Our research publications are listed here. Most research papers can be accessed by the Digital Object Identifier (doi) links, or from publication resources, e.g. IEEE Xplore, AIAA NRC, and arXiv. Some papers have preprint or submission versions in PDF file format that can be downloaded/viewed for general readership, please consult official publications for citation. If you are citing our work, please use the BibTeX entries for citations.
2016
Integrated Model-Based Robust Adaptive Control for Close Formation Flight Journal Article
In: AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 2016, (submitted on Dec 16, 2016, 2016-12-G002681).
Wildfire Autonomous Hotspot Detection Using a Fixed Wing UAV Journal Article
In: Unmanned Systems, 2016, (Submitted on October 1, 2016).
Aerodynamics Modeling and Analysis of Close Formation Flight Journal Article
In: AIAA Journal of Aircraft, 2016, (submitted on October 24, 2016, minor revision on January 30, 2017, accepted on April 30, 2017).
Fault tolerant cooperative control for multiple there DOF helicopter systems Journal Article
In: Control Engineering Practice, 2016, (submitted on October 23, 2016).
Kalman filter-based large-scale wildfire monitoring with a system of UAVs Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2016, (Revision submitted on August 18, 2016, under review).
Investigating species composition in a temperate grassland using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-acquired imagery Inproceedings
In: Fourth International Workshop on Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications, 2016.
A model aided optical flow/inertial sensor fusion method for a quadrotor Journal Article
In: Journal of Navigation, 2016, ((accepted on 12 Jul 2016, preprint available)).
2015
Enhanced Cooperative Filter for Wildfire Monitoring Enhanced Cooperative Filter for Wildfire Monitoring Inproceedings
In: IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Osaka, Japan, 2015.
Method, System and Computer Program for Generic Synchronized Motion Control for Multiple Dynamic Systems Miscellaneous
2015, (Canadian Patent 2,549,817, issued on September 28, 2015).
Multiple-Model Based Adaptive Compensation of Actuation Sign Uncertainty using An Error Transformation Inproceedings
In: American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015.
A Comparative Study of Robust Attitude Synchronization Controllers for Multiple 3-DOF Helicopters Inproceedings
In: American Control Conference, Chicago, IL, 2015.
Comprehensive analysis solution methology for overheating of aircraft landing gear Miscellaneous
University of Toronto Intellectual Property (IP) Disclosure, 2015, ((No. 10002948), filed on June 18, 2015).
IMAGE-BASED VISUAL SERVOING FOR QUADROTOR UAVS IN TRACKING STATIC TARGETS Inproceedings
In: CASI AERO 2015, Montreal, QC, 2015.
AUTONOMOUS FLIGHT CONTROL OF A VERTICAL TAKEOFF AND LANDING FIXED-WING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE Inproceedings
In: CASI AERO 2015, Montreal, QC, 2015.
Nonlinear Estimation of Moving Target using Multiple Mobile Sensors Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 51 (2), pp. 1375–1385, 2015.
Position Based Visual Servoing in an Indoor Simulation Platform Inproceedings
In: AIAA SciTech, Kissimmee, FL, 2015.
Dynamic Surface Fault Tolerant Tracking Control Design for UAV with Transient Performance Inproceedings
In: IFAC Symposium on Fault Detection, Supervision and Safety of Technical Processes, Paris, 2015.
Dynamic Surface Active Fault Tolerant Control Design for the Attitude Control Systems of UAV with Actuator Fault Journal Article
In: International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, 2015, (conditionally accepted).
Robust distributed attitude synchronization of multiple three-DOF experimental helicopters Journal Article
In: Control Engineering Practice, 36 , pp. 87-99, 2015, (urlCEP_published.pdf).
Nonlinear Robust Attitude Tracking Control of a Table-Mount Experimental Helicopter using Output-Feedback Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 2015, (to appear. urlTIE07062908.pdf).
Consensus Based on Learning Game Theory with a UAV Rendezvous Application Journal Article
In: Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 28 (1), pp. 191-199, 2015, (urlCJA2015_final.pdf).
Parametrization of Optimal Fault Detection Filters Journal Article
In: Automatica, 56 , pp. 70-77, 2015, (urlAUT6244.pdf).
Fault Detection Filter Design with Optimization and Partial Decoupling Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2015.
2014
Multiple-Model Control for Spacecraft under Actuation Sign Errors Inproceedings
In: IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, pp. 4965-4970, Los Angeles, CA, 2014.
ROBUST STALL FLUTTER SUPPRESSION USING $H_2 / H_infty$ CONTROL Inproceedings
In: ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2014.
LINEAR PARAMETER-VARYING CONTROL OF A WING-SECTION STALL FLUTTER Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference, San Antonio, TX, 2014.
Validation of an Energy-Optimal Path Planning Algorithm through a Solar-Assisted Mini UAV Inproceedings
In: International Conference on Intelligent Unmanned Systems, Montreal, QC, 2014.
Cooperative Interception Guidance for Multiple Vehicles: A Receding Horizon Optimization Approach Inproceedings
In: IEEE Chinese Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Yantai, China, 2014.
Adaptive Failure Identification for Near Space Vehicles Under Closed-Loop Control Inproceedings
In: IEEE Chinese Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Yantai, China, 2014.
Consensus Based on Learning Game Theory Inproceedings
In: IEEE Chinese Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Yantai, China, 2014.
Real-Time Path Planning Algorithm for Autonomous Border Patrol: Design, Simulation, and Experimentation Journal Article
In: Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, 75 , pp. 517-539, 2014, (urljint2014final.pdf).
Robust Second-Order Tracking of Multi-Vehicle Systems without Velocity Measurements on Directed Communication Topologies Inproceedings
In: American Control Conference, pp. 5414-5419, Portland, Oregon, 2014.
Thermo-hydrodynamic analysis of a rigid and oil-lubricated aircraft landing gear lower bearing Inproceedings
In: The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering International Congress, 2014.
Robust Second-Order Consensus Tracking of Multiple 3-DOF Laboratory Helicopters via Output-Feedback Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, 2014, (accepted on Dec. 7, 2014 urlTBD).
Static Soaring Surveillance in a Wind Field with a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Journal Article
In: AIAA Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, 2014, (2014-04-1010279, submitted on April 24, 2014).
A Hierarchical Control Framework to the Output Tracking Problem for a Network of Heterogeneous Non-minimum Phase Vehicles Journal Article
In: Automatica, 2014.
Indoor Simulation Platform for Forest Fire Detection and Surveillance Inproceedings
In: AIAA SciTech, 2014.
Aircraft Landing Gear Greased Slider Bearing Steady-State Thermo-Elastohydrodynamic Concept Model Journal Article
In: Tribology International, 82 (B), pp. 453-463, 2014, (urltribeint2014.pdf).
Aircraft Landing Gear Thermo-Tribo-Mechanical Model and Sensitivity Study Journal Article
In: AIAA Journal of Aircraft, 51 (2), pp. 511-519, 2014, (urljac2014lh.pdf).
Game Theoretical Persistent Tracking of Moving Target using Unicycle-type Mobile Vehicle Journal Article
In: Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 61 (11), 2014, (urlTIE06797933.pdf).
2013
Aircraft Landing Gear Slider Bearing Thermo-Elastohydrodynamic Concept Model Inproceedings
In: 40th LEEDS-Lyon Symposium on Tribology, 2013.
A Fourier Series Kalman Filtering Framework for Predicting the Spatio-Temporal Temperature Inproceedings
In: AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf., Boston, MA, 2013.
Tracking a Moving Target by a Fixed-wing UAV Based on Sliding Mode Control Inproceedings
In: AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf., Boston, MA, 2013.
Dynamic soaring surveillance in a gradient wind field Inproceedings
In: AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf., Boston, MA, 2013.
MODIFIED BEARING FRICTION COEFFICIENT IN AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR DYNAMIC SIMULATIONS Inproceedings
In: Proceedings of Canadian Congress of Applied Mechanics, Saskatoon, SK, 2013.
Formation Flight of Multiple Fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Inproceedings
In: American Control Conference, Washington D.C., 2013, ((submitted on September 12)).
Characterization of $ H_ $ Index for Linear Time-Varying Systems Journal Article
In: Automatica, 49 (5), pp. 1449-1457, 2013, (urlAUT5433.pdf).
A Time-domain Aeroelastic Model and Flutter Behavior Investigation Inproceedings
In: CASI Aeronautics Conference, Toronto, ON, 2013.
Dynamic soaring surveillance in a gradient wind field using a small unmanned aerial vehicle Inproceedings
In: CASI Aeronautics Conference, Toronto, ON, 2013.
Aerodynamics and Flight Control of Flying-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Inproceedings
In: CASI Aeronautics Conference, CASI Toronto, ON, 2013, ((submitted on November 30, 2012)).