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D-Index
31
Citations
4217
World Ranking
3286
National Ranking
1116

Maruthi R. Akella publication distribution in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maruthi R. Akella sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 157 publications — 28th percentile

28% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 659 publications or more.

Maruthi R. Akella D-index placement in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Maruthi R. Akella sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 31 D-Index — 6th percentile

6% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 93 D-Index or more.

Overview

Maruthi R. Akella is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Engineering, with a strong focus on Aerospace Engineering and Control and Systems Engineering. Additional areas of study include Astronomy and Astrophysics, Artificial Intelligence, and Computational Mechanics.

Their main research topics encompass a range of subjects related to spacecraft and control systems. Notable topics include:

  • Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Space Satellite Systems and Control
  • Inertial Sensor and Navigation
  • Guidance and Control Systems
  • Astro and Planetary Science
  • Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks

Maruthi R. Akella has published extensively in several key venues, including:

  • Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine
  • AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences

Some recent publications by Maruthi R. Akella and colleagues are:

  • Real-Time, Flight-Ready, Non-Cooperative Spacecraft Pose Estimation Using Monocular Imagery, 2021, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Real-Time Image-Based Relative Pose Estimation and Filtering for Spacecraft Applications, 2023, Journal of Aerospace Information Systems
  • QuateRA: The Quaternion Regression Algorithm, 2020, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
  • Feedback Strategies for Hypersonic Pursuit of a Ground Evader, 2022, 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO)
  • Multistage Stabilized Continuation for Indirect Optimal Control of Three-Dimensional Hypersonic Trajectories, 2022, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Siddarth Kaki
  • Mihir Vedantam
  • Efstathios Bakolas
  • IEEE Aess
  • Judith Space

Best Publications

  • Non-Gaussian error propagation in orbital mechanics

    John L. Junkins;Maruthi R. Akella;Kyle T. Alfriend

  • Globally stabilizing saturated attitude control in the presence of bounded unknown disturbances

    Robert James Wallsgrove;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Probability of Collision Between Space Objects

    Maruthi R. Akella;Kyle T. Alfriend

  • Coordinated Standoff Tracking of Moving Targets: Control Laws and Information Architectures

    Tyler H. Summers;Maruthi R. Akella;Mark J. Mears

  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Attitude Motions Realizing Linear Closed Loop Dynamics

    Hanspeter Schaub;Maruthi R. Akella;John L. Junkins

  • Probability of Collision Error Analysis

    Kyle T. Alfriend;Maruthi R. Akella;Joseph Frisbee;James L. Foster

  • Rigid body attitude tracking without angular velocity feedback

    Maruthi R. Akella

  • High-Performance Spacecraft Adaptive Attitude-Tracking Control Through Attracting-Manifold Design

    Dongeun Seo;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Adaptive Attitude-Tracking Control of Spacecraft with Uncertain Time-Varying Inertia Parameters

    Divya Thakur;Sukumar Srikant;Maruthi R Akella

  • Velocity-Free Attitude Controllers Subject to Actuator Magnitude and Rate Saturations

    Maruthi R. Akella;Agustin Valdivia;Gnana R. Kotamraju

  • Nonlinear Adaptive Control of Spacecraft Maneuvers

    John L. Junkins;Maruthi R. Akella;Rush D. Robinett

  • Safety Control for Spacecraft Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Under Motion Constraints

    Hongyang Dong;Qinglei Hu;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Anti-Unwinding Attitude Control of Spacecraft with Forbidden Pointing Constraints

    Qinglei Hu;Biru Chi;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Dual-Quaternion-Based Spacecraft Autonomous Rendezvous and Docking Under Six-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Constraints

    Hongyang Dong;Qinglei Hu;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Non-certainty equivalent adaptive control for robot manipulator systems

    Dongeun Seo;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Differentiator-Free Nonlinear Proportional-Integral Controllers for Rigid-Body Attitude Stabilization

    Kamesh Subbarao;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Unstart Detection in a Simplified-Geometry Hypersonic Inlet-Isolator Flow

    S. Srikant;J. L. Wagner;A. Valdivia;M. R. Akella

  • Separation Property for the Rigid-Body Attitude Tracking Control Problem

    Dongeun Seo;Maruthi Ram Akella

  • Finite-Time Fault-Tolerant Spacecraft Attitude Control with Torque Saturation

    Qinglei Hu;Xiao Tan;Maruthi R. Akella

  • Partial Lyapunov Strictification: Smooth Angular Velocity Observers for Attitude Tracking Control

    Maruthi R. Akella;Divya Thakur;Frédéric Mazenc

  • Partial lyapunov strictification: Smooth angular velocity observers for attitude tracking control

    Divya Thakur;Maruthi R. Akella;Frédérie Mazenc

Frequent Co-Authors

John L. Junkins
John L. Junkins Texas A&M University
Noel T. Clemens
Noel T. Clemens The University of Texas at Austin
Frédéric Mazenc
Frédéric Mazenc CentraleSupélec
Qinglei Hu
Qinglei Hu Beihang University
Hanspeter Schaub
Hanspeter Schaub University of Colorado Boulder
Kyle T. Alfriend
Kyle T. Alfriend Texas A&M University
S. N. Balakrishnan
S. N. Balakrishnan Missouri University of Science and Technology
David B. Doman
David B. Doman United States Air Force Research Laboratory
John Valasek
John Valasek Texas A&M University
John L. Crassidis
John L. Crassidis University at Buffalo, State University of New York

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