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Welcome to the website of the Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory
Contact — Director — Media — Research — Publications — Lab Members




CONTACT INFO

Dr. Derek A. Paley
Director, Maryland Robotics Center
Director, UMD Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Team
Principal Investigator, AI and Autonomy for Multi-Agent Systems (ArtIAMAS)
Director, Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory
Willis H. Young Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Institute for Systems Research,
University of Maryland
Office: 3150 Martin Hall, 4298 Campus Dr., College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-5757 | (301) 314-0213 (fax)
Lab: 3247 Kim Engineering Building, 8228 Paint Branch Dr.
dpaley@umd.edu | http://cdcl.umd.edu





DIRECTOR BIO

Derek A. Paley is Director of the Maryland Robotics Center and Willis H. Young
Jr. Professor of Aerospace Engineering Education in the Department of Aerospace
Engineering and the Institute for Systems Research at the University of
Maryland. He is the founding director of the UMD Collective Dynamics and Control
Laboratory and the UMD Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle Team. Paley is an Affiliate
Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a member
of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center, the Maryland Robotics Center, the
Burgers Program for Fluid Dynamics, the Applied Mathematics & Statistics, and
Scientific Computation Program, the Brain and Behavior Initiative, and the
Maryland Transportation Institute. Paley received the B.S. degree in Applied
Physics from Yale University in 1997 and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2007 (dissertation). He is
the recipient of the Yale University Henry Prentiss Becton Prize for Excellence
in Engineering and Applied Science in 1997, the Princeton University Harold
W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship in 2006, the National Science Foundation CAREER
award in 2010, the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers
in 2012, the University of Maryland E. Robert Kent Teaching Award for Junior
Faculty in 2014, and the AIAA National Capital Section Engineer of the Year in
2015. Paley was a Fellow in the 2013–2014 Office of Naval Research Sabbatical
Fellowship Program, a Fellow in the 2019–2020 UMD ADVANCE Leadership Fellows
Program, a 2020-2021 UMD Distinguished Scholar-Teacher, and a 2023 UMD Exemplary
Researcher. He has been selected as a UMD University Honors Faculty Fellow for
2023-2025. Paley has authored more than 145 peer-reviewed publications including
the textbook Engineering Dynamics: A Comprehensive Introduction (Princeton
University Press, 2011); he edited the volume Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation,
and Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems (Springer, 2020). He teaches
introductory dynamics, advanced dynamics, aircraft flight dynamics and control,
and nonlinear control. Paley’s research interests are in the area of dynamics
and control, including cooperative control of autonomous vehicles, adaptive
sampling with mobile networks, spatial modeling of biological groups, and
bioinspired robotics. His research is based on support by the Air Force Office
of Scientific Research, the Army Research Office, the Army Research Laboratory,
the National Science Foundation, and the Office of Naval Research. Paley is
Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and
Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. He
serves as Associate Editor of AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
and IEEE Control Systems Magazine. Curriculum vitae; Google scholar profile;
ResearcherID ORCID Scopus LinkedIn


Read interview with Paley from IEEE Control Systems, April 2020.





RESEARCH



TOPICS

 * Dynamics, estimation, and control: Cooperative control of autonomous vehicles

 * Mobile sensor networks: Adaptive sampling of spatiotemporal processes

 * Biocomplexity and bioinspiration: Quantitative modeling of animal groups and
   behavior




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CURRENT PROJECTS

 * University of Maryland Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (Army,
   Navy & NASA 2023–2026, with the A. Gessow Rotorcraft Research Center) This
   research program seeks to advance fundamental understanding, predictive, and
   design optimization capabilities in a number of areas of science and
   engineering of great significance to the rotorcraft field. The objective of
   the CDCL task, “UAS System Identification and Control for Safe Proximity
   Flight,” is to design, build, test, and demonstrate fully autonomous UAS 3D
   mapping solutions that can reliably and successfully operate in challenging
   indoor, constrained environments.

 * Art of Science @ UMD (UMD 2024–2025, with Cy Keener This exhibit will provide
   a platform to visually represent and analyze the intricate patterns,
   structures, and phenomena uncovered in UMD’s scientific and engineering
   research. By curating a selection of images submitted by faculty and graduate
   students from the UMD science and engineering communities, the exhibition
   seeks to emphasize the confluence of aesthetic and technical dimensions
   inherent in scientific investigation and engineering design.

 * RoboScout DTC: Emergency Response for Automated Intelligent Assessment of
   Mass Causality Incidents (DARPA 2023–2024, with Dinesh Manocha, Sarah Murthi,
   and Darren Robey) RoboScout DTC (DARPA Triage Challenge, Primary Triage
   Systems Competition, Track A) aims to demonstrate a standoff sensing
   capability using COTS sensors placed on uncrewed air and ground mobile
   robotic platforms with AI-based casualty assessment algorithms that provide
   automated, real-time labeling of mass-casualty injuries in the field. The
   overall goal is to focus on assessing from a distance using non-contact,
   standoff signature acquisitions for the leading causes of preventable trauma
   death. The specific research objective is to apply tools from AI and
   perception, medical trauma and sensors, and robotics and autonomy to develop
   physiological signatures of severe injuries, data-driven models to detect
   them, and mobile platforms to collect the sensor data.

 * Enhancing and Increasing State-of-the-practice Capability of Video Pipe
   Inspection Technology (MDOT 2023–2024, with D. Lovell) The purpose of this
   proposed research project is to remedy the shortcomings of existing ground
   and air-based sensor platforms used by the Maryland State Highway
   Administration for video pipe inspection. The team will scour the market of
   available ground and aerial robotic vehicles and accompanying hardware and
   software augmentations. If no commercial solutions are readily available,
   then the research team will develop solutions to the remaining technical
   issues in the laboratory and then conduct field tests to validate the
   solutions.

 * Increasing Sustainability, Accessibility, and Equity in Urban Mobility with A
   Self-driving E-Scooter (UMD 2023–2026 Grand Challenge Individual Award) The
   long-term goal of this Grand Challenge project is to increase sustainability,
   accessibility, and equity in urban mobility through electric- powered
   scooters by enabling them to autonomously move where they are needed the
   most. The specific research objective is to create self-driving e-scooters
   using tools from robotics, engineering, and computer science to solve the
   problem of creating a low-emissions, convenient, and inexpensive
   transportation modality for dense urban settings. The research provides
   training opportunities for students interested in autonomous robotics and
   self-driving vehicles.

 * Hydrodynamics, Sensing & Control in Schooling Fish: From Biology to Efficient
   Multi-Vehicle Systems (ONR 2022–2026, with E. Kanso, M. McHenry, and Rajat
   Mittal) The long-term goal of this research activity is to investigate
   close-proximity swimming in fish-inspired underwater vehicles using a
   principled approach to modeling and control that results in a physical
   demonstration of multiple free-swimming prototypes whose interactions yield
   hydrodynamic benefits. The specific research objective is to apply tools from
   fluid dynamics, continuum mechanics, and automatic control theory to solve
   the problem of optimally regulating the swimming behavior of a flexible
   robotic fish using distributed sensing of the body deformation, adjacent
   fluid structures, and the relative position/orientation, velocity, and shape
   of nearby propulsive bodies.

 * Attitude and Shape Control of an Underactuated Flexible Spacecraft
   (2021–2024) The long-term goal of this research is to enable a large,
   flexible spacecraft to stabilize its on-orbit attitude and shape using a
   single onboard reaction wheel and multiple magnetic torque rods. The specific
   research objective of this project is to apply tools from spacecraft design,
   multi-body dynamics, and control systems to derive state- and output-feedback
   control laws that stabilize the spacecraft attitude and shape.

 * AI and Autonomy for Multi-Agent Systems (ArtIAMAS) (ARL 2021–2026, with
   A. Gangopadhyay, J. Herrmann, D. Manocha, and N. Roy) The long-term goal of
   this cooperative agreement is to enable dual-use capabilities and
   technologies in uncrewed assets and smart devices that work intelligently in
   cooperation with each other and human actors across multiple domains. The
   specific research objectives include science-focused and science-led
   application of tools from engineering, computer science, operations research,
   cybersecurity, and robotics to solve the problem of endowing embodied mobile
   platforms and equipment with the requisite intelligence and autonomy to
   support high-tempo movement and maneuver, secure logistics, and enable
   situational awareness in complex environments while reducing human workload
   and risk.



CAMPUS FACILITIES

 * Robotics and Autonomy Laboratory (Maryland Robotics Center) facility supports
   mobile robotics research, robotics prototyping, and manufacturing

 * Brin Family Aerial Robotics Lab (Maryland Robotics Center) facility designed
   for testing flying and ground robotic platforms

 * Neutral Buoyancy Research Facility (Space Systems Laboratory) 367,000 gallon
   water tank

 * Fearless Flight Facility 100’ x 300’ x 50’ outdoor netted arena




PUBLICATIONS



BOOKS

2.   D. A. Paley and N. Wereley, editors. Bioinspired Sensing, Actuation, and
Control in Underwater Soft Robotic Systems. Springer, 2020.

1.   N. J. Kasdin and D. A. Paley. Engineering dynamics: A comprehensive
introduction. Princeton University Press, 2011. [Review] [Errata].



JOURNAL ARTICLES (SINCE 2018)

79.   S. Abdi and D. A. Paley. Multi-sensor pose and parameter estimation for
human-robot interactions. Submitted.

78.   C. Wei, E. Berkenpas, and D. A. Paley. Adaptive sampling for distributed
estimation of the pelagic scattering layer using multiple depth-controlled
underwater vehicles. Submitted.

77.   A. Thompson, L. Canuelas-Puri, and D. A. Paley. Phase synchronization of
self-propelled particles with intermittent sensing and actuation. Accepted for
publication in IEEE Trans. Automatic Control.

76.   A. A. Thompson, A. N. Peterson, M. J. McHenry, and D. A. Paley. A
lionfish-inspired predation strategy in planar structured environments.
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 18(4), 2023.

75.   A. Shastry and D. A. Paley. System identification for high-performance UAV
control in wind. Int. J. Robust and Nonlinear Control, 33:10451–10467, 2023.

74.   S. Cheng and D. A. Paley. Cooperative estimation and control of a
diffusion-based spatiotemporal process using mobile sensors and actuators.
Autonomous Robots, 47:715–731, 2023.

73.   R. Suitor, E. Berkenpas, and D. A. Paley. Dynamics and control of a
buoyancy-driven underwater vehicle for estimating and tracking the scattering
layer. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 8(5):3015–3022, 2023.

72.   E. Fowler and D. A. Paley. Observability metrics for space-based cislunar
domain awareness. J. Astronautical Sciences, 70(10):1–24, 2023.

71.   Y.-C. Liu, A. Jarari, J. K. Shim, and D. A. Paley. Dynamic modeling and
simulation of electric scooter interactions with a pedestrian crowd using a
social force model. IEEE Trans. Intelligent Transportation Systems,
23(9):16448–16461, 2022.

70.   D. Goswami, A. Riggins, and D. A. Paley. Data-driven prediction of urban
micromobility: A study of dockless electric scooters. IEEE Control Systems
Magazine, 42(5):18–31, 2022.

69.   S. Cheng and D. A. Paley. Optimal guidance and estimation of a 2D
diffusion-advection process by a team of mobile sensors. Automatica,
137(110112):1–13, 2022.

68.   D. A. Paley, A. A. Thompson, A. Wolek, and P. Ghanem. Planar formation
control of a school of robotic fish: Theory and experiments. Frontiers in
Control Engineering, special issue on “Control of Underwater Autonomous
Vehicles”, 2021.

67.   L. Johnson, D. A. Paley, and H. A. Bruck. Modeling the flight dynamics and
battery utilization of a hybrid flapping-gliding UAV. AIAA J. Guidance, Control,
and Dynamics, 44(12):2276–2283, 2021.

66.   S. Cheng and D. A. Paley. Optimal control of a 2D diffusion-advection
process with a team of mobile actuators under jointly optimal guidance.
Automatica, 133, 2021.

65.   D. Goswami and D. A. Paley. Bilinearization, reachability, and optimal
control of control-affine nonlinear systems: a Koopman spectral approach. IEEE
Trans. Automatic Control, 67(6):2715–2728, 2021.

64.   A. Wolek and D. A. Paley. A 3D underwater robotic collective called
Blueswarm. Science Robotics, 6(50):eabf4315, 2021.

63.   J. Lidard, D. Goswami, D. Snyder, G. Sedky, A. Jones, and D. A. Paley.
Output feedback control for lift maximization of a pitching airfoil. AIAA J.
Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 44(3):587–594, 2021.

62.   A. Shastry and D. A. Paley. UAV state and parameter estimation in wind
using calibration trajectories optimized for observability. IEEE Control Systems
Letters, 5(5):2475–1456, 2020.

61.   D. Goswami and D. A. Paley. Non-Gaussian estimation and output feedback
using the Gaussian Mixture Model Kalman Filter. AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and
Dynamics, 44(1):15–24, 2020.

60.   J. Boehm, E. Berkenpas, C. Shepard, and D. A. Paley. Tracking performance
of model-based thruster control of a remotely operated underwater vehicle. IEEE
J. Oceanic Engineering, pages 1–13, 2020.

59.   B. Free, J. Lee, and D. A. Paley. Bioinspired pursuit with a swimming
robot using feedback control of an internal rotor. Bioinspiration & Biomimetics,
15(3):035005, 2020.

58.   D. A. Paley and A. Wolek. Mobile sensor networks and control: Adaptive
sampling of spatiotemporal processes. Annual Reviews Control, Robotics, and
Autonomous Systems, 3:91–114, 2020.

57.   W. Scott and D. A. Paley. Geometric gait design for a starfish-inspired
robot using a planar discrete elastic rod model. Advanced Intelligent Systems,
pages 1–24, 2020. Special issue on “Soft robotics across different length
scales”. Featured on back cover.

56.   W. Craig, D. Yeo, and D. A. Paley. Geometric attitude and position control
of a quadrotor in wind. AIAA J. Guidance, Navigation, and Control,
43(5):870–883, 2020.

55.   A. Wolek, S. Cheng, D. Goswami, and D. A. Paley. Cooperative mapping and
target search over an unknown occupancy graph using mutual information. IEEE
Robotics and Automation Letters, 5(2):1071–1078, 2020.

54.   F. D. Lagor, K. Ide, and D. A. Paley. Non-Gaussian estimation of a
potential flow using a controlled Lagrangian sensor guided to invariant set
boundaries by augmented observability. IEEE J. Oceanic Engineering,
45(4):1203–1218, 2019.

53.   D. F. Gomez, F. D. Lagor, P. B. Kirk, A. Lind, A. Jones, and D. A. Paley.
Data-driven estimation of the unsteady flowfield near an actuated airfoil with
embedded pressure sensors. AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics,
42(10):2279–2287, 2019.

52.   N. N. Goldberg, X. Huang, C. Majidi, A. Novelia, O. M. O’Reilly, D. A.
Paley, and W. Scott. On planar discrete elastic rod models for the locomotion of
soft robots. Soft Robotics, 6(5):595–610, 2019.

51.   M. J. McHenry, J. L. Johansen, A. Soto, B. Free, D. A. Paley, and J. C.
Liao. The pursuit strategy of predatory bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix).
Proc. Royal Society B, 286:1–6, 2019.

50.   D. Shishika and D. A. Paley. Mosquito-inspired distributed swarming and
pursuit for cooperative defense against fast intruders. Autonomous Robots,
43(7):1781–1799, 2019.

49.   B. Free, M. J. McHenry, and D. A. Paley. Probabilistic analytical modeling
of predator-prey interactions in fishes. J. Royal Society Interface,
16(20180873):1–11, 2019.

48.   D. Goswami, E. Thackray, and D. A. Paley. Constrained Ulam Dynamic Mode
Decomposition: Approximation of Perron-Frobenius Operator for Deterministic and
Stochastic Systems. IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2(4):809–814, 2018.

47.   D. Yeo, N. Sydney, and D. A. Paley. Onboard flow sensing for multi-rotor
pitch control in wind. AIAA J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41(5):1196–1201,
2018.

46.   B. Free and D. A. Paley. Model-based observer and feedback control design
for a rigid Joukowski foil in a Kármán vortex street. Bioinspiration &
Biomimetics, 13(3):1–15, 2018. Special issue on bioinspired swimming: sensing
and control.

45.   M. A. Bell, I. Pestovski, W. Scott, K. Kumar, M. K. Jawed, D. A. Paley,
C. Majidi, J. C. Weaver, and R. J. Wood. Echinoderm-inspired tube feet for
robust locomotion and adhesion. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters,
3(3):2222–2228, 2018.



CONFERENCE PAPERS (SINCE 2018)

107.   Z. Bortoff and D. A. Paley. Network-aware camera-based robotic coverage
path planning. Submitted.

106.   S. S. Poojari, J. Lee, and D. A. Paley. Demonstrating outdoor
localization and path planning for autonomously repositioning a self-driving
electric scooter. Submitted.

105.   W.-K. Yen, K. Bhingradiya, T. Regli, and D. A. Paley. Visual and
hydrodynamic feedback control of a robotic fish for inline swimming. Submitted.

104.   W. Cui, A. Shastry, S. M. Nogar, and D. A. Paley. Autonomous aerial
search and revisit behavior for communication limited environments. In
Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA 2024-0325, pages 1–12, Orlando, Florida, 2024.

103.   C. Merrill and D. A. Paley. Lyapunov-based two-axis magnetic attitude
control of a rigid spacecraft. In Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA 2024-0325,
pages 1–9, Orlando, Florida, 2024.

102.   E. Fowler and D. A. Paley. Formation flight design near Earth-Moon
Lagrange points for interferometric characterization of cislunar objects. In
Proc. Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conf., pages
1–12, Maui, Hawaii, 2023.

101.   R. Suitor, E. Berkenpas, and D. A. Paley. Dynamics and control of a
buoyancy-driven underwater vehicle for estimating and tracking the scattering
layer. In Proc. Int. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Detroit, Michigan,
2023.

100.   A. Wolek and D. A. Paley. Output feedback formation control of a school
of robotic fish with artificial lateral line sensing. In Proc. Int. Conf. on
Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 4715–4720, Detroit, Michigan, 2023.

99.   R. Gebhardt and D. A. Paley. Feedback stabilization of vortex position
near a deformable foil in a uniform flow using camber control. In Proc. American
Control Conf., pages 2895–2900, San Diego, California, 2023.

98.   S. Abdi and D. A. Paley. Safe operations of an aerial swarm via a cobot
human swarm interface. In Proc. Int. Conf. Robotics and Automation, pages
1701–1707, London, England, 2023.

97.   C. Merrill and D. A. Paley. Distributed control of the attitude and shape
of a flexible spacecraft. In Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA 2023-2319, National
Harbor, Maryland, 2023.

96.   A. Donkels, J. Dauer, and D. A. Paley. Dynamics analysis of tethered
unmanned rotorcraft. In Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA-2023-0296, National
Harbor, Maryland, 2023.

95.   C. Wei and D. A. Paley. Distributed estimation of the pelagic scattering
layer using a buoyancy controlled robotic system. In Proc. Dynamic Data Driven
Applications Systems Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, 2022.

94.   C. Wei and D. A. Paley. Distributed spacing control for multiple,
buoyancy-controlled underwater robots. In S. M. LaValle, J. M. O’Kane,
D. Sadigh, and P. Tokekar, editors, Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics XV:
Proc. 15th International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics,
volume 25 of Proceedings in Avanced Robotics, College Park, Maryland, 2022.
Springer.

93.   A. A. Thompson, L. Cañuelas, and D. A. Paley. Estimation and control for
collective motion with intermittent locomotion. In Proc. American Control Conf.,
pages 747–754, Atlanta, Georgia, 2022.

92.   C. Merrill and D. A. Paley. Multi-target detection and tracking in a
heterogeneous environment with multiple resource-constrained sensors. In
Proc. AIAA SciTech, pages 1–13, San Diego, California, January 2022.

91.   E. J. Berkenpas, C. M. Shepard, R. Suitor, P. Zaidins, and D. A. Paley.
Swarming driftcams: A novel platform for locating and tracking pelagic
scattering layers. In Proc. OCEANS, pages 1–6, San Diego, California, 20
September 2021.

90.   J. Lathrop and D. A. Paley. Burrowing locomotion via crack propagation of
a bio-inspired soft robot. In Proc. Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference,
volume 54 of IFAC-PapersOnLine, pages 128–133, Austin, Texas, 24 October 2021.

89.   S. Cheng and D. A. Paley. Optimal guidance of a team of mobile actuators
for controlling a 1D diffusion process with unknown initial conditions. In
Proc. American Control Conf., pages 1493–1498, New Orleans, Louisiana, 25 May
2021.

88.   D. Goswami, A. Wolek, and D. A. Paley. Data-driven estimation using an
Echo-State Neural Network equipped with an Ensemble Kalman Filter. In
Proc. American Control Conf., pages 2543–2548, New Orleans, Louisiana, 25 May
2021.

87.   E. Fowler, S. Hurtt, and D. A. Paley. Observability metrics for
space-based cislunar domain awareness. In Proc. 31st AAS/AIAA Space Flight
Mechanics Meeting, number 21-406, 2021.

86.   L. Johnson, D. A. Paley, and H. A. Bruck. Modeling the flight dynamics and
battery utilization of a hybrid flapping-gliding UAV. In Proc. AIAA SciTech,
number AIAA 2021-2017, pages 1–10, 2021.

85.   S. Cheng and D. A. Paley. Optimal guidance and estimation of a 1D
diffusion process by a team of mobile sensors. In Proc. 59th IEEE Conf. Decision
and Control, pages 1222–1228, Jeju, Korea, 14 December 2020.

84.   S. Cheng and D. A. Paley. Optimal control of a 1D diffusion process with a
team of mobile actuators under jointly optimal guidance. In Proc. American
Control Conf., pages 3449–3454, Denver, Colorado, July 2020.

83.   P. Ghanem, A. Wolek, and D. A. Paley. Planar formation control of a school
of robotic fish. In Proc. American Control Conf., number 1653-1658, Denver,
Colorado, July 2020.

82.   A. Wolek, S. Cheng, D. Goswami, and D. A. Paley. Cooperative mapping and
target search over an unknown occupancy graph using mutual information. In
Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation, pages 1–8, Paris, France,
2020.

81.   T. Burch, J. Lathrop, W. Scott, and D. A. Paley. Feedback control of a
soft swinging appendage. In Proc. 3rd IEEE Conf. Soft Robotics, pages 1–6, New
Haven, Connecticut, 2020.

80.   E. Fowler, S. Hurtt, and D. A. Paley. Orbit design for cislunar space
domain awareness. In Proc. 2nd International Conference on Space Situational
Awareness, Washington, District of Columbia, 2020.

79.   J. Lidard, D. Goswami, D. Snyder, G. Sedky, A. Jones, and D. A. Paley.
Output feedback control for lift maximization of a pitching airfoil. In
Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA-2020-1836, pages 1–13, Orlando, Florida, 2020.

78.   H. Nguewou-Hyousse, W. Scott, and D. A. Paley. Distributed control of a
planar elastic rod model for caterpillar-inspired locomotion. In Proc. ASME
Dynamic Systems and Control Conf., pages 1–10, Park City, Utah, 2019.

77.   J. Lee, S. Santana, B. Free, and D. A. Paley. State-feedback control of an
internal rotor for propelling and steering a flexible fish-inspired underwater
vehicle. In Proc. American Control Conf., pages 2011–2016, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, 2019.

76.   J. Boehm, E. Berkenpas, C. Shepard, and D. A. Paley. Feedback-linearizing
control for velocity and attitude tracking of an ROV with thruster dynamics
containing input dead zonese. In Proc. American Control Conf., pages 5699–5704,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019.

75.   D. F. Gomez and D. A. Paley. Closed-loop control of the position of a
single vortex relative to an actuated cylinder. In Proc. American Control Conf.,
pages 3563–3568, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2019.

74.   W. Craig, J. T. Lewis, and D. A. Paley. Stabilization of a quadrotor in
wind with flow sensing: Linear modeling and control for attitude and position
hold. In Proc. VFS Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting, pages 1–10, Mesa, Arizona,
January 2019.

73.   W. Craig, D. Yeo, and D. A. Paley. Geometric control of a quadrotor in
wind with flow sensing and thrust constraints: Attitude and position control. In
Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA-2019-1192, San Diego, California, 2019. Invited
session on “Autonomous Small UAS Urban Flight”.

72.   D. F. Gomez, F. D. Lagor, P. B. Kirk, A. Lind, A. Jones, and D. A. Paley.
Unsteady DMD-based flow field estimation from embedded pressure sensors in
actuated airfoils. In Proc. AIAA SciTech, number AIAA-2019-0346, San Diego,
California, 2019. Invited session on “Unsteady Aerodynamics — Surging and
Surging/Pitching”.

71.   D. Goswami, E. Thackray, and D. A. Paley. Constrained Ulam Dynamic Mode
Decomposition: Approximation of Perron-Frobenius Operator for Deterministic and
Stochastic Systems. In Proc. IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, pages 1–6, Miami
Beach, Florida, 2019. Invited session on “Koopman Operator Techniques in
Nonlinear Control Theory”.

70.   H. Nguewou-Hyousse and D. A. Paley. Microfluidic circuit dynamics and
control for caterpillar-inspired locomotion in a soft robot. In Proc. IEEE
Conf. Control Technology and Applications, pages 286–293, Copenhagen, Denmark,
August 2018.

69.   B. Free, M. McHenry, and D. A. Paley. Non-deterministic predator-prey
model with accelerating prey. In Proc. American Control Conf., pages 1202–1207,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 2018.

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1. Kruti Bhingradiya (AE 2024) 2. Joynob Koashar (AE 2024)



CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS



1. Sydrak Abdi (AE PhD) 2. Ahmed Ashry (AE MS) 3. Zachary Bortoff (AE PhD) 4.
Patrick Collins (AE MS) 5. Wei Cui (AE PhD) 6. Erin Fowler (AE PhD) 7. Rose
Gebhardt (AE PhD) 8. Alexandra Mangel (AE MS) 9. Curtis Merrill (AE PhD) 10.
Srijal Poojari (ECE PhD) 11. Madelyne Rossman (AE MS) 12. Rachel Suitor (AE PhD)
13. Animesh Shastry (AE PhD) 14. Joe Tolone (AE PhD)



FORMER GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCS

    36.    Cong Wei (MRC Postdoc 2021–2023; faculty Old Dominion University)
    35.    Weikuo Yen (AE Postdoc 2021–2023; faculty University of Maryland)
    34.    Srijal Poojari (SE MS 2023)
    33.    Anthony Thompson (AE PhD 2023) dissertation
    32.    Nathan Toombs (AE MS 2022) thesis
    31.    Sheng Cheng (ECE PhD 2021) dissertation
    30.    Nilanjana Ghosh (SE MS 2021) thesis
    29.    Kevin Dong (SE MS 2021) thesis
    28.    Shivam Mishra (SE MS 2021) thesis
    27.    Prateek Prakash (SE MS 2020) thesis
    26.    Will Scott (AE postdoc 2017–2020; faculty Bucknell University)
    25.    Artur Wolek (MRC postdoc 2018–2020; faculty UNC Charlotte)
    24.    Debdipta Goswami (ECE PhD 2020; faculty The Ohio State University)
thesis
    23.    Jordan Boehm (AE MS 2019) thesis
    22.    Paul Ghanem (SE MS 2019) thesis
    21.    Daniel Gomez (AE MS 2019) thesis
    20.    Will Craig (AE PhD 2019) dissertation
    19.    Travis Burch (AE MS 2019) thesis
    18.    Brian Free (AE PhD 2019) dissertation
    17.    Giulia Franchi (AE postdoc 2017; faculty Salisbury University)
    16.    Frank Lagor (AE PhD 2017; faculty University at Buffalo) dissertation
    15.    Daigo Shishika (AE PhD 2017; faculty George Mason University)
dissertation
    14.    Brett Barkley (AE MS 2017) thesis
    13.    Derrick Yeo (AE postdoc 2013–2016)
    12.    Feitian Zhang (AE postdoc 2015–2016; faculty George Mason University)
    11.    Amanda Chicoli (NACS PhD 2016; faculty University of Maryland)
dissertation
    10.    Nitin Sydney (AE PhD 2015) dissertation
    9.    Chin Gian Hooi (AE MS 2015) thesis
    8.    Levi DeVries (AE PhD 2014; faculty U.S. Naval Academy) dissertation
    7.    Tracie Severson (AE PhD 2013; faculty U.S. Naval Academy) dissertation
    6.    Sachit Butail (AE PhD 2012; faculty Northern Illinois University)
dissertation
    5.    Cammy Peterson (AE PhD 2012; faculty Brigham Young University)
dissertation
    4.    Nina Mahmoudian (AE postdoc 2011; faculty Purdue University)
    3.    Seth Napora (AE MS 2011) thesis
    2.    Rochelle Mellish (AE MS 2011) thesis
    1.    Sonia Hernandez (AE MS 2009) thesis

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