
Dr. Carlos Montalvo
Education
- Ph.D. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- M.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
- B.S. Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Research
My basic research interests include a combination of dynamic simulation, control system design and flight testing as well as inventing and developing new flight control algorithms and vehicle designs to improve performance of autonomous air vehicles which include fixed wing, rotorcraft, projectile, parafoil vehicles, and multi-body systems. The projects I have worked on are at the intersection of flight dynamics, control engineering and air vehicle design.
Publications
- Maxwell Cobar and Carlos Montalvo: āTakeoff and Landing of a Wingtip Connected Meta
Aircraft with Feedback Controlā, Journal of Aircraft (2021), pp. 1ā10. doi: 10.2514/1.C035787.
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- Nghia Huynh and Carlos Montalvo: āSimulation and Experimental Results of an Unmanned Towed Systemā. Proc. Inst. Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering 0.0 (June 2020). doi: 10.1177/0954410020934059. url:
- Sytske Kimball, Carlos Montalvo, and Madhuri Mulekar: āAssessing iMET-XQ performance and optimal placement on a small off-the-shelf, rotary-wing UAV, as a function of atmospheric conditionsā, MDPI ā Atmosphere 11 (June 2020), p. 660. doi: 10.3390/atmos11060660. url:
- Matthew Simmons and Carlos Montalvo: āVibration Modes of an Electric Sailā, Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics 43.7 (March 2020), pp. 1393ā1398. doi: 10.2514/1.G004924. url:
- Sytske Kimball, Carlos Montalvo, and Madhuri Mulekar: āEvaluating temperature measurements of the iMET-XQ in the field under varying atmospheric conditionsā, MDPI ā Atmosphere 11.4 (March 2020), p. 335. doi: 10.3390/atmos11040335. url:
- Collin Carithers, Kenneth Tucker, Maxwell Cobar, and Carlos J. Montalvo: āControl
Optimization of a Novel eVTOL/Pusher Transport Aircraft with Known Faultsā, AIAA Aviation
2019 Forum
(Dallas, TX., 17-21 June 2019). doi:10.2514/6.2019-3269. url: - Carlos Montalvo and Harrison White: āBraking Control Law for a Barbell Electric Sailā, Acta Astronautica 160 pp. 1-6 (July 2019). doi: 10.1016/j.actaastro.2019.04.005. url :
Courses
- ME 228 Mechanical Engineering Analysis I
Faculty Advisor: The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Student Chapter and USA Launch Society Student Chapter