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  1. Finite Control Set MPC for Rendezvous on Elliptic Orbits Using On/Off Thrusters

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

    Trung Tran

  2. A Hybrid Model Predictive Control Framework for Docking and Stabilization of Composite Rigid Spacecraft Dynamics

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

    Miguel Castroviejo-Fernandez, Trung Tran

  3. Digital-Twin-Enabled Multi-Spacecraft On-Orbit Operations

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

    Trung Tran, Miguel Castroviejo-Fernandez

  4. Shrinking Horizon Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Robotic System: A Parameterized Approach

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

    Trung Tran, Miguel Castroviejo-Fernandez

  5. Autonomous Spacecraft Proximity Operations in the Earth-Moon Cis-lunar Space Using Time Shift Governors

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

    Taehyeun Kim, Trung Tran

  6. Constrained Control for Autonomous Spacecraft Rendezvous: Learning-Based Time Shift Governor

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

    Taehyeun Kim, Trung Tran

  7. Translational and Rotational Relative Dynamics Modeling and Its Use in Spacecraft Rendezvous With an Uncertain Docking Port Location

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

    Trung Tran, Miguel Castroviejo-Fernandez

  8. Understanding How Wind Affects EV's Energy Consumption and Optimal EV Routing

    Article • ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems, April 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Trung Tran, Oleg Gusikhin

  9. On Constrained Lyapunov Stabilization of Spacecraft Orbits Using Gauss Variational Equations

    Article • Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, March 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  10. Design Metrics for the Landing of Supersonic Aircraft under Stochastic Turbulence

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

    Trung Tran, Carlos Cesnik

  11. Time Shift Governor for Spacecraft Proximity Operation in Elliptic Orbits

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

    Trung Tran, Taehyeun Kim

  12. Hardware Implementation of Learning Reference Governors for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Maneuvering with Mobile Robots

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

    Trung Tran

  13. Command Governors Based on Bilevel Optimization for Constrained Spacecraft Orbital Transfer

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

    Trung Tran

  14. Constrained data smoothing via optimal control

    Article • Optimal Control Applications and Methods, April 2022, Wiley

    Trung Tran

  15. Nonlinear Control-oriented Modeling for Very Flexible Aircraft

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

    Fabio Vetrano, Trung Tran

  16. Maneuver Load Alleviation of Very Flexible Aircraft via Nonlinear Decoupling Control

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

    Carlos Cesnik, Trung Tran

  17. Quad-Rotor Flight Simulation in Realistic Atmospheric Conditions

    Article • AIAA Journal, May 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  18. Model Predictive Control Architectures for Maneuver Load Alleviation in Very Flexible Aircraft

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Carlos Cesnik, Fabio Vetrano, Mateus de Freitas Virgilio Pereira, Trung Tran

  19. Minimum-Time Model Predictive Spacecraft Attitude Control for Waypoint Following and Exclusion Zone Avoidance

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  20. Failure Detection and Control of Distributed Electric Propulsion Aircraft Engines

    Article • January 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Yudai Suzuki, Trung Tran

  21. Spacecraft Drift Counteraction Optimal Control: Open-Loop and Receding Horizon Solutions

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  22. Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft Relative Motion with Convexified Keep-Out-Zone Constraints

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2018, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  23. Constrained Spacecraft Relative Motion Planning Exploiting Periodic Natural Motion Trajectories and Invariance

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, December 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Gregory Frey, Trung Tran

  24. Parameter Governors for Coordinated Control of n-Spacecraft Formations

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Gregory Frey, Emanuele Garone, Trung Tran

  25. Coordinated Model Predictive Control of Aircraft Gas Turbine Engine and Power System

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, October 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Jinwoo Seok, Trung Tran

  26. Approximate Closed-Form Solution to a Linear Quadratic Optimal Control Problem with Disturbance

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, February 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  27. Fast Reference Governor for Linear Systems

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, February 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Emanuele Garone, Trung Tran

  28. Geometric Mechanics Based Nonlinear Model Predictive Spacecraft Attitude Control with Reaction Wheels

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, February 2017, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. James W Cutler, Trung Tran

  29. Enhanced Smoothing Technique for Indirect Optimization of Minimum-Fuel Low-Thrust Trajectories

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, November 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Ehsan Taheri, Trung Tran

  30. Fast Computable Recoverable Sets and Their Use for Aircraft Loss-of-Control Handling

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  31. Model Predictive Control Strategies for Constrained Soft Landing on an Asteroid

    Article • September 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  32. Analysis and Experimentation of Model Predictive Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Proximity Operations with Multiple Obstacle Avoidance

    Article • September 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Dr. Hyeongjun Park, Trung Tran

  33. Underactuated Spacecraft Switching Law for Two Reaction Wheels and Constant Angular Momentum

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, September 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  34. Model Predictive Control of an Underactuated Spacecraft with Two Reaction Wheels

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, August 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  35. Deterministic Drift Counteraction Optimal Control for Attitude Control of Spacecraft with Time-Varying Mass

    Article • January 2016, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  36. Safe Positively Invariant Sets for Spacecraft Obstacle Avoidance

    Article • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, April 2015, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Trung Tran

  37. Limit Protection in Gas Turbine Engines Based on Reference and Extended Command Governors

    Article • July 2014, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Walt Merrill, Trung Tran