M.S., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Illinois, October, 1986. Spacecraft equations of motion are expressed by differential inclusions.
Optimal trajectories minimize total propellant consumption.
Dr. Coverstone s research activities are dynamics, control, and design of aerospace systems. Specific applications are the control of spacecraft and the design of optimal spacecraft trajectories. At a Glance The Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering has been instrumental in developing new innovations in the areas of modeling, simulating and optimizing aerospace systems. The approaches that we developed have been based on the modeling technique of differential inclusion and the optimization techniques of genetic algorithms and simulated annealing. Coverstone first began working with JPL during the summer of 1993 when she participated in the NASA Summer Faculty Program.