Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bierling

Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bierling

E-mail:t.bierling@tum.de

Research Interests

  • Flight Control
  • Nonlinear Adaptive Control
  • Modeling and Simulation

Lectures

  • Betreuung Vorlesung Nonlinear Adaptive Control: SS12
  • Skripterstellung zur Vorlesung Nonlinear Adaptive Control

Publications

  • Bierling T., Mühlegg M., Holzapfel F., Maier R.,
    • "Reference Model Modification for Robust Performance Conservation of Model Reference Adaptive Controllers", AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, Boston, 2013 (submitted for review)
  • Bierling T., Höcht L., Merkl C., Holzapfel F., Maier R.,
    • "Similarities of Hedging and L1 Adaptive Control", CEAS EuroGNC Conference, Delft, 2013 (accepted)
  • Bierling T., Höcht L., Holzapfel F., Maier R., Wildschek A.,
    • "Comparative Analysis of MRAC Architectures in a Unified Framework", AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, Toronto, 2010
  • Geiser M., Xargay E., Hovakimyan N., Bierling T., Holzapfel F.,
    • "L1 Adaptive Augmented Dynamic Inversion Controller for a High Agility UAV", AIAA Guidance Navigation and Control Conference, Portland, 2011
  • Baur S., Annaswamy A., Bierling T., Höcht L., Holzapfel F.,
    • "Adaptive Control of a High Agility Model Airplane in the Presence of Severe Structural Damage and Failures", CEAS: Conference on Guidance Navigation and Control, München, 2011
  • Wang J., Bierling T., Höcht L., Holzapfel F., Klose S., Knoll A.,
    • "Novel Dynamic Inversion Architecture Design for Quadrocopter Control," CEAS: Conference on Guidance Navigation and Control, München 2011
  • Achtelik M., Bierling T., Höcht L., Wang J., Holzapfel F.,
    • "Adaptive Control of a Quadcopter in the Presence of large/complete Parameter Uncertainties," AIAA infotech@Aerospace, 2011
  • Wang J., Bierling T., Achtelik M., Höcht L., Holzapfel F., Zhao W., Go T.H.,
    • "Singularity Free Dynamic Inversion Control of a Quadcopter," AIAA infotech@Aerospace, 2011

Student Theses Supervised

Diploma Theses / Master Theses

  • Schatz S., "Constrained adaption with steady-state and transient performance guarantees", Master Thesis, November 2012
  • Mühlegg M., "Development of Concurrent Learning Adaptive Path Controller for Generic Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle", Diplomarbeit, Juni 2012
  • Goldenberg F., "Design and Development of an Emergency Automatic Pilot for the Hydroptere", Diplomarbeit, Februar 2011
  • Baur S., "Simulation and Adaptive Control of a High Agaility Model Airplane in the Presence of Severe Structural Damage and Failures", Diplomarbeit, December 2010
  • Achtelik M., "Nonlinear and Adaptive Control of a Quadrocopter", Diplomarbeit, July 2010
  • Gmati A., "Comparative Study on FXLMS and Armarkov Algorithms for Active Vibration Control with Application to Satellites", Diplomarbeit, December 2009
  • Filippi M., "L1 Adaptive-Control and Model-Reference-Adaptive-Control: Simulation, Analysis, Evaluation", Diplomarbeit, December 2009
  • Surinowitsch S., "Model Based Development of an Adaptive Flight Controller with Focus on Safety Critical Software Development according to DO 178-B", Diplomarbeit, December 2009

Semester Theses / Bachelor Theses

  • Schatz S., "Quadcopter Rate, Attitude and Position Control - MRAC and Dynamic Inversion Approaches", Bachelor Thesis, April 2012
  • Geiser M., "L1 Adaptive Control of a High Agility UAV with a Large Number of Control Devices", Semesterarbeit, Februar 2011
  • Knoblauch M., "Adaptive Attitude Control of a Quadrocopter in the Presence of Input Saturation", Semesterarbeit, November 2010
  • Mühlegg M., "Nonlinear Dynamic Inversion Approach with Background Learning Based Neural Network Adaptive Augmentation", Semesterarbeit, September 2010
  • Wei D. T., "Model Reference Adaptive Control for SISO-Systems", Semesterarbeit, August 2010
  • Raffler T., "Aufbau eines UAV-Erprobungsträgers für die Flugregelung, sowie Implementierung und Flugtests linearer Reglerstrukturen", Semesterarbeit, December 2009