instructors:
Name: Eric N. Johnson
Address: School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia
Name: Anthony J. Calise
Address: School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology,
Atlanta, Georgia
Name: Girish V. Chowdhary
Address: Aerospace Controls Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Approved it based on 9 criteria such as: Does the course outline
cover the information in a thorough manner, Would you add
sections, Is the depth congruent with the proposed audience and
objective, Is the subject matter of broad interest, Is the instructor
well known in the field, etc.
AIAA GN&C Technical Committee Meeting, Aug 2012
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Outline Of Course That Was Approved
Motivation and Goals
Nonlinear Analysis and Lyapunov Stability Theory
Adaptive Control
Basic Concepts
Model Reference Adaptive Control: A Problem Formulation
Approximate Model Inversion Based Adaptive Control
Neural Networks and Neuroadaptive Control
Modifications to Adaptive Control
Classical Modifications to Ensure Bounded Weight Estimates
New Modifications to Improve Transient Response and Robustness
Kalman Filtering in Adaptive Control
Kalman Filter Modifications
Kalman Filter Based Adaptive Control
Concurrent Learning Adaptive Control
Concurrent Learning Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
Online Selection of Data for Concurrent Learning: A Singular Value Maximizing approach
Concurrent Learning Adaptive Control of Linear Systems
Leveraging exponential stability to guarantee performance and stability bounds
Derivative-Free Adaptive Control
A New Uncertainty Parameterization for Fast Adaptation
Disturbance Rejection in the Context of Adaptive Control
Guaranteed Transient and Steady-State Performance
Output Feedback Adaptive Control
A Parameter-Dependent Riccati Equation Approach
Derivative-Free Output Feedback Adaptive Control
Decentralized Adaptive Control of Large-Scale Interconnected Systems
A Kernel Hilbert Space Approach to Online Selection of Bases in Neuroadaptive control
Adaptation in the Presence of Actuator Dynamics and Saturation: Pseudo Control Hedging
Adaptive Guidance and Control for Fault-Tolerant Flight Vehicles
Implementation of Adaptive Controllers on Aerial Vehicles
Implementing adaptive controllers for flight vehicles
Concurrent Learning Adaptive Control: Discussion of Flight Test Results
Derivative-Free Adaptive Control: Discussion of Flight Test Results
Adaptive Loop Recovery: Discussion of Flight Test Results
Fault Tolerant flight control: Discussion of Flight Test Results
Future Research Directions
Making a link between machine learning and adaptive control
Uncertainty in Control Effectiveness and Actuator Failures
Unmodeled Dynamics and Unmatched Uncertainties
Adaptation in the Presence of Actuator Dynamics
AIAA GN&C Technical Committee Meeting, Aug 2012