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David Barnhart

Publications

2025
Using genetic algorithms for safe swarm trajectory optimization
D Barnhart, R Rughani, T Presser
US Patent App. 18/957,092,  2025
2024
Mobility of a Soft Conformable Multi-Limbed Robot Actuated by Shape Memory Alloy Wires
Kristina Andreyeva, Griffin MacRae, Nathan Migeon, Thomas Nicol, Marie Cros-Coitton, David Barnhart
2024 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-9,  2024
2023
Feasibility of Multi-Axial Gecko Gripping for Active Debris Removal.
D. Andreyeva, K., Topper, H., Lintala, P., Griffith, T., and Barnhart
74th International Astronautical Congress,  2023
Multi-armed soft capture system
D Barnhart, R Rogers
US Patent 11,661,217,  2023
Soft robotics, autonomous, space inspection, crawling robot
DA Barnhart, S Estrada, M Renteria, C Blair
US Patent App. 17/993,172,  2023
The iSSI (intelligent Space System Interface) Modular Coupling Supporting Modular Architectures and ISAM Development Across the Board
Joerg Kreisel, Thomas A Schervan, Steve L Kwast, Dennis R Wingo, David Barnhart
ASCEND 2023, 4702,  2023
Comparing platform paradigms: CubeSats versus SmallSats
David A Barnhart, Rahul Rughani
Next Generation CubeSats and SmallSats, 57-78,  2023
MAVERIC: Exploring Space Visualization Technology Through Academic Flight Programs
C Garrido, S Lin, J Di, J Bergstrom, B Rios, B Byrne, S Clements, A Dhabekar, B Dadhich, D Barnhart
2023
The Arkisys Port Module: An orbital platform for hosted payloads in low-earth orbit
Rahul Rughani, David A Barnhart, Dan Lopez
2023
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2022
Using genetic algorithms for safe swarm trajectory optimization
D Barnhart, R Rughani, T Presser
US Patent App. 17/568,462,  2022
Low Temperature Solid Propellant Investigations for Mechanical Properties
David Barnhart, David Bacher, Jacob J Davies, Jessica Ridgeway, Sahana Ramesh, Samyag Madrecha, Ava Badii, Claire Stevlingson, Emilie Reynoso, Jeremy Struhl, Khalil Dajani
AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum, 3268,  2022
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Enabling a Multi-National Commercial Destination in Space: The Port
David Barnhart, Dan Lopez, Rahul Rughani, Mbuyi Khuzadi, Thomas A Schervan, Joerg Kreisel, Jeremy Allam, Mark Lorden, Bill Crandall, Max Arshavsky
AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, 2465,  2022
2021
La Jument: Student Created CubeSat for Remote Sensing and Software Testing
Eugene Park, David Barnhart, David Gutierrez, Eva Prestamo, Morgan Farrier, Spencer Wedel, Stephen Hunt
2021
Sensor Fusion Kalman Filtering for Stability and Control of Satellite Swarms
Rahul Rughani, David A Barnhart
16th International Conference on Space Operations, Cape Town, South Africa-3 …,  2021
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2020
Cbass: the Design and Architecture of a Three Degree of Freedom Near-frictionless Testbed for Ground Validation of Cubesat Operations
Michael Smat, David Barnhart, Lizvette Villafaña, Kirby Overman
2020
Hyperion: Artificial gravity reusable crewed deep space transport
Gedi Minster, Alexander Chang, Jacob Banner Inouye, Sriram Narayanan, Austin Carter, Jialing Tong, David A Barnhart
Journal of Space Safety Engineering 7 (1), 3-10,  2020
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On-orbit servicing ontology applied to recommended standards for satellites in earth orbit
David A Barnhart, Rahul Rughani
Journal of Space Safety Engineering 7 (1), 83-98,  2020
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Low Cost Magneto-Sphere Measurement: Leveraging Fusion of Low Data Rate Downlink with Amateur Radio Community
Claire Carlton, Everett Maness, David Barnhart
2020
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Cellular based aggregated satellite system: The design and architecture of a three degree of freedom near-frictionless testbed for ground validation of CubeSat operations
Michael Smat, David Barnhart, Lizette Villafaña, Kirby Overman
2020
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Safe Construction in Space: Using Swarms of Small Satellites for In-Space Manufacturing
Rahul Rughani, David A Barnhart
2020
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MAGNETO: Mapping the Earth’s Magnetic Field at 300 km using COTS Sensors
Lizette Villafana, Jessica Yuan, Liam Broadus, Warren Su, Claire Carlton, Ava Norrell, Rahul Rughani, Eugene Park, David Barnhart
2020
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REACCH-Reactive electro-adhesive capture cloth mechanism to enable safe grapple of cooperative/non-cooperative space debris
Sriram Narayanan, David Barnhart, Rebecca Rogers, Donald Ruffatto, Ethan Schaler, Nikko Van Crey, Gabriella Dean, Alisha Bhanji, Sofia Bernstein, Amrita Singh, Oswin Almeida, Soundarya Sampathkumar, Everett Maness, Eric Junkins, Rahul Rughani
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 2134,  2020
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Using genetic algorithms for safe swarm trajectory optimization
Rahul Rughani, David Barnhart
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum, 1916,  2020
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2019
Swarm RPO and docking simulation on a 3DOF Air Bearing Platform
Rahul Rughani, Lizvette Villafana, David A Barnhart
70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Washington DC, United …,  2019
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Sensor Selection Strategies for Satellite Swarm Collaborative Localization
William Bezouska, David Barnhart
Astrodynamics Specialist Conference,  2019
Visual sensor selection for satellite swarm cooperative localization
William A Bezouska, David A Barnhart
Sensors and Systems for Space Applications XII 11017, 29-36,  2019
Initial Safety Posture Investigations for Earth Regime Rendezvous and Proximity Operations
David Barnhart, Rahul Rughani, Jeremy Allam, Kyle and Clarke
10th International IAASS Conference,  2019
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Decentralized cooperative localization with relative pose estimation for a spacecraft swarm
William Bezouska, David Barnhart
2019 IEEE aerospace conference, 1-13,  2019
Design of thrust vectoring attitude control system for lunar lander flying testbed
David Bernacchia
Bitirme Tezi, Universita’Di Bologna, İtalya,  2019
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Improved cubesat mission reliability using a rigorous top-down systems-level approach
Rahul Rughani, R Rogers, J Allam, Sriram Narayanan, Piyush Patil, Kyle Clarke, Marcel Lariviere, Justin Du Plessis, Lizvette Villafana, Denis Healy10, Sofia Bernstein11, David A Barnhart12
70th International Astronautical Congress,  2019
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The development of dynamic guidance and navigation algorithms for autonomous on-orbit multi-satellite aggregation
David A Barnhart, Ryan H Duong, Lizvette Villafana, Jaimin Patel, Shreyash Annapureddy
70th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Washington, DC,” Submitted,  2019
Spacecraft Pose Estimation and Swarm Localization performance under Varying Illumination and Viewing Conditions
William Bezouska, David Barnhart
AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Maui, HI,  2019
2018
Estudo otimizado sobre Rendezvous com Detritos Espaciais Brasileiros em LEO
Gyslla D Bento da Silva, Claudia Celeste Celestino de Paula Santos, David Barnhart
Proceeding Series of the Brazilian Society of Computational and Applied …,  2018
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Using historical practices to develop safety standards for cooperative on-orbit rendezvous and proximity operations
David A Barnhart, Rahul Rughani, Jeremy J Allam, Brian Weeden, Frederick A Slane, Ian Christensen
69th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), Bremen, Germany, 1-5,  2018
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Recent development of flight demonstrators for reusable suborbital technologies and it's application
Guna Surendra Gossamsetti, Koichi Yonemoto, Takahiro Fujikawa, Toshiki Morito, David Barnhart
Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC 2018,  2018
2017
Geometry characterization of electroadhesion samples for spacecraft docking application
Mikela Ritter, David Barnhart
2017 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-8,  2017
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2016
The Maestro Flight Experiment: A 49-core radiation hardened processor in space
Craig Milo Rogers, David Barnhart, Stephen Crago
2016 IEEE Aerospace Conference, 1-6,  2016
2014
Right-sizing small satellites
David Barnhart, Martin Sweeting
2014
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Creating a sustainable assembly architecture for next-gen space: The Phoenix effect
David Barnhart, Peter Will, Brook Sullivan, Roger Hunter, Lisa Hill
30th Space Symposium,  2014
A further look at potential impact of satlets on design, production, and cost of satellite systems
David Barnhart, Lisa Hill, Erin Fowler, Roger Hunter, Lucy Hoag, Brook Sullivan, Peter Will
2014
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2013
A market for satellite cellularization: A first look at the implementation and potential impact of satlets
David Barnhart, Lisa Hill, E Fowler, R Hunter, L Hoag, B Sullivan, P Will
AIAA Space 2013 Conference and Exposition, 1-11,  2013
The phoenix project
David Barnhart
The Phoenix Project, Report for the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful …,  2013
Phoenix project status 2013
David Barnhart, Brook Sullivan, Roger Hunter, Janine Bruhn, Erin Fowler, Lucy Hoag, Scott Chappie, Glen Henshaw, Bernie Kelm, Tim Kennedy, Mike Mook, Kiera Vincent
Proceedings of the AIAA SPACE 2013 Conference and Exposition,  2013
The next little thing: Femtosatellites
Siegfried Janson, David Barnhart
2013
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DARPA phoenix payload orbital delivery system (PODs):“FedEx to GEO”
Brook Sullivan, David Barnhart, Lisa Hill, Paul Oppenheimer, Bryan L Benedict, Gerrit Van Ommering, Laurie Chappell, John Ratti, Peter Will
AIAA SPACE 2013 conference and exposition, 5484,  2013
The Market for Satellite Cellularization: A historical view of the impact of the satlet morphology on the space industry
Lisa Hill, David Barnhart, Erin Fowler, Roger Hunter, Lucille M Hoag, Brook Sullivan, Peter Will
AIAA Space 2013 Conference and Exposition, 5486,  2013
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Phoenix program status-2013
David Barnhart, Brook Sullivan, Roger Hunter, Janine Bruhn, Erin Fowler, Lucille M Hoag, Scott Chappie, Glen Henshaw, Bernie E Kelm, Tim Kennedy, Michael Mook, Kiera Vincent
AIAA SPACE 2013 conference and exposition, 5341,  2013
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2012
Changing satellite morphology through cellularization
David Barnhart, Lisa Hill, Margaret Turnbull, Peter Will
AIAA Space 2012 Conference & Exposition, 5262,  2012
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Economics of repurposing in situ retired spacecraft components
David Barnhart, Brook Sullivan
AIAA SPACE 2012 conference & exposition, 5304,  2012
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DARPA’s Phoenix Project
DA Barnhart
DARPA On Orbit Satellite Servicing Workshop, GSFC,  2012
2011
USC's Approach to Satellite-Based, Hands-On, Training: The Engineering Teaching Hospital
David Barnhart, Joseph Kunc, Daniel Erwin, Tim Barrett, Rahul Karkhanis, Emin Vartania, Maria Guzman, Siamak Hesar
AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, 7226,  2011
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2010
A systems architecting approach to automation and optimization of satellite design in SPIDR
Lucy Hoag, Tatiana Kichkaylo, David Barnhart
International Conference on Engineering and Meta-Engineering (ICEME …,  2010
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2009
SPIDR: Integrated systems engineering design-to-simulation software for satellite build
David A Barnhart, Tatiana Kichkaylo, Lucy Hoag
Conference on Systems Engineering Research,  2009
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Development and Operation of a Micro-Satellite Dynamic Test Facility for Distributed Flight Operations
David Barnhart, Tim Barrett, Jeff Sachs, Peter Will
AIAA SPACE 2009 Conference & Exposition, 6443,  2009
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2007
New scientific capabilities enabled by autonomous constellations of smallsats
William Saylor, Kyle Smaagard, Nathan Nordby, David Barnhart
2007
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Advancing exploration risk reduction and workforce motivation through dynamic flight testing
David Barnhart, Joseph Sullivan, Peter Will, Mike Gruntman
AIAA SPACE 2007 Conference & Exposition, 6040,  2007
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2004
The Undergraduate Satellite and Rocket Design, Fabrication, Launch and Operations Program
Brian Bush, Dave Barnhart, Dan Miller, Dave Swanson, Tim Lawrence
Space 2004 Conference and Exhibit, 6019,  2004
2001
Total ionizing dose response of shared mask gate array type analog-to-digital converters
Richard P Burnell, W Kemp, R Tallon, J Chavez, D Barnhart, T Fitt, T Bartolac, M Sivilotti, J Black, C Lee
AIAA Space 2001 Conference and Exposition, Albuquerque, NM,  2001
1998
XSS-10 micro-satellite demonstration
David Barnhart, Roger Hunter, Alan Weston, Vincent Chioma, Mark Steiner, William Larsen, Trevor Sorensen, Marco Villa, K Brown
Space Conference 2012 (AIAA 98-5298),  1998
1996
Electric propulsion for an interplanetary astrophysics mission
BT Patel, M Martinez-Sanchez, GR Ricker, D Tilley, D Barnhart, H Alexander, R Myers, E Pencil, G Horvat, J Samella
IEPC'95- International Electric Propulsion Conference, 24 th, Moscow, Russia …,  1996
1995
The Case for Small Spacecraft: An Integrated Perspective on Electric Propulsion
D Barnhart, R Wojnar, D Tilley, R Spores
24th International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC-95-148,  1995
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Lunar applications for payload delivery and surface analysis using microspacecraft
David Barnhart, Kevin Bryant, Chris Knight, Jeff Christmas, Cade Coombs, David Scott, Dan Hertzberg
IAF, International Astronautical Congress, 46 th, Oslo, Norway,  1995
Benefits of low-power stationary plasma thruster propulsion for small satellites
Craig Clauss, Dennis Tilley, David Barnhart
1995
1994
Status of the Third Miniature Sensor Technology Integration Satellite Mission
David Barnhart, Rick Hurtz, Jim McClelland, Mark Cellarius, AI Meyers
1994
Paper Session II-C-Advanced Concept Architecture Test; ACAT
D Barnhart, R Hurtz, K Bryant
1994
DoD Technologies & Missions of Relevance to Asteroid and Comet Exploration
Stewart Nozette, Lynn Pleasance, David Barnhart, D. and Dunham
HAZARDS DUE TO COMETS AND ASTEROIDS 5,  1994
1993
Electric Propulsion Integration Activities on the MSTI Spacecraft
DA Barnhart, JM McCombe, DL Tilley
International Electric Propulsion Conference, IEPC, 93-011,  1993
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Miniature sensor technology integration (MSTI): small space platform program [1940-20]
DA Barnhart, JR Feig, EC Grigsby
PROCEEDINGS-SPIE THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR OPTICAL ENGINEERING, 174-174,  1993
1992
Performance of the stationary plasma thruster: SPT-100
John R Brophy, JW Barnett, JM Sankovic, DA Barnhart
28th Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN, USA,  1992
EPOCH - Electric propulsion operational characterization experiment
David Barnhart
AIAA/SAE/ASME/ASEE 28th Joint Propulsion Conference, Nashville, TN 92 (3196),  1992
Paper Session III-A-On-Orbit Characterization of Electric Propulsion in Leo Satellites
D Barnhart, J Sankovic
1992
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On-orbit characterization of electric propulsion on LEO satellites
D Barnhart, J Sankovic
29th Space Congress, 7_7-7_17,  1992
1990
Paper Session II-B-Development of the Liquid Plume Imaging Experiment as an Adjunct to the Starlab Mission
Brian McKee, Dave Barnhart, Ron Wojnar, Chuck Fulk, Bryan Wallace, Mark Coleman
1990
1989
Facility interface considerations in testing KKV rocket propulsion technology((Kinetic Kill Vehicle))
D BARNHART, S HALL, R WOJNAR, B WALLACE, P ZAREMBA
AIAA, ASME, SAE, and ASEE, Joint Propulsion Conference, 25 th, Monterey, CA …,  1989
A range safety flight testing technique using an external camera tracking system
Susan L Hall, David A Barnhart
Society of Flight Test Engineers, Annual Symposium, 20 th, Reno, NV …,  1989
1987
EPOCH: An interactive orbital mechanics package for microcomputer applications
David Allan Barnhart
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,  1987