Space Systems Group at the University of Florida

Director

Norman G. Fitz-Coy
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
nfc@ufl.edu

Expertise : Dynamics and control of multibody systems, orbital dynamics, flight mechanics, vehicle health management, Game theory.

Current Activities : Design of control strategies for systems with multi-objective criteria, dynamics and control of multiple flexible-body dynamical systems, deployment dynamics for satellites and spacecraft, autonomous rendezvous and docking, ground vehicle dynamics, cooperative control for formation flight, system health monitoring, and strategies for reconfigurable systems.

Graduate Students

Sharan Asundi Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering asundi@ufl.edu	Takashi Hiramatsu Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering takashi@ufl.edu

Vivek Nagabhushan Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering vivekn@ufl.edu	Shawn Allgeier Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering allgeier@ufl.edu

Frederick Leve Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering fleve@ufl.edu	Andrew Waldrum Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering awaldrum@ufl.edu

Dante Buckley Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering dante35@ufl.edu	Tzu Yu (Jimmy) Lin Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering tyl@ufl.edu

Katie Cason Research Assistant Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering ayanami@ufl.edu	Kunal Patankar Research Assistant Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering kunal.patankar@ufl.edu

Undergraduate Students

Bryan Jackson
Research Assistant
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
autobahn@ufl.edu

Alumni

Svetlana Gladun The Boeing Company Integrated Defense Systems Svetlana.A.Gladun@boeing.com	Chun-Haur "Marvin" Chao Graduate Assistant Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering chunhaur@ufl.edu
Andrew Tatsch Ocean Optics Research Assistant atatsch@ufl.edu
Sharath Prodduturi University of Florida Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering psc1983@ufl.edu	Ai-Ai Cojuangco Aerospace Corp Engineer II acojuang@ufl.edu