Lt Col Robert A. Bettinger, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering

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1. Dahlke, J. A., Bettinger, R. A., “Heuristic Design of a Cislunar Space Situational Awareness Architecture,” 49th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2024.
2. Evans, M., Bettinger, R. A., “Preliminary Structural Design and Analysis of a 27U CubeSat,” 49th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2024.
3. Garcia, D. J., Bettinger, R. A., “Origami Investigation of Space-Based Mirror System,” 49th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2024.
4. Gilliam, A. J., Bettinger, R. A., “The Circular Restricted N-Body Problem (CRNBP) in the Jupiter-Europa System,” 49th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2024.
5. Higginbotham, E. C., Bettinger, R. A., “Historical Retrospective: 3- and 6-Degree-of-Freedom Analysis of the Magellan Aerobraking Experiment at Venus,” 49th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2024.
6. Webb, E. L., Bettinger, R. A., “Max Range Reentry Optimization in Pseudo 5DOF for Lifting Bodies with Heating and Survivability Constraints,” 49th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2024.
7. Boone, N. R., Bettinger, R. A., “Analysis of Cislunar Spacecraft Breakup Events,” Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Cislunar Security Conference 2023, Laurel, MD, December 2023.
8. Roberts, K. R., Bettinger, R. A., “Preliminary Analysis of Desirable Cislunar Orbits for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) at the Lunar South Pole, Surface, and Earth-Moon Corridor,” Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Cislunar Security Conference 2023, Laurel, MD, December 2023.
9. Moore, A. J., Hansen, J. H., Bettinger, R. A., “Design Optimization of High-Altitude Debris Cloud Generation for Air Defense Applications,” AIAA DEFENSE Forum, Laurel, MD, April 2023.
10. Bettinger, R. A., Wilmer, A. P., “Periodic Orbit Generation in the Sun-Venus CR3BP and Potential Missions,” 48th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, February 2023.
11. Grile, T. M., Bettinger, R. A., “Statistical Reliability Estimation for Deep Space Satellites Operating from 1991-2020,” 48th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, February 2023.
12. Cottrell, A. S., Bettinger, R. A., “Underactuated Attitude Control of a CubeSat Using Cold Gas Thrusters and Nonlinear Control Methods,” 47th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2022.
13. Wilmer, A. P., Bettinger, R. A., “A Proposed Space Domain Awareness Taxonomy for Earth-Moon System Space Operations,” 47th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2022.
14. Bettinger, R.A., “AFIT Spacecraft Survivability Education and Research,” 2022 Space Systems Command Test and Evaluation Working Group Conference, Los Angeles, CA, January 2022.
15. Boone, N. R., Bettinger, R. A., “Debris Propagation and Collision Risk Analysis following a Catastrophic Spacecraft Breakup in Lunar Orbit,” Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Cislunar Security Conference 2021, Laurel, MD, November 2021.
16. Wilmer, A. P., Bettinger, R. A., “Preliminary Space Domain Awareness Assessment of Cislunar Periodic Orbits for Lagrange Point Surveillance,” Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Cislunar Security Conference 2021, Laurel, MD, November 2021.
17. Dombrowski, D. M., Bettinger, R. A., “Preliminary Orbit Determination Using the Transit of Satellites in Front of Space-Based Illumination Sources,” 14th Annual Wernher von Braun Memorial Symposium, Huntsville, AL, October 2021.
18. Boone, N. R., Bettinger, R. A., “Debris Propagation Following a Catastrophic Mishap in Lunar Orbit,” 46th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2021.
19. Dombrowski, D. M., Bettinger, R. A., “Preliminary Orbit Determination Using the Transit of Satellites in Front of Space-Based Illumination Sources,” 46th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2021.
20. Hayhurst, D., Bettinger, R. A., Grandhi, R., “Kinetically-Aggregated Infrastructure Revitalization of Spacecraft (KAIROS),” 46th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2021.
21. Olsen, J. C., Bettinger, R. A., “Six Degree-of-Freedom Analysis of the Apollo 10 Atmospheric Reentry,” 46th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2021.
22. Poole, C., Bettinger, R. A., “‘Black Space’ versus ‘Blue Space’: A Proposed Structure of Future Space Operations,” 46th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2021.
23. Bettinger, R. A., Hess, J. A., “Hypervelocity Impact Vulnerability Assessment for 6U and 12U CubeSat Bus Designs,” 45th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2020.
24. Derbis, R. M., Cunningham, P. B.^#, Thornton, D. M.^#, Bettinger, R. A., Schubert Kabban, C., “Refined Linear Models for Spacecraft Reentry Predictions,” 45th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2020.
25. Erickson, B., Bettinger, R. A., “Numerical Optimization of Six Degree-of-Freedom, Path-Constrained Satellite Skip Entry Trajectories,” 45th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2020.
26. Keys, A. S., Bettinger, R. A., Miller, S. K., Sheffield, C. A., “Development of the Grissom CubeSat Project,” 45th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2020.
27. Tassos, N., Bettinger, R. A., “Statistical Reliability Estimation of Small Satellites,” 45th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2020.
28. Shockley, L. M., Bettinger, R. A., “Spacecraft Position Estimation using Terrestrial Illumination Matching,” 15th Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium (DESS), Dayton, OH, October 2019.
29. Bettinger, R. A., “Linear Model for Reentry Time Prediction of Spacecraft in Low-Eccentricity, Low Earth Orbits,” 44th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2019.
30. Bettinger, R. A., “Atmospheric Reentry Hemisphere Prediction for Prograde Orbits Using Logical Disjunction,” 44th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2019.
31. Krott, M. J., Bettinger, R. A., “CubeSat Payload Thermal Management Optimization,” 44th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2019.
32. Lomanno, C. P., Bettinger, R. A., “Utility of Modular Attitude Determination and Control Subsystems for Small Satellites,” 44th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2019.
33. Runco, J. J., Bettinger, R. A., “Computational Aerothermodynamic Analysis of Satellite Trans-Atmospheric Skip Entry Survivability,” 44th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2019.
34. Webb, J. M., Bettinger, R. A., “Comprehensive Study of Optimal Synergetic Skip Entries with Dynamic Thrust Vectoring Control,” 44th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2019.
35. Krott, M. J., Bettinger, R. A., “CubeSat Payload Thermal Management Optimization,” 14th Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium (DESS), Dayton, OH, October 2018.
36. Bettinger, R. A., “Debris Implications of Kinetic Attacks on Geosynchronous Earth Orbit Satellites,” 2015 Space Control Conference, Lexington, MA, May 2015.
37. Bettinger, R. A., Black, J. T., Agte, J. S., “Design of Experiments Approach to Atmospheric Skip Entry Maneuver Optimization,” 39th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2014.
38. Bettinger, R. A., Black, J. T., Simmons, R. J., “The Prospect of Operationally Responsive Space Using Atmospheric Skip Entry Maneuvers,” 38th AIAA Dayton-Cincinnati Aerospace Sciences Symposium (DCASS), Dayton, OH, March 2013.