Prof. Soon-Jo Chung

Open Positions

Undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to contact Prof. Chung for ongoing research projects.
S.-J. Chung Publications

Thesis

  1. Soon-Jo Chung, "Nonlinear Control and Synchronization of Multiple Lagrangian Systems with Application to Tethered Formation Flight Spacecraft", Doctor of Science (ScD) Thesis, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, Defended February 2007. (PDF Download)
  2. Soon-Jo Chung, "Design, Implementation and Control of a Sparse Aperture Imaging Satellite", Master of Science (SM) Thesis, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, August 2002. (Download)

Journal Papers (Full-Length Papers)

  1. Koray Celik, Soon-Jo Chung, and Arun K. Somani, ``Mono-Vision Corner SLAM for Indoor Navigation,'' in preparation.
  2. Keehong Seo, Soon-Jo Chung, and Kito Berg-Taylor, ``Edge Cutting Tree: Sensor-Based Collision-Free Path Planning for Agile Aerospace Vehicles,'' to be submitted.
  3. Keehong Seo, Soon-Jo Chung, and Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, "CPG-based Control of a Turtle-like Underwater Vehicle," to be submitted.
  4. Soon-Jo Chung, and Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, "Cooperative Robot Control and Concurrent Synchronization of Lagrangian Systems," Conditionally Accepted as a Regular Paper, IEEE Transactions on Robotics.(arXiv)
  5. Soon-Jo Chung, Umair Ahsun, and Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, "Application of Synchronization to Formation Flying Spacecraft: Lagrangian Approach," in press, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Jan-Feb 2009. (PDF)
  6. Soon-Jo Chung, and David W. Miller, "Propellant-Free Control of Tethered Formation Flight, Part 1: Linear Control and Experimentation," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 3, May-June 2008, pp. 571-584. (PDF)
  7. Soon-Jo Chung, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, and David W. Miller, "Propellant-Free Control of Tethered Formation Flight, Part 2: Nonlinear Underactuated Control," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 5, September-October 2008, pp. 1437-1446. (PDF)
  8. Soon-Jo Chung, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, and David W. Miller, "Nonlinear Model Reduction and Decentralized Control of Tethered Formation Flight," AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, Vol. 30, No. 2, 2007, pp. 390-400. (PDF)
  9. Soon-Jo Chung, David W. Miller, and Olivier L. de Weck, "ARGOS Testbed: Study of Multidisciplinary Challenges of Future Spaceborne Interferometric Arrays," Optical Engineering, Vol. 43, No.9, September 2004, pp. 2156-2167. (PDF)

Conference Papers

  1. S.-J. Chung, J. Stoner, and K. Gartner,"Neurobiologically Inspired Control of a Robotic Bat MAV," Invited Paper, AIAA Infotech at Aerospace and Unmanned Unlimited Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, WA, 6-9 April 2009. (submitted)
  2. K. Celik, S.-J. Chung, and A. Somani, "Biologically Inspired Monocular Vision Based Navigation and Mapping in GPS-Denied Environments," Invited Paper, AIAA Infotech at Aerospace and Unmanned Unlimited Conference and Exhibit, Seattle, WA, 6-9 April 2009. (submitted)
  3. Koray Celik, Soon-Jo Chung, and Arun Somani, "MVCSLAM: Mono-Vision Corner SLAM for Autonomous Micro-Helicopters in GPS Denied Environments," Proc. of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, HI, August 2008, AIAA-2008-6670.
  4. Kito Berg-Taylor, Keehong Seo, and Soon-Jo Chung, "Sensor Based Path Planning in Highly Constrained Environments for Agile Autonomous Vehicles," Proc. of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, HI, August 2008, AIAA-2008-7168.
  5. S.-J. Chung, U. Ahsun, and J.-J.E. Slotine, "Attitude and Phase Synchronization of Formation Flying Spacecraft: Lagrangian Approach," Proc. of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, HI, August 2008, AIAA-2008-6472.
  6. Koray Celik, Soon-Jo Chung, and Arun Somani, "Mono-Vision Corner SLAM for Indoor Navigation," IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), Ames, IA, May 2008, Best paper award.
  7. Kito Berg-Taylor, Keehong Seo, and Soon-Jo Chung, "Development of a Car-like Online Navigation Testbed," IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), Ames, IA, May 2008.
  8. Keehong Seo, Soon-Jo Chung, and Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, "CPG-based Control of a Turtle-like Underwater Vehicle," the Proceedings of the 2008 Robotics: Science and Systems Conference, to appear (Acceptance Rate: 25.8%), Switzerland, June 25-28, 2008..
  9. Soon-Jo Chung, and Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, "Cooperative Robot Control and Synchronization of Lagrangian Systems," Proceedings of the 46th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, New Orleans, LA, December 2007, pp. 2504-2509.
  10. Soon-Jo Chung, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, and David W. Miller, "New Control Strategies for Underactuated Tethered Formation Flight Spacecraft," Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Hilton Head, SC, 2007, AIAA-2007-6858. (PDF)
  11. Soon-Jo Chung, Umair Ahsun, Jean-Jacques E. Slotine, and David W. Miller, "Application of Synchronization to Cooperative Control and Formation Flight of Spacecraft," Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Hilton Head, SC, 2007, AIAA-2007-6861. (PDF)
  12. Soon-Jo Chung, "Nonlinear Model Reduction and Decentralized Control of Tethered Formation Flight by Oscillation Synchronization," Finalist, Best Student Paper Award, Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Keystone, Colorado, August 2006, AIAA-2006-6589.
  13. Soon-Jo Chung, Danielle Adams, David W. Miller, Enrico Lorenzini, and David Leisawitz, "SPHERES Tethered Formation Flight Testbed: Advancements in Enabling NASA's SPECS Mission," Proceedings of Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2006 Conference, SPIE Paper No. 6268-11, May 2006.
  14. Soon-Jo Chung, Edmund M. Kong, and David W. Miller, "Dynamics and Control of Tethered Formation Flight Spacecraft Using the SPHERES Testbed," Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, AIAA Paper No. 2005-6089, San Francisco, August 2005.
  15. Soon-Jo Chung, E. Kong, and D. W. Miller, "SPHERES Tethered Formation Flight Testbed: Application to NASA's SPECS Mission," Proceedings of the SPIE Optics and Photonics 2005. UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts II conference, Vol. 5899, San Diego, CA, August 2005, pp. 196-208.
  16. D. Lobosco, C. Blaurock, S.-J. Chung, D. W. Miller, "Integrated modeling of optical performance for the Terrestrial Planet Finder structurally connected interferometer," Proceedings of the SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference, Vol. 5497, June 2004 in Glasgow, Scotland United Kingdom, pp. 278-289.
  17. S.-J. Chung, D. Lobosco, D. W. Miller and C. Blaurock, "Multidisciplinary Control of a Sparse Aperture Interferometer Satellite," Proceedings of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Austin, Texas, August 2003, AIAA Paper No. 2003-5433.
  18. S.-J. Chung, D. W. Miller, and O. L. de Weck, "Design and Implementation of Sparse Aperture Imaging Systems," Proceedings of the SPIE 4849-25, p.181-192, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Conference, Waikoloa, Hawaii, August 2002.
  19. S.-J. Chung and D. W. Miller, "Design, Implementation and Operation of a Sparse Aperture Imaging Satellite Testbed," Proceedings of the 16th Annual AIAA/USU Conference on Small Satellites, Logan, Utah, August 2002.