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Dr. Sergey V. Drakunov is Professor of Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, Florida. His research area is control theory and its engineering applications to complex dynamical systems with focus on autonomous and aerospace systems. Dr. Drakunov was a PI to a number of NSF and NASA grants, as well as industrial and international research projects. He is founder of Engineering Physics Propulsion Lab (EPPL) at ERAU involved in designing and building experimental spacecraft systems. Dr. Drakunov was the adviser to multiple MS and Ph.D. students who completed their theses and dissertations under his supervision. He is a member of Advisory Board of NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium. Currently Dr. Drakunov has 200+ refereed publications with more than 10000 citations, his H-index is 40.

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Dr. Sergey V. Drakunov is Professor of Engineering Physics at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), Daytona Beach, Florida. His research area is control theory and its engineering applications to complex dynamical systems with focus on autonomous and aerospace systems. Dr. Drakunov was a PI to a number of NSF and NASA grants, as well as industrial and international research projects. He is founder of Engineering Physics Propulsion Lab (EPPL) at ERAU involved in designing and building experimental spacecraft systems. Dr. Drakunov was the adviser to multiple MS and Ph.D. students who completed their theses and dissertations under his supervision. He is a member of Advisory Board of NASA Florida Space Grant Consortium. Currently Dr. Drakunov has 200+ refereed publications with more than 10000 citations, his H-index is 40.

Present	Associate Dean for Research, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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Navigation, Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Space Vehicles, Controls and Control Theory, Control Theory, Dynamic Systems, Non-linear Dynamics, Numerical Analysis and Computation, Ordinary Differential Equations and Applied Dynamics, Other Applied Mathematics, Partial Differential Equations, Dynamical Systems, and Engineering Physics

Control Theory, Nonlinear Control and Identification, Applied Mathematics, Engineering Physics, and Autonomous Systems

Integral sliding mode control of an extended Heisenberg system (M. Defoort, T. Floquet, W. Perruquetti, et al.) IET Control Theory & Applications (2009)

Stabilization and tracking control for an extended Heisenberg system with a drift (Sergey V Drakunov, T. Floquet and W. Perruquetti) Systems & Control Letters (2005)

Stabilization of Nonholonomic Systems Using Isospectral Flows (A. Bloch, Sergey V Drakunov and M. Kinyon) SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization (2000)

Stabilization and tracking in the nonholonomic integrator via sliding modes (A. Bloch and Sergey V Drakunov) Systems & Control Letters (1996)

Nonlinear Observer for Distributed Parameter Systems Described By Decoupled Advection Equations (Niloofar N. Kamran, Sergey V. Drakunov and Wanda M. Solano) Journal of Vibration and Control (2017)

In this paper a nonlinear observer for a class of partial differential equations known as the advection equation is designed. The observer, that uses only boundary measurements, is developed based on the sliding mode method. ...

Robust Nonlinear Estimation and Control of Fluid Flow Velocity Fields (Krishna Bhavithavya Kidambi, Natalie Ramos-Pedroza, William MacKunis, et al.) 55th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) (2016)

A proper orthogonal decomposition (POD)-based model reduction technique is utilized to develop a closed-loop nonlinear flow control system. By using POD, the Navier-Stokes partial differential equations are recast as a set of nonlinear ordinary differential ...

Feasibility of Space Vehicle Debris Hazard Airspace Stratification (Mahmut Reyhanoglu, Sergey V. Drakunov and Juan Alvarado) AIAA SPACE Conference & Exposition (2011)

"This paper studies the feasibility of applying altitude stratification to the estimation of the extent of the airspace containing falling debris due to a space vehicle breakup. A precise computation of propagation of debris to ...

Hierarchical Sliding Mode Observers for Distributed Parameter Systems (Sergey V. Drakunov and Mahmut Reyhanoglu) Journal of Vibration and Control (2011)

"In this work we suggest hierarchical sliding mode observers for complex systems which include distributed parameter systems and combinations of distributed parameter and lumped parameter systems, modeling, for example, an actuator dynamics. The main idea ...

Hierarchical Sliding Mode Observers for Distributed Parameter Systems (Sergey V. Drakunov and Mahmut Reyhanoglu) Journal of Vibration and Control (2011)

In this work we suggest hierarchical sliding mode observers for complex systems which include distributed parameter systems and combinations of distributed parameter and lumped parameter systems, modeling, for example, an actuator dynamics. The main idea ...

Variable Structure, Sliding Mode Controller Design The Control Handbook (2010)

Parameter Estimation Using Sliding Mode Observers: Application to the Monod Kinetic Model (Sergey V Drakunov and V. Law) Chemical Product and Process Modeling (2007)

Delay Identification in Time-Delay Systems using Variable Structure Observers (Sergey V Drakunov, W. Perruquetti, J.-P. Richard, et al.) Annual Reviews in Control (2006)

Sliding Mode Observers. Tutorial. (Sergey V Drakunov and Vadim I Utkin) Proceedings of the 34th IEEE CDC (1995)

Sliding-mode observers based on equivalent control method (Sergey V Drakunov) Proceedings of the 31st IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (1992)

Adaptive quasioptimal filter with discontinuous parameters (Sergey V Drakunov) Automation and Remote Control (1984)

Control and Systems For Autonomously Driven Vehicles: patents no. 8,126,642, no. 8,280,623, no. 8412449, no. 20100106356, no. 20120101680, no. 20120316725, no. 20130274986 A1. (Sergey V Drakunov) (2013)

Finite-Time State Estimation for an Inverted Pendulum under Input-Multiplicative Uncertainty (William MacKunis, Sergey V. Drakunov, Anu Kossery Jayaprakash, et al.) Robitics (2020)

A sliding mode observer is presented, which is rigorously proven to achieve finite-time state estimation of a dual-parallel underactuated (i.e., single-input multi-output) cart inverted pendulum system in the presence of parametric uncertainty. A salient feature ...

Finite-Time State Estimation for an Inverted Pendulum under Input-Multiplicative Uncertainty (Sergey V. Drakunov, William MacKunis, Anu Kossery Jayaprakash, et al.) Robotics (2020)

A sliding mode observer is presented, which is rigorously proven to achieve finite-time state estimation of a dual-parallel underactuated (i.e., single-input multi-output) cart inverted pendulum system in the presence of parametric uncertainty. A salient feature ...

Optimization of a Non-Classical Trajectory (Alan Moorman, Ankit Rukhaiyar, Patrick Serafin, et al.) AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum (2019)

The objective of this research is to use Pontryagin's Minimum Principle to solve the constrained nonlinear minimum-fuel problem of a small craft performing a "hop" maneuver on Mars. The solution then should return a continuous ...

Time Optimal State Feedback Control with Application to a Spacecraft with Cold Gas Propulsion (Samuel J. Kitchen-McKinley and Sergey V. Drakunov) IFAC PapersOnLine (2017)

A cold gas propulsion system is well suited to provide the required thrust for a small surveyor spacecraft operated near an asteroid or planetary surface. The cold gas propellant can obtained in-situ from local surface ...

A Biomimetic Energy-Conserving/Harvesting Trajectory Planning for a sUAV (Snorri Gudmundsson, Vladimir Golubev, Sergey Drakunov, et al.) AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference (2017)

This paper presents the results from the application of a biomimetic energy conserving/harvesting algorithm to the trajectory planning of a hypothetical fixed-wing sUAV in the 500 kg class, as it operates in a meso−γ sized ...

Robust nonlinear estimation and control of fluid flow velocity fields (Krishna Bhavithavya Kidambi, Natalie Ramos-Pedroza, William MacKunis, et al.) Conference on Decision and Control (2016)

Biomimemic Opportunistic Approaches in Energy-Conserving/Harvesting Flight-Path Modeling for UAS AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference (2016)

This paper presents two methods for planning the trajectories of fixed wing MAV or UAV through a meso−γ sized wind-field such that the energy in the atmospheric convection can be extracted to extend range and ...

Mathematical Multi-Sensory Model of Spatial Orientation (Braden J. McGrath, Bruce Mortimer, John French, et al.) AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference (2016)

Aircraft mishaps involving spatial disorientation (SD) in commercial and military aircraft remains a significant hazard during air operations. Over the past 20 years, a number of mathematical models of spatial orientation have been developed to ...

Variable Mode Control Systems for a Tethered Aircraft With Ducted Wind Energy Generators (G. G. Loures, B. W. Curtis, F. E. C. Estante, et al.) 8th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference (2010)

As the world's needs for cleaner, carbon-free energy sources grows, it is inevitable that we look to wind power as a viable solution to humanity's demand for electricity. Implementing some of the best features developed ...