Research
Papers
A. Tabassum, M. DeSantis, H. Bai, N. Fala. 'Preliminary Design of Wind-Aware sUAS Simulation Pipeline for Urban Air Mobility', AIAA Aviation Forum, Chicago, IL, 2022. View
Poster Presentations
M. DeSantis, H. Bai. 'Video-based human-machine interface for intuitive mobile robot control using depth camera', Undergraduate Research Symposium, Oklahoma State University, 2022. View
M. DeSantis, A. Tabassum, H. Bai. 'Development of wind-aware piloting interfaces and dynamic quadrotor simulator with spatiotemporally-varying wind', Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Graduate Research Symposium, Oklahoma State University, 2022. View
C. Thornton, D. Colon, M. DeSantis, H. Bai. 'OSU Autonomous Golf Cart', International Mechatronics and Robotics Conference and Exhibition, Oklahoma State University, 2020. View
Interests
My research interests revolve around the control of autonomous systems. In particular, the coordination and control of both heterogenous and homogenous multi-agent systems. I find all aspects of this problem fascinating - intercommunication amongst agents, outside control through an HMI, and internal control of individual agents.
Work
I have explored these interests through my research activities with CoRAL and other activities. My current funded work developing spatiotemporally varying wind simulation and wind-aware piloting interfaces is a direct application of my interests in human control of remote vehicles. It will serve as a stepping stone into further work in the control of multi-agent drone systems. The DORADO project is planned to involve complex inter-agent communication to coordinate the landing and takeoff of a drone onto a mobile aquatic platform. My work on the Autonomous Golf Cart, where I developed embedded low-level control software using PID and ROS, was my introduction to control and a key milestone in my development as a controls engineer.