Archived Research

Completed projects that established the core methodological foundations of ASCLab's research programme.

Completed Projects

Cislunar SDA · M.S. Thesis 2026

Cis-Lunar Spatial Domain Awareness: Improved Fidelity, Adaptability and Constellation Geometry

Joseph Mergen, Sandeep Singh. M.S. Thesis, now open access. Develops intuition and quantitative metrics relating observer constellation geometry to RSO trackability. Multi-fidelity bridge from CR3BP analytical tools to full-ephemeris propagation.

ML Guidance · AAS 25-524 · Boston 2025

Autonomous Low-Thrust Guidance by Embedding Navigation-Error Awareness in Deep-Learning Model Training

Scott Blender, Sandeep Singh. Hybrid gradient-boosting + temporal convolutional network architecture trained with navigation-error-augmented state distributions. Presented at the 2025 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Boston, MA.

SDA · Maneuver Detection · AAS 25-774

Reduced Order Modal Filtering for Maneuver Identification of Resident Space Objects

Kevin Alvarado, Hadley Earl, Sandeep Singh. POD/EDMD modal decomposition of CR3BP trajectories for RSO maneuver detection via innovation analysis in reduced modal subspace. Presented at 2025 AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Boston, MA.

SDA · Constellation Design

Optimal Observer-Constellation Design for Cislunar SDA Applications and RSO Custody Retention

Calvin Chan, Sandeep Singh. Information-theoretic constellation sizing and placement for persistent custody retention of RSOs in cislunar orbit families.

Dynamical Systems · Spherical Harmonics

Dynamical Structures of Spherical-Harmonics Augmented Hill 3-Body Problem and Effect on Low-Thrust Trajectory Design

Alex Diehl, Sandeep Singh. Effects of lunar zonal harmonics on Hill three-body periodic orbit families and low-thrust trajectory design.

Trajectory Design · Cislunar Manifolds

Leveraging Bi-Impulsive Near-Heteroclinic Manifold Transfers in Cis-Lunar Space

Angelina Shayda, Sandeep Singh. Exploits near-heteroclinic connections between L1 and L2 periodic orbit manifolds for efficient bi-impulsive cislunar transfers.

Low-Thrust · Aerospace MDPI 2025

Solution to Parametrically Constrained TPBVP for Manifold-Driven Low-Thrust Tours of L1–L2 Periodic Orbit Families

Kevin Alvarado, Sandeep Singh. Parametrically constrained TPBVP solution for manifold-driven low-thrust tours of L1–L2 periodic orbit families in cislunar space.

TRN · Nature Scientific Reports 2024

Multi-Modal Feature Learning Based Probabilistic Regression for Terrain Relative Navigation

Ickbum Kim, Sandeep Singh. Probabilistic regression architecture fusing heterogeneous terrain signatures for autonomous TRN at the lunar south pole. Published in Nature Scientific Reports, 2024.

3D Reconstruction · Visual Computer 2025

3D Point Cloud Denoising via a Random Consensus Gaussian Process Regression Approach

Ickbum Kim, Sandeep Singh. RANSAC-seeded GP regression for non-parametric point cloud denoising under mixed Gaussian-impulse noise. Published in The Visual Computer, 2025.

Sensor Fusion · ISVC 2023

Bayesian Fusion Inspired Upscaled 3D Scanning Using a LiDAR–Stereo Pair

Ickbum Kim, Sandeep Singh. Bayesian sensor fusion of LiDAR depth priors and stereo photometric consistency for enhanced 3D reconstruction. Presented at ISVC 2023, Lake Tahoe, NV.

ER3BP · Aerospace MDPI 2024

Orbit Maintenance Strategy Leveraging Homeomorphic, Periodic Orbit Revs in the Elliptical Restricted 3 Body Problem

Kevin Alvarado, Sandeep Singh. Station-keeping strategy exploiting homeomorphic orbit segments in the elliptic restricted three-body problem for orbit maintenance. Published in Aerospace, 2024.