Panagiotis Tsiotras

Panagiotis Tsiotras

Professor of Aerospace Engineering

Degrees

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, PurdueUniversity, 1993.

M.S., Mathematics, PurdueUniversity, 1992.

M.S., Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 1987.

Eng.Dipl., Mechanical Engineering, NationalTechnicalUniversity, Athens, Greece, 1986.

Georgia Tech Experience

Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 2005-present.

Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, 1998-2005.

Other Professional Positions and Consulting Experience

Visiting Research Fellow, INRIA, Rocquencourt, France, Nov. 2000 and Sept 2002-June 2003.

Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1994-1998.

Post-Doctoral Fellow, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, Indiana , 1993-1994.

Research Assistant, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1989-1993.

Teaching Assistant, PurdueUniversity, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1989-1991.

Research Associate, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1989.

Software Engineer, Hellenic Air Force General Command, Athens, Greece, 1987-1988.

Graduate Assistant, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1986-1987.

Engineer (IASTE exchange student), SYDKRAFT AB, Malmoe, Sweden, 1985.

Selected Patents and Invention Disclosures

“Control of Magnetic Bearing-Supported Rotors,” R. Bartlett, P. Tsiotras and P. Allaire,

U.S. Patent No. 6,267,876 B1, DateIssued: July 31, 2001.

“An Active Safety System Using an Interactive Driving Advisor (IDA),” J. Lu, J., Rupp, P. Tsiotras and E. Velenis, (Invention Disclosure).

“An Active Safety Systems Using Vehicle Posture Control for Mitigating SevereAccidents,” J. Lu, J. Rupp, P. Tsiotras and E. Velenis (Invention Disclosure).

“A Multi-resolution Path-planning Algorithm using Wavelet Decompositions,'' P.Tsiotras, D. Jung, and E. Bakolas (Invention Disclosure).

“A Vehicle Control System for Mitigating Intersection Crashes,'' J. Lu, P. Prasad, P.Tsiotras, and E. Velenis (Invention Disclosure).

Selected Publications: 2005-2008

Shen H. and Tsiotras, P., Peer-to-Peer Refueling for Circular Satellite Constellations, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 28, No. 6, pp. 1220-1230, 2005.

Tsiotras, P. and P.-A. Bliman, “An Exact Stability Analysis Test for Single-ParameterPolynomially-Dependent Linear Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, Vol. 51, No. 7, pp. 1161-1164, 2006.

Dutta, A., and Tsiotras, P., “Asynchronous Optimal Mixed P2P Satellite RefuelingStrategies,” Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 54, No. 3-4, pp. 543-565, 2006.

Yoon, H., and Tsiotras, P., “Spacecraft Line-of-Sight Control Using A Single-GimbalVariable-Speed Control Moment Gyro,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, andDynamics, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1295-1308, 2006.

Chaplais, F., Tsiotras, P. and Jung, D., “Redundant Wavelet Processing on theHalf-Axis with Applications to Signal Denoising with Small Delays: Theory and Experiments,”International Journal on Adaptive Control and Signal Processing, Vol. 20, No. 9, pp. 447-474, 2006.

Velenis, E., and Tsiotras P., “Minimum-Time Travel for a Vehicle with AccelerationLimits: Theoretical Analysis and Receding Horizon Implementation,”Journal ofOptimization Theory and Applications, (to appear).

Selected Presentations and Keynote Addresses: 2005-2008

“Asynchronous Optimal Mixed P2P Satellite Refueling Strategies,” Malcom D. Shuster Astronautics Symposium, Buffalo, New York, June 2005, (invited).

“An Auction Algorithm for Allocating Fuel in a SatelliteConstellation Using Peer-to-Peer Refueling,” American Control Conference,Minneapolis, MN, June 14--16, 2006, pp. 4214-4219, (invited)

“Putting the Dynamics Back in Control: The IPACS Case,”Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA June 9, 2006.

“Nonlinear Control in Aerospace -IPACS Design: Theory and Experiments,”Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Mechanical Engineering Excellence Seminar Speaker Series, February 17, 2006.

“Multiresolution Hierarchical Path-Planning for Small UAVs,” European Control Conference, Kos, Greece, July 2-5, 2007 (invited).

“Putting the Dynamics Back in Control: The IPACS Design Case,” Dept. of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering, Rensselaer PolytechnicInstitute, Troy, NY, October 22, 2007.

Professional Service and Development Activities: 2005-2008

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Associate Fellow, 1989-present

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Senior Member, 1990-present.

Society of Professional Engineers of Greece, Member, 1987-present.

13th IEEE Med. Conf. on Control and Automation, Int.Program Committee Member, 2004-2005

AIAA Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamic, Associate Editor, 1999-2007.

IEEE Control Systems Magazine, Associate Editor, 2003-present.

AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee, Member, 2008-present

Institutional Service and Development Activities: 2005-2008

AE Space Systems Faculty Search Committee, Member, 2006-present

AE Flight Mechanics and Control Disciplinary Committee, Member, 1998-present

AE System Design and Optimization Disciplinary Committee, Affiliated Member, 2005-present

AE Periodic Peer Review Committee, Chairman, 2005-2006

AE Dutton/Ducoffe Endowed Chair Faculty Search Committee, Chairman, 2004-2005.

AE Five-Year Strategic Plan Committee, Member, 2005-2007.

AE FMC Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committee, Member, 1998-present.

AE Graduate Program Committee, Member, 2003-present.

AE Laboratory Facilities Committee, Member, 2000-present.

Selected Honors and Awards

Associate Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2002.

Tibetts Award for Outstanding Research, NASAGoddardSpaceFlightCenter, 1999.

Sigma Xi, President and Visitors' Award for Excellence in Research, 1996.

NSF CAREER Award, 1996.

Sigma Gamma Tau, 1994.

Phi Kappa Phi, 1993.

Tau Beta Pi, 1991.