Advanced Dynamics and Control Group

The Advanced Dynamics and Control Group focuses on the development and implementation of guidance, navigation and control of aerospace systems and research for a broad range of topics focused on flight dynamics. The group supports activities aimed at advancing aviation and space technologies through the development of concepts, implementation and demonstration of solutions with research efforts that span several areas, including but not limited to: the investigation of technologies to integrate UASs into the National Air Space; the design of intelligent systems to increase aviation flight safety; the application of robotic technologies for future space missions; and fundamental and applied research in manned and unmanned aerospace systems, including avionics and payload systems design, aircraft modeling and parameter identification, multiple sensor fusion, formation flight control, human-machine interface and remote sensing.

The research group involves graduate and undergraduate students who are motivated to learn and perform research on a broad range of topics in dynamics and control.

News and Updates

• Our group presented five conference papers at the AIAA SciTech Conference 2022, held in San Diego, California.
• Our group participated in the exhibition "Eyes in the Sky" at the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences.
• Eagle Researchers Receive FAA Grants To Assure Drone Safety. Learn more.
• Our group was featured in a story by UNIVISION 23 news (content in Spanish). Learn more.
• One of our graduate students used 3D printing to help guide and control an "asteroid jumping" spacecraft. Learn more.
• A revolutionary atmospheric satellite concept uses the principles behind kitesurfing to cruise the sky without propulsion. NASA 360 looks at the NASA Innovative Advanced Concept (NIAC) known as the Dual-Aircraft Platform, a new approach to keeping atmospheric satellites aloft. Learn more.
• Embry-Riddle Receives $1 Million From Feds for Phase II of Intelligent Aerial Systems Project. Learn more.
• Embry-Riddle Researchers Receive $100,000 NASA Award To Study Kitesurfing in the Stratosphere for Communications. Learn more.
• Embry-Riddle Students and Gulfstream Engineers Design and Implement Embedded Flight Control Systems on the Arduino Platform. Learn more.
• ADCL and NASA Swamp-Works Laboratory Successfully Demonstrated Control Laws for Attitude Stabilization of an Asteroid Free Flyer System With Cold Gas Thrusters. Learn more.
• Embry-Riddle and Creare LLC Researchers Receive $1 Million Grant To Develop Intelligent, Autonomous Flight Vehicle. Learn more.
• Space Prospectors: The Next Frontier for Aerospace Researchers? Learn more.
• ERAU, Honeybee Robotics Receive $750,000 Award From NASA To Develop Asteroid Mining Robots. Learn more.