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"If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants" - Isaac Newton

Sandeep K. Singh

Director, ASCLab

Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering

MANE

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

(518)-276-2625

sandes5@rpi.edu

Doctoral Students

Kevin Alvarado

PhD Student, Fall '22 - Present

Research Interests:

Astrodynamics, GN&C, Mission Design

Ickbum Kim

PhD Student, Fall '22 - Present

Research Interests:

Real-time Sensor Fusion, 3D reconstruction, Object tracking

Scott Blender

PhD Student, Fall '24 - Present

Research Interests:

ML for Space Mission Design, Autonomous GN&C, Space Domain Awareness
Internship: AstronetX, Summer '26

Masters Students

In Progress

Nathan Nguyen

M.Eng. Student, S'25 & S'26

Project Topic: Navigation Filter Design for Multi-Modal Deep Learning TRN at the Lunar South Pole.

Currently Employed as: Orion GNC Engineer, NASA JSC

Joseph Mergen

M.S. Student, F'25 - S'26

Thesis: A Systemic Approach to Cislunar SDA: Building Intuition towards Improved Fidelity, Adaptability, and Geometry.

Currently Employed as: Satellite Systems Engineer in Operations, Lockheed Martin

Ryan Rebetti

M.Eng. Student, F'25 - S'26

Project Topic: Exploring Filtering Methods for Multi-Observer State Estimation in the Earth-Moon CR3BP.

Ashe Mlodzienski

M.Eng. Student, F'25 - S'26

Project Topic: Data-Driven Characterization of Low-Thrust Gravity Assist Maneuvers.

William Weigand

M.Eng. Student, F'26 - S'26

Project Topic: FIM Optimization of Observer Constellations for Cislunar Space Domain Awareness.

Tasmay Shah

M.Eng. Student, S'26 - S'27

Project Topic: Generating Quasi-Periodic Invariant Tori in the CR3BP.

Graduated

Alex Diehl

M.Eng. Student, F '24 - S'25

Project Topic: Non-Spherical Secondary Augmented CR3BP.

Calvin Chan

M.Eng. Student, F '24 - S'25

Project Topic: Hybrid Optimization for Constellation Design: Tracking RSO Behaviors in Cislunar Space.

Currently Employed as: GNC Aerospace Engineer at Vantor

Angelina Shayda

M.Eng. Student, F '24 - S'25

Project Topic: Leveraging Manifold Dynamics for Near-Heteroclinic Impulsive Transfers in Cislunar Space.

Undergraduate Researchers

In Progress

Graduated

Hadley Earl

F'24, S'25, Su'25

URP: Dynamics Reconstruction using Mode Decomposition for the three-body problem.

Robert Quevedo

Su'24, F'24

URP: Gravity Field Quantification of Non-Spherical Space Objects.

Benjamin Seaman

F'23, S '24

URP: Extremal bundles and Low-thrust Reachability.

Tom Deng

S'24

URP: Stereo-Camera Calibration.

Tony Kwon

F'23

URP: Thermal - Optical Camera Calibration.

Donald Perpetua

Su'25

URP: Zonal Harmonics effect on CR3BP Periodic Structures and Transfers.

Aileen McAllister

Su'25, F'25

URP: Bi-Circular 4 Body Problem Periodic and Quasi-Periodic Structures.

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