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MANORANJAN MAJJI318 Jarvis Hall,Buffalo, NY, 14260.mmajji@buffalo.edu, majjineo@gmail.com979-739-7938 (Cell) 716-645-2593 (Off) 716-645-3668 (Fax)EDUCATIONTexas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, May 2009Dissertation: System Identification: Time Varying and Nonlinear MethodsChair: Dr. John L. JunkinsM. S., Aerospace Engineering, May 2006Thesis: Robust Control of Redundantly Actuated Dynamical SystemsChair: Dr. John L. JunkinsBirla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, IndiaB. E. (Honors), Mechanical Engineering, May 2003RESEARCH INTERESTSSystem Identification, Computational Vision, Smart Sensing Technologies and Autonomous Systems.RESEARCH EXPERIENCEAssistant ProfessorUniversity at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, 14260Jan 12 – PresentPost Doctoral Research Associate May 09 – Dec 11Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843Graduate Research AssistantTexas A & M University, College Station, TX, 77843Jan 04 – May09TEACHING1. Teaching Assistant, Advanced Mechanics of Solids (B.E., (Hons)), Birla Institute of Technology &Science, Pilani, India, Fall 20022. Special Topics Lecturer, AERO 626, Estimation of Dynamic Systems, Texas A&M University, Fall 05,06, 08.3. Special Topics Lecturer, AERO 623, Celestial Mechanics, Texas A& M University, Spring 05, 06, 08.4. Lecturer, Special Workshop on “Adaptive Identification, Estimation and Control,” Texas A&MUniversity, College Station, Summer, 2006.5. Lecturer and Organizer, Summer Workshop on “Computer Vision, Image Processing and GPUComputations,” Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A& M University, College Station, Summer,2009.6. Special Topics Lecturer, AERO 622, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Texas A&M University, Fall 09.(Lectures on rigid body attitude kinematics and dynamics)7. Visiting Professor, Instructor (with Dr. Kyle T. Alfriend), AERO 689, Advanced Astrodynamics, TexasA&M University, Summer 2010. Designed and developed this new course in the Aerospace EngineeringDepartment at Texas A&M University.

22. Majji, M., Juang J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Continuous Time Bilinear System Identification Using RepeatedExperiments,” presented at 2009 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Paper No. AAS-09-366, Pittsburgh, PA, August, 200923. Majji, M., Juang J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Application of Time Varying Eigensystem RealizationAlgorithm to Guidance and Control Problems,” presented at 2009 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics SpecialistConference, Paper No. AAS-09-360, Pittsburgh, PA, August, 200924. Majji, M., Juang J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Time Varying Deadbeat Controller Design,” presented at 2010AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, San deigo, CA, February, 201025. Majji, M., Junkins, J. L. and Turner, J. D., “Covariance Analysis of the Minimum Model Error Estimator,”presented at 2010 AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, San deigo, CA, February, 201026. Woodbury, D., Majji, M., and Junkins, J. L., “Effects of Consider Parameters in Optimal Estimation”,presented at George Born Astrodynamics Symposium, Boulder, CO, May 14-16, 2010.27. Majji, M., Turner, J.D. and Junkins, J. L., “A Homotopy Method for Optimal Control of a General RigidBody”, presented at George Born Astrodynamics Symposium, Boulder, CO, May 14-16, 2010.28. Majji, M., Junkins, J. L., and Turner, J. D., “Nonlinear Transformations of Measurement Systems”,presented at the Kyle T. Alfriend Astronautics Symposium, Monterrey Bay, CA, May 17-19, 2010.29. Younes, A. B., Majji, M., Turner, J. D., and Junkins, J. L., “An Investigation of State Feedback GainSensitivity Calculations,” AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, Toronto, Canada, August, 2010.30. Junkins, J. L., Majji, M., “Small Body Proximity Sensing with a Novel HD3D LADAR System,” presentedat AAS Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, CO, February, 2011.31. Satak, N., Majji, M., and Hurtado, J., “Iterative Shape Estimation of an Asteroid Using Vision,” presentedat the AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, New Orleans, LA, February, 2011.32. Majji, M., Alfriend, K. T., and Roscoe, C.R., “Orbit Determination of Tumbling Satellites from GroundObservations,” invited keynote paper at session: “Adventures in the interfaces of Mechanics and Control”,ICCESS Conference, Nanjing, China.33. Turner, J., Majji, M., and Junkins, J. L., “Computational Differentiation Enabled Fourth Order AlgebraicMonte Carlo Simulations,” invited keynote paper at session “Adventures in the Interfaces of Mechanics andControl,” ICCESS Conference, Nanjing, China.34. Majji, M., Turner, J., and Junkins, J. L., “Exact Numerical Integration via Computer Algebra EnabledAnalytic Integration,” submitted for possible presentation at session “Adventures in the Interfaces ofMechanics and Control,” ICCESS Conference, Nanjing, China.35. Majji, M., Davis, J., Doebbler, J., Macomber, B., Junkins, J. L., Vavrina, M., and Vian, J., “TerrainMapping and Landing Operations using Vision Based Navigation Systems”, presented at the AIAAGuidance, Navigation and Control (GNC) Conference and Exhibit, Portland, OR, August, 2011.36. Weisman, R., Majji, M., and Alfriend, K. T., “Application of Transformation of Variables for UncertaintyMapping ”, presented at AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Girdwood, Alaska, August,2011.37. Weisman, R., Majji, M., and Alfriend, K. T., “Transformation of Variables for Track Association andSpace Surveillance”, presented at International Astronautical Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, October,2011.38. Majji, M., Weisman, R., and Alfriend, K. T., “Solution of Liouville’s Equation for Keplerian Motion:Applications to Uncertainty Calculations,” presented at the AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting,Charleston, SC, February, 2012.39. Cavalieri, K., Macomber, B., Majji, M., Hurtado, J., “Laboratory Experiments for Position and AttitudeEstimation using Cayley Attitude Technique,” presented at the AAS/AIAA Spaceflight MechanicsMeeting, Charleston, SC, February, 2012.40. Bani-Younes, A., Turner, J., Majji, M., and Junkins, J.L., “High Order Uncertainty Calculations Enabled byCompuational Differentiation,” accepted to be presented at Automatic Differentiation Conference, 2012.JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS1. Majji, M., Junkins, J. L. and Turner, J. D., “High Order Methods for Estimation of Dynamic Systems”, theJournal of Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 56, No. 3, pp. 401-440, 2008.2. Zanetti, R., Majji, M., Bishop, R. H., and Mortari, D., “ Norm Constrained Kalman Filtering,” Journal ofGuidance Control and Dynamics, Vol.32, No. 5, pp. 1458 – 1465, 2009.

3. Majji, M., Turner, J. D., and Junkins, J. L., “Numerical Solution of Two Point Boundary Value Problemsusing Lagrange Implicit Function Theorem”, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, Vol. 32, No.5,pp. 1684-1687, 2009.4. Junkins, J. L., Turner, J. D., and Majji, M., “Generalizations and Applications of the Lagrange ImplicitFunction Theorem”, Vol. 57, No.s 1-2, Journal of Astronautical Sciences, 2009.5. Mortari, D., and Majji, M., “Multiplicative Measurement Model and Single Point Attitude Estimation”,Vol. 57, Nos 1-2, Journal of Astronautical Sciences, 2009.6. Majji, M., Junkins, J. L. and Turner, J. D., “A Perturbation Method for Estimation of Dynamic Systems”,Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 60, No.3, DOI 10.1007/s11071-009-9597-6, 2010.7. Majji, M., Juang, J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Time Varying Eigensystem Realization Algorithm”, Journal ofGuidance Control and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No.1, pp. 13-28, 2010.8. Majji, M., Juang, J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Observer/Kalman Filter Time Varying System Identification”,Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 887-900, 2010.9. Majji, M., Juang, J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Time Varying Deadbeat Controller Design”, accepted withminor revisions, the Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, 2010.10. Woodbury, D., Majji, M., and Junkins, J. L., “Effects of Consider Parameters in Optimal Estimation”,accepted for publication, the Journal of Astronautical Sciences, 2010.11. Majji, M., Turner, J.D. and Junkins, J. L., “A Homotopy Method for Optimal Control of a General RigidBody”, accepted for publication with minor revisions, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications,2010.12. Majji, M., Junkins J. L., “Nonlinear Transformation of Algebraic Systems,” accepted for publication, theJournal of Astronautical Sciences, 2011.13. Weisman, R., Majji, M., and Alfriend, K. T., “Transformation of Variables for Track Association andSpace Surveillance”, Invited for Publication, Acta Astronautica, January, 2012.In Preparation:1. Majji, M., Davis, J., Doebbler, J., Macomber, B., Junkins, J. L., Vavrina, M., and Vian, J., “TerrainMapping and Landing Operations using Vision Based Navigation Systems” in preparation.2. Majji, M., Macomber, B., Cavalieri, K., Probe, A., Junkins, J. L., “Terrain Mapping and LandingOperations using a Structured Light System” in preparation.3. Majji, M., Cavalieri, K., Macomber, B., Hurtado, J., Mortari, D., and Junkins, J. L., “Pose Estimation from3D Point Correspondences” in preparation.4. Cavalieri, K., Macomber, B., Majji, M., Probe, A., Junkins, J. L., “An Autonomous Docking EmulationExperiment Using a Structured Light Sensor,” in preparation.5. Majji, M., Juang, J. N., and Junkins, J. L., “Continuous Time Bilinear System Identification UsingRepeated Experiments”, in preparation.6. Majji, M., Turner, J. D., and Junkins, J. L., “High Order Keplerian State Transition Tensors: Elliptic andUniversal Formulations”, in preparation.BOOKS1. Majji, M., and Juang, J. N., “System Identification: Time Varying and Nonlinear Methods”, in preparation.2. Turner, J. D., Majji, M., and Junkins, J. L., “High Order Methods: Optimization, Estimation and ControlApplications in Dynamical Systems”, in preparation.SERVICE1. Program Co-Chair, Jer-Nan Juang Astrodynamics Symposium, College Station, TX, June 2012.2. Member of the AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Technical Committee3. Member AAS, AIAA, ASPRS.4. Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Automatica, Robotics and AutomationSystems, Nonlinear Dynamics, The Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Journal of Guidance, Control andDynamics, Acta Astronautica, Aerospace Science and Technology (reviewed over 60 articles in total).5. Reviewer, AIAA GNC, IEEE CSS conferences

6. Web Designer, Center for Mechanics and Control, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Texas A & MUniversity.MENTORSHIP1. Mentorship: Four undergraduate students from 2004 through 2008 as a part of the USRG/REU program incollaboration with TIIMS.2. Acting as a mentor for: Mr. Andrei Kolomenski (MS Candidate w/ Prof. Junkins), Mr. Brent Macomber(MS Candidate w/ Prof. Junkins), Mr. Ahmad Bani Younous (PhD Student w/ Prof. Turner), Mr.DongHyurn Cho (PhD Candidate w/ Prof. Vadali) and Mr. Brien Flewelling (PhD Candidate w/ Prof.Junkins), Ms. Neha Satak (PhD Student w/ Prof. Hurtado) and Ms. Eileen Wang (PhD Student w/ Prof.Juang at NCKU, Taiwan) in conducting and collaborating with their research activity, with their advisors.3. International Exchange Program with National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan and Texas A&M:Coordinated the research exchange program of two graduate students Mr. Shiau-Shuin Lin and Ms. EileenWang during summer 2010.