Malcolm Macdonald
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Malcolm Macdonald 's Degrees
- PhD Engineering University of Strathclyde
- Bachelors Engineering University of Strathclyde
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Malcolm Macdonald is a Scottish space technology engineer, academic, and director. He is a Professor and the Chair of Applied Space Technology at the University of Strathclyde, and a visiting professor at University College Dublin. He was Director of the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications, SoXSA, from 2014 - 2020, and a non-executive member of the UK Space Agency Steering Board from 2017 - 2020. He is an acknowledged expert in space research, and in 2021 was referred to in the media as "Scotland's leading space expert".
Malcolm Macdonald 's Published Works
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Published Works
- Survey of Highly Non-Keplerian Orbits with Low-Thrust Propulsion (2011) (141)
- Parametric model and optimal control of solar sails with optical degradation (2006) (123)
- Solar sail science mission applications and advancement (2011) (108)
- GEOSAIL: Exploring the Geomagnetic Tail Using a Small Solar Sail (2001) (93)
- GeoSail: an elegant solar sail demonstration mission (2007) (88)
- Solar Polar Orbiter: A Solar Sail Technology Reference Study (2006) (86)
- The International Handbook of Space Technology (2014) (81)
- Impact of Optical Degradation on Solar Sail Mission Performance (2007) (78)
- Analytical Control Laws for Planet-Centered Solar Sailing (2005) (70)
- Review on solar sail technology (2019) (66)
- Small satellites for space science (2019) (62)
- Solar Sailing (2003) (59)
- Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Multiple NEO Rendezvous Mission (2014) (54)
- Heliocentric Solar Sail Orbit Transfers with Locally Optimal Control Laws (2007) (45)
- Realistic Earth escape strategies for solar sailing (2005) (45)
- Solar sail mission applications and future advancement (2010) (42)
- Technology requirements of exploration beyond Neptune by solar sail propulsion (2010) (42)
- Potential Solar Sail Degradation Effects on Trajectory and Attitude Control (2005) (42)
- GeoSail: Exploring the magnetosphere using a low-cost solar sail (2003) (40)
- Extension of Earth-Moon libration point orbits with solar sail propulsion (2016) (37)
- Spacecraft planetary capture using gravity-assist maneuvers (2005) (27)
- Extension of Highly Elliptical Earth Orbits Using Continuous Low-Thrust Propulsion (2013) (25)
- Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Sub-L1 Space Weather Mission (2014) (24)
- Extension of the Sun-Synchronous Orbit (2010) (24)
- Sample return from Mercury and other terrestrial planets using solar sail propulsion (2006) (23)
- Non-Keplerian orbits using low thrust, high ISP propulsion systems (2009) (23)
- Novel Solar-Sail Mission Concepts for High-Latitude Earth and Lunar Observation (2016) (22)
- Analytic control laws for near-optimal geocentric solar sail transfers (2001) (22)
- General Perturbation Method for Satellite Constellation Reconfiguration Using Low-Thrust Maneuvers (2019) (21)
- Low-Thrust-Enabled Highly-Non-Keplerian Orbits in Support of Future Mars Exploration (2011) (20)
- Gossamer Roadmap Technology Reference Study for a Solar Polar Mission (2014) (20)
- Commercial Hybrid Electric Aircraft Thermal Management System Design, Simulation, and Operation Improvements (2019) (18)
- Small satellites for space science: A COSPAR scientific roadmap (2019) (18)
- Extension of the Molniya orbit using low-thrust propulsion (2011) (15)
- Mars and Moon exploration passing through the European Precision Landing GNC Test Facility (2008) (15)
- Enabling and Exploiting Self-Similar Central Symmetry Formations (2014) (14)
- Autonomous and scalable control for remote inspection with multiple aerial vehicles (2017) (14)
- Using Network Dynamical Influence to Drive Consensus (2016) (14)
- Analytical Sun-Synchronous Low-Thrust Orbit Maneuvers (2012) (13)
- Extension of earth orbits using low-thrust propulsion (2010) (13)
- Novel orbits of Mercury, Venus and Mars enabled using low-thrust propulsion (2014) (13)
- Needs assessment of gossamer structures in communications platform end-of-life disposal (2013) (13)
- A near-term roadmap for solar sailing (2004) (12)
- Solar Sailing: Applications and Technology Advancement (2011) (12)
- A novel interplanetary communications relay (2010) (12)
- New methodologies for the thermal modelling of CubeSats (2012) (11)
- Concept-of-operations disposal analysis of spacecraft by gossamer structure (2014) (11)
- Sun-Synchronous Highly Elliptical Orbits Using Low-Thrust Propulsion (2013) (11)
- Relative Orbit Determination Using Only Intersatellite Range Measurements (2019) (10)
- Analytical, circle-to-circle low-thrust transfer trajectories with plane change (2013) (10)
- Payload Mass Fraction Optimization for Solar Sail Cargo Missions (2002) (10)
- Rapid model-based inter-disciplinary design of a CubeSat mission (2014) (9)
- Geosail: A novel solar sail mission concept for geospace (2002) (9)
- Network Communities of Dynamical Influence (2019) (9)
- Adaptive Backstepping Control for Optimal Descent with Embedded Autonomy (2011) (8)
- An improved differential evolution algorithm and its applications to orbit design (2017) (8)
- Resource-Considerate Data Routing Through Satellite Networks (2017) (8)
- Static, Highly Elliptical Orbits Using Hybrid Low-Thrust Propulsion (2013) (8)
- A general perturbations method for spacecraft lifetime analysis (2015) (8)
- Analytical Landing Trajectories for Embedded Autonomy (2010) (8)
- Analogy to bi-elliptic transfers incorporating high- and low-thrust (2013) (8)
- Hybrid Electric Aircraft Battery Heat Acquisition System (2018) (7)
- Space mission resilience with inter-satellite networking (2020) (7)
- An overview of 3-D graphical analysis using DOE-2 hourly simulation data (1988) (7)
- Design of a reconfigurable satellite constellation (2015) (6)
- Analytical methodologies for solar sail trajectory design (2005) (6)
- Solar sail capture trajectories at Mercury (2002) (6)
- GeoSail: a novel magnetospheric space mission utilizing solar sails (2002) (6)
- Terrestrial planet sample return missions using solar sail propulsion (2006) (6)
- Low-cost, multi-agent systems for planetary surface exploration (2012) (6)
- Consensus speed optimisation with finite leadership perturbation in k-nearest neighbour networks (2016) (6)
- End-of-life disposal trajectories for libration point and highly elliptical orbit missions (2013) (6)
- Autonomous swarm testbed with multiple quadcopters (2014) (6)
- Analysis of a solar sail mercury sample return mission (2004) (6)
- Non-Linear Autopilot Design Using the Philosophy of Variable Transient Response (2009) (6)
- Combined high and low-thrust geostationary orbit insertion with radiation constraint (2018) (5)
- Charybdis: The next generation in ocean colour and biogeochemical remote sensing (2012) (5)
- Fully Decentralized Cooperative Navigation for Spacecraft Constellations (2021) (5)
- Bipartite Guidance, Navigation and Control Architecture for Autonomous Aerial Inspections Under Safety Constraints (2019) (5)
- TeSeR - technology for self-removal - status of a horizon 2020 project to ensure the post-mission-disposal of any future spacecraft (2018) (5)
- Transient Cooling Approach for a Mhr Class Hybrid Electric Propulsion System Battery Pack (2020) (4)
- Towards a Satellite System for Archaeology? Simulation of an Optical Satellite Mission with Ideal Spatial and Temporal Resolution, Illustrated by a Case Study in Scotland (2020) (4)
- A fractally fractionated spacecraft (2011) (4)
- SOLARIS : Solar sail investigation of the Sun (2014) (4)
- An extension and numerical analysis of the Hohmann spiral transfer (2012) (4)
- An analytical, low-cost deployment strategy for satellite constellations (2015) (4)
- Relative Orbit Determination for Unconnected Spacecraft Within a Constellation (2020) (4)
- General Perturbation Method for Satellite Constellation Deployment Using Nodal Precession (2020) (4)
- Eigenvector-based community detection for identifying information hubs in neuronal networks (2018) (3)
- Seasonal efficiencies of solar sailing in planetary orbit (2002) (3)
- Analytical three-phase transfer to a solar polar orbit using solar sail propulsion (2014) (3)
- Impact of a Purina fractal array geometry on beamforming performance and complexity (2013) (3)
- Novel numerical optimisation of the Hohmann Spiral Transfer (2013) (3)
- Identification of effective spreaders in contact networks using dynamical influence (2021) (3)
- Taxonomy and analysis of issues facing post mission disposal concept (2017) (3)
- High energy small body missions using solar sail propulsion (2005) (3)
- Energy-Saving Capture at Mars via Backward-Stable Orbits (2019) (3)
- A journey of exploration to the polar regions of a star: probing the solar poles and the heliosphere from high helio-latitude (2021) (3)
- It's hip to be square: The CubeSat revolution (2014) (3)
- An analysis of dissipation functions in swarming systems (2010) (2)
- Limits of drag augmentation at spacecraft end-of-mission and a mitigation strategy (2020) (2)
- Terrestrial planet sample return using solar sail propulsion (2003) (2)
- Eigenvector alignment: Assessing functional network changes in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease (2020) (2)
- Concepts for a geostationary-like polar mission (2014) (2)
- Visual asset inspection using precision UAV techniques (2014) (2)
- A novel design concept for space-based polar remote sensing (2012) (2)
- Potential Effects of Optical Solar Sail Degradation on Interplanetary Trajectory Design (2005) (2)
- Swarm shape manipulation through connection control (2010) (2)
- Orbit period modulation for relative motion using continuous low thrust in the two-body and restricted three-body problems (2018) (2)
- The design of a space-borne multispectral canopy lidar to estimate global carbon stock and gross primary productivity (2011) (2)
- Through-life modelling of nano-satellite power system dynamics (2013) (2)
- Technology reference studies using solar sails (2004) (2)
- Hohmann spiral transfer with inclination change performed by low-thrust system (2013) (2)
- Paths not taken – The Gossamer roadmap’s other options (2021) (2)
- Testing GNC technologies for planetary landing on Mars and Moon analogues (2007) (2)
- A Flexible Multi-Temporal and Multi-Modal Framework for Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 Analysis Ready Data (2022) (2)
- DESIGN AND APPLICATIONS OF SOLAR SAIL PERIODIC ORBITS IN THE NON-AUTONOMOUS EARTH-MOON SYSTEM (2015) (2)
- Incorporating Solar Activity into General Perturbation Analysis of Atmospheric Friction (2017) (2)
- Collision and evaporation avoidance for spacecraft formation (2008) (1)
- Implementation of a Product-centric Space System Approach to Nanosatellite Systems Design and Deployment (2016) (1)
- A System-Level View of Space Projects (2014) (1)
- Analytical low-thrust satellite maneuvers for rapid ground target revisit (2016) (1)
- Network Influence Based Classification and Comparison of Neurological Conditions (2019) (1)
- Extension of Martian orbits using continuous low-thrust propulsion (2012) (1)
- IAC-15-A6.4.6 Page 1 of 6 IAC-15-A6.4.6 IMPROVING THE ACCURACY OF GENERAL PERTURBATIONS METHODS FOR SPACECRAFT LIFETIME ANALYSIS (2015) (1)
- Novel concept of satellite manoeuvre planning using graph theoretical techniques (2020) (1)
- Small satellite operations planning for agile disaster response using graph theoretical techniques (2019) (1)
- Analysis of responsive satellite manoeuvres using graph theoretical techniques (2019) (1)
- Introduction to Astrodynamics (2014) (1)
- Space Universities Network - Supporting space science and engineering higher education community in the UK (2018) (1)
- A novel approach to hybrid propulsion transfers (2011) (1)
- Reconfigurable robotic platforms for structural health monitoring (2012) (1)
- 3D model generation using an airborne swarm (2014) (1)
- A Geostationary Equivalent Polar Observation System (2014) (1)
- Improving the accuracy of orbit lifetime analysis using enhanced general perturbations methods (2016) (1)
- Characteristics of swarms on the edge of fragmentation. (2014) (1)
- Bipartite Guidance, Navigation and Control Architecture for Autonomous Aerial Inspections Under Safety Constraints (2018) (1)
- An International Constellation of Small Spacecraft (2020) (1)
- Potential effects of optical solar sail degredation on trajectory design (2005) (1)
- Tidal synchronous orbit : A novel approach to remote sensing of oceanic regions (2012) (0)
- Mars sample return using solar sail propulsion (2012) (0)
- POLARIS + : POLAR Investigation of the Sun using Solar Sailing (2016) (0)
- Extension of Earth-Moon libration point orbits with solar sail propulsion (2016) (0)
- Identifying effective sink node combinations in spacecraft data transfer networks (2022) (0)
- Use of annual profiles of hourly data for analyzing DOE-2 building simulation program results (1987) (0)
- TeSeR – Technology for Self-Removal – First results of an H2020 Project to develop a Post-Mission-Disposal Module (2017) (0)
- Parametric CubeSat flight simulation architecture (2013) (0)
- Optical solar sail degradation modelling (2007) (0)
- Identifying effective sink node combinations in spacecraft data transfer networks (2022) (0)
- Early Design Stage Evaluation of Thermal Performance of Battery Heat Acquisition System of a Hybrid Electric Aircraft (2020) (0)
- Residual air inflated systems for CubeSats (2013) (0)
- Constrained Predictive Control Of A Servo-Driven Tracking Turret (2008) (0)
- Applications of responsive small satellites with MIT TILE electrospray propulsion (2017) (0)
- Novel orbits of Mercury and Venus enabled using low-thrust propulsion (2013) (0)
- Scientific mission to a solar polar orbit using solar sail propulsion (2014) (0)
- Consensus speed maximisation in engineered swarms with autocratic leaders (2016) (0)
- CubeSat networks for fractionalised spacecraft: A review (2011) (0)
- Abstract Template for ECCOMAS Composites 2007 (Word version) (2016) (0)
- com【scientificreports Using Network Dynamical In ━ uence to Drive Consensus (2019) (0)
- Thermal analysis of the CubeSat First-MOVE in preparation for Launch using ESATAN-TMS r4 (2013) (0)
- IAC-13E 2 . 1 Residual Air Inflated Systems for CubeSats R (2013) (0)
- General perturbations method for orbit lifetime analysis incorporating non-spherically-symmetrical atmospheres (2016) (0)
- Mapping of shifting tidal estuaries to support inshore rescue (2020) (0)
- Review on solar sail technology (2019) (0)
- Building resilience by connecting the dots (2017) (0)
- 2 A System-Level View of Space Projects (2019) (0)
- Network Communities of Dynamical In(cid:426)uence (2019) (0)
- Improving the accuracy of general perturbations methods of spacecraft lifetime analysis (2015) (0)
- Lessons Captured? Application of UKube-1 Lessons Identified Into Nanobed Development Process (2016) (0)
- Orbit period modulation for relative motion using continuous low thrust in the two-body and restricted three-body problems (2018) (0)
- Enhancing Self-similar Patterns by Asymmetric Artificial Potential Functions in Partially Connected Swarms (2011) (0)
- LOW-COST DEPLOYMENT STRATEGY FOR SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS (2015) (0)
- Small bodies missions and technologies (part 2) (2006) (0)
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