Hyungjoo "Drake" Yoon, Ph.D.

NRC Research Associate
Spacecraft Research & Design Center
Dept. of Mechanical and Astronautical Engineering
Naval Postgraduate School
699 Dyer Rd. HA #250
Monterey, CA 93943
Phone : (831) 656-2031, Fax : (831) 656-2313
Email : drake.yoon "at" gmail "dot" com

Complete CV in PDF

Research Interests(click)

- Spacecraft attitude and orbit control (CMG/VSCMG/RW, Autonomous rendezvous & docking)
- Adaptive optics and laser beam jitter control (Adaptive filtering techniques)
- Adaptive control of uncertain nonlinear MIMO systems
- Robust control of flexible large structures
- High-precision thermal control in semiconductor/LCD fabrication


Education

  • Georgia Institute of Technology --- Atlanta, GA
    - Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering (2004)
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) --- Taejon, Korea
    - M.S. & B.S in Aerospace Engineering (1996/1994)


Professional Employments

  • Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA (2007~present)
    - NRC Research Associate, Spacecraft Research and Design Center
    - Sponsored by the National Research Council

  • Samsung Electronics, Suwon, Korea (2004~2007)
    - Sr. Engineer, Mechatronics R&D Center

  • Korea Air Force Academy (1996~1999)
    - Full-time Lecturer, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering


Dissertations

  • “Spacecraft Attitude and Power Control Using Variable Speed Control Moment Gyros”
    - Ph.D. Thesis (Advisor : Prof. Panagiotis Tsiotras), (pdf)

  • “Satellite Attitude Control Using Quaternion Parameters”
    - M.S. Thesis (Advisor: Prof. Min-Jea Tahk)



Journal Publications

  • Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Spacecraft Adaptive Attitude and Power Tracking with Variable Speed Control Moment Gyroscopes”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 25, No. 6, pp. 1081-1090, 2002(pdf)
  • Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Singularity Analysis of Variable Speed Control Moment Gyros", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 374-386, 2004 (pdf)
  • Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Spacecraft Line-of-Sight Control Using a Single Variable-Speed Control Moment Gyro”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 29, No. 6, pp. 1295-1308, 2006 (pdf)
  • Yoon, H. and Tsiotras, P., “Adaptive Spacecraft Attitude Tracking Control with Actuator Uncertainties”, Journal of the Astronautical Sciences, Vol. 56, Issue 2, pp. 251-268, April-June, 2008.(pdf)
  • Yoon, H. , Shin, H. and Tahk, M., "Adaptive Tracking Control for Spacecraft Rendezvous and Docking," The Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences (KSAS) Journal, Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1072-1078, Nov. 2008.
  • Yoon, H. and Agrawal, B.N., "Novel Expressions of Equations of Relative Motion and Control in Keplerian Orbits", AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 664-669, 2009.(pdf)
  • Yoon, H. and Agrawal, B.N., "Adaptive Control of Uncertain Hamiltonian Multi-Input Multi-Output Systems : With Application to Spacecraft Control", IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, to appear in Vol. 17, No. 5, 2009. (conference version in pdf)
  • Yoon, H., Bateman, B.E., and Agrawal, B.N., "Laser Beam Jitter Control Using Recursive-Least-Square Adaptive Filters", submitted to ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control.(conference version in pdf)
  • Beerer, M.J., Yoon, H. and Agrawal, B.N., "Adaptive Feedforward Filters using Multiple Reference Signals for Optical Beam Jitter Rejection", in preparation. (conference version in pdf)