Eric Butcher

Chapters

• Butcher, E., Dabiri, A., & Nazari, M. (2017). Stability and Control of Fractional Periodic Time-Delayed Systems. In Time Delay Systems: Theory, Numerics, Applications, and Experiments (Advances in Delays and Dynamics Vol. 7)(pp 107-126). New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-53426-8

Journals/Publications

• Malladi, B., Butcher, E., & Sanfelice, R. (2020). Rigid Body Pose Hybrid Control Using Dual Quaternions: Global Asymptotic Stabilization and Robustness. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics, 43(9), 1631-1641. doi:10.2514/1.G004621
• Poursina, M., & Butcher, E. (2019). Accurate Electrostatic Force and Moment Approximations for Coulomb Charged Spacecraft Based on Center of Charge. Journal of Astronautical Sciences, 67, 829-862. doi:doi: 0.1007/s40295-019-00186-z
• Burnett, E., Sinclair, A., & Butcher, E. (2019). Coordinate-Invariant Linear Quadratic Control. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 19(1). doi:10.1002/pamm.201900073
• Burnett, E., Sinclair, A., & Butcher, E. (2019). Coordinate-Invariant Linear Quadratic Control. Proceedings in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 19(1). doi:doi: 10.1002/pamm.201900073
• Dabiri, A., & Butcher, E. (2019). Optimal Observer-Based Feedback Control for Linear Fractional-Order Systems with Constant or Periodic Coefficients. Journal of Vibration and Control, 25, 1379-1392. doi:10.1177/1077546318822370
• Dogan, K., Gruenwald, B., Yucelen, T., Muse, J., & Butcher, E. (2019). Distributed Adaptive Control and Stability Verification for Linear Multiagent Systems with Heterogeneous Actuator Dynamics and System Uncertainties. International Journal of Control, 92, 2620-2638. doi:10.1080/00207179.2018.1454606
• Samiei, E., Nazari, M., Butcher, E., & Sanyal, A. (2019). Robust Stochastic Stabilization of Attitude Motion. International Journal of Dynamics and Control, 7, 619–635. doi:10.1007/s40435-018-0456-5
• Wang, J., Butcher, E., & Lovell, A. (2019). Ambiguous Orbits in Elliptic Chief Spacecraft Relative Orbit Estimation with Range-Only Measurements. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 56, 708–724. doi:10.2514/1.A34083
• Wang, J., Butcher, E., & Yucelen, T. (2019). Space-Based Relative Orbit Estimation using Information Sharing and the Consensus Kalman Filter. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 42, 491-507. doi:10.2514/1.G003503
• Wu, F., Cao, X., Butcher, E., & Wang, F. (2019). Dynamics and Control of Spacecraft with a Large Misaligned Rotational Component. Aerospace Science and Technology, 87, 207-217.
• Butcher, E., & Lovell, A. (2018). Nonlinear Normal Modes of Relative Orbital Motion for Unperturbed Two-Body Reference Orbits. Acta Astronautica, 153, 191-200. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.01.007
• Dabiri, A., & Butcher, E. (2018). Numerical Solution of Multi-Order Fractional Differential Equations with Multiple Delays via Spectral Collocation Methods. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 56, 424-448. doi:10.1016/j.apm.2017.12.012
• Dabiri, A., Butcher, E., Poursina, M., & Nazari, M. (2018). Optimal Periodic-Gain Fractional Delayed State Feedback Control for Linear Fractional Periodic Time-Delayed Systems. Transactions on Automatic Control. doi:10.1109/TAC.2017.2731522
• Nazari, M., Butcher, E., & Sanyal, A. (2018). Spacecraft Attitude Fractional Feedback Control using Rotation Matrices and Exponential Coordinates. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 41, 2185-2198.
• Wang, J., Butcher, E., & Lovell, A. (2018). Ambiguous Relative Orbits in Sequential Relative Orbit Estimation with Range-Only Measurements. Acta Astronautica, 151, 626-644. doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.04.057

Proceedings Publications

• Butcher, E., & Wenn, C. (2021, Jan). Lyapunov-Based Control of Kinematically Coupled Close-Proximity Spacecraft Feature Point Dynamics,. In AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting.
• Maadani, M., & Butcher, E. (2021, Jan.). Attitude Consensus Control of a Rigid Body Multi-Vehicle System with Heterogeneous Communication Delays. In AIAA GNC Conference.
• Butcher, E., Bire, A., & Sinclair, A. (2020, Aug.). Calibrated Approximations of Error Kinematics for Attitude Parameterizations. In AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.
• Koru, A., Yucelen, T., Sarsilmaz, S. B., Butcher, E., & Maadani, M. (2020, Jan). Adaptive Consensus Control of Rigid Body Attitude Motion using Rotation Matrices. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
• Maadani, M., & Butcher, E. (2020, Aug.). Decentralized 6-DOF Consensus Control in Orbital Relative Motion with Heterogeneous Communication Delays using Rotation Matrices. In AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.
• Maadani, M., Butcher, E., & Sanyal, A. (2020, July). Finite-Time Attitude Consensus Control of a Multi-Agent Rigid Body System. In American Control Conference.
• Maadani, M., & Butcher, E. (2019, Aug). Morse-Lyapunov-Based Decentralized Consensus Control of Rigid Body Spacecraft in Orbital Relative Motion. In AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.
• Maadani, M., & Butcher, E. (2019, Dec). Distributed Control of Rigid Body Reduced Attitude: Synchronization and Balancing. In Indian Control Conference.
• Maadani, M., & Butcher, E. (2019, Dec.). Consensus Control of a Multi-Agent Rigid Body System on TSO(3)^N and TSE(3)^N. In Indian Control Conference.
• Maadani, M., Butcher, E., Nazari, M., & Yucelen, T. (2019, Jan). Decentralized Consensus Control of Rigid Bodies using Exponential Coordinates. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
• Wang, J., Butcher, E., & Yucelen, T. (2019, Jan). Consensus Estimation of Rigid Body Motion using Lie Algebra se(3) and the Consensus Extended Kalman Filter. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
• Yaylali, D., Butcher, E., & Dabiri, A. (2019, Jan). Fractional PID Consensus Protocols for Second-Order Multi-Agent Systems. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
• Yaylali, D., Butcher, E., & Sinclair, A. (2019, Jan). Fractional Control of Relative Orbit Trajectories. In AAS Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting.
• Arabi, E., Sarsilmaz, S., Maadani, M., Nazari, M., Butcher, E., & Yucelen, T. (2018, Jan). Adaptive Control of a Rigid Body Vehicle on Exponential Coordinates with Guaranteed Performance. In AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference.
• Burnett, E., & Butcher, E. (2018, Aug). Linearized Relative Orbital Motion Dynamics in a Rotating Second Degree and Order Gravity Field. In AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference.

Poster Presentations

• Butcher, E., & Maadani, M. (2019, Nov). Consensus Control in Rigid-Body Multi-Vehicle Systems. ASME IMECE. SLC: ASME.
• Butcher, E. A., Bobrenkov, O., Torkamani, S., Nazari, M., & Samiei, E. (2014, July 3-5). Stability, Estimation, and Control in Stochastic Delayed Systems. Investigating Dynamics in Engineering and Applied Science (IDEAS). Badapest, Hungary.

Presentations

• Butcher, E. (2020, April). Introduction to Optimal Control, Time Delay, and Fractional Order Systems. UA Applied Mathematics. Applied Mathematics: Applied Mathematics.
• Butcher, E. (2020, Jan). Morse-Lyapunov-Based Decentralized Consensus Control of Rigid Body Spacecraft in Orbital Relative Motion. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology. Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.
• Butcher, E. (2020, Jan). Research in the Autonomous Space Vehicles and Astrodynamics Laboratory. Sampoerna University. Sampoerna University.
• Butcher, E. (2020, June). Beyond the HCW Equations: Higher Order Models, Solutions, and Observability. Rangers Symposium. AFRL, Albuquerque: AFRL.
• Butcher, E. (2020, Sept). Beyond the HCW Equations: Higher Order Models, Solutions, and Observability. AME seminarUA AME.
• Butcher, E. (2019, Dec). Stability of Parametrically Excited, Time-Delayed, Fractional Order Systems. Amrita University. Amrita University.
• Butcher, E. (2019, Dec). Strategies in Engineering Research. Keynote Address - 9th International Symposium on Embedded Computing and System Design. Amrita University.
• Butcher, E. (2018, April). Rigid Body Spacecraft Consensus Control and Estimation. RTG seminar, Applied Mathematics, UA.
• Butcher, E. (2018, Jan). Rigid Body Vehicle Modelling using Geometric Mechanics and Multi-Vehicle Consensus Control. Workshop on Consensus Control in Multivehicle Systems, University of South Florida.
• Butcher, E. (2017, February). Autonomous Space Vehicles: Research at the Intersection of Controls, Dynamical Systems, and Nonlinear Astrodynamics. invited talk. UA Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Butcher, E. (2017, January). Research in the Autonomous Space Vehicles and Astrodynamics (ASVA) Laboratory. University of Arizona Workshop on Space Object Behavioral Sciences. Biosphere 2.
• Butcher, E. (2017, June). Chaos Control in Fractional-Order Systems using Fractional Chebyshev Collocation Method. extended abstract for 9th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference. Budapest.
• Butcher, E. (2017, June). Stability and Control of the Fractional Damped Delayed Mathieu Equation. extended abstract for 9th European Nonlinear Dynamics Conference. Budapest.
• Butcher, E. (2017, March). Autonomous Space Vehicles: Recent Research in Spacecraft Relative Motion, Attitude Control, and Nonlinear Astrodynamics. invited talk. Ames, IA: Iowa State University.
• Butcher, E. (2015, February). Advancing Astronautics for Space Exploration and Development. invited talk. University of Arizona chapter of Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS).

Others

• Butcher, E. (2019, Sep). In Memoriam: Subhash C. Sinha. ASME Journal of Computational and Nonlinear Dynamics, Vol. 14(9), 090101 and ASME Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 141, 050101-1.