Papers

Pending

  • Pfifer, H., and C. Moreno, J. Theis, A. Kotikapuldi, A. Gupta, B. Takarics, and P. Seiler, “Linear Parameter Varying Techniques Applied to Aeroservoelastic Aircraft: In Memory of Gary Balas,” submitted to the 1st IFAC Workshop on Linear Parameter Varying Systems (LPVS), 2015.
  • Leitner, M., and A. Knoblach, T. Kier, C. Moreno, A. Kotikalpudi, H. Pfifer and G. Balas, "Consistent Model Generation of a Body Freedom Flutter Vehicle for Multidisciplinary Analyses," submitted to the AIAA Science and Technology Forum, 2015.
  • Theis, J., and B. Takarics, H. Pfifer, G. Balas and H. Werner, "Modal Matching for LPV Model Reduction of Aeroservoelastic Vehicles," submitted to the AIAA Science and Technology Forum, 2015.

Published

  • Sun, K., Regan, C. D., and Gebre-Egziabher, D., “GNSS/INS Based Estimation of Air Data and Wind Vector using Flight Maneuvers,” 2018 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS), 2018, pp. 838 – 849.
  • I. Lakshminarayan, D. Gebre-Egziabher, " Enhancing integrated navigation system reliability and resilience by decentralized filtering' , ION GNSS+, Sep 2018
  • R. Venkataraman, "Fault-Tolerant Flight Control Using One Aerodynamic Control Surface," PhD Thesis, University of Minnesota, 2018.
  • P. Bauer, R. Venkataraman, B. Vanek, P. Seiler, and J. Bokor, "Fault Detection and Basic In-Flight Reconfiguration of a Small UAV Equipped with Elevons," 10th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes (SafeProcess), 2018.
  • R. Venkataraman and P. Seiler, "Convex LPV Synthesis of Estimators and Feedforwards Using Duality and Integral Quadratic Constraints," International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 953-975, 2018.
  • R. Venkataraman, P. Seiler, and B. Taylor, "Fault-Tolerant Aircraft Flight Control Using a Subset of Aerodynamic Control Surfaces," United States Patent Application, US 2017/0349267 A1, May 31, 2017.
  • T. Leung, J. Rife, P. Seiler, and R. Venkataraman, "Comparison of Fault-Tree Models for Fault Detection, Isolation, and Recovery Algorithms," Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 517-522, AIAA, 2017.
  • H. Pfifer, R. Venkataraman, and P. Seiler, "Quantifying Loss-of-Control Envelopes via Robust Tracking Analysis," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 1042-1050, AIAA, 2017.
  • R. Venkataraman, P. Seiler, M. Lukatsi, and B. Vanek, "Reliability Assessment of Actuator Architectures for Unmanned Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 955-966, AIAA, 2017.
  • I. Lakshminarayan, "Model-based fault detection for low-cost UAV actuators", MS Thesis, University of Minnesota, Sep 2016.
  • I. Lakshminarayan, D. Gebre-Egziabher, “Decentralized filtering for automatic reconfiguration of integrated navigation systems”, ION GNSS+, Sep 2016
  • I. Lakshminarayan, R. Venkataraman, D. Ossmann, P. Seiler, and D. Gebre-Egziabher, "Designing Reliability Into Small UAS Avionics: Part 1," Inside Unmanned Systems Magazine, June-July, 2016, pp. 62-65.
  • I. Lakshminarayan, R. Venkataraman, D. Ossmann, P. Seiler, and D. Gebre-Egziabher, "Designing Reliability Into Small UAS Avionics: Part 2," Inside Unmanned Systems Magazine, August-September, 2016, pp. 54-57.
  • R. Venkataraman and P. Seiler, "Robust LPV Estimator Synthesis Using Integral Quadratic Constraints," 2016 American Control Conference (ACC), 2016, pp. 4611-4616. doi: 10.1109/ACC.2016.7526079
  • Venkataraman, R., and P. Seiler, “Safe Flight Using One Aerodynamic Control Surface," AIAA Science and Technology Forum: Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA 2016-0634, 2016.
  • Venkataraman, R. and M. Lukátsi, B. Vanek and P. Seiler, "Reliability Assessment of Actuator Architectures for Unmanned Aircraft," 9th IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, SafeProcess, 2015, pp. 398-403.
  • Kotikalpudi, A., H. Pfifer and G. Balas, "Unsteady Aerodynamics Modeling for a Flexible Unmanned Air Vehicle", AIAA Aviation Conference, Dallas, TX, AIAA 2015-2854, June 2015.
  • Hu, B., and P. Seiler, “A Probabilistic Method for Certification of Analytically Redundant Systems,” International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, vol. 25, no. 1, p.103-116, 2015.
  • Hu, B., and P. Seiler, “Pivotal decomposition for reliability analysis of fault tolerant control systems on unmanned aerial vehicles,” Reliability Engineering & System Safety, vol. 140, p.130-141, 2015.
  • Venkataraman, R. and Seiler, P., "Model-Based Detection and Isolation of Rudder Faults for a Small UAS," AIAA Science and Technology Forum: Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA 2015-0857, 2015.
  • Gupta, A., and C. Moreno, H. Pfifer, B. Taylor and G. Balas, "Updating a Finite Element Based Structural Model of a Small Flexible Aircraft," AIAA Science and Technology Forum: Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA 2015-0903, 2015.
  • Venkataraman, R., "Reliability Assessment of Actuator Architectures for Unmanned Aircraft", MS Thesis, University of Minnesota, May 2015.
  • Layh, T., and D. Gebre-Egziabher, "Innovation: Robustness to Faults for a UAV - Integrated Navigation Systems Using Parallel Filtering," GPS World, May 2015.
  • Layh, T., and J. Larson, J. Jackson, B. Taylor , and D. Gebre-Egziabher, "A Recovery System for SUAV Operations in GPS-Denied Environments," ION International Technical Meeting, Dana Point, CA, 2015.
  • Layh, T., and D. Gebre-Egziabher, "A Fault-Tolerant, Integrated Navigation System Architecture for UAVs," ION International Technical Meeting, Dana Point, CA, 2015.
  • Dorobantu, A., and G. Balas, and T. Georgiou, "Validating Aircraft Models in the Gap Metric," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, May, 2014
  • Freeman, P. "Reliability Assessment for Low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Minnesota, November 2014.
  • Freeman, P. and Balas, G. J., “Actuation Failure Modes and Effects Analysis for a Small UAV,” American Control Conf., Portland, Oregon, USA, June 2014.
  • Hu, B., and Seiler, P, “Certification Analysis for a Model-based UAV Fault Detection System,” in Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA Paper No. AIAA-2014-0610, National Harbor, MD, 2014.
  • Kotikalpudi, A., and C. Moreno, B. Taylor, H. Pfifer and G. Balas, "Low Cost Development of a Nonlinear Simulation for a Flexible Uninhabited Air Vehicle, " American Control Conference, pp. 2029-2034, 2014.
  • Lie, F. A., and A. Dorobantu, B. Taylor, D. Gebre-Egziabher, P. Seiler, and G. Balas, "An Airborne Experimental Test Platform, From Theory to Flight: Part 1," Inside GNSS, March/April 2014.
  • Lie, F. A., and A. Dorobantu, B. Taylor, D. Gebre-Egziabher, P. Seiler, and G. Balas, "An Airborne Experimental Test Platform, From Theory to Flight: Part 2," Inside GNSS, May/June 2014.
  • Mokhtarzadeh, H., and Gebre-Egziabher, D., "Cooperative Inertial Navigation", NAVIGATION, Journal of The Institute of Navigation, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 77-94, June, 2014.
  • Moreno, C., and A. Gupta, H. Pfifer, B. Taylor and G. Balas, "Structural Model Identification of a Small Flexible Aircraft," American Control Conference, pp. 4379-4384, 2014.
  • Moreno, C., and P. Seiler and G. Balas, "Model Reduction for Aeroservoelastic Systems," Journal of Aircraft Vol. 51(1), pp. 280-290, 2014.
  • Carlson, R., and A. Dorobantu, B. Taylor, and P. Seiler, "Analysis of Modeling Techniques for Low-Cost Actuators," AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, pp. Paper No. AIAA-2013-4846, 2013.
  • Chu, C-C., and F. A. Lie, and D. Gebre-Egziabher, “Dual Hypothesis Filter for Robust INS/Camera Fusion,” Proceedings of Intitute of Navigation International Technical Meeting, San Diego, California USA, January 2013
  • Dorobantu, A., Johnson, W., Lie, F. A., Taylor, B., Murch, A., Paw, Y. C., Gebre-Egziabher, D., Balas, G., "An airborne experimental test platform: From theory to flight," Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Washington, DC, 2013, pp 659-673.
  • Dorobantu, A., and A. Murch, B. Mettler, and G. Balas, "System Identification for Small, Low-Cost, Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aircraft," AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 1117-1130, July, 2013
  • Freeman, P. and Balas, G. J., “Analytical Fault Detection for a Small UAV,” AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conf., Boston, Massachusetts, USA, August 2013.
  • Freeman, P., Pandita, R., Srivastava, N., Balas, G., “Model-based and Data-driven Fault Detection Performance for a small UAV,” IEEE/ ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 18, No. 4, pp. 1300-1309, 2013.
  • Freeman, P., Seiler, P., and Balas, G. J., “Air data system fault modeling and detection,” Control Engineering Practice, Vol. 21, No. 10, October 2013.
  • Hu, B., and Seiler, P, “A Probabilistic Method of Certification of Analytically Redundant Systems,” in Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Control and Fault-Tolerant Systems (SysTol), pp. 13-18, Nice, France, 2013.
  • Li, Z., and Gebre-Egziabher, D., “Performance Analysis of a Civilian GPS Position Authentication System,” NAVIGATION, Journal of the Institute of Navigation, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 249-265, 2013.
  • Lie, F. A., and Gebre-Egziabher, D., “Synthetic Airdata System,” AIAA Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp.1234-1249, July, 2013.
  • Mokhtarzadeh, H., and Gebre-Egziabher, D., “Potentials of Inertial Navigation Aided by Position Broadcasts and Relative Measurements, ” in Proceedings of the Institute of Navigation (ION) International Technical Meeting, pp. 426-443, San Diego, CA, 2013.
  • Balas, G., and C. Moreno and P. Seiler, "Robust Aeroservoelastic Control Utilizing Physics-Based Aerodynamic Sensing," AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, pp. Paper No. AIAA-2012-4897, 2012.
  • Gebre-Egziabher, D., and B. Taylor, “Impact and Mitigation of GPS-Unavailability on Small UAV Navigation, Guidance, and Control,” Report 2012-2, University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, November 2012
  • Moreno, C., and P. Seiler and G. Balas, "Linear Parameter Varying Model Reduction for Aeroservoelastic Systems," AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, pp. Paper No. AIAA-2012-4859, 2012
  • Chu, C-C., and F. A. Lie, L. Lemay, and D. Gebre-Egziabher, “Performance Comparison of Tight and Loose INS-Camera Integration,” in Proceedings of the 24th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2011), Portland, Oregon USA, 2011
  • Dorobantu, A., and A. Murch, B. Mettler, and G. Balas, "Frequency Domain System Identification for a Small, Low-Cost, Fixed-Wing UAV," AIAA-2011-6719, AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Portland, Oregon, Aug. 8-11, 2011
  • Freeman, P., “Robust fault detection for commercial transport air data probes,” Master’s thesis, University of Minnesota, November 2011.
  • Freeman, P., Seiler, P., and Balas, G., “Robust Fault Detection for Commercial Transport Air Data Probes,” in IFAC 18th World Congress, Milan, Italy, pp. 13723-13728, August 2011.
  • Murch, A. and Y. C. Paw and R. Pandita and Z. Li and G. J. Balas,"A Low Cost Small UAV Flight Research Facility," 1st CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation, and Control, April 2011
  • Moreno, C., and P. Seiler, G. Balas and J. Sofrony, "Model Reduction of Flexible Aircraft for Flutter Suppression Using Smart Sensors," 6th International Workshop on Advanced Smart Materials and Smart Structures Technology(ANCRiSST), 2011.
  • Pandita, R., and J. Bokor and G. Balas, “Closed-loop performance metrics for fault detection and isolation and controller interaction,” International Journal of Robust and and Nonlinear Control, 2011.
  • Paw, Y. C. "Synthesis and Validation of Flight Control for UAV," PhD Dissertation, University of Minnesota, 2009