Professor of Mechanical Engineering

PhD 1992, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
DSc 2008, Moscow Aviation Institute

 

Contact Information

Phone (808) 956-2863
E-mail azimov@hawaii.edu

 

Research Interests

  • Autonomous guidance, navigation and control for aerospace systems
  • Advanced methods of estimation
  • Attitude determination and control
  • On-board mission design
  • Trajectory design and optimization
  • Analytical integration of canonical equations

 

Selected Publications

  1. Azimov, D.M. Analytical Solutions for Extremal Space Trajectories. Elsevier. Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN: 978-0-12-814058-1. Published in September, 2017. 317 p.
  2. Azimov, D.M. and Allen, J. Analytical Model and Control Solutions for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Maneuvers in a Vertical Plane. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2017. DOI 10.1007/s10846-017-0669-4.
  3. Azimov, D.M. and Bishop, R.H. Integrated Targeting and Guidance for Powered Planetary Descent. Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. June 2018, Vol. 65, Issue 2 , pp. 229–259.
  4. Kawamura, E. and Azimov, D.M. Integrated Extremal Control and Explicit Guidance for Quadcopters. J Intell Robot Syst. V.100, 2020, pp.1583-1613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10846-020-01211-2.
  5. Onishi, M. and Azimov, D.M. Design and analysis of entry, powered descent trajectory envelopes and manifold of landing points. Int. J. of Space Science and Engineering. Vol. 6, No. 2, 2020. pp. 105–124. DOI: 10.1504/IJSPACESE.2020.110363.
  6. Jo, M. and Azimov, D.M. Semi-analytical and extremal solutions for design and synthesis of powered descent and landing trajectories. Int. J. of Space Science and Engineering. Vol.6, No. 3, 2021, pp.227-246. DOI: 10.1504/IJSPACESE.2021.113892.
  7. Morrison-Fogel, D. and Azimov, D.M. Analytical solutions for extremal orbit transfers utilizing three intermediate thrust arcs in a Newtonian field. Acta Astronautica. Volume 187, October 2021, Pages 196-204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.06.018.

 

Guidance, Navigation and Control Systems Lab. Holmes 306.

HESTEMP Project:  https://manoa.hawaii.edu/hestemp/

EPSCoR-ACTUAS Project:  http://manoa.hawaii.edu/actuas/our-team/

IUTAM Symposium on Optimal Guidance and Control for Autonomous Systems Location: University of Hawai’i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i, 96822: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/ISOGCAS2020/

 

Courses Offered

  • ME 651 Advanced Automatic Control Systems
  • ME 451 Feedback Control Systems
  • ME 696 Guidance, Navigation and Control
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