Research

• Modeling and optimization of hypersonic vehicle trajectories (co-advised with Puneet Singla)
• Co-design of propulsion, power, and thermal management systems

Publications

1. J. Glunt, J. Siefert, A. Thompson, and H. Pangborn, “Error Bounds for Compositions of Piecewise Affine Approximations,” 2024. [arXiv]
2. J.A. Siefert, T.J. Bird, A.F. Thompson, J.J. Glunt, J.P. Koeln, N. Jain, and H.C. Pangborn, “Reachability Analysis Using Hybrid Zonotopes and Functional Decomposition," 2024. [arXiv]
3. J. Siefert, A. Thompson, J. Glunt, and H. Pangborn, “Set-valued State Estimation Using Hybrid Zonotopes,"  IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2023.
4. A. Thompson, A. Iezzi, H. Pangborn, R. Madabhushi, and O. Atassi, “Combined Design and Open-loop Control Optimization for Propulsion, Power, and Thermal Management of Hybrid-electric Aircraft,” IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications, 2023.