Piyush Grover I am a PhD. candidate in the department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, at Virginia Tech. My advisor is Dr. Shane Ross. I graduated with Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati in May 2005. My email address is groverp at vt dot edu. Research Interests .Nonlinear dynamical systems theory, phase space transport and computational methods in dynamical systems. .Geometrical methods in mechanics and control. Current Research My research involves application of dynamical systems methods to: .Analysis of coarse grained data and phase space partitioning. .Analysis of noisy (or randomly perturbed) Hamiltonian and dissipative systems. .Spacecraft trajectory design. .Celestial mechanics and dynamical astronomy. Reports 1). Using operator theory to analyze random perturbations of dissipative systems. Spring 2008 (P. Grover) (Report) Journal Publications 1). Designing trajectories in a Planet-Moon environment using a controlled Keplerian Map. (P. Grover and S.D. Ross) (Abstract)(Paper) AIAA Journal of Guidance,Control and Dynamics.2009 vol. 32 no. 2, Pg 437-444 Conference Papers and Presentations 1). Designing trajectories in a Planet-Moon environment using a controlled Keplerian Map. (P. Grover and S.D. Ross) (Paper)(Talk) 18th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting 2008. 2). Fuel-optimal trajectories in a planet-moon environment using multiple gravity assists.(S.D. Ross and P. Grover) (Paper) Proc. of 20th International Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics, 2007. Also available on Nasa Technical Reports Server. Graduate Coursework: Fall 2005: Intermediate Dynamics, Continuum Mechanics, Elementary Real Analysis I Spring 2005: Advanced Dynamics, Elementary Real Analysis II Fall 2006: Ordinary Differential Eqns I, Variational Calculus, Methods in Dynamical Systems Spring 2007: Ordinary Differential Eqns II, Nonlinear Systems Fall 2007: Functional Analysis I, Topology and Geometry (Differentiable Manifolds) Spring 2008: Functional Analysis II Fall 2008: Stochastic Processes I Chaos is a friend of mine - Bob Dylan |