Greg Droge

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Assistant Professor


Greg  Droge

Contact Information

Office Location: EL 148
Phone: 435-797-8310
Email: greg.droge@usu.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, (System and Control), Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014
Behavior-based Model Predictive Control for Networked Multi-agent Systems
MS, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012
BS, Electrical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 2009

Awards

Faculty Researcher of the Year, 2024

College of Engineering

Researcher of the year, 2024

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Teacher of the year, 2022

Electrical Engineering Department, USU


Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Smith, T., Akagi, J., Droge, G., Satellite Cluster Flight Using Guidance Trajectory and Model Predictive Control. The Journal of the Astronautical Sciences
  • Mortensen, D., Gunther, J., Droge, G., A Bin Packing Approach to Minimize Charging Cost for Electric Bus Fleets. IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Transactions
  • Mortensen, D., Gunther, J., Droge, G., Whitaker, J., (2023). Cost Minimization for Charging Electric Bus Fleets. World Electric Vehicle Journal
  • Costley, A., Christensen, R., Leishman, R., Droge, G., (2023). Sensitivity of Probability of Radar Detection to Radar State Uncertainty. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • Whitaker, J.W, Droge, G., Hansen, M., Mortensen, D., Gunther, J., (2023). A Network Flow Approach to Battery Electric Bus Scheduling. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Swedeen, J., Droge, G., Christensen, R., (2023). Fillet-based RRT*: A Rapid Convergence Implementation of RRT* for Curvature Constrained Vehicles. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
  • Smith, T., Akagi, J., Droge, G., (2023). Model Predictive Control Switching Strategy for Safe Small Satellite Cluster Formation Flight. Aerospace Systems
  • Cox, S., Humble, J., Andrews, K., Droge, G., A Network Flow Approach for Constellation Planning. Space Mission Planning and Operations
  • Cox, S., Stastny, N., Geller, D.K, Droge, G., Resource-constrained constellation scheduling for rendezvous and servicing operations. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
  • Christensen, R., Droge, G., Leishman, R., (2021). A Closed-loop Linear Covariance Framework for Vehicle Path Planning in an Uncertain Obstacle Field. Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
  • Costley, A., Christensen, R., Leishman, R., Droge, G., Sensitivity of Single-Pulse Radar Detection to Aircraft Pose Uncertainties. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems
  • Costley, A., Christensen, R., Leishman, R., Droge, G., (2021). Analytical Aircraft State and IMU Signal Generator from Smoothed Reference Trajectory. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, doi: 10.1109/TAES.2021.3138037
  • Droge, G., Kawashima, H., Egerstedt, M.B, (2014). Continuous-time proportional-integral distributed optimization for networked systems. Journal of Control and Decision, 1:3, 191--213.

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

Other

  • Droge, G., (2014). Behavior-based model predictive control for networked multi-agent systems. Georgia Institute of Technology *

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

ECE, MAE 5340 - Introduction to Planning and Control for Mobile Robots, Fall 2023
ECE 5345 - Introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), Fall 2023
ECE, MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control, Fall 2023
ECE, MAE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Spring 2023
ECE, MAE 5330 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Spring 2023
ECE, MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control, Fall 2022
, Spring 2022
ECE 5330 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Spring 2022
ECE, MAE 5330 - Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Spring 2022
ECE, MAE 5340 - Introduction to Planning and Control for Mobile Robots, Fall 2021
ECE 5345 - Introduction to the Robot Operating System (ROS), Fall 2021
ECE, MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control, Fall 2021
, Spring 2021
ECE, MAE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Spring 2021
ECE/MAE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Spring 2021
ECE, MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control, Fall 2020
MAE, ECE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control, Fall 2020
ECE/MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Controls, Fall 2020
ECE/MAE 5930 - Mobile Robotics, Fall 2020
Mobile Robotics Lab, Fall 2020
MAE, ECE 5930 - Special Problems, Fall 2020
ECE, MAE 5930 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2020
ECE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Spring 2020
ECE, MAE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Spring 2020
ECE, MAE 6320 - Linear Multivariable Control, Fall 2019
ECE, MAE 5930 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Spring 2019
ECE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Fall 2018
ECE, MAE 7360 - Optimal and Robust Control, Fall 2018

Graduate Students Mentored

Dalton Adam Dayhoff, Electrical & Computer Engr, November 2023
Derek Douglas Redmond, Electrical & Computer Engr, November 2023
Timothy Dodge, Electrical & Computer Engr, May 2023
James Patrick Swedeen, Electrical & Computer Engr, December 2021
Mason Merritt Onkes, Electrical & Computer Engr, December 2021
Matthew Jeffrey Hansen, Electrical & Computer Engr, August 2021
Alexander Brown, Electrical & Computer Engr, April 2020
Justin James Whitaker, Electrical & Computer Engr, December 2019
Tyson Karl Smith, Electrical & Computer Engr, June 2019 - December 2023
Skylar Alan Cox, Electrical & Computer Engr, October 2019 - August 2023
Austin Daniel Costley, Electrical & Computer Engr, November 2021 - December 2022
Konnor Dee Andrews, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2021 - October 2022
Emily Pitts, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2020 - December 2021
Ryan M. Jacobson, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2020 - December 2021
Ryan Joseph Goodman, Electrical & Computer Engr, September 2020 - December 2020
Brian Merrell, Electrical & Computer Engr, December 2018 - August 2020