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2026

Optimal Optical Inter-Satellite Link Tracking Via Gauss-Seidel and Riccati Iterations

Daniel Garcia and Claus Danielson

Proceedings of the American Control Conference, 2026.

American Control ConferenceOptimal ControlOISL TrackingSO(3)

2025

Advancing Real-Time GNSS Data Transmission and Education Through ATAK Integration at COSMIAC

Chad Rathbun, Craig Kief, Luis Hernandez, Rachel Hock-Mysliwiec, and Michael Starks

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Poster Session 3, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 2025.

SmallSatGNSSATAK

Artificial Intelligence Performance and Radiation Effects in Neuromorphic NorthPole Hardware

Victor M. Vergara, Francisco O. Viramontes, Amanda E. Romero, Matthew E. Spear, Evan T. Kain, Windy S. Slater, Heather M. Quinn, and Qing Wu

IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing Conference, 2025.

IEEE HPECAIRadiation Effects

Space Domain Awareness of Debris Evaluated Through Synthetic Data

Victor M. Vergara, Jeremy J. Wojcik, Derrek Landauer, Francisco O. Viramontes, Mari A. Aoki, Tyler M. Lovelly, Evan T. Kain, and Jesse Mee

IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2025.

IEEE AerospaceSDASynthetic Data

Space Processor Computation Time Analysis for Reinforcement Learning and Run Time Assurance Control Policies

Kyle Dunlap, Nathaniel Hamilton, Francisco Viramontes, Derrek Landauer, Evan Kain, and Kerianne L. Hobbs

AIAA SciTech Forum, 2025. Also available as arXiv:2405.06771.

AIAA SciTechReinforcement LearningRTA

E-band Reconfigurable Polarizer for Waveguide Fed Antennas

Joshua Cooper, Jayakrishnan Vijayamohanan, Emil Ardelean, Steven A. Lane, and Christos Christodoulou

Frontiers in Antennas and Propagation, vol. 3, article 1615932, August 2025.

Journal ArticleE-bandAntennas

UAV-Mounted Base Station Coverage and Trajectory Optimization Using LSTM-A2C with Attention

Yonatan M. Worku, Christos Christodoulou, and Michael Devetsikiotis

Drones, vol. 9, no. 11, article 787, 2025.

Journal ArticleUAV6G

Deep RL for UAV Energy and Coverage Optimization in 6G-Based IoT Remote Sensing Networks

Yonatan M. Worku, Petro M. Tshakwanda, Henok B. Tsegaye, Michael Devetsikiotis, Claudio Sacchi, and Christos Christodoulou

IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, Montana, March 2025.

IEEE AerospaceUAV6G IoT

A Data-Driven Pattern-to-Code Mapping for Digital Metasurface

Eskedar Ayele, Oameed Noakoasteen, and Christos Christodoulou

IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, Cocoa Beach, Florida, February 2025.

IEEE iWATMetasurfaces

Joint Source Detection and Modulation Classification with Neural Networks

Jayakrishnan Vijayamohanan, Arjun Gupta, and Christos Christodoulou

IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, July 2025.

IEEE APS/URSINeural NetworksRF

Efficient Space-Time Coding Sequence Prediction for Digital Metasurfaces Using ANNs: A Simulated Dataset Approach

Eskedar Ayele, Oameed Noakoasteen, and Christos Christodoulou

IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Ottawa, Canada, July 2025.

IEEE APS/URSIMetasurfacesANNs

2024

Transfer Learning with Synthetic Satellite Imagery

Victor M. Vergara, Jeremy J. Wojcik, Francisco O. Viramontes, Mari A. Aoki, Evan T. Kain, and Tyler M. Lovelly

IEEE Space Computing Conference, 2024, pp. 131-135.

IEEE SCCTransfer LearningSynthetic Imagery

Physics-Informed Surrogates for Electromagnetic Dynamics Using Transformers and Graph Neural Networks

Oameed Noakoasteen, Christos Christodoulou, Zhen Peng, and Sotirios K. Goudos

IET Microwaves, Antennas & Propagation, vol. 18, no. 7, pp. 505-515, February 2024.

Journal ArticleTransformersElectromagnetics

Reconfiguration and Millimeter-Wave Transmission Properties of Heat-Treated Self-Assembled Helices

Divya J. Prakash, Jayakrishnan Vijayamohanan, Grant D. Heileman, Max G. Lagally, Daniel W. Van der Weide, Christos Christodoulou, Daniel Shima, Ganesh Balakrishnan, and Francesca Cavallo

Joint International Vacuum Electronics Conference and International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference, Monterey, California, April 2024.

IVEC + IVESCMillimeter Wave

Simulated and Measured Scattering Parameters of Self-Winding Helices at Millimeter Frequencies

Tingyou Guo, Divya J. Prakash, Jayakrishnan Vijayamohanan, Grant D. Heileman, Christos Christodoulou, Daniel W. Van der Weide, and Francesca Cavallo

Joint International Vacuum Electronics Conference and International Vacuum Electron Sources Conference, Monterey, California, April 2024.

IVEC + IVESCMillimeter Wave

On Deep Learning-Based Beam Selection in the Presence of Array Imperfections

Jayakrishnan Vijayamohanan, Arjun Gupta, and Christos G. Christodoulou

IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 2024.

IEEE APS/URSIBeam Selection

Predicting V-Band Attenuation Through a Multiple Input Modality CNN/MLP Hybrid Model

Ralph L. Gesner, Christos G. Christodoulou, Steven A. Lane, and John A. Argyres

IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and INC/USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Florence, Italy, July 2024.

IEEE APS/URSIV-bandDeep Learning

Publication Archive

2023

NASA SpaceCube Next-Generation Artificial-Intelligence Computing for STP-H9-SCENIC on ISS

Alessandro Geist et al.

37th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, August 2023.

SmallSatSpaceCubeAI Computing

Characterization and Modeling of Rectifying Antennas for Space-to-Space Power Transmission

Leilani Baker, Zack Daniels, Samantha Korfe, Will Hamel, Chad Rathbun, Ricardo Quintana, Dante Orona Yang, Hailey Holder, Joseph Likar, Steve Lindsley, Rachel Delaney, Constance Moyer, Christopher Rodenbeck, and Brian Tierney

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Weekend Poster Session 1, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, August 2023.

SmallSatPower BeamingRectennas

2022

Trusted Working Copies for Distributed Systems Engineering

Steven Massey, Charles Brechtel, Irene Woerner, and Zack Daniels

AIAA SciTech Forum, 2022.

AIAA SciTechSystems Engineering

2021

A Case Study on Auction-Based Task Allocation Algorithms in Multi-Satellite Systems

Fernando Parra and Sean Phillips

AIAA SciTech Forum, Nashville, Tennessee, 2021.

AIAA SciTechMulti-Satellite Systems

2020

Challenges and Opportunities for CubeSat Detection for Space Situational Awareness Using a CNN

Jim Aarestad, Andrew Cochrane, Matthew Hannon, Evan Kain, Craig Kief, Steven Lindsley, and Brian Zufelt

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Technical Poster Session IV, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, August 2020.

SmallSatSDACNN

2017

Emergent Trends for CubeSat Ground Systems - A University View

Craig Kief, Nick Buonaiuto, Mark Louie, Jim Aarestad, Rohit Mital, Robert Monical, Robert Sivilli, Apoorva Bhopale, and Brian Zufelt

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Poster Session 2, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, August 2017.

SmallSatGround Systems

Satellite Identification Imaging for Small Satellites Using NVIDIA

Nick Buonaiuto, Mark Louie, Jim Aarestad, Rohit Mital, Dennis Mateik, Robert Sivilli, Apoorva Bhopale, and Craig Kief

AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Alternates, Utah State University, Logan, Utah, August 2017.

SmallSatNVIDIASmall Satellite Imaging

2016

Multi-Layer Off-Axis Patch Antennas Fabricated Using Polymer Extrusion 3D Printing

Corey M. Shemelya, Michael Zemba, Craig Kief, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker, and Eric MacDonald

10th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, 2016.

EuCAP3D PrintingAntennas

2015

Using Additive Manufacturing to Print a CubeSat Propulsion System

William M. Marshall, James D. Stegeman, Michael Zemba, Eric MacDonald, Corey Shemelya, Ryan Wicker, Andrew Kwas, Craig Kief, and David Espalin

51st AIAA/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, Orlando, Florida, July 2015.

AIAA PropulsionCubeSatAdditive Manufacturing

Multi-Functional 3D Printed and Embedded Sensors for Satellite Qualification Structures

Corey Shemelya, Luis Banuelos-Chacon, Adrian Melendez, Craig J. Kief, David Espalin, Ryan B. Wicker, Gijs Krijnen, and Eric MacDonald

IEEE SENSORS, Busan, South Korea, November 2015.

IEEE SensorsEmbedded Sensors3D Printing

Commercial Parts Radiation Testing

Craig J. Kief

Defense Technical Information Center, ADA616531, January 2015.

Technical ReportRadiation TestingSpace Electronics

Mechanical, Electromagnetic, and X-ray Shielding Characterization of a 3D Printable Tungsten-Polycarbonate Polymer Matrix Composite for Space-Based Applications

Corey M. Shemelya, Armando Rivera, Angel Torrado Perez, Carmen Rocha, Min Liang, Xiaoju Yu, Craig Kief, David Alexander, James Stegeman, Hao Xin, Ryan B. Wicker, Eric MacDonald, and David A. Roberson

Journal of Electronic Materials, vol. 44, pp. 2598-2607, 2015.

Journal ArticleShieldingMaterials

2014

Printing Multi-Functionality: Additive Manufacturing for CubeSats

Craig J. Kief, Jim Aarestad, Eric MacDonald, Corey Shemelya, David A. Roberson, Ryan Wicker, Andy M. Kwas, Mike Zemba, Keith Avery, Richard Netzer, and William Kemp

AIAA SPACE Conference and Exposition, San Diego, California, August 2014.

AIAA SPACECubeSatAdditive Manufacturing