Tiwari, Madhur
Madhur Tiwari
Assistant Professor | College of Engineering and Science - Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences
Contact Information
Personal Overview
Professor Tiwari's research focuses on developing autonomous technologies in space and aerial systems, optimal navigation and control, path planning, learning based control and planning, data-driven system ID and aerospace robotics, deep learning and spacecraft swarm. He is the lab director of the Autonomy Lab.
Educational Background
Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, August 2021
Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Aug 2014
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Dec 2011
Current Courses
- Space Mission Engineering
- Multivariable Feedback Control
- Space Flight Mechanics
Selected Publications
- A Novel Direct Adaptive-Model Predictive Control Technique with Application to Spacecraft Trajectory Tracking. MDPI Aerospace, 2022.
- Zuehlke D., Tiwari, M., and Henderson, T. Autonomous Template Generation and Matching for Satellite Constellation Tracking. In AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum.
- Chris Hays, Tiwari, M., and Henderson, T. A Geometric Mechanics Approach to Direct Adaptive Model Predictive Control. In AIAA Scitech 2022 Forum.
- Under Review: Tiwari, M., Prazenica, R. J., and Henderson, T. Spacecraft Direct Adaptive Control in Asteroid Vicinity with Coupled Orbit-Attitude Dynamics. Acta Astronautica, 2022
- Zuehlke D., Tiwari, M., and Henderson, T. Autonomous Satellite Detection and Tracking using Optical Flow. In AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist 2021 Forum.
- Tiwari, M., Prazenica, R. J., and Henderson, T. Autonomous Spacecraft Obstacle Avoidance and Trajectory Tracking in a Dense Debris Field. In AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist 2021 Forum.
- Tiwari, M., Prazenica, R. J., and Henderson, T. Spacecraft Body-Frame Hovering Over an Asteroid Using a Direct Adaptive Control Strategy. In AAS Astrodynamics Specialist 2020 Forum.
- Jacob J. K, Daniel Posada, Francisco J. Franquiz, Madhur Tiwari, and Troy Henderson “Modeling of An On-Orbit Maintenance Robotic Arm Test-Bed”. In AAS GNC 2020.
- Tiwari, M., Prazenica, R. J., and Henderson, T. Tracking Reference Orbits Around Asteroids with Unknown Gravitational Parameters Using a Nonlinear Adaptive Controller. In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
- Tiwari, M., Zuehlke, D., and Henderson, T. “Identifying Spacecraft Configuration Using Deep Neural Networks for Precise Orbit Estimation.” AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Ka’, 2019.
- Prabhakar, N., Tiwari, M., Henderson, T., and Prazenica, R. J. Application of Direct Adaptive Control to Autonomous Satellite Docking. In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
- Vergara, P., Tiwari, M., Prazenica, R. J., and Henderson, T. Multiresolution-Based 3-D Terrain Estimation Algorithms for Complex Urban Environments. In AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
- Henderson and Tiwari, “3D Reconstruction, Representation, and Registration of Satellite Imagery for Improved Space Situational Awareness,” 1st IAA Conference on Space Situational Awareness, Orlando, FL, Nov 2017.