SDAL

Space Dynamics and Autonomy Laboratory (SDAL) addresses problems on spacecraft autonomy, nonlinear orbital mechanics and multiagent systems, with an emphasis on estimation and control techniques developed on the nonlinear manifolds SE(3) and TSE(3).

Lab Director

Morad Nazari is an Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering at University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). He received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from New Mexico State University, following the completion of his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology. Between 2014-2017, he was a postdoctoral researcher at University of Arizona. Prior to joining UNR, Dr. Nazari was with the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona campus.

Address: 1664 N. Virginia Street, Reno, NV 89557
Palmer Engineering, Mail stop: 0312
Office: PE 218
Email: mnazari@unr.edu

Ph.D. Students

Marco Fagetti started his MS-PhD education in January 2022. His research areas include spacecraft guidance, navigation and control, astrodynamics, and rigid-body coupled dynamics.

Herman Gunter V started his MS-PhD education in January 2024. His research areas include rigid body parameter estimation, cislunar astrodynamics, and rigid body coupled dynamics.