Shane Ross is an assistant professor at Virginia Tech in the Engineering Science and Mechanics Department.  He has received awards from NASA and the Americal Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics for his work on astrodynamics.

Dr. Shane D. Ross

Ph.D., Caltech, 2004 (thesis)
Shane Ross
  • Assistant Professor
  • Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • Virginia Tech
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  • Highway to the heavens.  Math leads spacecraft on joy rides through the solar system.  Image by artist Dean MacAdam.
    Energy efficient paths through complex environments. Interplanetary paths press release and Science blurb.


    RESEARCH INTERESTS
    Dynamics & control
    Dynamical systems theory
    Optimal control

    Applications to:
    Astrodynamics
    Bio-locomotion
    Chemical physics
    Population dynamics
    Optimized trajectories
    Efficient navigation
    Chaotic advection
    Transport & mixing
    Dynamical astronomy
    Environmental flow analysis
    RECENT NEWS

    Nov 6 Ross to speak at Workshop on Stability and Instability in Mechanical Systems: Applications and Numerical Tools, Institut de Matematiques de la Universitat de Barcelona, December 1 to 5, 2008

    Nov 1 November issue of Astronomy magazine has story on 'How scientists discovered a solar system "superhighway"'

    Sep 9 Congratulations to Piyush Grover and Phanindra Tallapragada on passing their preliminary exams.

    Aug 19 New papers on trajectories in multi-moon planetary environments (using controlled Keplerian maps): optimal capture from infinity and transfer between two moons

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    Multi-moon orbiter switching orbit

    Movie accompanying new preprint with Piyush Grover


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