Pinpoint Landing
Fuel-optimal powered-descent guidance and convex trajectory optimization that bring a vehicle down on the pad, the holy grail of reusability.
Vishvas Gajera
Spacecraft GNC Engineer.
Hi, I'm Vishvas, an engineer working on the guidance, navigation, and control systems that keep spacecraft on course. I started learning physics when I was 12, after becoming fascinated by rockets and interplanetary missions. Wanting to understand how rockets worked led me to explore calculus and the rocket equation, and that interest eventually became my career.
Outside of work, I'm drawn to almost anything that flies. I spend my time paragliding, building and flying RC aircraft, and exploring aerospace engineering wherever it takes me.
Education
Master's in Robotics from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), advised by Andy Ruina
GATE Aerospace 2022 — All India Rank 19
Highlights
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CMG Cluster
Control moment gyroscope clusters for high-agility, momentum-efficient attitude control.
Flexible Spacecraft Dynamics
Attitude & orbit control for flexible-body spacecraft, capturing structural modes and slosh so pointing stays stable under real loads.