Derek A. Paley | Collective Dynamics and Control Lab
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Department of Aerospace Engineering | University of Maryland
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Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
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Derek A. Paley is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Maryland and the Director of the Collective Dynamics and Control Laboratory. He received the B.S. degree in Applied Physics from Yale University in 1997 and the Ph.D. degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University in 2007. His research interests are in the area of nonlinear dynamics and control, including cooperative control of autonomous vehicles, adaptive sampling with mobile networks, and spatial modeling of biological collectives.
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2009–present, Member, Program in Neuroscience and Cognitive Science
2007–present, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
1993–1997, B.S. Applied Physics, Yale University
Thesis: Artifacts from respiration in functional echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging
2002–2007, Ph.D. Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Thesis: Cooperative control of collective motion for ocean sampling with autonomous vehicles
[1] N. J. Kasdin and D. A. Paley. An introduction to engineering dynamics. In preparation, under contract with Princeton University Press.
[13] L. Techy, D. A. Paley, and C. A. Woolsey. UAV coordination on time-optimal paths in wind. Submitted.
[12] S. Hernandez and D. A. Paley. Three-dimensional motion coordination in a spatiotemporal flowfield. Submitted.
[11] D. A. Paley and C. Peterson. Stabilization of Collective Motion in a Time-Invariant Flowfield. J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 32(3):771–779, 2009.
[10] D. A. Paley. Stabilization of Collective Motion on a Sphere. Automatica, 45(1):212–216, 2009.
[9] D. A. Paley, F. Zhang, and N. E. Leonard. Cooperative control for ocean sampling: The Glider Coordinated Control System. IEEE Trans. Control Systems Technology, 16(4):735–744, 2008.
[8] R. Sepulchre, D. A. Paley, and N. E. Leonard. Stabilization of planar collective motion with limited communication. IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 53(3):706–719, 2008.
[7] D. A. Paley, N. E. Leonard, and R. Sepulchre. Stabilization of symmetric formations to motion around convex loops. Systems and Control Letters, 57(3):209–215, 2008.
[6] F. Zhang, D. M. Fratantoni, D. A. Paley, J. M. Lund, and N. E. Leonard. Control of coordinated patterns for ocean sampling. Int. J. Control, 80(7):1186–1199, 2007.
[5] D. A. Paley, N. E. Leonard, R. Sepulchre, D. Grünbaum, and J. K. Parrish. Oscillator models and collective motion: Spatial patterns in the dynamics of engineered and biological networks. IEEE Control Systems Magazine, 27(4):89–105, 2007.
[4] R. Sepulchre, D. A. Paley, and N. E. Leonard. Stabilization of planar collective motion: All-to-all communication. IEEE Trans. Automatic Control, 52(5):811–824, 2007.
[3] N. E. Leonard, D. A. Paley, F. Lekien, R. Sepulchre, D. M. Fratantoni, and R. E. Davis. Collective motion, sensor networks and ocean sampling. Proc. IEEE, 95(1):48–74, 2007.
[2] E. Fiorelli, N. E. Leonard, P. Bhatta, D. A. Paley, R. Bachmayer, and D. M. Fratantoni. Multi-AUV control and adaptive sampling in Monterey Bay. IEEE J. Oceanic Engineering, 31(4):935–948, 2006.
[1] D. Raj, D. Paley, A. W. Anderson, R. P. Kennan, and J. C. Gore. A model for susceptibility artefacts from respiration in functional echo-planar magnetic resonance imaging. Phys. Med. Biol., 45(12):3809–3820, 2000.
[24] D. A. Paley and A. Baharani. Critical damping in a kinetic interaction network. Submitted.
[23] S. Butail and D. A. Paley. 3D reconstruction of fish schooling kinematics from underwater video. Submitted.
[22] S. Hernandez and D. A. Paley. Three-Dimensional Motion Coordination in a Time-Invariant Flowfield. To appear in Proc. 48th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control.
[21] S. Butail and D. A. Paley. Vision-based estimation of three-dimensional position and pose of multiple underwater vehicles. In Proc. IEEE/RSJ Int. Conf. Intelligent Robots and Systems, pages 2477–2482, St. Louis, Missouri, 2009.
[20] L. Techy, D. A. Paley, and C. A. Woolsey. UAV Coordination on Convex Curves in Wind: An Environmental Sampling Application. In Proc. 2009 European Control Conf., pages 4967–4972, Budapest, Hungary, August 2009.
[19] N. Sydney, S. Napora, S. Beal, P. Mohl, P. Nolan, S. Sherman, A. Leishman, S. Butail, and D. A. Paley. A Micro-UUV Testbed for Bio-Inspired Motion Coordination. In Proc. 2009 Int. Symp. Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, Durham, New Hampshire, August 2009. Student Paper Competition Award Winner.
[18] C. Peterson and D. A. Paley. Cooperative Control of Unmanned Vehicles in a Time-Varying Flowfield. In Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf., number AIAA-2009-6117, Chicago, Illinios, August 2009. Invited session on “UAV Flight in Complex Atmospheric Conditions”.
[17] D. A. Paley, L. Techy, and C. A. Woolsey. Coordinated Perimeter Patrol with Minimum-Time Alert Response. In Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conf., number AIAA-2009-6210, Chicago, Illinios, August 2009. Invited session on “UAV Cooperative Control Technologies for Integrated Defense”.
[16] S. Hernandez and D. A. Paley. Stabilization of Collective Motion in a Time-Invariant Flow Field on a Rotating Sphere. In Proc. American Control Conf., pages 623–628, St. Louis, Missouri, June 2009.
[15] D. A. Paley and D. S. Warshawsky. Reduced-Order Dynamic Modeling and Stabilizing Control of a Micro-Helicopter. In Proc. 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, number AIAA-2009-1350, Orlando, Florida, January 2009. (9 pages).
[14] D. A. Paley. Cooperative Control of an Autonomous Sampling Network in an External Flow Field. In Proc. 47th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, pages 3095–3100, Cancun, Mexico, December 2008.
[13] D. A. Paley. Stabilization of Collective Motion in a Uniform and Constant Flow Field. In Proc. AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conf. and Exhibit, number AIAA-2008-7173, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. (8 pages).
[12] D. A. Paley, N. E. Leonard, R. Sepulchre, and I. D. Couzin. Spatial models of bistability in biological collectives. In Proc. 46th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, pages 4851–4856, New Orleans, Louisiana, December 2007.
[11] D. A. Paley, N. E. Leonard, and R. Sepulchre. Collective motion of self-propelled particles: Stabilizing symmetric formations on closed curves. In Proc. 45th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, pages 5067–5072, San Diego, California, December 2006.
[10] R. Sepulchre, D. A. Paley, and N. E. Leonard. Group coordination and cooperative control of steered particles in the plane. In K. Y. Pettersen, J. T. Gravdahl, and H. Nijmeijer, editors, Group Coordination and Cooperative Control, number 336 in Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, pages 217–232. Springer, 2006.
[9] D. A. Paley, N. E. Leonard, and R. Sepulchre. Oscillator models and collective motion: Splay state stabilization of self-propelled particles. In Proc. Joint 44th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control and European Control Conf., pages 3935–3940, Seville, Spain, December 2005.
[8] J. Jeanne, N. E. Leonard, and D. Paley. Collective motion of ring-coupled planar particles. In Proc. Joint 44th IEEE Conf. Decision and Control and European Control Conf., pages 3929–3934, Seville, Spain, December 2005.
[7] P. Bhatta, E. Fiorelli, F. Lekien, N. E. Leonard, D. A. Paley, F. Zhang, R. Bachmayer, R. E. Davis, D.M. Fratantoni, and R. Sepulchre. Coordination of an underwater glider fleet for adaptive ocean sampling. In Proc. Int. Workshop on Underwater Robotics for Sustainable Management of Marine Ecosystems and Environmental Monitoring, pages 61–69, Genoa, Italy, November 2005.
[6] R. Sepulchre, D. Paley, and N. E. Leonard. Graph Laplacian and Lyapunov design of collective planar motions. In Proc. Int. Symp. Nonlinear Theory and its Applications, pages 217–232, Bruges, Belgium, October 2005.
[5] D. Paley, N. E. Leonard, and R. Sepulchre. Collective motion: Bistability and trajectory tracking. In Proc. 43rd IEEE Conf. Decision and Control, pages 1932–1937, Paradise Island, Bahamas, December 2004.
[4] R. Sepulchre, D. Paley, and N. Leonard. Stabilization of collective motion of self-propelled particles. In Proc. 16th Int. Symp. Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems (electronic), Leuven, Belgium, July 2004. (10 pages).
[3] E. Fiorelli, N. E. Leonard, P. Bhatta, D. Paley, R. Bachmayer, and D. M. Fratantoni. Multi-AUV control and adaptive sampling in Monterey Bay. In Proc. IEEE Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 2004: Workshop on Multiple AUV Operations, pages 134–147, Sebasco Estates, Maine, June 2004.
[2] R. Bachmayer, N. Leonard, J. Graver, E. Fiorelli, P. Bhatta, and D. Paley. Underwater gliders: Recent developments and future applications. In Proc. IEEE Symp. Underwater Technology, pages 195–200, Tapei, Taiwan, April 2004.
[1] R. Sepulchre, D. Paley, and N. Leonard. Collective motion and oscillator synchronization. In V. Kumar, N. Leonard, and A. S. Morse, editors, Cooperative Control: A Post-Workshop Volume of the 2003 Block Island Workshop on Cooperative Control, number 309 in Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, pages 189–228. Springer-Verlag, 2005.
2006–2007 Harold W. Dodds Honorific Fellowship, Princeton University
2006 IEEE Conf. Decision and Control Best Paper in Session Award, IEEE Control Systems
Society
2004–2007 Graduate Research Fellowship, National Science Foundation
2004, 2006 Luigi Crocco Award for Teaching Excellence, Princeton University
2002–2006 Gordon Y. S. Wu Fellowship, Princeton University
2002–2005 Associated Member of Pew Program in Biocomplexity, Princeton University
2002–2004 National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship, U. S. Department of
Defense
2002–2004 Draper Fellowship (declined), Draper Lab/Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1997 Henry Prentiss Becton Prize for Excellence in Engineering and Applied Science, Yale University
1997 Graduated magna cum laude with distinction, Yale University
2008–present, ENAE 301, Dynamics of Aerospace Systems
2008–present, ENAE 743, Applied Nonlinear Control of Aerospace Vehicles
2008–present, Advisor, ESTEEM Research Mentoring Program
2007–present, Design Review Panelist, Robotics@Maryland Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Team
2007–2009, Mentor, Inventis: Academy of Engineering Leadership
2009–present, Seth Napora
2009–present, Rochelle Mellish
2008–present, Cameron Peterson
2008–2009, Sonia Hernandez, M.S. (UT-Austin) Three-dimensional motion coordination in a time-varying
flowfield
2007–present, Sachit Butail
2009–present, Awais Raza
2008–present, David Warshawsky
2008–present, Kamala Shetty
2009, Nitin Sydney (UMD) A micro-UUV testbed for bio-inspired motion coordination.
2007–2009, Sarah Beal (AAI Corp.) Image processing for autonomous coordination of an underwater vehicle
fleet.
2007–2009, Seth Napora (UMD) Onboard Feedback Control for Autonomous Navigation of an Unmanned
Submarine.
2007–2008, Stephanie Petillo (MIT/WHOI) Evaluation of the Coordinated Sampling Performance
of Underwater Gliders in Strong and Variable Currents: A Simulated Case Study in the Chesapeake
Bay.
2007–2008, Adam Reese (GE Aviation) System Identification of an Automatic Depth Controller on a Small
Unmanned Submarine.
2009, Zohair Asmail (Thomas Wootten HS)
2009, Christian Aller (Aachen University of Applied Science, Germany)
2009, India Jacobs (MD Space Grant/Morgan State)
2008–2009, Forrest Ingram-Johnson (Eleanor Roosevelt HS/Bowie State)
Last updated November 25, 2009