{"id":53,"date":"2017-08-17T21:02:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2022-03-31T06:34:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T14:34:33","slug":"taylor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/taylor\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor P. Reynolds"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-383 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Taylor-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ph.D. in Aeronautics &amp; Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle (2016 &#8211; 2020)\n<ul>\n<li>Dissertation: <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1GjpMAffRhYv9x7BbQIn1_-tcUMlBs-ae\/view?usp=sharing\">Computation Guidance and Control for Aerospace Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>B.Sc.Eng in Mathematics and Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Queen&#8217;s Univeristy, Canada (2012 &#8211; 2016)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Research Interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Control and optimization theory<\/li>\n<li>Computational guidance and control for spacecraft and aerospace systems<\/li>\n<li>Precision powered descent guidance methods<\/li>\n<li>Autonomy in aerospace systems<\/li>\n<li>UW <a href=\"https:\/\/aact.space\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aero&amp;Astro CubeSat Team<\/a> &#8211; co-founder and SOC-i project scientist.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=gaj6FA0AAAAJ&amp;hl=en\">Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>D. Malyuta, <strong>Taylor P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. Szmuk, T. Lew, R. Bonalli, M. Pavone, B. Acikmese, &#8220;<a class=\"gsc_oci_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/2106.09125\" data-clk=\"hl=en&amp;sa=T&amp;ei=h7tFYvSBG6nGsQK-rriABw\">Convex Optimization for Trajectory Generation<\/a>&#8220;,\u00a0<em>IEEE Control System Magazine (to be printed), 2022.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese, J. M. Carson III, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2514\/6.2021-0504\">Funnel Synthesis for the 6-DOF Powered Descent Guidance Problem<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA SciTech Forum<\/em>, Virtual, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, 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, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1H1AmpzZXELVXmiq-60IkbE0ugf2QGjA_\/view?usp=sharing\">SOC-i: A CubeSat Demonstration of Optimization-BasedReal-Time Constrained Attitude Control<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0<em>IEEE Aerospace Conference,\u00a0<\/em>Big Sky, MT, 2021.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/openreview.net\/pdf?id=cMoxvmU22Zg\">Temporally-Interpolated Funnel Synthesis for Nonlinear Systems<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0<em>2nd RSS Workshop on Robust Autonomy,\u00a0<\/em>Virtual, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong> and M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ACC_2020.pdf\">The Crawling Phenomenon in Sequential Convex Programming<\/a>,&#8221; <em>American Control Conference<\/em>, Denver, CO, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>D. Malyuta, <strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. Szmuk, B. Acikmese and M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1906.04857\">Fast Trajectory Optimization via Successive Convexification for Spacecraft Rendezvous with Integer Constraints<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA SciTech Forum<\/em>, Orlando, FL, 2020. <strong>Winner for b<\/strong><strong>est GNC paper<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/AIAA_SciTech_2020.pdf\">A Real-Time Algorithm for Non-Convex Powered Descent Guidance<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA SciTech Forum<\/em>, Orlando, FL. 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/JGCD-G004701.pdf\">Optimal Planar Powered Descent with Independent Thrust and Torque<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0<em>Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, <\/em>vol. 43, no. 7, pp. 1225-1231, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. Szmuk, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1904.09248\">Dual Quaternion Based Powered Descent Guidance with State-Triggered Constraints<\/a>,&#8221; <em>Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, <\/em>vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1584-1599, 2020.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. Szmuk, D. Malyuta, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/p2_main.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A State-Triggered Line of Sight Constraint for 6-DoF Powered Descent Guidance Problems<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA SciTech Forum<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>M. Szmuk,\u00a0<strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, and B. Acikmese, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1811.10803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Successive Convexification for Real-Time 6-DoF Powered Descent Guidance with State-Triggered Constraints<\/a>,&#8221;\u00a0 <em>Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, <\/em>vol. 43, no. 8, pp. 1399-1413, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>D. Malyuta,\u00a0<strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. Szmuk, M. Mesbahi, B. Acikmese and J. M. Carson III &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/330200259_Discretization_Performance_and_Accuracy_Analysis_for_the_Rocket_Powered_Descent_Guidance_Problem\">Discretization Performance and Accuracy Analysis for the Powered Descent Guidance Problem<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA SciTech Forum<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>M. Szmuk,\u00a0<strong>T. P. Reynolds,\u00a0<\/strong>B. Acikmese, M. Mesbahi and J. M. Carson III, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/p3_main.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Successive Convexification for 6-DoF Powered Descent Guidance with Compound State-Triggered Constraints,<\/a>&#8221; <em>AIAA SciTech Forum<\/em>, San Diego, CA, 2019.<\/li>\n<li>M. Szmuk, D. Malyuta, <strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, M. S. Mceowen and B. Acikmese, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1902.09149\">Real-time Quad-Rotor Planning Using Convex Optimization and Compound State-Triggered Constraints<\/a>,&#8221; IEEE\/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Macau, China, 2019.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong> and M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/main6.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Coupled 6-DOF Control for Distributed Aerospace Systems<\/a>,&#8221; <em>IEEE Conference on Decision and Control<\/em>, Miami Beach, FL, 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, K. Kaycee, B. Barzgaran, M. Hudoba de Badyn, S. Rice, E. Hansen, A. Adler, B. Acikmese and M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/main.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Development of a Generic Guidance Navigation &amp; Control System for Small Satellites: Application to HuskySat-1<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA Space Forum<\/em>, Orlando, FL, 2018.<\/li>\n<li><strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong> and M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2514\/6.2017-5179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Small Body Precision Landing via Convex Model Predictive Control<\/a>,&#8221; <em>AIAA Space Forum<\/em>, Orlando, FL, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>U. Lee, <strong>T. P. Reynolds<\/strong>, B. Barzgaran, M. Hudoba de Badyn, J. Chrisope, A. Adler, K. Kaycee and M. Mesbahi, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/arc.aiaa.org\/doi\/pdf\/10.2514\/6.2017-5320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Development of Attitude Determination and Control Subsystem for 3U CubeSat with Electric Propulsion<\/a>,&#8221; AIAA Space Forum, Orlando, FL, 2017.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Invited Talks<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>DQG: Dual Quaternion Guidance for the SPLICE Project. <\/em>Presented to Blue Origin, Seattle, WA, 2021. <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/main.pdf\">Slides<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Optimal Powered Descent Guidance: where we&#8217;ve been and where we&#8217;re going<\/em>. Presented at NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 2018. <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1QexkCyYW28hoMFT5yYJO11jEnnijTyy_\">Slides<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Teaching<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AA 528 (Instructor) Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, University of Washington\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/aa-528\/\">2019<\/a> | 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>AA 320\/321\/322 Aerospace Instrumentation &amp; Laboratories, University of Washington (2016-2017)<\/li>\n<li>MTHE 174 Linear Algebra, Queen&#8217;s University (2016)<\/li>\n<li>ELEC 210 Introduction to Circuits, Queen&#8217;s University (2015)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Awards<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Named to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washington.edu\/husky100\/?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWkdOaFpHWmtOR000WWpBeCIsInQiOiJLUkR1UktYRUtFUTJVZ1wvanZ1OVRVS3lLNHN1RnpZY1R3MlF0dGs5V3RvdXZEdEJDK3dDUHh1TER4eUNHV0FkajJqYzROd0MzVEpBcXcxZm56WmpkOTBwRGx4R1g1dUl4ZWVZUzhPZEpYeElpN3NhMjliU1h1aGRZVVkzaE9lc2kifQ%3D%3D\">Husky-100<\/a> (2020)<\/li>\n<li><em>NSERC<\/em> Postgraduate Scholarship &#8211; Doctoral (2017 &#8212; 2020)<\/li>\n<li><em>NSERC<\/em> Canadian Graduate Scholarship &#8211; Master&#8217;s (2016, declined)<\/li>\n<li><em>Canadian Interuniversity Sport\u00a0<\/em>Academic All-Canadian (2014, 2015, 2016)<\/li>\n<li><em>Queen&#8217;s University\u00a0<\/em>Dean&#8217;s Scholar (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)<\/li>\n<li><em>Investor&#8217;s Group\u00a0<\/em>Clayton Johnston Scholarship (2013)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Education Ph.D. in Aeronautics &amp; Astronautics, University of Washington, Seattle (2016 &#8211; 2020) Dissertation: Computation Guidance and Control for Aerospace Systems B.Sc.Eng in Mathematics and Engineering, Applied Mechanics, Queen&#8217;s Univeristy, Canada (2012 &#8211; 2016) Research Interests Control and optimization theory Computational guidance and control for spacecraft and aerospace systems Precision powered descent guidance methods [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1736,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2085,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/53\/revisions\/2085"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/uwrainlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}