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Yang Cheng, Ph.D.

Yang Cheng

Associate Professor

Office: 324A Walker Engineering Building
cheng@ae.msstate.edu
P 662.325.4236

Yang Cheng received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology (China) in 2003 and joined the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering in 2009.

Education

  • Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, 2003.

Teaching Areas

  • Astronautics
  • Estimation
  • Control

Taught Courses

Undergraduate Courses
  • ASE 3813 Introduction Orbital Mechanics
  • ASE 3823 Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics
  • ASE 4123 Aerospace Controls
Split Level Courses
  • ASE 4813/6813 Advanced Orbital Mechanics
Graduate Courses
  • ASE 8853 Statistical Orbit Determination
  • ASE 8990 Special Topic In ASE

Research Areas

  • Navigation, Estimation, Autonomy, and Tracking

Funding Agencies

  • National Science Foundation, 2013-2017.
  • Mississippi State University Raspet Flight Research Laboratory, 2011-2012, 2013-2014.
  • Mississippi State University Office of Research and Economic Development, 2010.

Select Journal Publications

  • Cheng, Y., Banas, W. D., and Crassidis, J. L., "Quaternion Data Fusion," Itzhack Y. Bar-Itzhack Memorial Symposium Springer Verlag Edited Bound Volume (accepted for publication).
  • Crassidis, J. L. and Cheng, Y., "Error-Covariance Analysis of the Total Least Squares Problem," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (accepted for publication).
  • DeMars, K. J., Cheng, Y., and Jah, M. K., "Collision Probability with Gaussian-Mixture Orbit Uncertainty," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (accepted for publication).
  • Cheng, Y. and Shuster, M. D., "Improvement to the Implementation of the QUEST Algorithm," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics (accepted for publication).
  • Jia, B., Xin, M., and Cheng, Y., "High-Degree Cubature Kalman Filter," Automatica, Vol. 49, No. 2, 2013, pp. 510-518.
  • Jia, B., Xin, M., and Cheng, Y., "Anisotropic Sparse Gauss-Hermite Quadrature Filter," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 35, No. 3, May-July, 2012, pp. 1014-1023.
  • Nebelecky, C. K., Crassidis, J. L., Fosbury, A. M., and Cheng, Y., "Efficient Covariance Intersection of Attitude Estimates Using a Local Error Representation," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, , Vol. 35, No. 2, March–April, 2012, pp. 692-696.
  • Jia, B., Xin, M., and Cheng, Y., "Sparse-Grid Quadrature Nonlinear Filtering," Automatica, Vol. 48, No. 2, 2012, pp. 327-341.
  • Alsuwaidan, B. N., Crassidis, J. L., and Cheng, Y., "Generalized Multiple-Model Adaptive Estimation Using an Autocorrelation Approach," IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 47, No. 3, July 2011, pp. 2138-2152.
  • Linares, R., Crassidis, J. L., and Cheng, Y., "Constrained Relative Attitude Determination for Two Vehicle Formations," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 2, March-April 2011, pp. 543-553.
  • Jia, B., Xin, M., and Cheng, Y., "Sparse Gauss-Hermite Quadrature Filter with an Application to Spacecraft Attitude Estimation," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 2, March-April 2011, pp. 367-379.
  • Cheng, Y., Reddy, K. V. U., Singh, T., and Scott, P., “Bayesian Estimation for CBRN Sensors with Non-Gaussian Likelihood,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 47, No. 1, January 2011, pp. 684-701.
  • Cheng, Y. and Crassidis, J. L., "Particle Filtering for Attitude Estimation Using a Minimal Local-Error Representation," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 33, No. 4, July-August 2010, pp. 1305–1310.
  • Crassidis, J. L., Cheng, Y., Nebelecky, C. K., and Fosbury, A. M., “Decentralized Attitude Estimation Using a Quaternion Covariance Intersection Approach,” The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 57, Nos. 1 & 2, January–June 2009, pp. 113–128.
  • Andrle, M. S., Crassidis, J. L., Linares, R., Cheng, Y., and Hyun, B., “Deterministic Relative Attitude Determination of Three-Vehicle Formations,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 32, No. 4, July–August 2009, pp. 1077–1088.
  • Cheng, Y. and Singh, T., “Efficient Particle Filter for Road-Constrained Target Tracking,” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, Vol. 43, No. 4, October–December, 2007, pp. 1454–1469.
  • Freesland, D. C., Cheng, Y., and Shuster, M. D., “The Maximum-Error Test,” The Journal of Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 55, No. 2, April–June, 2007, pp. 259–270.
  • Markley, F. L., Cheng, Y., Crassidis, J. L., and Oshman, Y., “Averaging Quaternions,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 4., July–August 2007, pp. 1193–1196.
  • Kim, S.-G., Crassidis, J. L., Cheng, Y., Fosbury, A. M., and Junkins, J. L., “Kalman Filtering for Relative Spacecraft Attitude and Position Estimation,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 1, January–February 2007, pp. 133–143.
  • Crassidis, J. L., Markley, F. L., and Cheng, Y., “Survey of Nonlinear Attitude Estimation Methods,” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 1, January–February 2007, pp. 12–28.
  • Cheng, Y., Crassidis, J. L., and Markley, F. L., “Attitude Estimation for Large Field-of-View Sensors,” The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 56, Nos. 3–4, July–December 2006, pp. 433–448.
  • Cheng, Y. and Shuster, M. D., “QUEST and the Anti-QUEST: Good and Evil Attitude Estimation,” The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 53, No. 2, July–September 2005, pp. 337–351.

Professional Memberships

  • Associate Fellow, AIAA
  • Senior Member, IEEE
  • Senior Member, AAS
  • Member, ASEE
  • Member, AIAA Guidance, Navigation & Control Technical Committee
  • Associate Editor, The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences