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Biography

Avishai's doctoral research was on spacecraft orbital and attitude control. Prior to the University of Michigan, he studied at Stanford University, where he received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and an M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics. Avishai's interests are in constrained control, model predictive control, and time-varying systems.
Recent News & Events
- NEWS MERL researchers presented 8 papers at American Control Conference
  Date: July 10, 2019 - July 12, 2019
  Where: Philadelphia
  MERL Contacts: Mouhacine Benosman; Karl Berntorp; Ankush Chakrabarty; Claus Danielson; Stefano Di Cairano; Devesh Jha; Rien Quirynen; Yebin Wang; Avishai Weiss
  Research Areas: Control, Machine Learning, Optimization, Robotics, Applied Physics, Dynamical Systems, Computational Sensing
  Brief
  - At the American Control Conference, MERL presented 8 papers on subjects including model predictive control applications, estimation and motion planning for vehicles, modular control architectures, and adaptation and learning.
- TALK MERL Low-Thrust GEO Satellite Control talk at Stanford University
  Date & Time: Thursday, February 14, 2019; 1:30 -3:00 PM
  Speaker: Avishai Weiss, MERL
  MERL Hosts: Stefano Di Cairano; Uroš Kalabić; Avishai Weiss
  Research Areas: Control, Dynamical Systems
  Brief
  - Avishai Weiss from MERL's Control and Dynamical Systems group will give a talk at Stanford's Aeronautics and Astronautics department titled: "Low-Thrust GEO Satellite Station Keeping, Attitude Control, and Momentum Management via Model Predictive Control". Electric propulsion for satellites is much more fuel efficient than conventional methods. The talk will describe MERL's solution to the satellite control problems deriving from the low thrust provided by electric propulsion.
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MERL Publications
- Weiss, A., Yerazunis, W.S., Radyjowski, P., Cottrell, R., "On-Orbit Additive Manufacturing of Parabolic Reflector via Solar Photopolymerization", International Astronautical Congress (IAC), October 2019.
  BibTeX Download PDF About TR2019-125
- Berntorp, K., Danielson, C., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., Erliksson, K., Bai, R., "Positive Invariant Sets for Safe Integrated Vehicle Motion Planning and Control", Transactions on intelligent vehicles, August 2019.
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- Malladi, B., Di Cairano, S., Weiss, A., "Nonlinear Model Predictive Control of Coupled Rotational-Translational Spacecraft Relative Motion", American Control Conference (ACC), July 2019.
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- Berntorp, K., Danielson, C., Weiss, A., Di Cairano, S., "Positive Invariant Sets for Safe Integrated Vehicle Motion Planning and Control", IEEE Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2018.8619458, December 2018.
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- Kalabić, U., Weiss, A., Grover, P., "Low-thrust GTO-to-GEO trajectory optimization and tracking", Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, August 2018.
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Other Publications
- Weiss, Avishai; Kolmanovsky, Ilya; Bernstein, Dennis S.; Sanyal, Amit, "Inertia-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control Using Reaction Wheels", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 1425-1439, 2013.
  BibTeX
  - @Article{Weiss2013,
  - author = {Weiss, Avishai and Kolmanovsky, Ilya and Bernstein, Dennis S. and Sanyal, Amit},
  - title = {Inertia-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control Using Reaction Wheels},
  - journal = {Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics},
  - year = 2013,
  - volume = 36,
  - number = 5,
  - pages = {1425--1439},
  - publisher = {American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics}
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Baldwin, M.; Petersen, C.; Erwin, R. S.; Kolmanovsky, I., "Spacecraft Constrained Maneuver Planning for Moving Debris Avoidance Using Positively Invariant Constraint Admissible Sets", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2013.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{weissDebris2013,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Baldwin, M. and Petersen, C. and Erwin, R. S. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
  - title = {Spacecraft Constrained Maneuver Planning for Moving Debris Avoidance Using Positively Invariant Constraint Admissible Sets},
  - booktitle = {Proceedings of the American Control Conference},
  - year = 2013,
  - address = {Washington, DC},
  - month = jun
  - }
- Agarwal, K.; Weiss, A.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Bernstein, D. S., "Inertia-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control with Control-Moment-Gyro Actuation", Proc. AIAA Guid. Nav. Contr. Conf., August 2012, pp. AIAA-2012-5003-282.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{CMGGNC2012,
  - author = {Agarwal, K. and Weiss, A. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Bernstein, D. S.},
  - title = {Inertia-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control with Control-Moment-Gyro Actuation},
  - booktitle = {Proc. AIAA Guid. Nav. Contr. Conf.},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {AIAA--2012--5003--282},
  - address = {Minneapolis, MN},
  - month = aug,
  - note = {AIAA-2012-5003-282}
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Cruz, G.; Agarwal, K.; Rahman, Y.; Medikeri, M.; Xie, A.; Camblor, M.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Bernstein, D. S., "Inertia-Free Attitude Control Laws Based on Rotation Matrices for Spacecraft with Torquers, Thrusters, and Wheels", Proc. Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control, October 2012, pp. 322-391.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{Weiss2012,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Cruz, G. and Agarwal, K. and Rahman, Y. and Medikeri, M. and Xie, A. and Camblor, M. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Bernstein, D. S.},
  - title = {Inertia-Free Attitude Control Laws Based on Rotation Matrices for Spacecraft with Torquers, Thrusters, and Wheels},
  - booktitle = {Proc. Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {322--391},
  - address = {Haifa, Israel},
  - month = oct
  - }
- Weiss, Avishai; Kolmanovsky, Ilya; Bernstein, Dennis S., "Forward-Integration Riccati-Based Feedback Control of Magnetically Actuated Spacecraft", AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2012, pp. AIAA-2012-5042-137.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{firmag,
  - author = {Weiss, Avishai and Kolmanovsky, Ilya and Bernstein, Dennis S.},
  - title = {Forward-Integration Riccati-Based Feedback Control of Magnetically Actuated Spacecraft},
  - booktitle = {AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {AIAA--2012--5042--137}
  - }
- Weiss, Avishai; Kolmanovsky, Ilya; Baldwin, Morgan; Erwin, R. Scott; Bernstein, Dennis S., "Forward-Integration Riccati-Based Feedback Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous Maneuvers on Elliptic Orbits", Proc. Conf. Dec. Contr, December 2012, pp. 1752 - 1757.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{forriccdc,
  - author = {Weiss, Avishai and Kolmanovsky, Ilya and Baldwin, Morgan and Erwin, R. Scott and Bernstein, Dennis S.},
  - title = {Forward-Integration Riccati-Based Feedback Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous Maneuvers on Elliptic Orbits},
  - booktitle = {Proc. Conf. Dec. Contr},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {1752 -- 1757},
  - address = {Maui, HI},
  - month = dec
  - }
- Baldwin, M.; Weiss, A.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Erwin, R. S., "Spacecraft Debris Avoidance using Positively Invariant Constraint Admissible Sets", Proceedings of AAS Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2012, pp. Paper AAS 12-250.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{ref:baldwin,
  - author = {Baldwin, M. and Weiss, A. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Erwin, R. S.},
  - title = {Spacecraft Debris Avoidance using Positively Invariant Constraint Admissible Sets},
  - booktitle = {Proceedings of AAS Space Flight Mechanics Meeting},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {Paper AAS 12--250},
  - address = {Charleston, South Carolina}
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Baldwin, M.; Erwin, R. S.; Kolmanovsky, I., "Spacecraft Constrained Maneuver Planning using Positively Invariant Constraint Admissible Sets", Proc. Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control, October 2012.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{ref:debrisBarSym,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Baldwin, M. and Erwin, R. S. and Kolmanovsky, I.},
  - title = {Spacecraft Constrained Maneuver Planning using Positively Invariant Constraint Admissible Sets},
  - booktitle = {Proc. Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control},
  - year = 2012,
  - address = {Haifa, Israel},
  - month = oct
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Baldwin, M.; Erwin, R. S., "Model Predictive Control of Three Dimensional Spacecraft Relative Motion", Proceedings of the American Control Conference, June 2012, pp. 173-178.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{weisserwin,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Baldwin, M. and Erwin, R. S.},
  - title = {Model Predictive Control of Three Dimensional Spacecraft Relative Motion},
  - booktitle = {Proceedings of the American Control Conference},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {173--178},
  - address = {Montreal, Canada},
  - month = jun
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Bernstein, D. S., "Forward-Integration Riccati-Based Output-Feedback Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems", Proc. Amer. Conf. Contr, June 2012, pp. 6708-6714.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{weisskolmbern,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Bernstein, D. S.},
  - title = {Forward-Integration Riccati-Based Output-Feedback Control of Linear Time-Varying Systems},
  - booktitle = {Proc. Amer. Conf. Contr},
  - year = 2012,
  - pages = {6708--6714},
  - address = {Montreal, Canada},
  - month = jun
  - }
- Weiss, Avishai; Leve, Frederick; Kolmanovsky, Ilya; Jah, Moriba, "Reaction Wheel Parameter Identification and Control through Receding Horizon-Based Null Motion Excitation", Proc. Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control, October 2012.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{weissreaction,
  - author = {Weiss, Avishai and Leve, Frederick and Kolmanovsky, Ilya and Jah, Moriba},
  - title = {Reaction Wheel Parameter Identification and Control through Receding Horizon-Based Null Motion Excitation},
  - booktitle = {Proc. Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium on Estimation, Navigation, and Spacecraft Control},
  - year = 2012,
  - address = {Haifa, Israel},
  - month = oct
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Bernstein, D. S., "Inertia-Free Attitude Control of Spacecraft with Unknown Time-Varying Mass Distribution", Proc. 62nd IAC, October 2011, pp. IAC-11-C1.5.9.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{AviTVinertiaIAC2011,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Bernstein, D. S.},
  - title = {Inertia-Free Attitude Control of Spacecraft with Unknown Time-Varying Mass Distribution},
  - booktitle = {Proc. 62nd IAC},
  - year = 2011,
  - pages = {IAC--11--C1.5.9},
  - address = {Cape Town, South Africa},
  - month = oct,
  - note = {IAC-11-C1.5.9}
  - }
- Cruz, Gerardo; Yang, Xuebo; Weiss, Avishai; Kolmanovsky, Ilya; Bernstein, Dennis S., "Torque-saturated, inertia-free spacecraft attitude control", AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2011, pp. AIAA-2011-6507-816.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{cruz2011torque,
  - author = {Cruz, Gerardo and Yang, Xuebo and Weiss, Avishai and Kolmanovsky, Ilya and Bernstein, Dennis S.},
  - title = {Torque-saturated, inertia-free spacecraft attitude control},
  - booktitle = {AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference},
  - year = 2011,
  - pages = {AIAA--2011--6507--816}
  - }
- Weiss, Avishai; Kolmanovsky, Ilya; Merrill, Walter, "Incorporating Risk into Control Design for Emergency Operation of Turbo-Fan Engines", Proc. AIAA Infotech@Aerospace, 2011, pp. AIAA-2011-1591.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{weiss2011incorporating,
  - author = {Weiss, Avishai and Kolmanovsky, Ilya and Merrill, Walter},
  - title = {Incorporating Risk into Control Design for Emergency Operation of Turbo-Fan Engines},
  - booktitle = {Proc. AIAA Infotech@Aerospace},
  - year = 2011,
  - pages = {AIAA--2011--1591}
  - }
- Weiss, A.; Yang, X.; Kolmanovsky, I.; Bernstein, D. S., "Inertia-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control with Reaction-Wheel Actuation", AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, 2010, pp. AIAA-2010-8297.
  BibTeX
  - @Inproceedings{weiss,
  - author = {Weiss, A. and Yang, X. and Kolmanovsky, I. and Bernstein, D. S.},
  - title = {Inertia-Free Spacecraft Attitude Control with Reaction-Wheel Actuation},
  - booktitle = {AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference},
  - year = 2010,
  - pages = {AIAA--2010--8297}
  - }
Videos
- MERL Celebrates 25 Years of Innovation
- MPC for Satellites
MERL Issued Patents
- Title: "Concurrent Station Keeping, Attitude Control, and Momentum Management of Spacecraft"
  Inventors: Weiss, Avishai; Di Cairano, Stefano; Walsh, Alex
  Patent No.: 10,180,686
  Issue Date: Jan 15, 2019
- Title: "Methods and Systems for Path Planning Using a Network of Safe-Sets"
  Inventors: Danielson, Claus; Weiss, Avishai; Berntorp, Karl; Di Cairano, Stefano
  Patent No.: 10,012,988
  Issue Date: Jul 3, 2018
- Title: "System and Method for Controlling Vehicle using Neural Network"
  Inventors: Berntorp, Karl; Liu, Ming-Yu; Weiss, Avishai
  Patent No.: 9,989,964
  Issue Date: Jun 5, 2018
- Title: "Model Predictive Control with Uncertainties"
  Inventors: Di Cairano, Stefano; Weiss, Avishai
  Patent No.: 9,983,554
  Issue Date: May 29, 2018
- Title: "Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft"
  Inventors: Weiss, Avishai; Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros
  Patent No.: 9,874,879
  Issue Date: Jan 23, 2018
- Title: "Model Predictive Control of Spacecraft"
  Inventors: Weiss, Avishai; Di Cairano, Stefano; Kalabic, Uros
  Patent No.: 9,764,858
  Issue Date: Sep 19, 2017
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