Dr.-Ing. Agnes Steinert

Dr.-Ing. Agnes Steinert

Deputy Head of the Institute
Institute of Flight System Dynamics
Technische Universität München
Boltzmannstr. 15
85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Room:MW3625 (floor plan)
Phone:+49 89 289 16033
Fax:+49 89 289 16058
E-mail:agnes.steinert@tum.de

Publications

A. Steinert, S. Raab, S. Hafner, F. Holzapfel, H. Hong, "Advancements in incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion and its components: A survey on INDI -- Part II", Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2025. [doi]
A. Steinert, S. Raab, S. Hafner, F. Holzapfel, H. Hong, "From fundamentals to applications of incremental nonlinear dynamic inversion: A survey on INDI -- Part I", Chinese Journal of Aeronautics, 2025. [doi]
C. Kotitschke, T. Rupprecht, A. Steinert, P. Müller, F. Holzapfel, "Multi-Objective eVTOL Controller Optimization Incorporating Lead--Lag Filters for Increased Robustness", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 48, no. 11, 2025. [doi]
S. Hafner, A. Steinert and F. Holzapfel, "Connecting SLS Active Set, Redistributed Scaled Pseudoinverse, and Exact Redistributed Pseudoinverse Control Allocation", in 2025 European Control Conference, EUCA. [doi]
T. Rupprecht, A. Steinert, C. Kotitschke, F. Holzapfel, "INDI Control Law Structure for a MEDEVAC eVTOL and Its Reference Models: Feedforward, Physical Limitations, and Innerloop Dynamics for Optimal Tracking", in AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, Reston, VA: AIAA. [doi]
Z. Mbikayi, T. Rupprecht, A. Steinert, D. Heimsch, F. Holzapfel, "Return-to-Home Function for an Integrated Flight Guidance System in Non-Segregated Airspace", in CEAS EuroGNC conference 2024.
Z. Mbikayi, A. C. Steinert, D. Heimsch, M. Speckmaier, P. Rudolph, H. Liu, F. Holzapfel, A. Steinert, "Online Deterministic 3D Trajectory Generation for Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft", Aerospace, vol. 11, no. 2, 2024, pp. 157. [doi]
C. Kotitschke, T. Rupprecht, A. Steinert, P. Müller, F. Holzapfel, "Multiobjective Parameter Optimization of an eVTOL Controller Incorporating Lead-Lag Filters for Increased Robustness", in AIAA AVIATION FORUM AND ASCEND 2024, Reston, VA: AIAA. [doi]
A. C. Steinert, R. Steffensen​ and F. Holzapfel, "Bias of anticipated non-parametric closed-loop frequency response for controller gain re-tuning", Automatica, vol. 151, no. 110881, 2023. [doi]
R. Steffensen​, A. C. Steinert and F. Holzapfel, "Incremental control as an enhanced and robust implementation of gain scheduled controllers avoiding hidden coupling terms", Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 141, no. 108500, 2023. [doi]
R. Steffensen​, A. C. Steinert, Z. Mbikayi, S. Raab, J. Angelov, F. Holzapfel, "Filter and sensor delay synchronization in incremental flight control laws", Aerospace Systems, vol. 6, 2023. [doi]
R. Steffensen​, A. C. Steinert and E. J. J. Smeur, "Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion with Actuator Dynamics: An Incremental Control Perspective", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 46, no. 4, 2023. [doi]
S. Hosseini, A. C. Steinert, R. K. Hofmann, X. Fang, R. Steffensen​, F. Holzapfel, C. Göttlicher, "Advancements in the Theory and Practice of Flight Vehicle System Identification", Journal of Aircraft, vol. 60, no. 5, 2023. [doi]
A. C. Steinert, M. Speckmaier, D. Gierszewski, F. Holzapfel, R. Schmoldt, F. Demmler, M. Ornigg, M. Koop, U. Schell, "Experimental Results of Flight Test-Based Gain Retuning", in AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum. [doi]
R. Steffensen​, A. C. Steinert and F. Holzapfel, "Longitudinal Incremental Reference Model for Fly-By-Wire Control Law using Incremental Non-Linear Dynamic Inversion", in AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum. [doi]
S. Scherer, M. Speckmaier, D. Gierszewski, C. Mishra, A. C. Steinert, R. Steffensen​, S. Wulf, F. Holzapfel, "AUTOMATIC TAKE-OFF AND LANDING OF A VERY LIGHT ALL ELECTRIC OPTIONALLY PILOTED AIRCRAFT", in 33rd Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), 2022.
S. Scherer, M. Speckmaier, D. Gierszewski, A. C. Steinert, F. Holzapfel, "Compensation of Nonlinear Transmission Effects in Electro-Mechanical Flight Control Systems", in AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum. [doi]
A. C. Steinert, F. Holzapfel, R. Steffensen​, C. Merkl, "Flight Test Based Gain Tuning using non-parametric Frequency Domain Methods", in AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum. [doi]
F. Goßmann, A. C. Steinert and F. Svaricek, "Longitudinal Short-Period Aircraft Motion Control Under Loadcase Variation", in 2020 American Control Conference, 01.07.2020 - 03.07.2020, pp. 4188-4194. [doi]
Z. Mbikayi, A. Steinert, P. Rudolph, D. Heimsch, F. Holzapfel, H. Liu, "Relative kinematics for a jerk-level trajectory generation system", CEAS Aeronautical Journal, no. 2025. [doi]
A. C. Gabrys, R. Steffensen​, R. d. A. Cordeiro, J. R. Azinheira, A. Moutinho, F. Holzapfel, "Integration of Phase Plane Flight Envelope Protections in Cascaded Incremental Flight Control", in 21st IFAC Symposium on Automatic Control in Aerospace ACA 2019, 27.08.2019 - 30.08.2019. [doi]
R. Steffensen​, A. C. Gabrys and F. Holzapfel, "Flight envelope protections using phase plane limits and backstepping control", in CEAS Specialist Conference on Guidance, Navigation & Control (EuroGNC 2019).
S. P. Schatz, A. C. Gabrys, D. Gierszewski, F. Holzapfel, "Inner Loop Command Interface in a Modular Flight Control Architecture for Trajectory Flights of General Aviation Aircraft", in 2018 5th International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT). [doi]
F. Goßmann, F. Svaricek and A. C. Gabrys, "Control of Longitudinal Aircraft Motion with Loadcase Robustness using LPV-Control with Partly-Measurable Parameters", in 2018 AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference. [doi]
E. Karlsson, S. P. Schatz, F. Holzapfel, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, A. C. Gabrys, M. Hochstrasser, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, V. Schneider, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, "Development of an Automatic Flight Path Controller for a DA42 General Aviation Aircraft", in CEAS EuroGNC, 2017.
E. Karlsson, F. Holzapfel, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, A. C. Gabrys, M. Hochstrasser, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, S. P. Schatz, V. Schneider, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, "Active Control Objective Prioritization for High-Bandwidth Automatic Flight Path Control", in CEAS EuroGNC, 2017.
V. Schneider, P. Piprek, S. P. Schatz, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, M. Hochstrasser, A. C. Gabrys, E. Karlsson, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, F. Holzapfel, "Online Trajectory Generation Using Clothoid Segments", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
S. P. Schatz, V. Schneider, E. Karlsson, F. Holzapfel, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, M. Hochstrasser, A. C. Gabrys, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, "Flightplan Flight Tests of an Experimental DA42 General Aviation Aircraft", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
E. Karlsson, S. P. Schatz, T. Baier, C. Dörhöfer, A. C. Gabrys, M. Hochstrasser, C. Krause, P. J. Lauffs, N. C. Mumm, K. Nürnberger, L. Peter, V. Schneider, P. Spiegel, L. Steinert, A. W. Zollitsch, F. Holzapfel, "Automatic Flight Path Control of an Experimental DA42 General Aviation Aircraft", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
E. Karlsson, A. C. Gabrys, S. P. Schatz, F. Holzapfel, "Dynamic Flight Path Control Coupling for Energy and Maneuvering Integrity", in 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2016.
J. Diepolder, J. Z. Ben-Asher, A. C. Gabrys, S. P. Schatz, M. Bittner, M. Rieck, B. Grüter, F. Holzapfel, "Flight Control Law Clearance Using Worst-Case Inputs", in ICAS 30th International Congress of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 2016.

Supervised Student Theses

P. S. Zimmermann, "Development of a Hybrid Flight Control System with Split Surfaces for Pilot Assistance in an Ultralight Aircraft", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
M. Shalaby, "Incremental Differential Proportional Integral (iDPI) Control for Lateral Motion", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
M. Schimmer, "Controller Design of an Airship", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
S. G. Kim, "Design, Realization, and Implementation of a Flight Envelope Protection for a Multicopter Platform", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
F. Hüttinger, "Incremental Nonlinear Flight Control for an Unmanned Aircraft", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
P. Schulz, "Implementation and Analysis of a Linear iDPI Controller for Longitudinal and Lateral Motion", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
M. Schimmer, "Inner Loop Design of an Airship", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
J. Roggentin, "Design of a Flight Controller for a Transition-eVTOL", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
L. Duarte, "Adaptive Control Augmentation Considering Nonlinear Actuator Effects", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
D. Basta, "NDI-Based Autopilot Design for Fixed-Wing Aircraft", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
S. T. E. Arenthold, "Development of Flight Control Algorithms for the Lateral Motion of the ADMIRE Model", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
P. Medl, "Controlling the Lateral Dynamics of a Fully Submerged Hydrofoil Craft", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2023.
A. Hug, "Controlling the Longitudinal Dynamics of a Fully Submerged Hydrofoil Craft", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2023.
M. Naunheim, "Optimization Framework for Handling Quality Design", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2022.
J. Ostler, "Design and Evaluation of Envelope Protection Concepts for UAVs", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2019.
M. Marb, "Untersuchung und Anwendung ausgewählter Anti-Windup-Strategien", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2018.
S. P. Ramarvinth, "Analysis of the Influence of a Plant Transformation on the Linearization Results using frequency, time domain measures and Markov Chain Monte Carlo method", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2017.
M. Marb, "Reglerentwurf mittels systune-Algorithmus unter Berücksichtigung von Modellunsicherheiten", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2017.
W. L. Dürrholder, "Automatisierung eines LQR-basierten Auslegungsverfahrens für einen Baseline Controller über den Flugbereich und verschiedene Ladungszustände", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2016.
D. Boos, "Entwicklung eines Matlab Tools zur Analyse linearer Systeme", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2016.
M. Kreuzer, "Development and Testing of Flight Management I/O Interfaces", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2015.
P. Koppitz, "Concept and Implementation of a generic MATLAB Routine for automated Time Domain Analysis of SIMULINK Models", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2015.
S. S. Nair, "Development of a Generic Trim and Linearization Verification Tool & Advancement of the Extended Pointmass Model", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2014.