Publications

Journals

1. Belt, S., Gururajan, S., and Wu, X., "Evaluation of Workload and Performance during Primary Flight Training with Motion Cueing Seat in an Advanced Aviation Training Device," SAE Technical Paper 01-13-01-0006, 2020, https://doi.org/10.4271/01-13-01-0006.

2. Bai, Y.; Gururajan, S. Evaluation of a Baseline Controller for Autonomous “Figure-8” Flights of a Morphing Geometry Quadcopter: Flight Performance. Drones 2019, 3, 70.

3. Gururajan, S.; Mitchell, K.; Ebel, W. Flights of a Multirotor UAS with Structural Faults: Failures on Composite Propeller(s). Data 2019, 4, 128.

4. Gururajan, S. and Bai, Y., “Autonomous “Figure-8” Flights of a Quadcopter: Experimental Datasets,” Data, Vol. 4, 2019, No. 1, http://www.mdpi.com/2306-5729/4/1/39, ISSN: 2306-5729, DOI: 10.3390/data4010039

5. Park, Y.-L., Gururajan, S., Thistle, H., Chandran, R. and Reardon, R. (2017), “Aerial release of Rhinoncomimus latipes (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to control Persicaria perfoliata (Polygonaceae) using an unmanned aerial system”, Pest Management Science, doi:10.1002/ps.4670.

6. Rhudy, M.B., Fravolini, M.L., Gu, Y., Napolitano, M.R., Gururajan, S., and Chao, H., “Aircraft-Independent Airspeed Estimation without Pitot Tube”, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Volume:51, Issue: 3, DOI: 10.1109/TAES.2015.130631

7. Fravolini, M., Rhudy, M., Gururajan, S., Cascianelli, S. et al., "Experimental Evaluation of Two Pitot Free Analytical Redundancy Techniques for the Estimation of the Airspeed of an UAV," SAE International Journal of Aerospace 7(1):2014, doi: 10.4271/2014-01-2163. (Note: Affiliation in manuscript listed as previous institution)

8. Rice, C., Gu, Y., Chao, H., Larrabee, T., Gururajan, S., Napolitano, M., Mandal, T., Rhudy, M. (2016). “Autonomous Close Formation Flight Control with Fixed Wing and Quadrotor Test Beds”, International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2016, 1-15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9517654

9. Gururajan, S., Fravolini, M.L., Rhudy, M., Chao, H., Napolitano, M.R., “Fault detection, classification and accommodation techniques for “Common Mode” failures on the airspeed sensor of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” Invited Book Chapter hardcover edited collection titled: “Fault Detection: Classification, Techniques and Role in Industrial Systems” Nova Publishers, Hauppauge, NY.

10. Rhudy, M., Gu, Y., Gross, J., Gururajan, S., and Napolitano, M.R., "Sensitivity Analysis of Extended and Unscented Kalman Filters for Attitude Estimation," Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 10, No. 3 (2013), pp. 131-143.

11. Gross, J., Gu, Y., Rhudy, M., Gururajan, S., and Napolitano, M.R., “Flight Test Evaluation of GPS/INS Sensor Fusion Algorithms for Aircraft Attitude Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 48, No. 3, July 2012, pp. 2128-2139.

12. Gu, Y., Gross, J., Rhudy, M., Gururajan, S., Napolitano, M.R., “A Fault-Tolerant Multiple Sensor Fusion Approach Applied to UAV Attitude Estimation,” Submitted to the IEEE Transactions on Robotics, March 2011.

13. Sagoo, G. K., Gururajan, S., Seanor, B., Napolitano, M.R., Perhinschi, M.G., Gu, Y., Campa, G., “Evaluation of a Fault Tolerant Scheme in a 6-DOF Motion Flight Simulator,” AIAA Journal of Aerospace Computing, Information and Communication, Vol. 10, No. 2, 2010. DOI: 10.2514/1.42299

14. Gu, Y., Campa, G., Seanor, B., Gururajan, S., Napolitano, M.R., “Autonomous Formation Flight – Design and Experiments,” In Aerial Vehicles, ISBN 978-953-7619-41-1, I-Tech Education and Publishing, Austria, EU, Chapter 12, pp. 233-256, January 2009.

15. Liu, Y., Cukic, B., Gururajan, S., “Validating Neural Network-based Online Adaptive Systems: A Case Study,” Software Quality Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3, 2007, pp. 309-326. DOI: 10.1007/s11219-007-9017-4

16. Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Campa, G., Napolitano, M. R., Rowe, L., Gururajan, S., Perhinschi, M. G., Wan, S., “Design And Flight Testing Evaluation Of Formation Control Laws,” IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol.14, No 6, pp 1105-1112, November 2006. DOI: 10.1109/TCST.2006.880203

17. Liu, Y., Cukic, B., Fuller, E., Yerramalla, S., Gururajan, S., “Monitoring Techniques for an On-Line Neuro-Adaptive Controller,” Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 79, Issue 11, Software Cybernetics, November 2006, pp 1527-1540, ISSN 0164-1212, DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2006.03.048

18. Campa, G., Fravolini, M.L., Seanor B., Napolitano, M.R., Del Gobbo, D., Yu G., Gururajan, S., “On-Line Learning Neural Networks for Sensor Validation for the Flight Control System of a B777 Research Aircraft Model,” International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, 2002, Vol. 12, pp. 987-1007. DOI: 10.1002/rnc.728

Conferences

1. Calnoor Rajashekar S, Tourani R, Gururajan S, “Secure Communications in Unmanned Aerial System Swarms,” AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM. AIAA AVIATION Forum: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics; 2020. doi: doi:10.2514/6.2020-2926

2. Gururajan, S., Dreyer, M., “Characterization of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) geometry using feeds from fixed video cameras,” Proc. SPIE 11398, Geospatial Informatics X, 1139806 (20 May 2020); doi: 10.1117/12.2563782

3. Rajashekar, S.C., Gururajan, S., Esposito, F., Ferry, D., “Reconfigurable swarms and multi-user, cooperative UAS flights through a virtual reality interface,” 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, January 2020. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-0737

4. Muhammad, W., Esposito, F., Wang, J., Rajashekar, S.C., Gottsacker, M., Gururajan, S., “Vocal Intent Programmability for UAS in Disaster Scenarios,” 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, January 2020.

5. LeBeau, Jr., R.P., Gururajan, S., and Lensing, T., “An Experimental-Computational Investigation of the Aerodynamics of Damaged UAV Wings,” 2020 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, January 2020.

6. Esposito, F., Gururajan, S., Luna, R., Sagan, V., “Improving disaster preparedness via (cutting) edge computing and analytics,” Proceedings of SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing Conference, Baltimore, MD, April 2019.

7. Raj, S., Dreyer, M., Gururajan, S., “Autonomous Quadcopter Navigation Using Vision-Based Landmark Recognition,” 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-4243). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4243.

8. Dreyer, M.S., Gururajan, S., Raj, S., Glowacki, J., “Detecting, Tracking, and Localizing a Moving Quadcopter Using Two External Cameras,” 2018 Flight Testing Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-4281). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4281.

9. Gururajan, S., Mitchell, K., Dreyer, M., Glowacki, J., “Design and Flight Tests of Fixed Wing UAS With Embedded Sensors, and Custom DAQ Hardware for Long Term Monitoring of Structural Health,” 2018 Flight Testing Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-4278), https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-4278

10. Park, Y.L., Gururajan, S., Park, C. G., Cho, J.R., Seo, B.Y., “Soldier Bugs, Bug Cannons, and Drones: Classical Biological Control with Advanced Technology,” Korea Society of Applied Entomology [Korean Society Of Applied Entomology], April 2018. [Oral presentation]

11. Gururajan, S., Dreyer, M., Garcia Lorca, F., Hoelscher, A., O'Neill, J., Clabots, R., and Elkins, W., “Student Learning Experience from Participation in AUVSI Student Unmanned Aerial Systems (SUAS) Competitions,” 2018 AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2018-1071) https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2018-1071

12. Garcia Lorca, F., Gururajan, S., Belt., “Parametric analysis of clustering algorithms for the generation of pilot performance profiles”, Oral Presentation, SAE AeroTech Congress & Exhibition.

13. Anderson, N., Gao, J., Whitman, E., and Gururajan, S., “Development of a Virtual Reality Environment (VRE) for Intuitive Drone Operations,” SAE Technical Paper 2017-01-2070, 2017.

14. Garcia Lorca, F., Gururajan, S., and Belt, S., “Characterization of Pilot Profiles Through Non-Parametric Classification of Flight Data,” AIAA Information Systems-AIAA Infotech @ Aerospace, AIAA SciTech Forum, (AIAA 2017-0914). http://dx.doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-0914.

15. Gururajan, S., “Design and Simulation of Fault Tolerant Flight Control Schemes Implemented on a Parallel and Distributed Computational Cluster,” SAE Aerotech Conference, 2015, Seattle, WA. (September 23, 2015).

16. Gururajan, S., Fravolini, M., Rhudy, M., Moschitta, A. et al., “Evaluation of Sensor Failure Detection, Identification and Accommodation (SFDIA) Performance Following Common-Mode Failures of Pitot Tubes,” SAE Technical Paper 2014-01-2164, 2014, doi:10.4271/2014-01-2164.

17. Fravolini, M.L., Gururajan, S., De Angelis, G., Moschitta, A., Chao, H., Napolitano, M.R., “UAV Analytical Redundancy based fault detection of the Airspeed Sensor via Generalized Likelihood Ratio Test,” Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, 19-22 August 2013, Boston, MA.

18. Larrabee, T., Chao, H., Kumar, T., Gururajan, S., Gu, Y., Napolitano, M.R., “Design, Simulation, and Flight Test Validation of a UAV Ground Control Station for Aviation Safety Research and Pilot Modeling,” Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, 19-22 August 2013, Boston, MA.

19. Gururajan, S., Fravolini, M.L., Chao, H., Rhudy, M., Napolitano, M.R., “Performance Evaluation of Neural Network based Approaches for Airspeed Sensor Failure Accommodation on a Small UAV,” Proceedings of the 21^st Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation, MED '13, Chania, Crete.

20. Gu, Y., Gururajan, S., Seanor, B., Chao, H., Napolitano, M.R., “Building Better Tools: Experimental UAV Research at West Virginia University,” Proceedings of the 2013 American Control Conference, June 17-19, 2013, Washington, DC.

21. Fravolini, M. L., Pastorelli, M., Pagnottelli, S., Valigi, P., Gururajan, S., Chao, H., Napolitano, M.R., “Model-Based approaches for the Airspeed Estimation and Fault Monitoring of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” 2012 IEEE Workshop on Environmental, Energy, and Structural Monitoring Systems, Perugia, Italy, September 2012.

22. Gururajan, S., Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Prucz, J., Napolitano, M., “Evolution of the Flight Testing Program at West Virginia University in Support of Flight Control Research,” 52^nd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Tel Aviv, Israel, Feb 29 – Mar 1, 2012.

23. Gururajan, S., McGrail, A., Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Napolitano, M., Prucz, J., Phillips, K., “Identification of Aerodynamic Parameters for a Small UAV from Flight Data,” 52^nd Israel Annual Conference on Aerospace Sciences, Technion-I.I.T, Haifa, Israel, Feb – Mar, 2012.

24. Merceruio, Z., Phillips, K., Gu, Y., Gururajan. S., Napolitano, M., “Aerodynamic and Thrust Force Modeling for a Propulsion Assisted Control Aircraft Test Bed,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Portland, Oregon. AIAA-2011-635.

25. Phillips, K., Gururajan, S., Campa, G., Seanor, B., Gu, Y., Napolitano, M., “Nonlinear Aircraft Model Identification and Validation for a Fault-Tolerant Flight Control System,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Aug. 2-5, 2010, Sheraton Centre Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

26. Gross, J., Gu, Y., Gururajan, S., Seanor, B., Napolitano, M., “A Comparison of Extended Kalman Filter, Sigma-Point Kalman Filter, and Particle Filter in GPS/INS Sensor Fusion,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Aug. 2-5, 2010, Sheraton Centre Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

27. Tancredi, D., Gu, Y., Phillips, K., Gururajan, S., Napolitano, M., “Development of Adaptive Control Laws for Actuator Fault Accommodation,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Aug. 2-5, 2010, Sheraton Centre Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

28. Phillips, K., Campa, G., Gururajan, S., Seanor, B., Napolitano, M., Gu, Y., Fravolini, M., “Parameter Identification for Application within a Fault-Tolerant Flight Control System,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Aug. 10-13, 2009, Chicago, IL, USA.

29. Gross, J., Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Campa, G., Gururajan, S., Napolitano, M., “Advanced Research Integrated Avionics (ARIA) System for Fault-Tolerant Flight Research,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA-2009-5659, Aug. 10-13, 2009, Chicago, IL, USA.

30. Sagoo G.K., Gururajan S., Napolitano M., Perhinschi M., Yu G., Seanor B., “Pilot-in-the-Loop Assessment of Neurally Augmented Dynamic Inversion Based Fault Tolerant Control Laws in a Motion-Based Flight Simulator,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, 18-21 August 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.

31. Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Gururajan, S., and Napolitano, M.R., “Integrated Avionics System for Research UAVs,” 2008 AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, 18-21 August 2008, Honolulu, Hawaii.

32. Perhinschi, M.G., Napolitano, M.R, Campa, G., Seanor, B., Gururajan, S., and Gu, Y., “Development of Fault-Tolerant Flight Control Laws for the WVU YF-22 Model Aircraft," Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference and Exhibit, 20 - 23 August 2007, Hilton Head, South Carolina.

33. Perhinschi M. G., Napolitano M.R., Gururajan S., Seanor B., Burken J., “Data Reduction Issues for Performance Evaluation and Comparison of Flight Control Laws,” Proceedings of the AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, 2006, Keystone, CO, August 2006.

34. Seanor, B., Gu, Y., Napolitano, M. R., Campa, G., Gururajan, S., Rowe, L., “3 Aircraft Formation Flight Experiment,” Mediterranean Control Conference 2006, June 28-30, 2006, Ancona, Italy.

35. Gu, Y., Seanor, B., Campa, G., Napolitano, M. R., Rowe, L., Gururajan, S., “Autonomous Formation Flight: Hardware Development,” Mediterranean Control Conference 2006, June 28-30 2006, Ancona, Italy.

36. Fuller, E., Yerramalla, S., Cukic, B., Gururajan, S., “An Approach to Predicting Non-Deterministic Neural Network Behavior,” International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2005, Montreal, Canada, July - August 2005.

37. Liu, Y., Cukic, B., Yerramalla, S., Gururajan, S., “Validity Index in Dynamic Cell Structures,” International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, IJCNN 2005, Montreal, Canada, July - August 2005.

38. Liu, Y., Cukic, B., Fuller, E., Gururajan, S., Yerramalla, S., “Novelty Detection for a Neural Network based Online Adaptive System,” 29^th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC 2005), Edinburgh, Scotland, July 2005.

39. Liu, Y., Yerramalla, S., Fuller, E., Cukic, B., Gururajan, S., “Adaptive Control Software: Can We Guarantee Safety?,” Proceedings of the 28^th Annual International Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC `04),Volume 2, pp. 100-103, Hong Kong, October 2004.

40. Perhinschi M.G., Napolitano M.R., Campa G., Seanor B., Gururajan S., “Design of Intelligent Flight Control Laws for the WVU YF-22 Model Aircraft,” Proceedings of the 2004 AIAA Intelligent Systems Technology Conference, Chicago, IL, September 2004.

41. Yerramalla, S., Liu, Y., Fuller, E., Cukic, B., Gururajan, S., “An Approach to V&V of Embedded Adaptive Systems,” 3^rd International Workshop on Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems, FAABS 2004, Greenbelt, MD, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3280, Springer, pp. 173-188, April 2004.

42. Y. Liu, B. Cukic, T. Menzies, S. Gururajan, M. Napolitano, “Validating an On-Line Adaptive System Using Support Vector Data Description,” 15^th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Sacramento, CA, November 2003.

Invited Presentations

• 1. Invited presentation to the student chapter of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, January 2015.

  2. Experimental flight testing with UAS in support of fault tolerant flight control. Graduate research seminar, Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and Technology, April, 2015.

  3. Gururajan, S., “Remote Controlled Aircraft – More than Toys!”, Presentation and panel discussion with a group of national environmental technology instructors, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO - 63103. (July, 2016). Panel presentation and discussion

  4. Gururajan, S., “Remote Controlled Aircraft – More than Toys!” Greater St Louis Safety and Health Conference, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO - 63103. (October 18, 2016). Panel presentation.