Autonomy

Rocker Robotics — Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition

Autonomy and Controls Tech Lead for SD Mines' IGVC entry. Won Rookie of the Year. Implemented MPPI control, A* path planning, and frontier-based autonomous exploration.

Autonomous Spacecraft and Sensing

Simulation of a LEO satellite with autonomous debris avoidance, optical debris detection, attitude correction, and cyber-attack resilience — built in the Basilisk simulator.

Autonomous Vehicles with Safety Guarantees

Suite of autonomous driving demonstrations combining nonlinear MPC with control barrier functions (CBF-nMPC) for provably safe lane changes with dynamic obstacles.

Detection of Debris from a Dynamic Satellite Platform

Novel algorithm for detecting orbital debris from images taken by a moving space-based observer, using optical flow background removal that preserves faint objects.