Andrew D. Cox
Andrew received his bachelor of science degree in Aeronautical and Astronautical engineering from Purdue in 2014 and a masters of science degree in the same area in 2016. During his undergraduate and graduate career, he has completed several internships at NASA centers, including Armstrong, Goddard, and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Andrew was awarded a NASA Space Technology Research Fellowship (NSTRF) in 2016 and is currently a Ph.D. candidate completing research focused on low-thrust, multi-body trajectory design; he expects to graduate in May, 2020. When he isn't working, Andrew enjoys running, hiking, rock climbing, and photography.
Journal Publications
- Cox, A. D., Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "Trajectory Design Leveraging Low-Thrust, Multi-Body Equilibria and their Manifolds," Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Available online 14 April, 2020, DOI: 10.1007/s40295-020-00211-6
- Cox, A. D., Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "Dynamical Structures in a Low-Thrust, Multi-Body Model with Applications to Trajectory Design," Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, Vol. 131, Issue 3, March 2019, DOI: 10.1007/s10569-019-9891-7
- Bosanac, N., Cox, A. D., Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "Trajectory Design for a Cislunar CubeSat Leveraging Dynamical Systems Techniques: The Lunar iceCube Mission," Acta Astronautica, Vol. 144, March 2018, pp. 283-296, DOI: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2017.12.025
Conference Publications
- Cox, A. D. , Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "High-Energy Lunar Capture via Low-Thrust Dynamical Structures," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Portland, Maine. August 11-15, 2019
- Cox, A. D., Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "Transit and Capture in the Planar Three-Body Problem Leveraging Low-Thrust Dynamical Structures," 29th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Ka'anapali, Maui, Hawaii. January 13-17, 2019
- Pritchett, R., Cox, A. D., Howell, K. C., Folta, D. C., and Grebow, D., "Low-Thrust Trajectory Design Via Direct Transcription Leveraging Structures from the Low-Thrust Restricted Problem," 69th International Astronautical Congress, Bremen, Germany, October 1-5, 2018
- Cox, A.D., Howell, K.C., and Folta, D.C., "Trajectory Design Leveraging Low-Thrust, Multi-Body Equilibria and Their Manifolds," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Snowbird, Utah, August 19-23, 2018
- Cox, A. D., Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "Dynamical Structures in a Combined Low-Thrust Multi-Body Environment," AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, Columbia River Gorge, Stevenson, Washington, August 21-24, 2017
- Bosanac, N., Cox, A. D, Howell, K. C., and Folta, D. C., "Trajectory Design for a Cislunar Cubesat Leveraging Dynamical Systems Techniques: The Lunar IceCube Mission," 27th AAS/AIAA Spaceflight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February 5-9, 2017
- Folta, D. C., Bosanac, N., Cox, A. D., and Howell, K. C., "The Lunar IceCube Mission Challenge: Attaining Science Orbit Parameters from a Constrained Approach Trajectory," 27th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, Feburary 5-9, 2017
- Folta, D. C., Webster, C., Bosanac, N., Cox, A. D., Guzzetti, D., and Howell, K. C., "Trajectory Design Tools for Libration and Cislunar Environments," 6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, Darmstadt, Germany, March 14-17, 2016
- Cox, A. D., Bosanac, N., Guzzetti, D., Howell, K. C., Folta, D. C., and Webster, C., "Interactive Trajectory Design Environment Leveraging Dynamical Structures in Multi-Body Regimes," 6th International Conference on Astrodynamics Tools and Techniques, Darmstadt, Germany, March 14-17, 2016
- Folta, D. C., Bosanac, N., Cox, A. D., and Howell, K. C., "The Lunar IceCube Mission Design: Construction of Feasible Transfer Trajectories with a Constrained Departure," AAS/AIAA 26th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, California, February 15-18, 2016
- Cox, A. D., and Howell, K. C., "Transfers to a Sun-Earth Saddle Point: An Extended Mission Design Option for LISA Pathfinder," AAS/AIAA 26th Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, Napa, California, February 15-18, 2016
Theses
- Cox, A. D. and Howell, K. C., "Transfers to a Gravitational Saddle Point: An Extended Mission Design Option for LISA Pathfinder," Purdue University, May, 2016