Researchers

Director

Kenshiro Oguri

Assistant Professor

koguri@purdue.edu

ARMS 2021

Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Faculty Council Member of Cislunar Space Initiative
College of Engineering
Purdue University

Education:
Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 2021
University of Colorado Boulder, USA
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2017
The University of Tokyo, Japan
B.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, 2015
The ...

Graduate Students

Abdullah Alkhenani

Ph.D. Student

aalkhena@purdue.edu

Elliot Basem

Master’s Student

ebasem@purdue.edu

Nick Craig

Master’s Student

Mikayla Elizabeth Gallagher

Master's Student

Mikayla Gallagher completed her undergraduate education in 2022 at U.S. Air Force Academy, where she earned degrees in Astronautical Engineering and Applied Mathematics. She is a developmental engineering officer for the U.S. Space Force and previously worked with the Space-Based Infrared System (SBIRS) and Defense Support Program (DSP) missile warning satellite constellations. Her research interests include astrodynamics, space mission design, control under uncertainty, and cislunar maneuvers. ...

Naoya Kumagai

Ph.D. Student

nkumagai@purdue.edu

Naoya Kumagai is a PhD student in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He received his B.S. in Applied Mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2022 and his M.S. in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Purdue University in 2024. His current research focuses on stochastic optimal control theory and its applications to robust control of spacecraft under uncertainty. He is also interested in developing new control methods that enable autonomous space ...

Aaron Liao

Ph.D. Student

liao147@purdue.edu

Aaron graduated with his BS in 2023 and MS in 2024 both from Purdue University in AAE specializing in Astrodynamics. Aaron has completed previous internships at the Aerospace Corporation working mainly on navigation filtering for rendezvous and proximity operation applications. His current research focuses on utilizing relative measurements between satellites for spacecraft navigation around asteroids. When not in the lab, Aaron likes to climb, play tennis, and ...

Darin Lin

Master’s Student

ddlin@purdue.edu

Darin Lin is a master's student from the Chicagoland area. He received in B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from Purdue University in May 2024 and is currently pursuing the combined B.S./M.S. program. He has gained experience in modeling and simulation with various research and industry opportunities throughout his college career. His research interest is in the tracking of non-cooperative, maneuvering spacecraft in cislunar space. Outside of work, he has interests in cooking, ...

Daniel Qi

Ph.D. Student

qi85@purdue.edu

Dan graduated with a BS and MS from Purdue University in 2022 and 2023 respectively. Over the summers, he has interned for the Aerospace Corporation, Blue Origin, and Advanced Space, working on projects related to space domain awareness and GNC. When not in the lab, he enjoys hiking and eating yummy foods.

Projects

Autonomous Navigation in Cislunar Space

Minyoung Andrea-Philippus Ra

Ph.D. Student, NSTGRO Fellow

mra@purdue.edu

Minyoung Andrea-Philippus (Philip) Ra is a current Ph.D. student. He received his BS and MS degrees in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Purdue in 2022 and 2023, respectively. His Ph.D. is currently supported by NASA Space Technology Graduate Research Opportunities (NSTGRO) since Fall 2024, researching robust optimal control of spacecraft translational-rotational coupled motion (6DoF) under uncertainty. In Fall 2023, he visited Professor Tsuda's Astrodynamics and Space Systems ...

Kaushik Rajendran

Master's Student

rajendk@purdue.edu

Kaushik is originally from Chennai, India, and completed his Bachelor's in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at Purdue University in 2024. He is currently pursuing his Master's in Aeronautics and Astronautics, with an expected graduation in 2025. His research interests include astrodynamics, dynamical systems theory, and solar sailing trajectory design. In his free time, Kaushik enjoys cooking, playing tennis, and drawing.

Shaurya Shrivastava

Ph.D. Student

shriva15@purdue.edu

Shaurya is a third-year PhD student in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He got my bachelor’s and Master’s in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2022. His master’s thesis focused on autonomous spacecraft navigation using x-ray pulsars. Before coming to Purdue, he interned at ISSL, University of Tokyo, where he worked on spacecraft rendezvous using model predictive control.

Research ...

Yanis Sidhoum

Ph.D. Student

ysidhoum@purdue.edu

Yanis Sidhoum is a Ph.D. student in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering at Purdue University since Spring 2023. He received a M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from the French National Civil Aviation University (ENAC) and a M.S. in Astronautics and Space Engineering from Cranfield University, UK, in 2022 and 2023, respectively. His research is focused on low-thrust trajectory optimization in multi-body dynamics using indirect methods. Current applications include trajectory ...

Andres Gutierrez Valdes

Ph.D. Student

gutie221@purdue.edu

Andres is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. He earned his Bachelor's degree in Physics at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and is currently pursuing a Master's in Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University, with a major in ASA and a minor in Dynamics & Control. His research interests include astrodynamics, trajectory optimization, mission design, control theory, and Solar System exploration. In his free time, Andres enjoys astrophotography, bodybuilding, and playing ...

Jerry Varghese

Master’s Student

varghes5@purdue.edu

Jerry is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and completed his Bachelor's in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering in the spring of 2023. His research interests include astrodynamics, interplanetary mission design, and spacecraft digital twins. He has experience as a student researcher at the TU Braunschweig Institute for Space Systems. In his free time, Jerry enjoys music production and dynamics visualization.

Website: https://varghesejerryj.editorx.io/portfolio

Undergraduate Students

Aditya Arjun Anibha

Aditya Arjun Anibha is an undergraduate student in the School of Aeronautics and Astronautics at Purdue University. He interned at Axiom Research Labs (Bangalore, India) as a Guidance, Navigation, and Controls Engineer and is very active in Purdue's rocketry club as their President. His current research focuses on autonomous asteroid SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) under Spacecraft GNC & Autonomy. He is also interested in autonomous navigation and controls for space mission ...

Past Visiting Scholars

Ricardo Lozano Ortega

Haruhito Ohki

Hirotaka Sekine

sekine@space.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Hirotaka Sekine is a Ph.D. student at the University of Tokyo who visited the Oguri Research Group for one month in September 2023. He received his BS and MS degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the University of Tokyo in 2022 and 2024, respectively. His work at Purdue University involved trajectory control and design for formation flying missions in the CRTBP.