AFIT Faculty Directory
Wiesel, William E. , Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Email: William Wiesel
Education:
PhD: Harvard College, June 1974, Astronomy MS: Harvard College, March 1972, Astronomy BS: University of Massachusetts, June 1970, Astronomy
PhD: Harvard College, June 1974, Astronomy MS: Harvard College, March 1972, Astronomy BS: University of Massachusetts, June 1970, Astronomy
Research Interests:
Orbital Mechanics Celestial Mechanics tethered satellites satellite clusters chaotic systems optimal control periodic feedback control estimation theory and applications solar system astronomy
Orbital Mechanics Celestial Mechanics tethered satellites satellite clusters chaotic systems optimal control periodic feedback control estimation theory and applications solar system astronomy
Expertise:
ASTRODYNAMICS
ASTRODYNAMICS
Textbooks: “Spaceflight Dynamics”, an introduction to astronautical engineering at the junior/senior college level, published by McGraw-Hill in January 1989. Second edition, 1997. “Modern Astrodynamics”, a graduate level introduction to astrodynamics, published by Aphelion Press, 2004. “Modern Orbit Determination”, an introductory text on estimation theory at the senior undergraduate / graduate level, published by Aphelion Press, 2004. Research papers, post - 1990: “An Autonomous Orbit Determination System for Earth Satellites”, Kerry D. Hicks and William E. Wiesel, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 15, 562–567, 1992. “Orbiting a Rock: Stable Orbits about Phobos and Diemos”, S. Jannson and W. Wiesel, Proceedings of the 1990 AIAA Astrodynamics Conference, August 1990. “Stable Orbits about the Martian Moons”, W. Wiesel, J. of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 16, 434–440, 1993. “Time–Periodic Control of a Multiblade Helicopter”, S.G. Webb, R.A. Calico, and W.E. Wiesel, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 14, 1301–1308, 1991. “Extended Lyapunov Exponents”, W.E. Wiesel. Physical Review A, 46, 7480–7491, 1992. “A Continuous Time Algorithm for Lyapunov Exponents, I”, W. E. Wiesel. Physical Review E, 47, 3686–3691, 1993. “A Continuous Time Algorithm for Lyapunov Exponents, II”, W. E. Wiesel. Physical Review E, 47, 3692–3697, 1993. “Canonical Floquet Theory”, W. E. Wiesel and D. J. Pohlen, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 58, 81-96, 1994. “Stability Exponents for Smooth, Recursive Dynamical Systems, W. E. Wiesel. Physical Review E, 48, 4752-4757, 1993. “Modal Feedback Control on Chaotic Trajectories”, W. E. Wiesel. Physical Review E, 49, 1990-1996, 1994. “Optimal Pole Placement in Time-Dependent Linear Systems”, W. E. Wiesel, J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 18, 995-999, 1995. “Full Stability Exponent Placement in Chaotic Systems”, W. E. Wiesel, Physical Review E, 53, 1453-1458, 1996. “Relative Satellite Motion about an Oblate Planet” W. E. Wiesel, J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 25, 776-785, 2002. “Optimal Impulsive Control of Relative Satellite Motion”, W. E. Wiesel, J. Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 26, 74-78, 2003. “Trajectory Estimation for Satellite Clusters”, Bordner, R.E., and Wiesel, W.E., to appear, J. Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2004. “Suppose A(t) Isn’t Constant?”, Wiesel, W.E., submitted to the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, 2004.