Lt Col Michael D. Zollars, PhD
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
Publications
Journal Articles
Michael D. Zollars, Richard G. Cobb, and David J. Grymin. Optimal Path Planning for Unmanned Aircraft Target Observation through Constrained Urban Environments. Journal of Air Transportation, 27(3), (2019), doi:10.2514/1.D0141.
Michael D. Zollars, Richard G. Cobb, and David J. Grymin. Optimal SUAS Path Planning in Three-Dimensional Constrained Environments. Unmanned Systems, 7(2), (2019), pp.105-118, doi: 10.1142/S2301385019500031.
Michael D. Zollars, Richard G. Cobb, and David J. Grymin. Simplex Solutions for Optimal Control Flight Paths in Urban Environments. Journal of Aeronautics and Aerospace Engineering, 6(3):8, (2017) p.8 doi:10.4172/2168-9792.1000197
Conference Papers
M. D. Zollars, R. G. Cobb and D. J. Grymin, Optimal Path Planning for SUAS Target Observation through Constrained Urban Environments using Simplex Methods, 2018 Annual American Control Conference (ACC), Milwaukee, WI, 2018, pp. 5094-5099, doi: 10.23919/ACC.2018.8430987.
M. D. Zollars, R. G. Cobb and D. J. Grymin, Optimal Path Planning for SUAS Waypoint Following in Urban Environments, 2018 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2018, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1109/AERO.2018.8396483.
M. D. Zollars, R. G. Cobb and D. J. Grymin, Simplex Optimal Control Methods for Urban Environment Path Planning, AIAA Sci-Tech Information Systems Conference, Orlando, FL, 2018, pp. 1-16, doi:10.2514/6.2018-2259.
M. D. Zollars, R. G. Cobb and D. J. Grymin, Simplex Methods for Optimal Control of Unmanned Aircraft Flight Trajectories, ASME Dynamic Systems and Controls Conference, Tysons Corner, VA, 2017, pp. 1-10, doi:10.1115/DSCC2017-5031.
Theses
Zollars, M., Simplex Control Methods for Robust Convergence of Small Unmanned Aircraft Flight Trajectories in the Constrained Urban Environment, PhD Dissertation, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB OH, September 2018.
Zollars, M., Optimal Wind Corrected Flight Path Planning for Autonomous Micro Air Vehicles, Master’s Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB OH, March 2007.