Subodh Bhandari

Subodh Bhandari

Professor & Chair, Department of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering

Email

Phone number

909-869-2612

Office location

17-2116

Office hours

M | 11AM-12:00PM, 1:00AM-2:00PM T | 1:00-2:00PM TH | 11AM - 12:00PM

Publications

List of Publications

  1. Moffatt, A., Turcios, N., Edwards, C., Karnik, A., Kim, D., Kleinman, A., Nguyen, V., Ramos, V., Ranario, E., Sato, T., Uryeu, D., and Bhandari, S., “Collaboration between Multiple UAVs for Fire Detection and Suppression,” Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Hybrid Event, Athens, Greece, 15-18 June 2021.
  2. Duggan, C. and Bhandari, S., “Nonlinear Adaptive Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using Echo State Neural Networks,” Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Hybrid Event, Athens, Greece, 15-18 June 2021.
  3. Sherman, T. M., Tirona, J. E. C., Haggag, Y., Bhandari, S., et al., " Manufacturing and Flight Testing of a Vertical Tailees Blended Wing-Body UAV Design," Proceedings of AIAA 2021 SciTech Forum, Virtual Event, 11-15 January 2021.  
  4. Moffatt, A., Platt, E., Mondragon, B., Kwok, A., Uryeu, D., and Bhandari, S., "Obstacle Detection and Avoidance System for Small UAVs using a LiDAR," International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Hybrid Event, Athens, Greece, 1-4 September 2020.
  5. Urieva, N., McDonald, J., Uryeva, T., Ramos, A. S. R., and Bhandari, S., "Collision Detection and Avoidance using Optical Flow for Multicopter UAVs," International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Hybrid Event, Athens, Greece, 1-4 September 2020. 
  6. Bhandari, S., Tang, F., Aliyazicioglu, Z., Raheja, A., and DeJonghe, E., “REU Site in UAV Technologies: Effectiveness of the Program on Student Success,” Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Virtual Event, 22-26 June 2020.
  7. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Chaichi, M., Pham, F., Dohlen, M., et al, “Lettuce Plant Health Assessment using UAV-based Hyperspectral and Proximal Sensors,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping V, SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 27 April-8 May 2020.
  8. Espinoza, M., Bhandari, S., and Raheja, A., “Weed Identification and Removal using Machine Learning Techniques and Unmanned Ground Vehicles,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping V, SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 26 April-8 May 2020.
  9. Ansari, M., Chaichi, M. R., Bhandari, S., and Raheja, A., “Water and Nitrogen use Efficiency of Lettuce under Water Stressed Growing Conditions,” Canadian Journal of Agriculture and Crops, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 111-120, September 2019.
  10. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Chaichi, M. R., Pham, F. H., Ansari, M., Sherman, T. M., Khan, S., Dohlen, M., and Espinas, A., "Comparing UAV-based Hyperspectral Data of Corn with Proximal Sensor Data," Poster Presentation, European Conference on Precision Agriculture, Montpellier, France, 8-11 July 2019.   
  11. Bhandari, S., Aliyazicioglu, Z., Tang, F., Raheja, A., and DeJonghe, E., “REU Site in UAV Technologies: Assessment of the Program after the Second Year,” Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Tampa, FL,  16-19 June 2019.
  12. Ma, D., Tran, A., Keti, N., Yanagi, R., Knight, P., Joglekar, K., Tudor, N., Cresta, B., Bhandari, S., "Flight Test Validation of Collision Avoidance System for a Multicopter using Stereoscopic Vision," Proceedings of  the International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems, Atlanta, GA, 11-14 June 2019.
  13. Cho, S. H., Gonzalez, V., Bhandari, S., Cheung, K., and Tischler, M., “Hover/Low Speed Dynamics Model Identification of a Coaxial Tricopter in Hover using Joint Input-Output Technique”, Vertical Flight Society 75th Annual Forum, Philadelphia, PA, 13-16 May 2019. 
  14. Pham, F., Bhandari, S., and Raheja, A., “Machine Learning Models for Predicting Lettuce Health using UAV Imageries,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV Conference, Baltimore, MD, 14-18 April 2019.
  15. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Chaichi, M., Pham, F., Ansari, M., et al, “Comparing the Effectiveness of Hyperspectral and Multispectral Data in Detecting Citrus Nitrogen and Water Stresses,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping IV Conference, Baltimore, MD, 14-18 April 2019.
  16. Sherman, T., Elemy, T., Bhandari, S., et al., “Collision Avoidance System for Fixed-Wing UAVs using Ping-2020 ADS-B Transceivers,” Proceedings of AIAA 2019 SciTech Forum, San Diego, CA, 7-11 January 2019.
  17. Cho, S. H., Bhandari, S., Tischler, M., et al., “System Identification and Controller Optimization of Coaxial Quadrotor UAV in Hover,” Proceedings of AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, San Diego, CA, 7-11 January 2019.
  18. Acharya, A. D., Bhandari, S., and Aliyazicioglu, Z., “Autonomous Navigation of a Quadcopter in Indoor Environments,” Proceedings of AIAA UAS Navigation, Guidance, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 7-11 January 2019.
  19. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Chaichi, M., et al, “Effectiveness of UAV-Based Remote Sensing Techniques in Determining Lettuce Nitrogen and Water Stresses,” Proceedings of 14th International Conference on Precision Agriculture, Montreal, Canada, June 24-27 2018.
  20. Bhandari, S., Aliyazicioglu, Z., Tang, F., and Raheja, A., “Research Experience for Undergraduates in UAV Technologies,” Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, 25-28 June 2018.
  21. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Chaichi, M., et al., “Lessons Learned from UAV-Based Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture,” Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems, Dallas, TX, 12-15 June 2018.
  22. Perez, E., Winger, A., Tran, A., Bhandari, S., et al., “Autonomous Collision Avoidance System for a Multicopter using Stereoscopic Vision,” Proceedings of  the International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems, Dallas, TX, June 12-15, 2018.
  23. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Chaichi, M., Green, R., Do, D., Ansari, M., et al., “Ground-Truthing of UAV-based Remote Sensing Data of Citrus Plants,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping III Conference, Orlando, FL, 15-19 April 2018.
  24. Dat, D., Pham, F., Raheja, A., and Bhandari, S., “Machine Learning Techniques for the Assessment of Citrus Plant Health using UAV-based Digital Images,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping III Conference, Orlando, FL, 15-19 April 2018.
  25. Sherman, T., Tellez, J., Haideri, H., Lopez, J., Bhandari, S., et al., "Cooperative Search and Rescue using Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles," Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, Kissimmee, FL, 8-12 Jan. 2018.
  26. Carreon-Limones, C., Asher, M., Ruiz, V., Lauf, R., and Bhandari, S., "Increasing the Accuracy of 3-D Maps Created using a UAV-Based LIDAR," Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, AIAA SciTech Forum, Kissimmee, FL, 8-12 Jan. 2018.
  27. Bhandari, S., “Summer Research Program to Motivate Undergraduates for Career in Unmanned Aerial Systems,” Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education Annual Conference, Columbus, OH, 25-28 June 2017.
  28. Noble, D. and Bhandari, S., " Neural Network Based Nonlinear Model Reference Adaptive Controller for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems (ICUAS) , Miami, FL, 13-16 June 2017.
  29. Pugach, B. V., Beallo, B. E., Bhandari, S., et al., " Nonlinear Controller for a UAV using Echo State Network," Proceedings of International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems (ICUAS) , Miami, FL, 13-16 June 2017.
  30. Singh, H., Bhandari, S., Tang, D., et al., “Collaboration between Unmanned Aerial and Underwater Vehicles.” Accepted for Presentation at and Publication in the Proceedings of AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2017(XPONENTIAL 2017), Dallas, TX, 8-11 May 2017.
  31. Bhandari., S. Raheja, A., Green, R., “Towards Collaboration between Unmanned Aerial and Ground Vehicles for Precision Agriculture,” Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping II Conference, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing Symposium, Anaheim, CA, 9-13 April 2017.
  32. Phan, C., Raheja, A., Bhandari, S., et al., “A Predictive Model for Turfgrass Color and Quality Evaluation using Deep Learning and UAV Imageries,”Proceedings of Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping II Conference, SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing Symposium", Anaheim, CA, 9-13 April 2017.
  33. Patel, N., and Bhandari, S., “Nonlinear Adaptive Control of a Fixed-Wing UAV using Multilayer Perceptrons,” Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Grapevine, TX, 9-13 Jan. 2017.
  34. Carreon-Limones, C., Asher, M., Rashid, A., and Bhandari, S., “3-D Mapping using LIDAR and Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Grape Vine, TX, 9-13 Jan. 2017.
  35. Curtis-Brown, N., Guzman, I., Sherman, T., Tellez, J., Gomez, E., and Bhandari, S., “UAV Collision Detection and Avoidance using ADS-B Sensor and Custom ADS-B Like Solution,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Grapevine, TX, 9-13 Jan. 2017.
  36. Navarro, P., Cho, S., Rashid, A., Ruiz, A., and Bhandari, S., “Flight Testing, Data Collection, and System Identification of a Multicopter UAV,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Grapevine, TX, 9-13 Jan. 2017.
  37. Tan, A., Banuelos, J., Patel, K., Chae, M., Cratsley, J., Nipp, A., Bhandari, S., et al., “Flight Test Results of the Collision Avoidance System for Unmanned Aerial Systems using Stereoscopic Vision,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Grapevine, TX, 9-13 Jan. 2017.
  38. Dadian, O., Bhandari, S., and Raheja, A., “A Recurrent Neural Network for Nonlinear Control of a Fixed-Wing UAV,” Proceedings of the 2016 American Control Conference, Boston, MA, 6-8 July 2016.
  39. Bhandari, S., “Preparing Aerospace Engineering Students for Career in UAV Technologies,” Proceedings of ASEE Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA, 26-29 June 2016.
  40. Burgos, E. and Bhandari, S., " Potential Flow Field Navigation with Virtual Force Field for UAS Collision Avoidance," Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Unmanned Aerial Systems ,Arlington, VA, 7-10 June 2016.
  41. Teephung, S., Chan, K., Bhandari, S., et al., “ Multicopters for Search and Rescue in the Indoor Environments ,” Proceedings of AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2016 (XPONENTIAL 2016), New Orleans, LA, 2-5 May 2016.
  42. Cecil, T., Buff, D., Bhandari, S., et al.,“ UAV-Guided Navigation of an Unmanned Ground Vehicle ,”Proceedings of AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2016 (XPONENTIAL 2016), New Orleans, LA, 2-5 May 2016.
  43. Ding, K., Raheja, A., and Bhandari, S. “Application of Machine Learning for the Evaluation of Turfgrass Plots using Aerial Images,” Proceedings of SPIE Autonomous Air and Ground Sensing Systems for Agricultural Optimization and Phenotyping Conference, Baltimore, MD, 17-19 April 2016.
  44. Luu, Y., Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., and Tang, D., “Nonlinear Control of a Fixed-Wing UAV using Support Vector Machine,” Proceedings of AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, San Diego, CA, 4-8 Jan. 2016.
  45. Bhandari, S., Tang, D., Boskovich, S., Zekeriya, A., Demonteverde, R., et al., “Collaboration between Multiple Unmanned Vehicles for Increased Mission Efficiency,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, San Diego, CA, 4-8 Jan. 2016.
  46. Srinivasan, T., and Bhandari, S., “Path-Planning around Obstacles for a Quadrotor UAV Using the RRT Algorithm for Indoor Environments ,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, San Diego, CA, 4-8 Jan. 2016.
  47. Srinivasan, T., Gray, J., Torstenbo, M., and Bhandari, S., et al.,“Collision Avoidance System using Stereoscopic Vision for Unmanned Aerial Systems ,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, San Diego, CA, 4-8 Jan. 2016.
  48. Jeremiah, F., Lay, C., and Bhandari, S., “UAV Collision Avoidance using a Predictive Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree (RRT),” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, San Diego, CA, 4-8 Jan. 2016.
  49. Gomez, E., Garcia, D., Piana, M., Ritterbush, M., and Bhandari, S., “Simulation Environment for Testing UAS Collision Avoidance System ,” Proceedings of Infotech@Aerospace Conference, San Diego, CA, 4-8 Jan. 2016.
  50. Bhandari, S., Aliyazicioglu, Z., Tang, D., and Boskovich, S., “Engaging Students in Multidisciplinary Projects in Unmanned Vehicles Technologies for Enhanced Learning Experience,” Proceedings of American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) Conference, Seattle, WA, 13-17 June 2015.
  51. Gray, J., Wood, J., Piana, M., Bhandari, S., Tang, D., et al., “Collision Avoidance System for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” Proceedings of the AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2015, Atlanta, GA, 4-7 May 2015.
  52. Bhandari, S. and Colgren, R., “ High-Order Dynamics Models of a Small UAV Helicopter Using Analytical and Parameter Identification Techniques” Journal of American Helicopter Society, Vol. 60., No. 2, pp. 1-10, April 2015.
  53. Heid, M., Bettadapura, A., Ito, E., Bhandari, S., and Tang, D., “A Ground Control Station for Multivehicular Control and Data Visualization,” Proceedings of AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Kissimmee, FL, 5-9 January 2015.
  54. Bhandari, S., Bettadapura, A., Dadian, O., et al., “Search and Rescue using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles,” Proceedings of AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Kissimmee, FL, 5-9 January 2015.
  55. Richards, B., Gan, M., Bhandari, S., et al., “Collision Avoidance System for UAVs using Computer Vision,”Proceedings of AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, FL, 5-9 January 2015.
  56. Novak, J. and Bhandari, S., Neural Network Based Control of an Airplane UAV using Radial Basis Functions,” Proceedings of Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Kissimmee, FL, 5-9 January 2015.
  57. Viska, S., Shah, H., Kline, S., Chen, C., Tonini, G., and Bhandari, S., "Autonomous Navigation of a Quadrotor in Indoor Environments for Surveillance and Reconnaissance," Proceedings of AIAA Invotech@Aerospace Conference, Kissimmee, FL, 5-9 January 2015.
  58. Bhandari, S., Tang, F., Aliyazicioglu, Z., Boskovich, S., La, K., “Collaborative Research Project for CS and Engineering Students”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering, 2014.
  59. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., et al., “Nonlinear Control of UAVs using Multi-Layer Perceptrons with Off-Line and On-Line Learning,” Proceedings of American Control Conference, Portland, OR, 4-6 June 2014.
  60. Bhandari, S., Pernalete, N., Bettadapura, A., Dadian, O., et al., “Avionics System for UAV Flight Controls Research,” Infotech@Aerospace, Boston, MA, 19-22 August 2013.
  61. Bhandari, S., Raheja, A., Tang, D., et al., “Modeling and Control of UAVs using Neural Networks,” AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference Proceedings, Minneapolis, MN, 13-17 August 2012.
  62. Bhandari, S., Rose, M., et al., “Tracking of Mobile Targets using UAVs,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference Invited Session, Minneapolis, MN, 13-17 August 2012.
  63. Thompson, J., and Bhandari, S., “Development of an Avionics System for a Blimp for Position Hold and Autonomous Waypoint Navigation,” Infotech@Aerospace, Garden Grove, CA, 19-21 June 2012.
  64. Wagster, J., Bhandari, S., et al., “Obstacle Avoidance System for a Quadrotor UAV,” Infotech@Aerospace, Garden Grove, CA, 19-21 June 2012.
  65. Matthew, R., Bhandari, S., et al., “Development and Validation of Flight Dynamics Model of a UAV Airplane,” Infotech@Aerospace, Garden Grove, CA, 19-21 June 2012.
  66. Fady, G., and Bhandari, S., “Design of Robust Controllers for UAV Helicopters using Quantitative Feedback Theory,” Infotech@Aerospace, Garden Grove, CA, 19-21 June 2012.
  67. Bhandari, S., and Colgren, R., “14-DoF Linear Parameter Varying Model of a UAV Helicopter using Analytical Techniques,” AIAA Modeling and Simulation Conference, Honolulu, HI, 18-21 August 2008.
  68. Anderson, N., Hagenauer, B., Erickson, R., and Bhandari, S., “Flight Testing of a UAV Airplane for Autonomous Operation using Piccolo II Autopilot,” AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Honolulu, HI, 18-21 August 2008.
  69. Bhandari, S., Colgren, R. et al., “Application of Support Vector Machine in the Modeling and Control of a UAV Helicopter,” AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference, Hilton Head, SC, 20-23 August 2007.
  70. Bhandari, S., Samuel, A., and Colgren, R., “12-DoF Dynamics Model of a UAV Helicopter using Analytical and Parameter Identification Techniques,” American Helicopter Society 63rd Annual Forum, Virginia Beach, VA, May 1-3, 2007.
  71. Bhandari, S., and Colgren, R., “A High-Order Flight Dynamics Model for Raptor-50 UAV Helicopter using CIFER,” American Helicopter Society, International Specialist’s Meeting on Unmanned Rotorcraft, Phoenix, AZ, January 23-25, 2007.
  72. Bhandari, S. and Colgren, R., “6-DOF Dynamic Model for a Raptor 50 UAV Helicopter including Stabilizer Bar Dynamics,” AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conferences and Exhibit, , Keystone, CO, 21-24 August 2006.
  73. Brown, N., Bhandari, S., Colgren, R. et al., “Modular Wireless Avionics System for Autonomous UAVs,” AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, Keystone, CO, 21-24 August 2006.
  74. Frye, M., Bhandari, S., and, Colgren, R., “The Raptor 50 6-DOF Simulation Environment for Flight Control Research,” American Control Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 14-16 June 2006.
  75. Frye, M., Bhandari, S., and, Colgren, R., “A Scheduling Min-Max Receding Horizon Control Technique with Applications to the Raptor 50 LPV Model,” 7th International Symposium on Quantitative Feedback Theory, Lawrence, KS, August 9-11, 2005.
  76. Bhandari, S., and Colgren, R., “Six-DoF Dynamic Modeling and Flight Testing of a UAV Helicopter,” AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conferences and Exhibit, San Francisco, CA, August 15-18, 2005.