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REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, and M. Caccamo. “A Cyber-Physical Prototyping and Testing Framework to Enable the Rapid Development of UAVs”. Aerospace, Vol. 9, No. 5, 2022, Art. 270 [PDF]
J. Ponniah and O. Dantsker. “Strategies for Scaleable Communication and Coordination in Multi-Agent (UAV) Systems”. Invited Paper. Aerospace, Vol. 9, No. 9, 2022, Art. 488. [PDF]
A. Akce, M. Johnson, O. Dantsker, and T. Bretl. “A Brain–Machine Interface to Navigate a Mobile Robot in a Planar Workspace: Enabling Humans to Fly Simulated Aircraft with EEG”. IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, Vol. 21, No. 2, 2013, p p. 306-318. [Full-Text via RG]
PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PUBLICATIONS
O. Dantsker et al. “Flight Testing of Tailless Subscale HAPS Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2023-3780, AIAA Aviation Forum 2023, San Diego, CA. [Full-Text via RG]
O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, and R. Mancuso. “Expanded Flight & Ground Testing Data Set for an Unmanned Aircraft: Great Planes Avistar Elite,” AIAA Paper 2023-2105, AIAA SciTech Forum 2023, National Harbor, MD. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, R. Deters, and M. Selig. “Performance Testing of APC Electric Fixed-Blade UAV Propellers,” AIAA Paper 2022-4020, AIAA Aviation Forum 2022, Chicago, IL. [PDF]
O. Dantsker et al. “Flight Testing of Subscale HAPS Models to Evaluate Aircraft Configurations,” AIAA Paper 2022-3638, AIAA Aviation Forum 2022, Chicago, IL. [Full-Text via RG]
O. Dantsker and R. Mancuso. “Propulsion System Instrumentation Development and Integration on Small- and Medium-Sized Electric Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2022-2156, AIAA SciTech Forum 2022, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, M. Caccamo, and S. Hong. “Integrated Power Simulation for a Solar-Powered, Computationally-Intensive Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2021-3317, AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2021. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, and R. Mancuso. “Energy System Instrumentation and Data Acquisition for Flight Testing a Long-Endurance, Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2021-3721, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum 2021, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, and M. Caccamo. “Long Endurance Flight Testing Results for the UIUC-TUM Solar Flyer,” AIAA Paper 2021-3196, AIAA Aviation Forum 2021, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
J. Ponniah, M. Theile, O. Dantsker, and M. Caccamo. “Autonomous Hierarchical Multi-Level Clustering for Multi-UAV Systems,” AIAA Paper 2021-0656, AIAA SciTech Forum 2021, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, and S. Imtiaz. “Propulsion System Design, Optimization, Simulation, and Testing for a Long-Endurance Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2020-3966, AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum 2020, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, and M. Caccamo. “Integrated Power Modeling for a Solar-Powered, Computationally-Intensive Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2020-3568, AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium 2020, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, R. Deters, and M. Selig. “Performance Testing of Aero-Naut CAM Folding Propellers,” AIAA Paper 2020-2762, AIAA Aviation Forum 2020, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
M. Theile, O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, and S. Yu. “uavAP: A Modular Autopilot Framework for UAVs,” AIAA Paper 2020-3268, AIAA Aviation Forum 2020, Virtual Forum. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, M. Vahora, and R. Mancuso. “Flight & Ground Testing Data Set for an Unmanned Aircraft: Great Planes Avistar Elite,” AIAA Paper 2020-0780, AIAA SciTech Forum 2020, Orlando, FL. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, M. Caccamo, S. Yu, M. Vahora, and R. Mancuso. “Continued Development and Flight Testing of a Long-Endurance Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft: UIUC-TUM Solar Flyer,” AIAA Paper 2020-0781, AIAA SciTech Forum 2020, Orlando, FL. [PDF]
M. Theile, S. Yu, O. Dantsker, and M. Caccamo. “Trajectory Estimation for Geo-Fencing Applications on Small-Size Fixed-Wing UAVs,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019, Macau. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, S. Imtiaz, and M. Caccamo. “Electric Propulsion System Optimization for Long-Endurance and Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2019-4486, AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, 2019, Indianapolis, IN. Awarded: “Best Presentation Award, Topic Area 3: Electric Aircraft System Integration and Controls” and “Best Student Presentation” [PDF]
O. Dantsker, S. Yu, M. Vahora, and M. Caccamo. “Flight Testing Automation to Characterize UAV Aerodynamics,” AIAA Paper 2019-3230, AIAA Aviation Forum 2019, Dallas, TX. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, R. Deters, and M. Caccamo. “Propulsion System Testing for a Long-Endurance Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2019-3688, AIAA Aviation Forum 2019, Dallas, TX. [PDF]
J. Ponniah, A. Yee, O. Dantsker, S. Yu, and R. Mancuso. “Design of Multi-Agent UAV Simulator to Support the Development of the MARSNet Communication Protocol,” AIAA Paper 2019-3114, AIAA Aviation Forum 2019, Dallas, TX. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Vahora, and R. Mancuso. “Flight Testing Data Set for Subscale GA Aircraft: 26%-scale Cub Crafters CC11-100 Sport Cub S2,” AIAA Paper 2019-1616, AIAA Scitech Forum 2019, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
O. Dantsker and R. Mancuso. “Flight Data Acquisition Platform Development, Integration, and Operation on Small-to Medium-Sized Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2019-1262, AIAA Scitech Forum 2019, San Diego, CA [PDF]
M. Theile, O. Dantsker, R. Nai, and M. Caccamo. “uavEE: A Modular, Power-Aware Emulation Environment for Rapid Prototyping and Testing of UAVs,” IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications, 2018, Hakodate, Japan. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, and M. Caccamo. “A High-Fidelity, Low-Order Propulsion Power Model for Fixed-Wing Electric Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2018-5009, AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium, 2018, Cincinnati, OH. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Theile, M. Caccamo, and R. Mancuso. “Design, Development, and Initial Testing of a Computationally-Intensive, Long-Endurance Solar-Powered Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2018-4217, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2018, Atlanta, GA. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Vahora, S. Imtiaz, and R. Caccamo. “High Fidelity Moment of Inertia Testing of Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2018-4219, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2018, Atlanta, GA. [PDF]
R. Deters, O. Dantsker, S. Kleinke, N. Norman, and M. Selig. “Static Performance Results of Propellers Used on Nano, Micro, and Mini Quadrotors,” AIAA Paper 2018-4122, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2018, Atlanta, GA. [PDF]
O. Dantsker and M. Vahora. “Comparison of Aerodynamic Characterization Methods for Design of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” AIAA Paper 2018-0272, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2018, Kissimmee, FL. [PDF]
M. Qadri, M. Vahora, R. Hascaryo, S. Finlon, O. Dantsker, G. Ananda, and M. Selig. “Undergraduate Contribution to Dynamically Scaled General Aviation Research at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,” AIAA Paper 2018-1069, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2018, Kissimmee, FL. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, G. Ananda, and M. Selig. “GA-USTAR Phase 1: Development and Flight Testing of the Baseline and Stall Research Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2017-4078, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2017, Denver, CO. [PDF]
G. Ananda, M. Vahora, O. Dantsker, and M. Selig. “Design Methodology for a Dynamically-Scaled General Aviation Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2017-4077, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2017, Denver, CO. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Selig, and R. Mancuso. “A Rolling Rig for Propeller Performance Testing,” AIAA Paper 2017-3745, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2017, Denver, CO. [PDF]
F. Abdi, R. Mancuso, S. Bak, O. Dantsker, and M. Caccamo. “Reset-Based Recovery for Real-Time Cyber-Physical Systems with Temporal Safety Constraints,” IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2016, Berlin, Germany. [PDF]
O. Dantsker and M. Selig. “High Angle of Attack Flight of a Subscale Aerobatic Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2015-2568, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2015, Dallas, TX. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, A. Louis, R. Mancuso, M. Caccamo, and M. Selig. “SDAC-UAS: A Sensor Data Acquisition Unmanned Aerial System for Flight State Monitoring and Aerodynamic Data Collection,” AIAA Paper 2015-0987, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2015, Kissimmee, FL. [PDF]
O. Dantsker. “Determining Aerodynamic Characteristics of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using a 3D Scanning Technique,” AIAA Paper 2015-0026, AIAA Infotech at Aerospace 2015, Kissimmee, FL. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, R. Mancuso, M. Selig, and M. Caccamo. “High-Frequency Sensor Data Acquisition System (SDAC) for Flight Control and Aerodynamic Data Collection,” AIAA Paper 2014-2565, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2014, Atlanta, GA. [PDF]
R. Mancuso, O. Dantsker, M. Caccamo, and M. Selig. “A Low-Power Architecture for High Frequency Sensor Acquisition in Many-DOF UAVs,” ACM/IEEE International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems, 2014, Berlin, Germany. 24% acceptance rate. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Johnson, M. Selig, and T. Bretl. “Development of the UIUC Aero Testbed: A Large-Scale Unmanned Electric Aerobatic Aircraft for Aerodynamics Research,” AIAA Paper 2013-2807, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2013, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
A. Ragheb, O. Dantsker, and M. Selig. “Stall/Spin Flight Testing with a Subscale Aerobatic Aircraft,” AIAA Paper 2013-2806, AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference 2013, San Diego, CA. [PDF]
O. Dantsker, M. Johnson, A. Akce, and T. Bretl. “Development of a Fixed-Wing Multi-Role Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Research Testbed,” AIAA Paper 2012-0846, AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting 2012, Nashville, TN. [PDF]