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Selected research developments, publications, academic milestones, teaching activities, and technical projects.
Recent Updates
August 2026
ResearchBegan research on continuous-time Linear Exponential Quadratic Gaussian covariance steering between prescribed Gaussian endpoint covariances, including risk-sensitive feedback design and numerical solution of the associated nonlinear matrix equations.
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ManuscriptThe manuscript "Linear Exponential Quadratic Gaussian Covariance Steering," co-authored with Yasemin Isik and Abhishek Halder, is currently under review.
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ManuscriptThe manuscript "Polynomial Updates for the Unscented Kalman Filter," co-authored with Simone Servadio, is currently under review.
View arXiv →2026
PublicationPublished work on machine-learning-based prediction of mechanical and wear characteristics of sisal-fiber reinforced dolomite-dust/epoxy hybrid composites in the Journal of Materials Research and Technology.
View publication →May 2026
Academic MilestoneCompleted the M.S. in Aerospace Engineering at Iowa State University and continued at Iowa State as a Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering.
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2025
PublicationPublished "Quadratic Extended and Unscented Kalman Filter Updates" with Simone Servadio at the International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (MFI).
View publications →August – December 2025
TeachingServed as a Teaching Assistant for AERE / EE / ME / MATH 5770 at Iowa State University, supporting lectures, course presentations, grading, office hours, and student learning.
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ProjectCompleted a nonlinear trajectory-optimization study for parafoil terminal descent and soft landing on Titan, incorporating glide-slope, pointing-angle, and virtual-control constraints.
View project →December 2024
ProjectDeveloped a constrained multiple-revolution Lambert solver and reconstructed interplanetary trajectories including Cassini-Huygens, with validation against NASA/JPL Horizons data.
View project →May 2024
ResearchBegan graduate research in nonlinear spacecraft estimation at Iowa State University's Spacecraft Procedures for Autonomous Control and Estimation Laboratory.
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