Jose M. Castiblanco Quintero
My research themes centre on high-performance flight dynamics: how geometry, sensing fidelity, and control architecture shape quantifiable UAV's performance under aggressive manoeuvres
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Research Themes
Research Themes
Flight behaviour shaped by geometry-driven, nonlinear dynamics.
Flight behaviour shaped by geometry-driven, nonlinear dynamics.
My research explores how the structural and geometric configuration of aerial platforms governs flight dynamics, stability, and achievable performance, particularly in multirotor systems operating close to physical, energetic, and control limits.
A central question guiding this work is:
How does airframe geometry embody the structural imprint of flight performance?
Addressing this question requires treating geometry, mass distribution, and actuation layout not as secondary design parameters, but as active components of the dynamical system, directly shaping nonlinear behaviour and closed-loop performance.
This research integrates modelling, control, optimisation, and experimental validation to understand and exploit couplings between design, dynamics, and control under realistic operational constraints, including limited actuation authority, sensing bandwidth, and computational resources.
Core Research Pillars
Core Research Pillars
Experimental and Computational Platforms
Experimental and Computational Platforms
Multirotor aerial systems operating near physical and control limits
Motion-capture-based flight testing and experimental benchmarking
High-fidelity simulation environments for performance-driven evaluation
Modelling, Control, and Optimisation Methods
Modelling, Control, and Optimisation Methods
Nonlinear flight dynamics and implicit numerical formulations
Geometry-aware modelling and control architectures
Trajectory guidance, feedback control, and performance-driven optimisation
Underlying Physical and Mathematical
Underlying Physical and Mathematical
Nonlinear dynamical systems and stability analysis
Optimal control and constrained optimisation
Coupled design–control–performance analysis
Scope & Impact
Scope & Impact
While many case studies are drawn from multirotor and high-performance aerial platforms, the methodologies developed in this research are applicable to a broader class of complex dynamical systems in which structure, actuation, and control interact under tight operational constraints.
Geometry-driven flight performance under computational, sensing, and thermal constraints beyond standard dynamic assumptions.
For academic collaboration or research enquiries, please feel free to get in touch: Jocasqui[at]upv.edu.es
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