Jennifer Hudson Assistant Professor Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, 2010 M.S., Aerospace Engineering, 2007 University of Michigan B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2003 Cornell University G-220 Parkview Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI 49008 269-279-3413 jennifer.hudson@wmich.edu

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Courses

· ME 3600: Control Systems

· ME 6370: Design Optimization

Research Interests

· Space flight dynamics and control

· Orbital mechanics

· Optimal control theory

· Planetary science mission design

Publications

J. Hudson and D. Scheeres. “Orbital Targeting Using the Reduced Eccentric Anomaly Low-Thrust Coefficients.” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 820-831, 2011.

J. Hudson and D. Scheeres. “Reduction of Low Thrust Continuous Controls for Trajectory Dynamics.” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol.32, No.3, pp.780-787, 2009.

J. Hudson and D. Scheeres. “Fourier Coefficient Selection for Low-Thrust Control Shaping.” Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, to appear.

S. Diniega, J.Balcerski, B. Carande, R. Diaz-Silva , A. Fraeman, S. Guzewich, J. Hudson, A. Nahm, S. Potter-McIntyre, M. Route, K. Sayanagi, K. Urban S. Vasisht, B. Benneke, S. Gil, R. Livi, , B. Williams, C. Budney, L. Lowes. “Mission to the Trojan Asteroids: Lessons Learned during a JPL Planetary Science Summer School Mission Design Exercise.” Planetary and Space Science, to appear.

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