2026 Inna Sharf: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	35	2639	2473	115	109	190	5200

Overview

Inna Sharf is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their work encompasses key subfields such as Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Artificial Intelligence.

The scientist's research focuses on topics including Space Satellite Systems and Control, Astro and Planetary Science, Robotic Path Planning Algorithms, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control, Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems, Advanced Control Systems Optimization, and Reinforcement Learning in Robotics.

They have contributed to multiple publications in prominent venues, among which the following are most frequent:

Acta Astronautica
arXiv (Cornell University)
2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
Aerospace Science and Technology
2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS)

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Inna Sharf include:

Simulation and tension control of a tether-actuated closing mechanism for net-based capture of space debris, 2020, Acta Astronautica
Three-spacecraft autonomous orbit determination and observability analysis with inertial angles-only measurements, 2020, Acta Astronautica
Optimal planning for a multiple space debris removal mission using high-accuracy low-thrust transfers, 2020, Acta Astronautica
Distributed orbit determination and observability analysis for satellite constellations with angles-only measurements, 2021, Automatica
Stability-constrained mobile manipulation planning on rough terrain, 2022, Robotica

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

Meyer Nahon
Jad Wehbeh
Ehsan Yousefi
Jiazhi Song
Fares El Tin

Best Publications

Literature survey of contact dynamics modelling

G. Gilardi;Inna Sharf

983
Citations
Contact Stiffness and Damping Estimation for Robotic Systems

D. Erickson;M. Weber;Inna Sharf

258
Citations
Airship dynamics modeling: A literature review

Yuwen Li;Meyer Nahon;Inna Sharf

181
Citations
Sampling-based A* algorithm for robot path-planning

Sven Mikael Persson;Inna Sharf

173
Citations
Adaptive Reactionless Motion and Parameter Identification in Postcapture of Space Debris

Thai Chau Nguyen-Huynh;Inna Sharf

153
Citations
Simulation of Flexible-Link Manipulators With Inertial and Geometric Nonlinearities

Chris Damaren;Inna Sharf

132
Citations
Contact Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Tether Nets for Space-Debris Capture

Eleonora M. Botta;Inna Sharf;Arun K. Misra

128
Citations
PAW: a hybrid wheeled-leg robot

J.A. Smith;I. Sharf;M. Trentini

126
Citations
On the simulation of tether-nets for space debris capture with Vortex Dynamics

Eleonora M. Botta;Inna Sharf;Arun K. Misra;Marek Teichmann

121
Citations
Geometric stiffening in multibody dynamics formulations

Inna Sharf

116
Citations
Validation of Nonlinear Viscoelastic Contact Force Models for Low Speed Impact

Yuning Zhang;Inna Sharf

110
Citations
Parallel O(log N) algorithms for computation of manipulator forward dynamics

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102
Citations
Active Damping of a Large Flexible Manipulator With a Short-Reach Robot

I. Sharf

101
Citations
Dynamics Modeling and Simulation of Flexible Airships

Yuwen Li;Meyer Nahon;Inna Sharf

96
Citations
Multi-Camera Tracking and Mapping for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Unstructured Environments

Adam Harmat;Michael Trentini;Inna Sharf

94
Citations
A constrained error-based MPC for path following of quadrotor with stability analysis

Abolfazl Eskandarpour;Inna Sharf

86
Citations
Ground effect experiments and model validation with Draganflyer X8 rotorcraft

I. Sharf;M. Nahon;A. Harmat;W. Khan

83
Citations
Experiments and simulation of a net closing mechanism for tether-net capture of space debris

Inna Sharf;Benjamin Thomsen;Eleonora M. Botta;Arun K. Misra

81
Citations
GEOMETRICALLY NON‐LINEAR BEAM ELEMENT FOR DYNAMICS SIMULATION OF MULTIBODY SYSTEMS

I. Sharf

73
Citations
A contact force solution for non-colliding contact dynamics simulation

Inna Sharf;Yuning Zhang

72
Citations
Reactionless Path Planning Strategies for Capture of Tumbling Objects in Space Using a Dual-Arm Robotic System

Suril V. Shah;Inna Sharf;Arun Misra

63
Citations
Nonlinear Strain Measures, Shape Functions and Beam Elements for Dynamics of Flexible Beams

I. Sharf

60
Citations
Reactionless capture of a satellite by a two degree-of-freedom manipulator

P. Piersigilli;I. Sharf;A.K. Misra

55
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Meyer Nahon McGill University

Arun K. Misra McGill University

Moshe Shoham Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Ou Ma University of Cincinnati

Gregory Dudek McGill University

Herman Bruyninckx KU Leuven

M. B. Rubin Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

Ioannis Rekleitis University of South Carolina

Jan Swevers KU Leuven

Guy A. Rouleau Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

External Links

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