Members

Paolo CASTALDI, Chair TC 7.3

CastaldiAffiliation: University of Bologna, Ingegneria dell'Energia Elettrica e dell'InformazioneDepartment

Position: Associate Professor, Full Professor Habilitation

Address: 40, Via Fontanelle, 47100 Forli, Italy

E-Mail: paolo.castaldi@unibo.it

Website: https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/paolo.castaldi

Fields of interest: Neuro_Adaptive Flight Guidance and Control, Fault-Tolerant Control of Aircraft, Satellites and Wind Turbines

Antonios TSOURDOS, Vice-Chair TC 7.3

TsourdosAffiliation: Cranfield University, Centre for Autonomous and Cyberphysical Systems

Position: Professor

Address: College Rd, Bedford MK43 0AL, UK

E-Mail: a.tsourdos@cranfield.ac.uk

Website: https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/people/professor-antonios-tsourdos-746615

Fields of interest: aeronautical systems, flight physics, mechatronics and advanced controls, systems engineering, weapons engineering, autonomous systems, instrumentations & sensors, space systems, vehicle health management

Abdulrahman Hasan BAJODAH

BajodahAffiliation: King Abdulaziz UniversityAeronautical Engineering Department

Position: Professor

Address: P.O Box 80204Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

E-Mail: abajodah(at)kau.edu.sa

Site: https://abajodah.kau.edu.sa/Default.aspx?Site_ID=0003024&lng=EN

Fields of interest: nonlinear systems analysis and control, analytical mechanics, optimal control theory, spacecraft dynamics and control, robotics and automation

Adrian-Mihail STOICA

StoicaAffiliation: University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Aeronautical Systems

Position: Professor

Address: Str. Polizu, no. 1, 060042 Bucharest, Romania

E-Mail: adrian.stoica(at)upb.ro

Website: www.aero.pub.ro/wordpress/index.php/ro/acasa/

Fields of interest: automatic flight control systems, micro/nano/pico satellites, optimal filtering and estimation, fault detection and isolation

 

 

Alexander NEBYLOV

NebylovAffiliation: State University of Aerospace & Instrumentation, International Institute for Advanced Aerospace Technologies

Position: Department Head, Professor

Address: 67 Bol. Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg 190000, Russian Federation

E-Mail: nebylov(at)aanet.ru

Website: http://www.suai.ru/about_the_university/management/234/

Fields of interest: motion control, aerospace avionics, control theory

Ali GHARSALLAH

Affiliation: University of Tunis El Manar, Physics Department

Position: Professor

Address: 2092, Tunis, Tunisia

E-Mail: ali.gharsallah(at)fst.utm.tn

Website: 

Fields of interest:

Ali ZOLGHADRI

ZhogariAffiliation: University of BordeauxAutomatic Control Group

Position: Professor

Address: 351 cours de la Libération, Bat A4, LAPS-IMS, 33405 Talence cedex

E-Mail: ali.zolghadri@ims-bordeaux.fr

Website: 

Fields of interest: fault detection and diagnosis, estimation and observation, fault tolerant control, GN&C for spacecraft, autonomy for space and aeronautics systems

Andon TOPALOV

TopalovAffiliation: Technical University of Sofia

Position: Professor

Address: Plovdiv, 25, Tsanko Dyustabanov str., 4000, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

E-Mail: topalov@tu-plovdiv.bg

Website: 

Fields of interest: intelligent control, robotics

 

 

Andrei KORNIENKO

KornienkoAffiliation: Airbus Defence and Space

Position: System Engineer and Technical Manager

Address: Germany

E-Mail: andrei.kornienko@airbus.com

Website: 

Fields of interest: satellite AOCS, GNC & flight dynamics

Angie BUKLEY

BukleyAffiliation: The Aerospace Corporation, Strategic Assessments & StudiesDepartment

Position: Senior strategist, chief systems engineer

Address: 1602 Willow Cove, Newport News, VA  23602, USA

E-Mail: angie.bukley(at)aero.org

Website: http://www.aerospace.org

Fields of interest: system engineering, control system design for flight/orbital vehicles and optical systems, study of human cognitive functions in microgravity

 

António Pedro AGUIAR

AGUIAR.JPGAffiliation: University of Porto, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Position: Associate Professor

Address: Rua Dr. Roberto Frias

E-Mail: pedro.aguiar@fe.up.pt

Website: https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/en/FUNC_GERAL.FORMVIEW?p_codigo=519521

Fields of interest: modeling, control, navigation, and guidance of autonomous robotic vehicles, nonlinear control, switched and hybrid systems, tracking, path-following, performance limitations, nonlinear observers, the integration of machine vision with feedback control, networked control, and coordinated/cooperative control of multiple autonomous robotic vehicles

Arnab MAITY

Maity Affiliation: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Aerospace Engineering Department

 Position: Assistant Professor

 Address: Powai, Mumbai 400076, India

 E-Mail: arnab(at)aero.iitb.ac.in

 Website: https://www.aero.iitb.ac.in/home/people/faculty/arnab

                            Fields of interest: Optimal control, Adaptive control, Aerospace engine control, Distributed estimation and control, Guidance, navigation and control of aerospace vehicles

Atsushi SATOH

SATOH.jpgAffiliation: Department of Systems Innovation Engineering, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Iwate University,  Japan

Position: Associate Professor

E-Mail: satsushi@iwate-u.ac.jp

Site: http://univdb.iwate-u.ac.jp/html/181_en.html

Fields of interest: reset system, transient response shaping in robust control, unmanned aerial vehicle, flight control, LMI approach, application of numerical optimization to control

Aymeric KRON

KronAffiliation: Bombardier Aerospace

Position: Flight Sciences Engineering Specialist

Address: 2351 Boulevard Alfred Nobel, St-Laurent, QC, H4S 2A9, Canada

E-Mail: aymeric.kron@usherbrooke.ca

Website: 

Fields of interest: aircraft and spacecraft dynamics, control (robust, optimal, nonlinear and active control), attitude and orbit control system (AOCS), Fly-By-Wire system design, verification and validation

Balint VANEK

VanekAffiliation: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Institute for Computer Science and Control 

Position: Senior research fellow

Address: Kende u. 13 - 17, 1111 Budapest, Hungary

E-Mail: vanek.balint@sztaki.mta.hu

Website: https://www.sztaki.hu/en/balint-vanek

Fields of interest: flight control, unmanned aerial vehicles, fault tolerant control, navigation systems

Benoit FRAPARD

FrapardAffiliation: Airbus Defence and Space, Department of Technology & Innovation

Position: Research scientist

Address: 31402, Toulouse, France

E-Mail: benoit.frapard(at)airbus.com

Website: http://www.airbus.com/

Fields of interest: GNC for spacecraft, autonomy and intelligence for space systems, hybrid & vision-based navigation, robust and resilient control

Bilal SIDDIQUI

Bilal_Siddiqui2.jpgAffiliation: ABM Infotech Pvt Ltd, Pakistan

Position: General Manager

E-Mail: airbilal@gmail.com

Site: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=93r3TU0AAAAJ&hl=en

Fields of interest: control, aerospace engineering, mechanical Engineering

Bin MENG

Affiliation: MengBeijing Institute of Control Engineering, Chinese Academy of Space Technology

Position: Professor

Address: Beijing 100190, China

E-Mail: mengb@amss.ac.cn

Website: 

Fields of interest: hypersonic flight vehicles control, consensus of networked robotic systems, characteristic modeling

Bin ZHO

ZhouAffiliation: Harbin Institute of Technology, Center for Control Theory and Guidance Technology

Position: Professor

Address: Room 223, Building 2F, 2 Yi Kuang Rd., Science Park, Harbin 150001, China

E-Mail: binzhou@hit.edu.cn

Website: http://homepage.hit.edu.cn/binzhou

Fields of interest: time-delay compensation, nonlinear control, and control applications in astronautic engineering

Brett NEWMAN

NewmanAffiliation: Old Dominion University, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department

Position: Professor, Graduate Program Director

Address: Norfolk, VA 23529, USA

E-Mail: bnewman(at)odu.edu

Website: https://www.odu.edu/directory/people/b/bnewman

Fields of interest: flight dynamics & control, flexible vehicles, nonlinear systems, autonomous systems