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Education

• Ph.D. in Aeronautics & Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle (2016 – 2020)
  • Dissertation: Computation Guidance and Control for Aerospace Systems
• B.Sc.Eng in Mathematics and Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Queen’s Univeristy, Canada (2012 – 2016)

Research Interests

• Control and optimization theory
• Computational guidance and control for spacecraft and aerospace systems
• Precision powered descent guidance methods
• Autonomy in aerospace systems
• UW Aero&Astro CubeSat Team – co-founder and SOC-i project scientist.

Publications

Google Scholar

• D. Malyuta, Taylor P. Reynolds, M. Szmuk, T. Lew, R. Bonalli, M. Pavone, B. Acikmese, “Convex Optimization for Trajectory Generation“, IEEE Control System Magazine (to be printed), 2022.
• T. P. Reynolds, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese, J. M. Carson III, “Funnel Synthesis for the 6-DOF Powered Descent Guidance Problem,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Virtual, 2020.
• T. P. Reynolds, C. L. Kelly, C. Morgan, A. Grebovic, J. Erickson, H. Brown, W. C. Pope, J. Casamayor, K. Kearsley, G. Caylak, K. E. Fisher, C. Wutzke, K. Ashton, J. Rosenthal, D. Tormey, E. Freneau, G. Giddings, H. E. Horata, A. Dighde, S. Parakh, J. Zhen, J. C. Purpura, D. B. Pratt, and A. Hunt, “SOC-i: A CubeSat Demonstration of Optimization-BasedReal-Time Constrained Attitude Control,” IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, 2021.
• T. P. Reynolds, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese, “Temporally-Interpolated Funnel Synthesis for Nonlinear Systems,” 2nd RSS Workshop on Robust Autonomy, Virtual, 2020.
• T. P. Reynolds and M. Mesbahi, “The Crawling Phenomenon in Sequential Convex Programming,” American Control Conference, Denver, CO, 2020.
• D. Malyuta, T. P. Reynolds, M. Szmuk, B. Acikmese and M. Mesbahi, “Fast Trajectory Optimization via Successive Convexification for Spacecraft Rendezvous with Integer Constraints,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, 2020. Winner for best GNC paper
• T. P. Reynolds, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III, “A Real-Time Algorithm for Non-Convex Powered Descent Guidance,” AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL. 2020.
• T. P. Reynolds, M. Mesbahi, “Optimal Planar Powered Descent with Independent Thrust and Torque,” Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 1225-1231, 2020.
• T. P. Reynolds, M. Szmuk, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III, “Dual Quaternion Based Powered Descent Guidance with State-Triggered Constraints,” Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1584-1599, 2020.
• T. P. Reynolds, M. Szmuk, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III, “A State-Triggered Line of Sight Constraint for 6-DoF Powered Descent Guidance Problems,” AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, 2019.
• M. Szmuk, T. P. Reynolds, and B. Acikmese, “Successive Convexification for Real-Time 6-DoF Powered Descent Guidance with State-Triggered Constraints,”  Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1399-1413, 2020.
• D. Malyuta, T. P. Reynolds, M. Szmuk, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III “Discretization Performance and Accuracy Analysis for the Powered Descent Guidance Problem,” AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, 2019.
• M. Szmuk, T. P. Reynolds, B. Acikmese, M. Mesbahi and J. M. Carson III, “Successive Convexification for 6-DoF Powered Descent Guidance with Compound State-Triggered Constraints,” AIAA SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, 2019.
• M. Szmuk, D. Malyuta, T. P. Reynolds, M. S. Mceowen and B. Acikmese, “Real-time Quad-Rotor Planning Using Convex Optimization and Compound State-Triggered Constraints,” IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Macau, China, 2019.
• T. P. Reynolds and M. Mesbahi, “Coupled 6-DOF Control for Distributed Aerospace Systems,” IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, Miami Beach, FL, 2018.
• T. P. Reynolds, K. Kaycee, B. Barzgaran, M. Hudoba de Badyn, S. Rice, E. Hansen, A. Adler, B. Acikmese and M. Mesbahi, “Development of a Generic Guidance Navigation & Control System for Small Satellites: Application to HuskySat-1,” AIAA Space Forum, Orlando, FL, 2018.
• T. P. Reynolds and M. Mesbahi, “Small Body Precision Landing via Convex Model Predictive Control,” AIAA Space Forum, Orlando, FL, 2017.
• U. Lee, T. P. Reynolds, B. Barzgaran, M. Hudoba de Badyn, J. Chrisope, A. Adler, K. Kaycee and M. Mesbahi, “Development of Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem for 3U CubeSat with Electric Propulsion,” AIAA Space Forum, Orlando, FL, 2017.

Invited Talks

• DQG: Dual Quaternion Guidance for the SPLICE Project. Presented to Blue Origin, Seattle, WA, 2021. Slides.
• Optimal Powered Descent Guidance: where we’ve been and where we’re going. Presented at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 2018. Slides.

Teaching

• AA 528 (Instructor) Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, University of Washington
  • 2019 | 2020
• AA 320/321/322 Aerospace Instrumentation & Laboratories, University of Washington (2016-2017)
• MTHE 174 Linear Algebra, Queen’s University (2016)
• ELEC 210 Introduction to Circuits, Queen’s University (2015)

Awards

• Named to the Husky-100 (2020)
• NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral (2017 — 2020)
• NSERC Canadian Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (2016, declined)
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport Academic All-Canadian (2014, 2015, 2016)
• Queen’s University Dean’s Scholar (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
• Investor’s Group Clayton Johnston Scholarship (2013)