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D-Index
33
Citations
6065
World Ranking
2970
National Ranking
1012

Michael A. Bolender 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 Michael A. Bolender sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 659+

This scientist: 102 publications — 7th percentile

7% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Michael A. Bolender 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 Michael A. Bolender sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 93+

This scientist: 33 D-Index — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Michael A. Bolender is affiliated with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Engineering and Computer Science, with a focus on Control and Systems Engineering and Artificial Intelligence among other subfields.

The scientist's work encompasses multiple specialized subfields within these disciplines, including Control and Systems Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Aerospace Engineering, and Statistical and Nonlinear Physics.

Key research topics addressed by Michael A. Bolender include:

  • Adaptive Control of Nonlinear Systems
  • Robotic Path Planning Algorithms
  • Fault Detection and Control Systems
  • Control Systems and Identification
  • Model Reduction and Neural Networks
  • Neural Networks and Applications
  • Advanced Numerical Methods in Computational Mathematics

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Michael A. Bolender are:

  • A Class of High Order Tuners for Adaptive Systems, 2020, IEEE Control Systems Letters
  • Accelerated Learning with Robustness to Adversarial Regressors, 2020, arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Adaptive Flight Control in the Presence of Limits on Magnitude and Rate, 2022, IEEE Access
  • Fast Parameter Convergence in Adaptive Flight Control, 2020, AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
  • Adaptive control of a UAV with continuously time varying center of gravity, 2022, IFAC-PapersOnLine

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Joseph E. Gaudio
  • Anuradha M. Annaswamy
  • Eugene Lavretsky
  • Travis E. Gibson
  • Shraddha Barawkar

The scientist's work appears regularly in several publication venues such as IEEE Control Systems Letters, IFAC-PapersOnLine, Aerospace Science and Technology, IEEE Access, and the AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum.

Best Publications

  • Control-Oriented Modeling of an Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    Jason T. Parker;Andrea Serrani;Stephen Yurkovich;Michael A. Bolender

  • Nonlinear Longitudinal Dynamical Model of an Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    Michael A. Bolender;David B. Doman

  • Nonlinear Robust Adaptive Control of Flexible Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicles

    Lisa Fiorentini;Andrea Serrani;Michael A. Bolender;David B. Doman

  • Robust Linear Output Feedback Control of an Airbreathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    David O. Sigthorsson;Pete Jankovsky;Andrea Serrani;Stephen Yurkovich

  • Control Allocation for Over-actuated Systems

    Michael W. Oppenheimer;David B. Doman;Michael A. Bolender

  • A Non-Linear Model for the Longitudinal Dynamics of a Hypersonic Air-breathing Vehicle

    Michael A. Bolender;David B. Doman

  • Reference Command Tracking for a Linearized Model of an Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    Kevin P. Groves;David O. Sigthorsson;Andrea Serrani;Stephen Yurkovich

  • An Aerothermal Flexible Mode Analysis of a Hypersonic Vehicle

    Trevor Williams;Michael Bolender;David Doman;Oscar Morataya

  • An overview on dynamics and controls modelling of hypersonic vehicles

    Michael A. Bolender

  • NONLINEAR ROBUST/ADAPTIVE CONTROLLER DESIGN FOR AN AIR- BREATHING HYPERSONIC VEHICLE MODEL (PREPRINT)

    Lisa Fiorentini;Andrea Serrani;Michael A. Bolender;David B. Doman

  • Nonlinear Control Allocation Using Piecewise Linear Functions

    Michael A. Bolender;David B. Doman

  • Approximate feedback linearization of an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle

    Jason T. Parker;Andrea Serrani;Stephen Yurkovich;Michael A. Bolender

  • A Flexible Hypersonic Vehicle Model Developed with Piston Theory

    Michael Oppenheimer;Torstens Skujins;Michael Bolender;David Doman

  • Anti-Windup Control for an Air-Breathing Hypersonic Vehicle Model

    Kevin P. Groves;Andrea Serrani;Stephen Yurkovich;Michael A. Bolender

  • Flight Path Angle Dynamics of Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicles

    Michael A Bolender;David B Doman

  • Rigid Multi-Body Equations-of-Motion for Flapping Wing MAVs Using Kane's Equations

    Michael Bolender

  • Effects of Unsteady and Viscous Aerodynamics on the Dynamics of a Flexible Air-breathing Hypersonic Vehicle

    Michael Bolender;Michael Oppenheimer;David Doman

  • Tracking Control for an Overactuated Hypersonic Air-Breathing Vehicle with Steady State Constraints (PREPRINT)

    David O Sigthorsson;Andrea Serrani;Stephen Yurkovieh;Michael A Bolender

  • Robust nonlinear sequential loop closure control design for an air-breathing hypersonic vehicle model

    L. Fiorentini;A. Serrani;M.A. Bolender;D.B. Doman

  • Combined Reference Governor and Anti-windup Design for Constrained Hypersonic Vehicles Models

    Alicia Zinnecker;Andrea Serrani;Michael A. Bolender;David B. Doman

  • A Flexible Hypersonic Vehicle Model Developed With Piston Theory (Preprint)

    Michael W. Oppenheimer;Torstens Skujins;David B. Doman;Michael A. Bolender

  • An Aerothermal Flexible Mode Analysis of a Hypersonic Vehicle (Postprint)

    Trevor Williams;Michael A. Bolender;David B. Bowman;Oscar Morataya

Frequent Co-Authors

David B. Doman
David B. Doman United States Air Force Research Laboratory
Andrea Serrani
Andrea Serrani The Ohio State University
Eugene Lavretsky
Eugene Lavretsky Boeing (United States)
Stephen Yurkovich
Stephen Yurkovich The University of Texas at Dallas
John Valasek
John Valasek Texas A&M University
James F. Driscoll
James F. Driscoll University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Carlos E. S. Cesnik
Carlos E. S. Cesnik University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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