Research Symposium

The 2019 ARGoPS Research Symposium, held on on April 26th/27th, 2019 in University Park, PA, was an immense success.

This two-day symposium provided the opportunity to bring together astrodynamics researchers in academia and industry. The event included guest speakers, Penn State professor and graduate student presentations, and networking sessions.

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Event Schedule:

Friday, April 26th

Time Presenter Organization Event/Presentation Title Location
8:15 AM – 8:35 AM Dr. Puneet Singla Penn State, Associate Professor Welcome and Opening Remarks 211 Keller Bldg.
8:35 AM – 8:55 AM Jason Reiter Penn State, Graduate Student Spacecraft State Estimation and Stealth Through Orbit-Perturbing Maneuvers: A Game Theory Approach 211 Keller Bldg.
8:55 AM – 9:25 AM Damien Gueho Penn State, Graduate Student Learning Capabilites of Neural Networks and Keplerian Dynamics 211 Keller Bldg.
9:25 AM – 9:45 AM Peter Scarcella Penn State, Graduate Student Consider Filtering Applied to Maneuver Detection for Relative Orbit Determination 211 Keller Bldg.
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM     Morning Break 211 Keller Bldg.
10:00 AM – 10:20 AM Matt Shaw Penn State, Graduate Student Design of Interplanetary Trajectories with Multiple Synergetic Gravitational Assist Maneuvers via Particle Swarm Optimization 211 Keller Bldg.
10:20 AM – 11:15 AM Dr. John Junkins Texas A&M, University Distinguished Professor 

Keynote Presentation:

A Variation of Parameters Approach to Find Quasi-Frozen Orbits Low Altitude Lunar Orbits

211 Keller Bldg.
11:15 AM – 11:30 AM     Group Picture Nittany Lion Shrine
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM     Group Lunch (covered up to $12) Cafe Laura
12:35 PM – 1:20 PM Jim McAdams KinetX Aerospace, Senior Mission Design Engineer  OSIRIS-REx at Bennu – Mission Overview and Status 211 Keller Bldg.
1:20 PM – 1:40 PM Dr. Pradipto Ghosh Analytical Graphics, Inc., Computational Astrodynamics Specialist,  Gaussian Process Regression Modeling of Solar Electric Propulsion Throttle Tables 211 Keller Bldg.
1:40 PM – 2:10 PM Mike Nino  Penn State, Graduate Student Time-Optimal, Constrained, Satellite Reorientation Maneuver Using Inverse Dynamics 211 Keller Bldg.
2:10 PM – 2:30 PM Davide Conte Penn State, Graduate Student  From Earth to Mars, One (small) Step at a Time 211 Keller Bldg.
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM David Cilliberto Penn State, Graduate Student  Extended Kalman Filtering in Regularized Coordinates for Orbit Determination 211 Keller Bldg.
3:00 PM – 3:15 PM     Afternoon Break 211 Keller Bldg.
3:15 PM – 3:35 PM Zach Hall Penn State, Graduate Student  A Probabilistic Approach for Uncertain Lambert Problem and Reachability Set Computation 211 Keller Bldg.
3:35 PM – 3:55 PM Thomas Palazzo Penn State, Graduate Student  Levy Flight Based Indirect Method to Solve Optimal Control Problem 211 Keller Bldg.
3:55 PM – 4:15 PM Haximodor He Penn State, Graduate Student Fireworks Optimization Algorithm Applied to Trajectory Designfor LEO to Lunar Halo Orbits 211 Keller Bldg.
4:15 PM – 5:30 PM     Discussions on Future Directions in Astrodynamics 211 Keller Bldg.
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM     Off-Campus Dinner (sit within breakout groups) The Tavern

 

Saturday, April 27th

Time Presenter Organization Event/Presentation Title Location
8:15 AM – 9:00 AM  Dr. Manoranjan Majji Texas A&M, Assistant Professor  Recent Advances in Dynamical Systems Theory for Astrodynamics Applications 202 Hammond Bldg.
9:00 AM – 9:20 AM Amit Jain  Penn State, Graduate Student Stochastic Reachability Analysis for the Hypersonic Re-Entry Problem 202 Hammond Bldg.
9:20 AM – 9:50 AM Khushboo Patel  Penn State, Graduate Student  Precision Landing on the Moon using Lambert Targeting and Particle Swarm optimization 202 Hammond Bldg.
9:50 AM – 10:05 AM     Morning Break 202 Hammond Bldg.
10:05 AM – 10:50 AM Dr. Chris Scott JHU Applied Physics Lab, Mission Design Engineer  Dragonfly MD/Nav Overview 202 Hammond Bldg.
10:50 AM – 11:10 PM Andrew Goodyear Penn State, Graduate Student  Analytic Dual-Quaternion State Transition Matrices for Kalman Filtering 202 Hammond Bldg.
11:10 PM – 12:00 PM     Discussions on Future Directions in Astrodynamics 202 Hammond Bldg.
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM     Lunch Downtown (not covered) TBD
1:00 PM – -2:00 PM     Trip to Creamery Berkey Creamery
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM     Penn State Baseball vs Maryland Medlar Field
5:00 PM – 7:00 PM Group Dinner/Happy Hour Federal Taphouse