Publications
Thesis 
PhD
Spacecraft Motion Planning and Control under Probabilistic Uncertainty for Coordinated Inspection and Safe Learning
Thesis Committee: Chung, Soon-Jo (advisor); Fred Hadeagh (NASA Chief Technologist); Richard Murray; Joel Burdick; Yisong Yue.
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Masters
Nonlinear attitude control of spacecraft with strain-actuated solar arrays
Advisor(s): Chung, Soon-Jo; Allison, James T.
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Bachelor’s
Implementation and Validation of Turbulence Models in UNS2D Code.
Advisor: Dr. C. Unnikrishnan (Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre)
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Autonomous Co-ordinated On-Orbit Spacecraft Inspection and Mapping
Information-Based Guidance and Control Architecture for Multi-Spacecraft On-Orbit Inspection: Algorithm and Experiments, Under Preparation
YK Nakka, W Hönig, C Choi, A Harvard, A Rahmani, S-J. Chung
Information-Based Guidance and Control Architecture for Multi-Spacecraft On-Orbit Inspection, AIAA SciTech, Guidance Navigation and Control, Jan 2021.
YK Nakka, W Hönig, C Choi, A Harvard, A Rahmani, S-J. Chung
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Optimal & Safe Motion Planning and Control Under Uncertainty
Trajectory Optimization of Chance-Constrained Nonlinear Stochastic Systems for Motion Planning and Control . IEEE Transactions on Robotics, under review, 2021.
Y. K. Nakka and S-J. Chung.
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Chance-Constrained Trajectory Optimization for Safe Exploration and Learning of Nonlinear Systems. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2020.
Y. K. Nakka, A. Liu, G. Shi, A Anandkumar, Y. Yue, and S-J. Chung.
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Trajectory optimization for chance-constrained nonlinear stochastic systems. In 58th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Dec 2019.
Y. K. Nakka and S-J. Chung.
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Robotic Spacecraft Dynamics Simulators
System Design and Nonlinear Control Implementation
Six degree-of-freedom spacecraft dynamics simulatorfor formation control research. AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2018
Y. K. Nakka, R. C Foust, E.S. Lupu, D. B. Elliott, I. S Crowell, S-J Chung, and F. Y Hadaegh.
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In-orbit Spacecraft Assembly and Distributed Estimation
Autonomous in-orbit satellite assembly from a modular heterogeneous swarm. Acta Astro-nautica, 2019
R. C Foust, E. S. Lupu, Y. K. Nakka, S-J Chung, and F. Y Hadaegh.
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Ultra-soft electromagnetic docking with applications to in-orbit assembly. In International Astronautical Federation, 2018.
R. C Foust, E. S. Lupu, Y. K. Nakka, S-J Chung, and F. Y Hadaegh.
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Distributed multi-target relative pose estimation for cooperative spacecraft swarm. In 11th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying, 2019.
K. Matsuka, E. S. Lupu, Y. K. Nakka, R. C. Foust, S-J Chung, and F. Y Hadægh.
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Precision Attitude Control
Nonlinear Control Design and Testing
Nonlinear attitude control of a spacecraft with distributed actuation of solar arrays. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 42(3):458–475, 2019
Y. K. Nakka, Soon-Jo Chung, James T Allison, Jack B Aldrich, and Oscar S Alvarez-Salazar.
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Co-design of Solar Arrays
Co-design of strain-actuated solar arrays for spacecraft precision pointing and jitter reduction. AIAA Journal, pages 3180–3195, 2017
C. M. Chilan, D. R. Herber, Y. K. Nakka, S-J. Chung, J. T. Allison, J. B. Aldrich, and O. S Alvarez-Salazar.
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Co-design of strain-actuated solar arrays for precision pointing and jitter reduction. In 57th AIAA/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures,Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, page 0162, 2016
C. M. Chilan, D. R. Herber, Y. K. Nakka, S-J. Chung, J. T. Allison, J. B. Aldrich, and O. S Alvarez-Salazar.
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Rendezvous and Docking using Tethers
Automated rendezvous and docking using tethered formation flight. In 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying, 2017
Rebecca C Foust, Y. K. Nakka, Ayush Saxena, Soon-Jo Chung, and Fred Y Hadaegh.
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Spacecraft Systems Integration
Static Test Fixture for Spacecraft Handling Systems. In Workshop on Futuristic Aerospace Vehicles Integration and Testing (FAVIT 2014) Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, 20-21 February 2014
Y. K. Nakka et al.
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Launch Vehicle Interface: Constraints on Spacecraft Mechanical Configuration. In Workshop on Futuristic Aerospace Vehicles Integration and Testing (FAVIT 2014) Research Centre Imarat, Hyderabad, 20-21 February 2014
Y. K. Nakka et al.
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