Simon Hafner, M.Sc.

Simon Hafner, M.Sc.

Institute of Flight System Dynamics
Technische Universität München
Boltzmannstr. 15
85748 Garching bei München
Germany
Room:MW3602 (floor plan)
Phone:+49 89 289 16572
Fax:+49 89 289 16058
E-mail:simon.hafner@tum.de

Research Interests

  • Flight Control for eVTOL
  • Control Allocation

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]
S. Hafner, S. Myschik, J. Bachler, F. Holzapfel, "Fast Pseudoinverse-Based Control Allocation using a Variant of the Cholesky Decomposition", Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 2025. [doi]
S. Hafner, A. D. Ryals, H. Li, L. Pollini, F. Holzapfel, "Kalman Filter Based Adaptive Control Allocation", in 2024 32nd Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (MED), IEEE. [doi]
S. Hafner, S. Hosseini and F. Holzapfel, "Least Squares Based Adaptive Control Allocation", in 2023 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA). [doi]
S. Hafner, S. Hosseini, X. Fang, F. Holzapfel, "Online Parameter Estimation of the B-Matrix of a Quadcopter in Time- and Frequency-Domain", in Advances in Guidance, Navigation and Control. ICGNC 2022, Singapore: Springer, 2023.
S. Hafner, S. Hosseini and F. Holzapfel, "Excitation Monitoring for Online Parameter Estimation", in AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum. [doi]
F. Anhalt, S. Hafner, "Concept, Implementation, and Performance Comparison of a Particle Filter for Accurate Vehicle Localization Using Road Profile Data", SAE International Journal of Vehicle Dynamics Stability and NVH, vol. 3, 2023, pp. 405-418. [doi]

Supervised Student Theses

S. Lyu, "Improvement and Evaluation of a Flight Test Instrumentation System for a Research sUAS", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
V. Braide Costa, "Evaluation of Solvers for Optimization-based Control Allocation", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2025.
N. Thoma, "Current Sensing for Use in Adaptive Control Allocation and Fault Detection of Electric Motors", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
E. Ekinci, "Development of an Offboard Control at Motor Command Level and Evaluation of its Delays Using a Pixhawk Autopilot and an STM32 Nucleo", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
L. Duarte, "Adaptive Control Augmentation Considering Nonlinear Actuator Effects", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
B. Arslan, "Development of Generic Pitch Axis Flight Control and Control Allocation Algorithms", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2024.
W. Walajah, "Modelling and Testing of Navigational Algorithms of an eVTOL's Flight Control Computer in Simulink", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2023.
N. Thoma, "Implementation and Analysis of Optimization Based Control Allocation Methods", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2023.
D. Mayr, "Design and Implementation of an Adaptive Flight Controller for a Fixed-Wing UAV", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2023.
C. Gleißner, "Run-Time Monitoring of an Adaptive Control Allocation for eVTOL", Thesis, Technische Universität München, Garching, 2023.