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Publications (grouped by topic)

Multi-Agent and Swarm Guidance Navigation and Control

Journals

  1. F. Rossi, R. C. Anderson, S. Bandyopadhyay, E. Brandon, A. Goel, J. V. Hook, M. Mischna, M. Villarreal, M. Wronkiewicz, “Distributed Instruments for Planetary Surface Science: Scientific Opportunities and Technology Feasibility,” AAS Planetary Science Journal, 2024, submitted. (arxiv)

  2. S. Hernandez, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. S. Haynes, R. R. Karimi, R. L. Anderson, “Two-Spacecraft Orbiting in Opposition to Enable Bistatic Radar Observations around an Asteroid,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), 2021. submitted.

  3. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Mote, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Communication-Aware Orbit Design for Small Spacecraft a Swarm around Small Bodies,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), vol. 45, no. 11, Nov. 2022. (DOI)

  4. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Wolf, M. Pavone, “Review of Multi-Agent Algorithms for Collective Behavior: a Structural Taxonomy,” IEEE Control Systems Magazine (CSM), 2021, under review. (arxiv)

  5. C. Sinigaglia, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, F. Braghin, “Optimal Transport Based Density Feedback Control of Particle Swarms for Orbiting Rainbows Concept,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), Aug. 2021. (PDF) (DOI)

  6. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Probabilistic and Distributed Control of a Large-Scale Swarm of Autonomous Agents,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics (TRO), vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 1103-1123, Oct., 2017. (DOI) (YouTube Video URL)

  7. D. Zhou, Z. Wang, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Schwager, “Fast, On-line Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Vehicles using Buffered Voronoi Cells,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 1047-1054, Apr., 2017. (DOI)

  8. S.-J. Chung, S. Bandyopadhyay, I. Chang, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Phase Synchronization Control of Complex Networks of Lagrangian Systems on Adaptive Digraphs,” Automatica, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 1148-1161, May, 2013. (DOI)

Conferences

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, Y. Kumar Nakka, L. Fesq, S. Ardito, “Design and Development of MuSCAT: Multi-Spacecraft Concept and Autonomy Tool,” AIAA Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND), 2024. (DOI)

  2. I. Aenishanslin, S. Bandyopadhyay, L. Fesq, R. Amini, P. Adel, “Simulation Tool for Autonomous Multi-Spacecraft Mission Design around Small Bodies,” Inter-Planetary Small Satellite Conference, Pasadena, CA, May 2023. [poster] 

  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Amini, R. Miller, S. Bhaskaran, R. Anderson, S. Hernandez, M. Haynes, P. Adell, C. Raymond, L. Fesq, “Integrated Science and Engineering Simulation Environment for Formation Flying Mission around Small Body,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, March 2023. (DOI)

  4. A. French, Y. Takahashi, R. Anderson, S. Bhaskaran, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Amini, “Navigating a Dual-Spacecraft Bistatic Radar Around an Asteroid,” AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Austin, TX, Jan. 2023.

  5. A. Deole, J. Becktor, W. Seto, S. Bandyopadhyay, N. Rahimi, S. Talebi, M. Mesbahi, A. Rahmani, “Multi-Agent Passivity-based Control for Perception-based Guidance,” AIAA SciTech Guidance‚ Navigation‚ and Control, National Harbor, MD, Jan. 2023. (DOI)

  6. R. B. Amini, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bhashkaran, R. Miller, M. Haynes, S. Hernandez, “Integrated Science and Engineering Simulation Environment For Small Body Missions,” 53rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), Houston, TX, March, 2022. 

  7. M. Wronkiewicz, R. C. Anderson, S. Bandyopadhyay, E. J. Brandon, A. Goel, J. Vander Hook, M. Mischna, M. Villarreal, F. Rossi, “Toward Economically Addressing Surface Science Questions on Mars with Distributed Instruments,” Low-Cost Science Mission Concepts for Mars Exploration, Pasadena, CA, Mar. 2022. [Abstract only]

  8. J. Becktor, W. Seto, A. Deole, S. Bandyopadhyay, N. Rahimi, S. Talebi, M. Mesbahi, A. Rahmani, “Robust Vision-based Multi-spacecraft Guidance Navigation Control using CNN-based Pose Estimation,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2022. (DOI)

  9. J. L. de Pablos, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, S. C. Bradford, V. Gehlot, M. Balas, “Detection and Mitigation of Transient Instabilities in Deployable Booms,” AIAA SciTech Spacecraft Structures, January 2022. (DOI)

  10. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, S. C. Bradford, J. L. de Pablos, “Multi-Agent Control Approach to the Stability of Linear Deployable Systems,” AIAA SciTech Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), January 2022. (DOI)

  11. N. Rahimi, S. Talebi, A. Deole, M. Mesbahi, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Rahmani, “Robust Controller Synthesis for Vision-based Spacecraft Guidance and Control,” AIAA SciTech Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), January 2022. (DOI)

  12. S. Hernandez, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. S. Haynes, R. R. Karimi, J. R. Stuart, “Small Spacecraft Swarms Enabling Asteroid Radar Observations,” AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, August 8-12, 2021. (PDF)

  13. S. Hernandez, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. S. Haynes, R. R. Karimi, J. R. Stuart, B. Davidsson, C. Raymond, “Small Spacecraft Swarms Enabling Asteroid Radar Observations: Apophis Mission Study,” 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2021. [Abstract only] (LPSC Poster URL)

  14. M. S. Haynes, I. Fenni, Y. Gim, B. Daviddson, C. Raymond, S. Hernandez, S. Bandyopadhyay, J. R. Stuart, R. R. Karimi, “Small Body Radar Inverse Scattering In Monostatic And Bistatic Geometries,” 52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (LPSC), 2021. [Abstract only]

  15. K. Solovey, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Rossi, M. Wolf, M. Pavone, “Fast Near-Optimal Heterogeneous Task Allocation via Flow Decomposition,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi’an, China, May-June 2021. (DOI)

  16. S. Bandyopadhyay, V. Gehlot, M. Balas, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, “Detection of Transient Instabilities in Swarms,” IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, LA, May 2021. (DOI)

  17. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, “Collision Free Dynamic Stability of Formations Using Projection Based Estimators,” IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), New Orleans, LA, May 2021. (DOI)

  18. S. Bandyopadhyay, V. Gehlot, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, M. Balas, “Detection and Mitigation of Transient Instabilities in Multi-Agent Systems and Swarms,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), Online, Oct. 2020. (PDF) 

  19. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, “Projection-Based Inter-Agent Collision Avoidance in Dual Agent Systems,” International Conference on Autonomic and Autonomous Systems (ICAS), Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 2020. (DOI)

  20. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Mote, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Communication-Aware Orbit Design for a Swarm of Small Spacecraft around a Small Body for Maximizing Science Returns,” AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, South Lake Tahoe, CA, Aug. 2020. (PDF) (Youtube Video URL) 

  21. M. B. Quadrelli, V. Vilnrotter, R. Hodges, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Finley, D. Kahan, “Experimental Validation of Swarm Array Results using Mars Cube One (MarCO) A,B Downlink Signals,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2020. (DOI) 

  22. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, and S. Bandyopadhyay, “Dynamic Stability And Adaptive Control of Networked Evolving Formations with Weak Nonlinearities,” AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control (GNC) Conference, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2020. (DOI) 

  23. P. Culbertson, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Schwager, “Multi-Robot Assembly Sequencing via Discrete Optimization,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Macau, China, Nov. 2019. (DOI) (YouTube Video URL) 

  24. M. B. Quadrelli, R. Hodges, V. Vilnrotter, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Tassi, S. Bevilacqua, “Distributed Swarm Antenna Arrays for Deep Space Applications,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2019. (DOI) 

  25. F. Rossi, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Wolf, M. Pavone, “Review of Multi-Agent Algorithms for Collective Behavior: a Structural Taxonomy,” IFAC Networked & Autonomous Air & Space Systems Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, June, 2018. (DOI) 

  26. S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Baldini, R. Foust, S.-J. Chung, A. Rahmani, J.-P. de la Croix,
    F. Y. Hadaegh, “Distributed Spatiotemporal Motion Planning for Spacecraft Swarms in Cluttered Environments,” AIAA Space, Orlando, Florida, Sept., 2017. (DOI) (YouTube Video URL) 

  27. S. Bandyopadhyay and M. B. Quadrelli, “Optimal Transport based Control of Granular Imaging Systems in Space,” 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Boulder, Colorado, June, 2017. (PDF) 

  28. S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Baldini, R. Foust, A. Rahmani, J.-P. de la Croix, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Distributed Fast Motion Planning for Spacecraft Swarms in Cluttered Environments using Spherical Expansions and Sequence of Convex Optimization Problems,” 9th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Boulder, Colorado, June, 2017. (PDF) 

  29. D. Zhou, Z. Wang, S. Bandyopadhyay, M. Schwager, “Fast, On-line Collision Avoidance for Dynamic Vehicles using Buffered Voronoi Cells,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Singapore, May-June, 2017. (DOI) 

  30. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “A Probabilistic Eulerian Approach for Motion Planning of a Large-Scale Swarm of Robots,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, Korea, Oct., 2016. (DOI)

  31. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Feedback-Based Inhomogeneous Markov Chain Approach To Probabilistic Swarm Guidance,” 8th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Delft, The Netherlands, June, 2015. (PDF) 

  32. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Probabilistic Swarm Guidance using Optimal Transport,” IEEE Multi-Conference on Systems and Control (MSC), Antibes, France, Oct. 2014. [Best Student Paper Award Finalist] (DOI) 

  33. D. Morgan, G. P. Subramanian, S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Probabilistic Guidance of Distributed Systems using Sequential Convex Programming,” International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Chicago, IL, Sept., 2014. (DOI) (YouTube Video URL) 

  34. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Inhomogeneous Markov Chain Approach to Probabilistic Swarm Guidance Algorithm,” 5th Int. Conf. on Spacecraft Formation Flying Missions and Technologies (SFFMT), Munich, Germany, May 2013. (PDF) 

  35. S. Bandyopadhyay, C. M. Saaj, and B. Bandyopadhyay, “Stability analysis of small satellite formation flying and reconfiguration missions in deep space,” 12th International Workshop on Variable Structure Systems (VSS), Mumbai, India, 12-14 Jan. 2012. (DOI) 

  36. S. Bandyopadhyay, C. M. Saaj, and B. Bandyopadhyay, “Development of Sliding Mode Controller for Small Satellite in Planetary Orbital Environment Formation Flying Missions,” International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paper ID: IAC-10-C1.5.6, Prague, Czech Republic, Sept., 2010. (PDF) 

  37. C. M. Saaj, S. Bandyopadhyay, and B. Bandyopadhyay, “Robust Control and Path Planning Algorithms for Small Satellites in Formation Flying Mission,” International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Paper ID: IAC-09-B4.6A.3, Daejeon, South Korea, Oct., 2009. (PDF)

Single-Agent Guidance Navigation and Control

Journals

  1. C. Buonagura, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Zhou, B. J. Hockman, J. Villa, I. Nesnas, F. Topputo, S. Ardito, “Enhancing Close-Proximity Small Body Missions: The Role of
    Spacecraft Autonomy,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets (JSR), submitted.

  2. V. Gehlot, M. Balas, M. Quadrelli, D. Bayard, A. Rahmani, S. Bandyopadhyay, “A Path to Solving Robotic Differential Equations Using Quantum Computing,” ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems, Vol. 2, No. 3,  July 2022. (DOI)

  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, D. Lubey, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, J. Villa, J. McMahon, A. Osmundson, “Light-Robust Pole-from-Silhouette Algorithm for Autonomous Optical Navigation to an Unknown Small Body,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), 2023. under preparation.

  4. B. Jarvis, G. Choi, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Lubey, J. Villa, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, “Coarse Mapping of Small Bodies,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RAL), 2021. (DOI) 

  5. I. Nesnas, B. Hockman, S. Bandopadhyay, B. Morrell, D. Lubey, J. Villa, D. Bayard, A. Osmundson, B. Jarvis, M. Bersani, and S. Bhaskaran, “Autonomous Exploration of Small Bodies Toward Greater Autonomy for Deep Space Missions,” Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2021. (DOI)

  6. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Nonlinear Attitude Control of Spacecraft with a Large Captured Object,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (JGCD), Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 754-769, Apr., 2016. (DOI)

Conferences

  1. C. Buonagura, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Zhou, B. J. Hockman, J. Villa, I. Nesnas, F. Topputo, S. Ardito, “The Role of Autonomy in Apophis Close Proximity Operations,” 35th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Lihue, Hawaii, January 2025. 

  2. M. Wijayatunga, C. Buonagura, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bhaskaran, B. Zhou, P. Chodas, Y.  Nakka, A. Petropoulos, W. Frazier, I. Nesnas, S. Ardito, L. Fesq, J. Brophy, “Assessing the Feasibility of Ion Beam-based Asteroid Deflection for Planetary Defense,” AIAA SciTech Guidance‚ Navigation‚ and Control, Orlando, FL, January 2025. [2025 GNC Graduate Student Paper Competition Finalist] (PDF)

  3. K. Echigo, A. Cauligi, S. Bandyopadhay, D. Scharf, G. Lantoine, B. Acikmese, I Nesnas, “Autonomy in the Real-World: Autonomous Trajectory Planning for Asteroid Reconnaissance via Stochastic Optimization,” AIAA SciTech Guidance‚ Navigation‚ and Control, Orlando, FL, January 2025. [2025 GNC Graduate Student Paper Competition Finalist] (PDF)

  4. B. Hockman, B. Morrell, B. Jarvis, D. Lubey, J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, “Autonomous Mapping, Hazard Assessment, and Landing Site Selection on Small Solar System Bodies,” Rocky Mountain AAS GN&C  Conference, Feb. 2022.

  5. G. Turco, B. Morrell, J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Hockman, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas,  S.Bhaskaran, D. Lubey “CNN-Based Robust Feature Tracking For The Autonomous Approach To An Unknown Small Body,” International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 2021.

  6. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Villa, A. Osmundson, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, D. Lubey, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, J. McMahon, I. Nesnas “Light-Robust Shape-from-Silhouette Algorithm for Autonomous Optical Navigation to an Unknown Small Body” 31st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Charlotte, NC, Jan.-Feb. 2021. (PDF)

  7. B. Morrell, J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Lubey, B. Hockman, S. Bhaskaran, D. Bayard, I. Nesnas, “Automatic Feature Tracking on Small Bodies for Autonomous Approach,” AIAA ASCEND, Virtual, Nov. 2020. (DOI) 

  8. J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Morrell, B. Hockman, A. Harvard, S.-J. Chung, S. Bhaskaran, I. Nesnas, “Optical Navigation For Autonomous Approach Of Small Un-known Bodies,” AAS Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, Feb., 2020. (PDF)

  9. J. Villa, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. Morrell, B. Hockman, S. Bhaskaran, I. Nesnas, “Optical Navigation for the Autonomous Approach of Small Unknown Bodies,” 2nd Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Space Imaging Workshop, Oct., 2019. [Abstract only] (PDF) 

  10. S. Bandyopadhyay, I. Nesnas, S. Bhaskaran, B. Hockman, B. Morrell, “Silhouette-based 3D Shape Reconstruction of a Small Body from a Spacecraft,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2019. (DOI) 

  11. M. Landolfi, S. Bandyopadhyay, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Autonomous Guidance Navigation and Control for Agile Quadrotors Using Polynomial Trajectory Planning and L1 Adaptive Control,” 25th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, Valletta, Malta, July, 2017. (DOI) 

  12. F. Baldini, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Foust, S.-J. Chung, A. Rahmani, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Bacula, C. M. Chilan, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Fast Motion Planning for Agile Space Systems with Multiple Obstacles,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Long Beach, CA, Sept., 2016. (DOI) 

  13. G. Falcone, A. Saxena, S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Attitude Control of the Asteroid Redirect Robotic Mission Spacecraft with a Captured Boulder,” AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Long Beach, CA, Sept., 2016. (DOI)

  14. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Nonlinear Attitude Control Of Spacecraft With A Captured Asteroid,” 8th International Workshop on Satellite Constellations and Formation Flying (IWSCFF), Delft, The Netherlands, June, 2015. (PDF) 

  15. S. Bandyopadhyay, S.-J. Chung and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Attitude Control and Stabilization of Spacecraft with a Captured Asteroid,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC), Kissimee, FL, Jan., 2015. [Best Presentation in Session] (DOI)

Distributed Estimation and Distributed Computing

Journals

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay and S.-J. Chung, “Distributed Bayesian Filtering Algorithm for Dynamic Sensor Networks,” Automatica, Vol. 97, pp. 7-17, Nov. 2018. (DOI)

  2. S. Bandyopadhyay and S.-J. Chung, “Distributed Estimation using Bayesian Consensus Filtering,” 2014. (arxiv)

Conferences

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, V. Gehlot, S. Kraisler, S. Talebi, A. Deole, J. Becktor, W. Seto, N. Rahimi, M. Mesbahi, A. Rahmani, “Vision-based Distributed Pose Estimation using a Spacecraft Constellation,” AIAA SciTech Guidance‚ Navigation‚ and Control, January 2023. (DOI)

  2. J. V. Hook, T. Vaquero, M. Troesch, J.-P. de la Croix, J. Schoolcraft, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Chien, “Dynamic Shared Computing Resources for Multi-Robot Mars Exploration,” International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), Delft, Netherlands, June, 2018. (PDF) 

  3. S. Bandyopadhyay and S.-J. Chung, “Distributed Estimation using Bayesian Consensus Filtering,” IEEE American Control Conference (ACC), Portland, OR, June, 2014. (DOI)

Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT)

Journals

  1. D. Pisanti, A. Goel, G. Gupta, M. Arya, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Modeling Science Return from the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon,” Philosophical Transactions Royal Society A, March 2024. (DOI)

  2. S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Goel, D. Pisanti, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, G. Gupta, N. Chahat, V. Gehlot, R. Wang, P. McGarey, B. Byron, M. Arya, J. T. Herrscher, A. Verniani, K.Jenks, R. Wilson, R. Miller, D. Bugby, K. Gonter, P. Culbertson, M. Delapierre, R. Rafizadeh, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, G. Hallinan, and V. Vustyansky, “Lunar crater radio telescope (LCRT) on the far side of the Moon,” NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase 2 Report, 2023. (PDF)

  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, P. McGarey, A. Goel, R. Rafizadeh, M. Delapierre, M. Arya, N. Chahat, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, K. Jenks, G. Hallinan, R. Wilson, “Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far Side of the Moon,” NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Phase 1 Report, 2021. (PDF)

Conferences

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Goel, G. Gupta, D. Pisanti, P. Goldsmith, T.-C. Chang, M. Seiffert, C. Anderson, J. Lazio, “Survey of Mission Concepts for Exploring the Dark Ages Universe,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar, 2025. (PDF)

  2. G. Gupta, N. Chahat, A. Goel, M. Arya, D. Pisanti, P. Goldsmith, J. Lazio, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Reflector Antenna for Lunar Crater Radio Telescope,” IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, Portland, OR, July 2023. (DOI)

  3. R. Wang, V. Gehlot, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Goel, B. Byron, P. McGarey, R. Wilson, K. Jenks, “Lift Wire Deployment and Anchoring System for the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon,” AIAA SciTech Space Exploration, National Harbor, MD, January 2023. (DOI)

  4. M. Arya, A. Verniani, M. Delapierre, D. Pisanti, G. Gupta, A. Goel, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Kilometer-Scale Parabolic Reflector for a Radio Telescope in a Lunar Crater,” AIAA SciTech Spacecraft Structures, National Harbor, MD, January 2023. (DOI) [2023 AIAA Spacecraft Structures Best Paper Award]

  5. A. Goel, S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, D. Bacon, A. Amara, S. Furnaletto, P. McGarey, R. Rafizadeh, M. Delapierre, M. Arya, D. Pisanti, G. Gupta, N. Chahat, A. Stoica, I. Nesnas, M. Quadrelli, G. Hallinan, K. Jenks, R. Wilson, “Probing the Cosmic Dark Ages with the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope,” arxiv arXiv:2205.05745, White Paper to the Biological and Physical Sciences Decadal Survey 2021, DOE's Snowmass 2022  

  6. A. Goel, D. Pisanti, P. Mcgarey, G. Gupta, M. Arya, N. Chahat, P. Goldsmith, J. Lazio, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Ultra-Long Wavelength Radio Astronomy Using the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Farside of the Moon,” 240th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting, Pasadena, California, June 2022. [Abstract only]

  7. G. Gupta, M. Arya, A. Goel, S. Bandyopadhyay, P. Goldsmith, P. Mcgarey, J. Lazio, N. Chahat, “Detector Development for the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope,” Wireless, Antenna and Microwave Symposium (WAMS), Rourkela, India, June 2022. 

  8. P. Culbertson, A. Goel, P. Mcgarey, M. Schwager, S. Bandyopadhyay, “Multi-Robot Assembly Scheduling for the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope on the Far-Side of the Moon,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2022. (DOI)

  9. A. Goel, S. Bandyopadhyay, P. McGarey, R. Rafizadeh, P. Goldsmith, J. Lazio, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, G. Hallinan, “Ultra-Long Wavelength Radio Astronomy using the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Farside of the Moon,” Lunar Surface Science Workshop, NASA Biological and Physical Sciences Division, Virtual, Aug. 2021. [Abstract only]. 

  10. S. Bandyopadhyay, P. McGarey, A. Goel, R. Rafizadeh, M. Delapierre, M. Arya, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, N. Chahat, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, K. Jenks, G. Hallinan, “Conceptual Design of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far Side of the Moon,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Online, Mar. 2021. (PDF) (DOI)

  11. A. Goel, S. Bandyopadhyay, P. McGarey, R. Rafizadeh, P. Goldsmith, J. Lazio, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, G. Hallinan, “Ultra-Long Wavelength Radio Astronomy using the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Farside of the Moon,” American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, Online, Dec. 2020. [Abstract only]
    (AGU Poster URL)

  12. P. McGarey, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Rafizadeh, A. Goel, M. Arya, I. Nesnas, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, G. Hallinan, “A Concept For The Deployment Of A Large Lunar Crater Radio Telescope On The Moon Using Teams Of Tethered Robots,” International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space (i-SAIRAS), Online, Oct. 2020. (PDF)

  13. S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Rafizadeh, J. Lazio, P. Goldsmith, P. McGarey, A. Stoica, M. Quadrelli, I. Nesnas, G. Hallinan, “Conceptual Design of the Lunar Crater Radio Telescope (LCRT) on the Far Side of the Moon,” AIAA ASCEND, Virtual, Nov. 2020. [Abstract only]  (Youtube Video URL)

  14. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Lazio, A. Stoica, P. Goldsmith, B. Blair, M. Quadrelli, J.-P. de la Croix, A. Rahmani, “Conceptual Ideas for Radio Telescope on the Far Side of the Moon,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2018. (DOI)

Systems Engineering

Journals

  1. A. Nanjangud, P. Blacker, S. Bandyopadhyay, Y. Gao, “Robotics and AI-enabled On-Orbit Operations with Future Generation of Small Satellites,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 106, no. 3, pp. 429-439, Mar., 2018. (DOI)

  2. S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Foust, G. P. Subramanian, S.-J. Chung, and F. Y. Hadaegh, “Review of Formation Flying and Constellation Missions Using Nanosatellites,” AIAA Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 53, No. 3, pp. 567-578, 2016. (DOI)

Conferences

  1. S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bhamidipati, M. Saboia da Silva, M. Richardson, M. Hakuba, M. Lebsock, A. Paranjape, A. Nanjangud, T. Jadhav, C. Percival, E. Fishbein, J. Reager, “Dimming the Sun (DimSun) using Controllable Swarm of Smallbody Regolith Particles,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar. 2025. accepted. (PDF) 

  2. M. Ingham, Z. Hasnain, R. Amini, S. Ardito, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Bocchino, A. Gaut,L. Mestar, G. Rabideau, N. Rouquette, “Onboard planning and execution of mobility and telecommunications for the Endurance lunar rover,” AIAA Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND), 2024. (DOI)

  3. S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Gaut, T. Del Sesto, N. Rouquette, A. Jain, R. Amini, Z. Hasnain, A. Goel, A. Davis, J. Elliott, R. Kornfeld, I. Nesnas, S. Ardito, M. Ingham, “Endurance Mission-level Simulation Architecture for Autonomy Development,” AIAA Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND), 2024. (DOI)

  4. M. Oddiraju, Z. Hasnain, S. Bandyopadhyay, E. Sunada, S. Chowdhury, “Physics-Informed Machine Learning Towards A Real-Time Spacecraft Thermal Simulator,” AIAA Aviation Forum, 2024. (DOI)

  5. P. Morrissey, K. Madsen, R. Amini, D. Dawson, B. Grefenstette, J. Arenberg, M. McEachen, L. McCreary, D. Coutinho, P. Predehl, S. Kenyon, P. Markie, W. Zhang, S. Basso, G. Pareschi, D. Spiga, G. Valsecchi, A. Abramovici, S. Bandyopadhyay, G. Vila, S. Franklin, W. Johnson, S. Kedar, M. Lane, K. Lee, M. Smith, D. Stern, S. Zusack, “The High-Energy X-ray Probe (HEX-P),” SPIE Optics and Photonics, San Diego, CA, Aug. 2023. (DOI)

  6. C. Agia, S. Bandyopadhyay, G. Villa, I. Aenishanslin, S. Ardito, L. Fesq, M. Pavone, I. Nesnas, “Modeling Considerations for Developing Deep Space Autonomous Spacecraft and Simulators,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar, 2024. (DOI)

  7. C. A. Raymond, R. B. Amini, S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Bellerose, S. Bhaskaran, P. C. Adell, R. Anderson, P. Bousquet, M. Calaprice, B. Davidsson, C. Elachi, L. Fesq, M. Haynes, A. Herique, R. Karimi, J. T. Keane, P. Michel, “The Droid Mission Concept to Characterize Apophis Through its 2029 Earth Closest Approach,” American Geophysical Union,  San Francisco, CA, Dec. 2023.

  8. M. Arya, A. Goel, S. Bandyopadhyay, Z. Hasnain, R. Mukherjee, “Shape Error Budgets for Precision In-Space-Assembled Structures,” AIAA Accelerating Space Commerce, Exploration, and New Discovery (ASCEND), Las Vegas, NV, October 2023. (DOI)

  9. M. Elaasar, N. Rouquette, K. Havelund, M. Feather, S. Bandyopadhyay, A. Candela, “Autonomica: Ontological Modeling and Analysis of Autonomous Behavior,” 33rd Annual International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) International Symposium, Honolulu, HI, July, 2023.

  10. C. A. Raymond, R. B. Amini, P. C. Adell, R. Anderson, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Bhaskaran, B. J. R. Davidsson, F. Esteve, L. Fesq, M. Haynes, A. Herique, R. Karimi, J. T. Keane, L. Lorda, P. Michel, R. Miller, C. Virmontois, “DROID: A mission concept to accompany and characterize Apophis through its 2029 Earth closest approach,” Europlanet Science Congress, Granada, Spain, Sept., 2022. [Abstract only]

  11. R. B. Amini, P. C. Adell, R. Anderson, S. Bandyopadhyay, B. J. R. Davidsson, F. Esteve, L. Fesq, A. French, Y. Gregoire, M. Haynes, A. Henrique, R. Karimi, J. T. Keane, A. Lamy, L. Lorda, N. Mastrodemos, R. Miller, R. Pinède, C. Raymond, Y. Takashi, C. Virmontois, “DROID: Accompanying And Characterizing Apophis Through Its 2029 Earth Closest Approach,” Apophis T-7 Years: Knowledge Opportunities for the Science of Planetary Defense, Virtual, May 2022. [Abstract only]

  12. S. Papais, B. Hockman, S. Bandyopadhyay, R. Karimi, S. Bhaskaran, I. Nesnas, “Architecture Trades for Accessing Small Bodies with an Autonomous Small Spacecraft,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, Mar., 2020. (DOI)

  13. A. Rahmani, S. Bandyopadhyay, F. Rossi, J.-P. de la Croix, J. Vander Hook, M. Wolf, “Space Vehicle Swarm Exploration Missions: A Study of Key Enabling Technologies and Gaps,” International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Washington, D.C., USA, Oct. 2019. (PDF) 

  14. S. Bandyopadhyay, G. P. Subramanian, R. Foust, S. Chan, D. Morgan, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “A Review of Impending Small Satellite Formation Flying Missions,” AIAA Small Satellites, Kissimee, FL, Jan., 2015. (DOI) 

  15. G. P. Subramanian, S. Chan, R. Foust, Y. Taleb, D. Rogers, J. Kokkat, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Morgan, S.-J. Chung, F. Y. Hadaegh, “Information-Driven Systems Engineering Study of a Formation Flying Demonstration Mission using Six CubeSats,” AIAA Small Satellites, Kissimee, FL, Jan., 2015. (DOI) 

  16. E. Dahan, Z. Herman, C. Procaccino, T. Wang, S. Bandyopadhyay, D. Ahern, S. D’Urso, “Investigation into System Functionality and Decomposition as an Extension to Previous Mars Exploration Studies,” AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference & Exposition, San Diego, CA, Sept., 2013. (DOI) 

  17. S. S. Mulay, J. Joshi, Y. S. Chati, V. V. Unhelkar, S. Bandyopadhyay, S. Tamaskar, M. Bommanahal, C. Talnikar, and A. Kumar, “Attitude Determination and Control of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s First Student Satellite,” 1st IAA Conference on Dynamics and Control of Space Systems, Porto, Portugal, March, 2012. (PDF) 

  18. J. Jha, D. Thakur, K. Neema, T. Jadhav, M. Rachh, and S. Bandyopadhyay, “Design of the Groundstation, Polarization Measurement Setup and the Social Goal of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s First Student Satellite,” 1st IAA Conference on University Satellites Missions and Cubesat Workshop, Roma, Italy, Jan., 2011. 

  19. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Jha, A. Goel, D. Thakur, K. Neema, M. Rachh, N. Reddy, S. Meesla, and S. Das, “Measurement of Total Electron Count of the Ionosphere and the Social Goal of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s first Student Satellite,” International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Prague, Czech Republic, Sept., 2010. (PDF)

  20. S. Bandyopadhyay, H. Mukundarajan, S. Mulay, M. Chaturvedi, M. Patel, S. Diwale, A. Shah, G. P. Subramanian, A. Subramanyam, K. Kaur, M. Dhanasree, A. Kumar, and K. R. Eedara, “System Engineering and Integration of Pratham, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay’s first Student Satellite,” International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Prague, Czech Republic, Sept., 2010. (PDF)

  21. S. Bandyopadhyay, J. Jha, H. Mukundarajan, A. Damle, D. Thakur, S. Mulay, P. Sachdeva, J. Joshi, V. Unhelkar, Y. Chati, M. Chaturvedi, N. Parab, M. Rachh, S. Tamaskar, M. Bommanahal, A. Goel, K. Neema, S. Das, V. Sresht, R. Pai, A. Chiplunkar, “Introduction to Pratham, IIT Bombay’s Student Satellite Project,” Indian Small Satellite Systems Conference, Bangalore, India, April, 2010.

Phd Thesis at UIUC (January 2016)

Novel probabilistic and distributed algorithms for guidance, control, and nonlinear estimation of large-scale multi-agent systems. (UIUC IDEALS Webpage)

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