Publications

Journal Publications                                                             C = CONFERENCE, J = JOURNAL, P = PATENT, S = IN SUBMISSION

[S.3] Negash, M. Natnael, Prell, Ryan, Sun, Liang, Jiang, Lulin, Fan, Chao, Shi, Di, and Wang, Fengyu, "Review of Technologies for Vegetation Management, Wildfire Detection, and Suppression: State of the Art and Research Gaps"

[S.2] Yang Y., Negash, M. Natnael, and Yang J., "Dynamic Lane-Changing Motion Planning for Autonomous Vehicles: A Hybrid Safety-Aware Path Planning and Enhanced Sampling-Exploration MPPI Framework."

[S.1] Negash, M. Natnael, Tang S., Yang J., and Sun L., "Dual-Layer CBF-MPPI with Safety Projection: Safety-Critical Model Predictive Path Integral Control for Autonomous Vehicles." IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems.

[J.6] Negash, M. Natnael, Yang Y., and Yang J., "Socially Compatible Decision-Making of Autonomous Vehicles: A Probabilistic Rationally Bounded Game Theoretic Approach," Automotive Innovation, 2026 [In Press].

[J.5] Yang, Y., Negash, N. M., and Yang, J. (January 13, 2026). "Autonomous Vehicle Lane-Changing Decision-Making via Social Value Orientation and Cumulative Prospect Theory: Development, Parameter Identification, and Validation." ASME. J. Auton. Veh. Sys. January 2026; 6(1): 011003. DOI 

[J.4] Yang Y., Negash, M. Natnael, and Yang J., "Recent Advances in Interactive Driving of Autonomous Vehicles: Comprehensive Review of Approaches," Aut. Innov., DOI, April 2025. [Impact factor: 4.8].

[J.3] Negash M. Natnael, Tang S., and Yang J., "Prescribed Performance Backstepping and Sliding Mode Control for Automated Platoons With Internal Type-2 Fuzzy Logic and Exponential Spacing Policy," ASME Journal of Autonomous Vehicles and Systems, vol. 4, no. 3, 2024, DOI.

[J.2] Negash, M. Natnael, Yang J., "Driver Behavior Modeling Towards Autonomous Vehicles: A Comprehensive Review," IEEE Access, 11:2023, pp. 22788-22821, DOI [Impact factor: 3.557].

[J.1] Negash, M. Natnael, Yang J., "Anticipation-Based Autonomous Platoon Control Strategy with Minimum Parameter Learning Adaptive Radial Basis Function Neural Network Sliding Mode Control, SAE Int. J. Veh. Dyn., Stab., and NVH, 6(3):2022. [Impact factor: 2.8] DOI 

Conference Proceedings

[C.12] Negash, M. Natnael, and Liang Sun, "Synergistic Skies: Distributed Optimization for eVTOL Dispatching and Charging in Advanced Air Mobility," in Proceedings of AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 12-16 January 2026, Orlando, FL, USA.

[C.11] Sergio C. Ochoa, Negash, M. Natnael, and Liang Sun, "Parameter Estimation for Flight Energy Consumption Models using Kalman Filtering," in Proceedings of AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 12-16 January 2026, Orlando, FL, USA.

[C.10] Sofia Aranda Rocha, Negash, M. Natnael, and Liang Sun, "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Energy-Aware Path Planning of Multicopters in 3D Dynamic Environments," in Proceedings of AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 12-16 January 2026, Orlando, FL, USA.

[C.9] Liang Sun, Ryan Prell, Reagan Rubio, Joseph Soughtout, and Negash, M. Natnael, "A Decision-Making Framework for Autonomous Aerial Vehicles in Responding to GPS Loss," in Proceedings of AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 12-16 January 2026, Orlando, FL, USA.

[C.8] Sofia Aranda Rocha, Negash, M. Natnael, and Liang Sun, "Energy-Efficient Path Planning for Multicopters in Dynamic Wind Conditions Through Deep Reinforcement Learning," in 2025 AIAA DATC/IEEE 44th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC), 14-18 Sep. 2025, Montreal, QC, Canada, doi: 10.1109/DASC66011.2025.11257248.

[C.7] Negash, M. Natnael, Liang Sun, Chao Fan, Di Shi, and Fengyu Wang, "Review of Wildfire Detection, Fighting, and Technologies: Future Prospects and Insights," in Proceedings of AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025-3469, July 21-25, 2025, Vegas, NV, USA.

[C.6] Sergio C. Ochoa, Negash, M. Natnael, Liang Sun, and George Gorospe, "Flight Energy Consumption Modeling and Analysis for Advanced Air Mobility," in Proceedings of AIAA Aviation Forum and Ascend 2025-3469, July 21-25, 2025, Las Vegas, NV, USA.

[C.5] Yang Y., Negash, M. Natnael, and Yang J., "Human-Like Lane-Changing Decision-Making Using Cumulative Prospect Theory and Social Value Orientation," ASME IDETC/CIE AVT-02/07: Advances in methods for intelligent vehicle systems design, August 17–20, 2025, Anaheim, CA, USA.

[C.4] Yang Y., Negash, M. Natnael, and Yang J., "Influence of Prediction Horizon on Trajectory Optimization for Autonomous Vehicle Maneuvers," WCX SAE World Congress Experience 2025, Technical Paper, ISSN: 0148-7191, 2025.

[C.3] Aranda S. R., Negash, M. Natnael, Sun L. "Energy-Efficient Control for Multicopters in the Presence of Wind for Advanced Air Mobility," in Proceedings of AIAA 2025-2281, January 06-10, 2025, Orlando, FL, USA.

[C.2] Negash M. Natnael, Yang J., "Safe Autonomous Vehicle Cooperative Cruise Control With Deep Reinforcement Learning," in Proceedings of IDETC/CIE, August 20-23, 2023, Boston, MA, USA.

[C.1] Negash, M. Natnael, Yang J., "Coupled Integral Sliding Mode Control for Bidirectional Automated Platoon with an Exponential Spacing Policy and Uncertainty Approximation," in Proceedings of IDETC/CIE, August 14-17, 2022, St. Louis, MO, USA. [Best Student Paper Award]