Scholar
Thomas Stastny
Google Scholar ID: R5Fs1A4AAAAJ
ETH Zurich
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,315
H-index
18
i10-index
27
Publications
20
Co-authors
15
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published multiple papers on topics such as VTOL tilt-wing UAV control, nonlinear model predictive control, and VTOL tailsitter UAV control; led or participated in innovative projects like the first-ever autonomous, BVLOS, solar-powered flights of a UAV in a polar region.
Research Experience
- Involved in several projects including GNSS monitoring station deployment on Gorner Glacier, solar-powered UAV glacier monitoring in Greenland, development of wind-aware guidance logic for small long-range fixed-wing UAVs, and controller design for VTOL tilt-wing UAVs among others.
Education
- Completed a PhD in Robotics at ETH Zürich (Summer 2020) under Prof. Roland Siegwart; earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas, USA, with NSF-funded master’s work on developing radar-integrated UAVs for ice sheet thickness measurement in Antarctica; spent one semester abroad studying within the Systems & Control Master’s program at TU Delft, Netherlands.
Background
- Aerial-robotics researcher. Currently a Senior Researcher at the Autonomous Systems Lab (ASL) at ETH Zürich, Switzerland, with research interests spanning design, system identification, state estimation, control, and planning for fixed-wing and hybrid VTOL aerial robots. Passionate about enabling safe, reliable, and useful autonomous aerial-robotic operations in remote settings.
Miscellany
- Passionate about fieldwork, having deployed UAVs to the Arctic, Antarctic, Brazilian Amazon, and Swiss/Italian Alps.
