Design Engineering

Sharan Asundi KJ*UYW

Assistant Professor

Department of Aerospace Science Engineering

Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL 36088

Office: 334-***-****; Email: ******@****.********.***

Research Interests

Design and Development of Autonomous Ground and Space Systems

Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Estimation

Vehicle Health Monitoring

Design of Small Satellite Mission Operations

Education

Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering University of Florida (Summer 11)

Dissertation: CubeSat System Design Based on Methodologies Adopted for Developing Wireless Robotic

Platform

M.S., Aerospace Engineering University of Florida (Fall 10)

Project: Design & Development of a Linux based Autonomous Wireless capable Self diagnosing Vehicle

B.E., Mechanical Engineering Bangalore University (Spring 01)

Project: Design, Fabrication & Testing of Electric Resistance Furnace for Melting Aluminum and its Alloys

Work Experience

Tata Infotech Ltd (INDIA) Senior Systems Engineer Feb 01 Dec 03

Synopsis Development, system testing and performance evaluation of computer systems, including

hardware and software, for clients in US. Clientele included Supervalu, University of Wisconsin, UN,

Catalyst, World Book Online, Merk Sharp & Dhome and Business Marketing Inc.

Research Experience Fall 04 Present

Designed and built a Linux based Autonomous Wireless Capable Self Diagnosing Vehicle (LAWS V), for

evaluating subsystems, sensor technologies and health monitoring capabilities relevant for small

satellites in general and CubeSats in particular.

Working with Space Systems Group to build SwampSat, a picosatellite capable of rapid retargeting and

precision pointing. Specifically involved in designing the electrical power system, command and data

handling system, attitude determination & estimation and on orbit operations of the spacecraft.

SwampSat is scheduled for launch in March 2012 on SPACEX s Falcon 1e

Teaching Experience (Selected) Fall 04 Spring 11

Spring 10 EML4312C Control of Mechanical Systems

Spring 08 & 09 EAS4510 Astrodynamics

Fall 07 EML5215 Analytical Dynamics

Spring 05 EML4314C Control Systems Design Lab

Fall 04 EGM3400 Engineering Mechanics

Computer Skill Set

Programming Tools C, C++, MATLAB, Simulink, Java, Visual Basic

Operating Systems Windows, Mac OSX, Ubuntu, Debian, Other Linux flavors

Others Allen Bradley PLC, Databases (Preliminary), Automated testing tools

Publications (Selected)

Asundi, S., Latchman, H., Fitz Coy., N. Attitude estimation for picosatellites with distributed computing

platform using Murrell's algorithm of the extended Kalman filter 21st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics

Meeting 11

Munoz, J., Nagabhushan, V., Asundi, S., Fitz Coy, N. High Fidelity Simulation of SwampSat Attitude

Determination and Control System 21st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting 11

Asundi, S., Mahin, M., Nagabhushan, V., Lin, T., and Fitz Coy, N. Composite and PCB Based

Implementations of a Solar Panel Design for SwampSat. 24th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites 10

Asundi, S.A., Waldrum, A.W., Fitz Coy, N.G., and Chao.C. Wireless heterogeneous robotic platforms for

cooperative sensing in a self con gurable communication network. American Nuclear Society s

Proceedings of 2008 Joint EPR RRS Topical Meeting 08

Leve, F., Allgeier, S., Nagabhushan, V., Asundi, S., Buckley, D., Waldrum, A., and Hiramatsu, T. ASTREC I

Detailed Design Report, FUNSAT IV Design Competition, 07 08

Manuscripts Accepted

Asundi, S., Allgeier, S., Mahin, M., Fitz Coy., N. Flight Software and Operations Design for Command, Data

and Telemetry Handling of SwampSat 1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and the

Cubesat Winter Session Workshop, 2011

Asundi, S., Johnson, S., Fitz Coy, N. Analytical Model of the Magnetic Field Distribution for a CMG based

Attitude Control System of a Picosatellite 8th International ESA Conference on GNC 2011

Manuscripts Submitted/In Preparation

Hiramatsu, T., Asundi, S., Johnson, S., Fitz Coy, N. Magnetic Torque Characterization for Motor based

Attitude Control Systems of Nano and Picosatellites 26th AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites 12

Asundi, S., Fitz Coy, N. Design and Development of Pico and Nano Class CubeSat Missions Based on a

Systems Engineering Approach SwampSat Journal of Small Satellites (In Preparation)

Asundi, S., Fitz Coy, N. Evaluation of EKF based Attitude Estimation Schemes for Pico and Nanosatellites

Using Sun Sensors, Magnetometer and Gyros Journal of Small Satellites (In Preparation)

Asundi, S., Fitz Coy., N CubeSat System Design Based on Methodologies Adopted for Designing a Wireless

Robotic Platform IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (In Preparation)

Course Work and Projects (Selected)

Analytical Dynamics

Optimal Estimation

Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control (Audited)

Astrodynamics (Audited)

Control Systems Theory

A longitudinal autopilot design to stabilize and track commanded acceleration for a missile

operating at Mach 3

Robot Geometry I

Intelligent Machines Design Lab

Developed an autonomous UGV capable of object tracking and avoid obstacles

Other Activities and Achievements

Licensed Ham radio operator KJ4UYW

Former president and member of Asha for Education @ University of Florida

Successfully completed a full marathon, half marathon & several 15K races

Computer system administrator for Space Systems Group

Member of the Small Satellite Design Club @ University of Florida Subsystem lead of the FUNSAT IV

team @ UF which won the FUNSAT IV competition

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