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  1. Cross Validation of Sensor Inputs as Part of Position Estimation for Urban Air Mobility

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Keerthana Kannan, Dr Vahram Stepanyan

  2. Vision-based Approach and Landing with Distributed Sensing and Hierarchical Mixture of Experts

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Keerthana Kannan, Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Dr Vahram Stepanyan

  3. Considerations for Optimal Sensor Placement for Higher Accuracy Object Localization for Urban Air Mobility

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan

  4. Large-Scale Simulation of a Distributed Sensing Network Supporting Regional Urban Air Mobility Operations

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan, Dr Thomas Lombaerts

  5. Enabling Smart Urban Airspaces Through Distributed Sensing Technologies

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Keerthana Kannan

  6. Vision-Based Distributed Sensing at Vertiports for Advanced Air Mobility and Urban Air Mobility Approach and Landing

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan

  7. Development and Field Test Results of Distributed Ground-Based Sensor Fusion Object Tracking

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan, Dr Thomas Lombaerts

  8. Visual & Inertial Datasets for an eVTOL Aircraft Approach and Landing Scenario

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Keerthana Kannan, A.J. Jaffe

  9. Flight Test Design and Implementation for Independent Surveillance of an Airspace Through a Distributed Ground Sensing Network

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Keerthana Kannan

  10. Ground-Based Vision Tracker for Advanced Air Mobility and Urban Air Mobility

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan

  11. Hierarchical Mixture of Experts for Advanced Air Mobility Flight Phase Classification

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Keerthana Kannan, Dr Vahram Stepanyan

  12. An Indoor Flight Test Setup with Sensor Payload and Distributed Ground Nodes for Distributed Sensing Concepts

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Keerthana Kannan

  13. Distributed Sensor Fusion of Ground and Air Nodes using Vision and Radar Modalities for Tracking Multirotor Small Uncrewed Air Systems and Birds

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan, Dr Thomas Lombaerts

  14. Survey of Capabilities and Gaps in External Perception Sensors for Autonomous Urban Air Mobility Applications

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr Thomas Lombaerts, Dr Vahram Stepanyan, Keerthana Kannan