Ravi teja Nallapu

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Mobile 980-***-**** • E-MAIL adcmgx@r.postjobfree.com EDUCATION

Ph.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering

University of Arizona - Arizona, USA August 2017- August 2020 Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Department;

Minor in Planetary Science

University of Arizona - Arizona, USA

Lunar & Planetary Science Laboratory, Department of Planetary Sciences; GPA – 4.00/4.00

Ph.D. Student in Aerospace Engineering

Arizona State University - Arizona, USA January 2015 - August 2017 Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department;

(Transferred to Univesity of Arizona in August 2017) GPA - 4.00/4.00

Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering

University of Houston – Texas, USA August 2010 - August 2012 Mechanical Engineering Department;

GPA - 3.54/4.00

Bachelor of Technology in Mechatronics Engineering Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University – Andhra Pradesh, India August 2006 - May 2010 Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology

Mechatronics (Mechanical) Engineering Department;

GPA - 3.90/4.00

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Performance optimization of swarms and constellations; Attitude Dynamics and Control; Trajectory Optimization; Guidance, Navigation & Control; Multi-agent autonomy; Photogrammetry. SKILLS

Certified Skills: STK Grand Master (Level 3); ROS, Vision and Motion Planning from Udemy Engineering tools: MATLAB; Simulink; OpenCV; SOLIDWORKS Programming skills: Python, C, C++, Java, Fortran, Unix, Processing AWARDS

Outstanding graduate student award, University of Arizona, Az November 2019 Best presentation award, AMOS Conference, Breckenridge, Hi September 2019 Second prize for best student paper award, AAS-GNC conference, Breckenridge, Co February 2017 INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

American Airlines, Inc. - Charlotte, NC December 2012-December 2014 Flight Simulator Engineer

-Maintenance, development, and testing of flight simulators

-Adjustment, Calibration, repair of related systems including avionics, visual, motion, and computers RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Research Assistant, Space TREX laboratory May 2015 - Present Arizona State University, AZ

-Ph.D. Thesis: Development of an end-to-end tool for Autonomous Swarm Mission Design to Solar System Small Bodies

-Multi-spacecraft operations testbed development for interplanetary missions

-Vision-based detection, tracking, and trajectory prediction of meteor entry with a CubeSat constellation

-Constellation design for meteor observations from low Earth orbits

-NASA-JPL/ASU SURP Project: Design of multi-spacecraft operation testing robots

-Interplanetary CubeSat Mission Design: LOGIC (Phobos Exploration), DRAGON (Deimos Exploration)

-CubeSat Mission Attitude Determination & Control Systems Lead: AOSAT 1, AOSAT+, SWIMSat TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Teaching assistant, Control system engineering Fall 2018-Spring 2010 Teaching assistant, Vehicle Dynamics Summer 2019

Teaching assistant, Engineering mechanics Fall 2016, Spring 2017 Teaching assistant, Production, and automation Spring 2012 Teaching assistant, Engineering mechanics Spring 2012 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) January 2018-present Member, Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) May 2013-present Member, Tau Beta Pi October 2016-present

Member, Toastmasters International- UA Chapter June 2019-present Research Coordinator, Mechanical Engineering Graduate Association December 2011-August 2012 Secretary, Graduate Indian Student Organization August 2011-August 2012 PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers

1. Nallapu, R., Schwartz S.R., Asphaug E., and Thangavelautham, J., "Robust Spin Control Design for the AOSAT+ Mission Concept," in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing.

2. Noonan, J.W., Reddy, V., Harris, W.M., Bottke, W.F., Sanchez, J.A., Furfaro, R., Brown, Z., Fernandes, R., Kareta, T., Lejoly, C. and Nallapu, R., 2019. Search for the H Chondrite Parent Body among the Three Largest S-type Asteroids:(3) Juno, (7) Iris, and (25) Phocaea. The Astronomical Journal, 158(5), p.213.

3. Reddy, Vishnu, et al. "Near-Earth asteroid 2012 TC4 campaign: Results from global planetary defense exercise." Icarus (2019).

4. Asphaug, E., Thangavelautham, J., Klesh, A., Chandra, A., Nallapu, R., Raura, L., Herreras- Martinez, M. and Schwartz, S., 2017. A CubeSat centrifuge for long-duration milligravity research. npj Microgravity, 3(1), p.16.

5. Lightholder, J., Thoesen, A., Adamson, E., Jakubowski, J., Nallapu, R., Smallwood, S., Raura, L., Klesh, A., Asphaug, E., Thangavelautham, J. “Asteroid Origins Satellite 1: An On-orbit Centrifuge Science Laboratory,” Acta Astronautica, vol. 133, pp. 81-94, 2017. Conference Papers

1. Nallapu, R., and Xu, Y., and Marquez, A., and Schuler, T., and Thangavelautham, J., “The Design of a Space-based Observation and Tracking System for Interstellar Objects,”2020 American Astronautical Society (AAS)-GNC Conference Proceedings, AAS-GNC, 2020. 2. Nallapu, R., Vance L.D., Xu, Y., and Thangavelautham, J., 2020 Automated Design Architecture for Lunar Constellations. 2020 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2020. 3. Nallapu, R., and Thangavelautham, J., 2020. Design of Spacecraft Swarm Flybys for Planetary Moon Exploration. 2020 AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Conference. 4. Nallapu, R., and Thangavelautham, J., “Towards End-To-End Design of Spacecraft Swarms for Small-Body Reconnaissance,” Proceedings of the 70th International Astronautical Congress, IAF, Washington D.C.

5. Nallapu, R., and Thangavelautham, J., " Cooperative Multi-spacecraft Observation of Incoming Space Threats." Advanced Maui Optical Science Conference (AMOS), Maui, Hawaii,2019. 6. Nallapu, R., and Thangavelautham, J., “Spacecraft Swarm Attitude Control for Small Body Surface Observation,”2019 American Astronautical Society (AAS)-GNC Conference Proceedings, AAS-GNC, 2019.

7. Noonan, J.W., Reddy, V., Harris, W.M., Bottke, W.F., Sanchez, J.A., Furfaro, R., Brown, Z., Fernandes, R., Kareta, T.R., Lejoly, C. and Nallapu, R, 2019, March. Is Asteroid (3) Juno the Parent Body of H-Chondrite Meteorites? In Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (Vol. 50). 8. Nallapu, R., and Thangavelautham, J., 2019. Attitude Control of Spacecraft Swarms for Visual Mapping of Planetary Bodies. 2019 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 2019. 9. Nallapu, R., Kalita, H., and Thangavelautham, J. "On-Orbit Meteor Impact Monitoring Using CubeSat Swarms." Advanced Maui Optical Science Conference (AMOS), Maui, Hawaii,2018. 10. Nallapu, R., Ravindran, A., Kalita, H., Reddy, V., Furfaro, R., Asphaug, E. and Thangavelautham, J., 2018, April. Smart camera system onboard a CubeSat for space-based object reentry and tracking. In 2018 IEEE/ION Position, Location and Navigation Symposium (PLANS) (pp. 1294- 1301). IEEE.

11. Ravindran, A., Nallapu, R., Warren, A., Babuscia, A., Vazco, J. and Thangavelautham, J., 2017, June. An experimental platform for multi-spacecraft phase-array communications. In 2017 Cognitive Communications for Aerospace Applications Workshop (CCAA) (pp. 1-4). IEEE. 12. Nallapu, R., Thangavelautham, J., “Precise Pointing of CubeSat Telescopes,” 40th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, AAS, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2017. 13. Kalita, H., Nallapu, R., Warren, A., Thangavelautham, J, “Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Multirobot Systems in Cooperative Cliff Climbing,” To Appear in 40th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, AAS, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2017.

14. Kalita, H., Nallapu, R., Thangavelautham, J., “GNC of the SphereX Robot for Extreme Environment Exploration on Mars,” 40th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, AAS, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2017.

15. Nallapu, R., Asphaug, E., Thangavelautham, J., “Control of a Bucket Wheel for Surface Mining of Asteroids and Small-Bodies,” 40th AAS Guidance and Control Conference, AAS, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2017.

16. Nallapu, R., Shah, S., Asphaug, E., Thangavelautham, J., “Attitude Control of the Asteroid Origins Satellite I (AOSAT 1),” AAS, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2017. 17. Nallapu, R., Tallapragada, A., Thangavelautham, J., “Radiometric Actuators for Spacecraft Attitude Control,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, IEEE, Bozeman, Montana, 2017. 18. Nallapu, R., Thoesen, A., Garvie, L., Asphaug, E., Thangavelautham, J.“Optimized Bucket Wheel Design for Asteroid Excavation,” Proceedings of the 67th International Astronautical Congress, IAF, Guadalajara, Mexico, pp. 1-10, 2016.

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