2023

F. Butt, M. Nahon and M. P. Paidoussis, 鈥淒ynamics of a confined pipe aspirating fluid concurrently subjected to external axial flow: Experiments on confinement length effects鈥�, Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 571, 2023.

M. Nahon, Z. Zhuo, S. Yang, I. Sharf, R. Cavallaro and S. Morris, 鈥淢odeling of a Wind-Turbine-Powered Ground Vehicle鈥�, AIAA Wind Energy Conference, National Harbor, MD, 2023.

M. Nahon, Z. Zhuo, S. Yang, I. Sharf, R. Cavallaro and S. Morris, 鈥淢odeling of the Blackbird Wind-Powered Ground Vehicle鈥�, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, National Harbor, MD, 2023.

2022

E. Bulka and M. Nahon. 鈥淩eactive Obstacle- Avoidance for Agile, Fixed-Wing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�. In: Field Robotics 2 (2022), pp. 1507鈥�1566.

Fares El Tin et al. 鈥淭urn decisions for autonomous thermalling of unmanned aerial gliders鈥�. In: Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 104.2 (2022), p. 25.

Juan Carlos Hern麓andez-Ram麓谋rez and Meyer Nahon. 鈥淣onlinear Control for Semiautonomous Operation of Agile Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�. In: Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 105.3 (2022), p. 57.

Jackson Empey and Meyer Nahon. 鈥淚n-Flight Validation of Propeller Slipstream Model鈥�. In: 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). IEEE. 2022, pp. 802鈥�811.

Jackson Empey and Meyer Nahon. 鈥淔eedforward Control for Wind Rejection in Fixed-Wing UAVs鈥�. In: 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). IEEE. 2022, pp. 1185鈥�1193.

Fares El Tin, Inna Sharf, and Meyer Nahon. 鈥淔ire Monitoring with a Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle鈥�. In: 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). IEEE. 2022, pp. 1350鈥�1358.

Juan Carlos Hern麓andez Ram麓谋rez and Meyer Nahon. 鈥淎erobatics on Three-Dimensional Paths for Agile Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�. In: 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS). IEEE. 2022, pp. 1547鈥�1554.

2021

J.-C. Hernandez Ramirez and M. Nahon. 鈥淎 Gravity-Referenced Moving Frame for Vehicle Path Following Applications in 3D,鈥� Robotics and Automation Letters, Vol. 6, No. 3, pp. 4393-4400, 2021. Presented at ICRA 2021.

F. Butt, M. P. Paidoussis and M. Nahon. 鈥淒ynamics of a Confined Pipe Aspirating Fluid and Concurrently Subjected to External Axial Flow: an Experimental Investigation,鈥� Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 104, July 2021.

F. Butt, M. P. Paidoussis and M. Nahon. 鈥淒ynamics of a Confined Pipe Aspirating Fluid and Concurrently Subjected to External Axial Flow: a Theoretical Investigation,鈥� Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol. 509, Sept. 2021.

M. Paidoussis, A. Abdelbaki, M. Butt, M. Tavallaeinejad, K. Moditis, A. Misra, M. Nahon and J. Ratigan. 鈥淒ynamics of a Cantilevered Pipe Subjected to Internal and External Axial Flow: A Review,鈥� Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 106, Oct. 2021.

E. Bulka and M. Nahon. 鈥淎 Unified Controller for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,鈥� Autonomous Robots, Vol. 45, pp. 859-883, 2021.

J. Hernandez Ramirez and M. Nahon. 鈥淎 Gravity- Referenced Moving Frame for Vehicle Path Following Applications in 3D,鈥� International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2021), Xi鈥檃n, China, May 30-June 5, 2021.

F. El Tin, C. Patience, A. Borowczyk, M. Nahon and I. Sharf. 鈥淓xploitation of Thermals in Powered and Unpowered Flight of Autonomous Gliders,鈥� International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�21), Athens, Greece, June 15-18, 2021.

J. Hernandez Ramirez and M. Nahon. 鈥淧ilot-Assist Landing System for Hover Capable Unmanned Fixed-Wing Aerial Vehicles in All Flight Regimes,鈥� International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�21), Athens, Greece, June 15-18, 2021.

2020

J. Hernandez Ramirez and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楾rajectory Tracking Control of Highly Maneuverable Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�, 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, January 6 鈥� 10.

F. El Tin, I. Sharf and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楿nmanned Aerial Glider for Wildfire Surveillance鈥�, 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, January 6 鈥� 10.

J. Hernandez Ramirez and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楴onlinear Vector-Projection Control for Agile Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2020), Paris, France, May 31-June 4.

C. Patience and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楥ontrol of a Passively-Coupled Hybrid Aircraft鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�20), Athens, Greece, Sept 1-4.

R. Chiappinelli, M. Nahon, and J. Apkarian, 2020, 鈥楾he Simulator-in-Hardware: a Low Cost and Hard Real-Time Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulator for Flying Vehicles鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�20), Athens, Greece, Sept 1-4.

L. N. Thai, M. Nahon and G. Charland-Arcand, 2020, 鈥楽caling Effects on Controllers for Multirotors鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�20), Athens, Greece, Sept 1-4.

T. Tariq and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楥onstrained Control Allocation Approaches in Trajectory Control of a Quadrotor Under Actuator Saturation鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�20), Athens, Greece, Sept 1-4.

F. El Tin, A. Borowczyk, I. Sharf and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楾urn Decision-Making for Improved Autonomous Thermalling of Unmanned Aerial Gliders鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�20), Athens, Greece, Sept 1-4.

W. Jothiraj, I. Sharf and M. Nahon, 2020, 鈥楥ontrol Allocation of Bidirectional Thrust Quadrotor Subject to Actuator Constraints鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�20), Athens, Greece, Sept 1-4.

2019

E. Bulka and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淎utomatic Control for Aerobatic Maneuvering of Agile Fixed-Wing UAVs鈥�, Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, Vol. 93, Issue 1鈥�2, pp. 85鈥�100. [Journal Impact Factor: 2.02]

M. Al-Solihat and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淒ynamic Modeling and Simulation of a Spar Floating Offshore Wind Turbine with Consideration of Rotor Speed Variations鈥�, ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 141, No. 8, 12 pages. [Journal Impact Factor: 1.47]

J. Levin, A. Paranjape and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淎gile Maneuvering with a Small Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle鈥�, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 116, pp. 148-161. [Journal Impact Factor: 2.93]

A Battiston, I. Sharf and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淎ttitude Estimation for Collision Recovery of a Quadcopter Unmanned Aerial Vehicle鈥�. International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 38, No. 10-11, pp. 1286-1306. [Journal Impact Factor: 6.13]

J. Levin, A. Paranjape and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淩eal-Time Motion Planning with a Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using an Agile Maneuver Space鈥�, Autonomous Robots, Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 2111鈥�2130. [Journal Impact Factor: 3.63]

R. Chiappinelli, M. Cohen, M. Doff-Sottay, M. Nahon, J. R. Forbes and J. Apkarian, 2019, 鈥淢odeling and Control of a Passively-Coupled Tilt-Rotor Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft鈥�, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2019), Montreal, Canada, May 20-24.

M. F. Javed Butt, M. P. Paidoussis and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淒ynamics of a Confined Pipe Aspirating Fluid: an Experimental Investigation鈥�, 27th Canadian Congress on Applied Mechanics (CANCAM 2019), Sherbrooke, QC, May 27-30.

S. Fielding and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淚nput Shaped Trajectory Generation and Controller Design for a Quadrotor-Slung Load System鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�19), Atlanta, GA, June 11-14.

E. Bulka and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淗igh-Speed Obstacle-Avoidance with Agile Fixed-Wing Aircraft鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�19), Atlanta, GA, June 11-14.

W. Jothiraj, C. Miles, E. Bulka, I. Sharf and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淓nabling Bidirectional Thrust for Aggressive and Inverted Quadrotor Flight鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�19), Atlanta, GA, June 11-14.

M. P. Paidoussis, A. R. Abdelbaki, M. F. Javed Butt, K. Moditis, A. K. Misra and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淒ynamics of a Pipe Subjected to Internal and Confined External Flow鈥�, Proceedings of the ASME 2019 Pressure Vessels & Piping Conference (PVP2019), San Antonio, TX, July 14-19.

M. F. Javed Butt, M. P. Paidoussis and M. Nahon, 2019, 鈥淒ynamics of a Confined Pipe Aspirating Fluid: a Theoretical Investigation鈥�, IMECE International Mechanical Engineering Congress & Exposition, Salt Lake City, UT, November 11 鈥� 14.

2018

J. Levin, A. Paranjape and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楽ideslip and Slipstream in Extreme Maneuvering with Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 41, No. 7, pp. 1610-1616.

M. Al-Solihat and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楩lexible Multibody Dynamic Modeling of a Floating Wind Turbine鈥�, International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 142鈥�143, pp. 518鈥�529.

M. Al-Solihat and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楾hree-Dimensional Nonlinear Coupled Dynamic Modeling of a Tip-Loaded Rotating Cantilever鈥�, Journal of Vibration and Control, Volume 24, No. 22, pp. 5366鈥�5378.

E. Bulka and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楢utonomous Fixed-Wing Aerobatics: From Theory to Flight鈥�, International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2018), Brisbane, Australia, May 21-25.

R. Chiappinelli and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楳odeling and Control of a Tailsitter UAV鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�18), Dallas, TX, June 12-15.

M. Butt, M. Paidoussis and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楢n Investigation into the Dynamics of Pipes Aspirating Fluid鈥�, Proceedings of the ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences & Computers and Information in Engineering Conference (IDETC/CIE 2018), Quebec City, Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

J. Levin, A. Paranjape and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楳otion Planning for a Small Aerobatic Fixed-Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle鈥�, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Madrid, October, 1-5.

E. Bulka and M. Nahon, 2018, 鈥楢 Universal Controller for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles鈥�, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2018), Madrid, October, 1-5.

2017

E. Bulka and M. Nahon, 2017, 鈥楢utonomous Control of Agile Fixed-Wing UAVs Performing Aerobatic Maneuvers鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�17), Miami, FL, June 13-16.

J. Levin, A. Paranjape and M. Nahon, 2017, 鈥楢gile Fixed-Wing UAV Motion Planning with Knife-Edge Maneuvers鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�17), Miami, FL, June 13-16.

A. Battiston, I. Sharf and M. Nahon, 2017, 鈥楢ttitude Estimation for Normal Flight and Collision Recovery of a Quadrotor UAV鈥�, International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS鈥�17), Miami, FL, June 13-16