Mostafa Hassanalian

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1. 
   Learning Quadruped Walking Without Contact Models or Force Sensors

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Duc Thien An Nguyen, Mostafa Hassanalian

2. 
   Sensing and Hazard Detection in Autonomous Mine Rescue

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian

3. 
   Advancements in Flapping Wing Drone Technology and Wildlife Observation Via Taxidermy

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian

4. 
   Autonomous Deployment of Solar-Powered Drone Vertiports on Mars: Parachute-Assisted Landing, Terrain Hazard Detection, and Self-Leveling Infrastructure

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian

5. 
   Aerodynamic Performance of Micro flyers Inspired by Dandelion Seed Morphology

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Gifty Quayson, Mostafa Hassanalian

6. 
   Bee-Inspired Electric Field Guidance for Reliable Drone Landing

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian , Kofi Mensah

7. 
   Thermally Induced Buoyancy as a Passive Lift Mechanism in Dandelion Seed Dispersal

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian

8. 
   Mechanical Coiled Linear Actuator for Versatile Needs (MCLAVN)

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian

9. 
   Egg-Inspired Deployable Environmental Sensors for Autonomous Multi-Agent Path Planning for UAV and UGV Systems

   Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

   Mostafa Hassanalian

10. 
    Real-Time Digital Twin Technology for Environmental Monitoring and Risk Prediction in Mines

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

11. 
    Design and Experimental Validation of a Next-Generation Coaxial Monocopter

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Duc Thien An Nguyen, Mostafa Hassanalian

12. 
    Black-Tipped Wing Alignment in V-Formation: Aerodynamic Implications for Avian Flight Efficiency

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Gifty Quayson, Mostafa Hassanalian

13. 
    Aerodynamic Impacts of Black-Tipped Wing Coloration on Avian Flight Efficiency: A Bio-Inspired Study

    Article • January 2026, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

14. 
    Swimming Robotic Taxidermy Duck for Wildlife Monitoring: Development and Initial Testing

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Sean Goodyear

15. 
    CFD Analysis and Design Optimization of Dandelion-Inspired Flying Sensors for Remote Sensing in Inaccessible Environments

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Gifty Quayson

16. 
    How Internal Weight Shifts Can Control a Coaxial Rotor Drone

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Duc Thien An Nguyen

17. 
    How a Drone Learns to Fly by Moving Its Internal Weights.

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Duc Thien An Nguyen

18. 
    Teaching Airships to Fly Themselves: Using AI and Physics to Control Flight Smoothly and Safely.

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Duc Thien An Nguyen

19. 
    Implementing Multi-Core Algorithms on Single Chip Computers for Low-Cost Fixed-Wing UAV Swarming

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

20. 
    Design and Aerodynamic Analysis of a Novel 4+2 Retractable-Rotor VTOL UAV

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

21. 
    Optimal Altitude Determination for a Flying Drone in an Underground Mine Environment

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

22. 
    Bio-Inspired Capsule and Dynamic Base Design for Sustainable Drone Vertiport

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

23. 
    Path Planning for Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicles in Underground Mining

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

24. 
    Motion Analysis of a Bacterial Flagella-Inspired Robot in Underwater Planetary Exploration

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

25. 
    Numerical Comparison of Propulsion Configurations for Stratospheric Airships: Stabilization and Control Effort

    Article • July 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Dr. Carlo E.D. Riboldi

26. 
    Assessing the Feasibility of Electric Airships on Mars

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

27. 
    April-Tag Detection via Deep Learning CNN Models

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

28. 
    Bacterial Flagella-Inspired Robotics for Subsurface Ocean Exploration on Oceanic Worlds

    Article • January 2025, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

29. 
    Sustainable and Portable Vertiports Enabling Autonomous Drone Swarm Inspection in the Oil and Gas Industry

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

30. 
    A Structured Approach to Optimal Airship Design

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

31. 
    Egg Shaped Environmental Sensors to Aid Robot Navigation and Rescue Efforts

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Sean Goodyear

32. 
    Analyzing the Physiological Effects of Cybersickness Onset by Virtual Reality Headsets

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

33. 
    Enhancing Mars Rover Power Generation With Nitinol Shape Memory Alloy Motors

    Article • July 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Amin Weinman

34. 
    Airship Flight Model Creation: A Computational Approach for High Altitude Pseudo-Satellites (HAPS)

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Ahmed Aboelezz, Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

35. 
    Dandelion-Inspired Micro Flying Sensors for the Martian Lava Tubes Exploration

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Alexander Heusser

36. 
    Load Distribution on “V” and Echelon Formation Flight of Flapping-Wings

    Article • January 2024, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Ahmed Aboelezz, Mostafa Hassanalian , Brenden Herkenhoff , Joseph Martinez-Ponce

37. 
    Potential Applications and Integration of Ground Effects on Amphibious Drones: Shearwaters and Bioinspiration

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

38. 
    Dynamical Modeling of a Golden Wheel Spider-Inspired Rolling Robot for Planetary Exploration

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Rodrigo Cervantes

39. 
    Experimental Design for Studying Penguin Huddling: Bioinspiration and Energy Management for Space Infrastructure

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

40. 
    Managing the Vortices on the aerostructures with Riblets Oscillating by Liquid Metal Actuators in the Laminar Flows

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

41. 
    A Discussion of the Design and Development of an Intrinsically Safe Drone for Underground Mining Applications

    Article • June 2022, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Ahmed Aboelezz

42. 
    Investigation of Energy Harvesting Mechanisms for a Titan Drone

    Article • November 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

43. 
    Unmanned Launching & Landing Rover (ULLR) for Moon and Martian Missions on Ice-Caps

    Article • November 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

44. 
    Design and Prototyping of Bioinspired Jumping Robot for Lunar Exploration

    Article • November 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

45. 
    Aerodynamic Analysis of Manta Ray Inspired Fixed and Flapping-Wing Drones for High Altitude Venus Exploration

    Article • November 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

46. 
    Bioinspired Concepts for Potential Martian Habitats Design and Exploration

    Article • November 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Brenden Herkenhoff , Mostafa Hassanalian

47. 
    Solar UAV for the Inspection and Monitoring of Photovoltaic (PV) Systems in Solar Power Plants

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

48. 
    Drones for Venus Exploration: Energy Harvesting Mechanisms and Thermal-based Flight Control

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Brenden Herkenhoff

49. 
    Design and Fabrication of Electromagnetic Attachment Mechanism for a Hybrid Drone for Mars Exploration

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

50. 
    Energy Harvesting Mechanisms for a Solar Photovoltaic Plant Monitoring Drone: Thermal Soaring and Bioinspiration

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

51. 
    Design and Manufacturing of a Bioinspired Spider Rolling Robot for Mars Exploration

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

52. 
    Heated Boundary Layer and Aerodynamic Efficiency of Airfoils: Birds Coloration and Bioinspiration

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Ahmed Aboelezz

53. 
    Design and Prototyping a Butterfly-Inspired Flapping-Wing MAV: Novel Applications of Drones for Met Gala Fashion Event

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

54. 
    Design and Optimization of an Encased Drone for Underground Mining Applications

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

55. 
    Insight into Color Effects of Migratory Monarch Butterflies on Their Flight Performance

    Article • January 2021, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

56. 
    Design of a Hybrid Detachable Amphibious Drone for Monitoring Marine Environment

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Brenden Herkenhoff

57. 
    Examination of Explosives in Martian Atmospheric Conditions

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

58. 
    Thermal Effects of Penguins' Colors on Their Swimming Efficiency: Possibility of a New Generation of Biologically Inspired Systems

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

59. 
    Energy Harvesting Techniques for Hybrid Amphibious Drones in the Marine Environment

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Brenden Herkenhoff

60. 
    Drones as a Driving Force for Smart Towns: Technology and Accessibility

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

61. 
    Adaptive Formation Flight of Fixed-Wing Cooperative Swarming Drones: Analytical Study and Aerodynamic Analysis

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

62. 
    Power Analysis of Fixed-Wing UAVs for Titan Exploration in Various Altitudes

    Article • August 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

63. 
    Applying Least Square Curve Fitting for Extraction the Birds’ Wing Shapes: Flapping Wing MAVs and Kinematic Optimization

    Article • June 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Joseph Martinez-Ponce

64. 
    Conceptual Design of Fueling Mechanism for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle with Harvesting Liquid-Methane Capability on Titan

    Article • June 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

65. 
    Biomimetic and Bioinspired Anti-Predator Drones

    Article • June 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Savannah Bradley, Mostafa Hassanalian

66. 
    Dandelion-Inspired Micro-Rovers: Novel Concept of Extraterrestrial Systems for Mars Exploration

    Article • June 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Savannah Bradley, Mostafa Hassanalian

67. 
    Flight Pattern Formations and Their Effects on Drag: Experimental Study and Flow Visualization

    Article • June 2020, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

68. 
    Particle Swarm Optimization for Wireless Charging of Swarming Drones through Ambient Radio Frequencies

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Savannah Bradley

69. 
    Autonomous Routing and Power Management of Drones in GPS-Denied Environments through Dijkstra Algorithm

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

70. 
    Harvesting Energy by Base Excitations of Troops’ Backpacks for Charging Drones

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Bilal Majeed

71. 
    Performance Enhancement of an External Compression Intake by the Boundary Layer Suction

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Javad Sepahi-Younsi, Mostafa Hassanalian , Safa Esmaeili, Victoria Pellerito

72. 
    Performance Analysis of a Bioinspired Albatross Airfoil with Heated Top Wing Surface: Experimental Study

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Farhad Sabri, Victoria Pellerito, Ahmad Sedaghat

73. 
    Energy Saving of Echelon Flocking Northern bald ibises with Variable wingtips spacing: Possibility of New Swarming for Drones

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Savannah Bradley

74. 
    Energy Conservation of V-Shaped Flocking Canada Geese through Leader and Tail Switching

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

75. 
    Drone-Station Matching in Smart Cities through Hungarian Algorithm: Power Minimization and Management

    Article • August 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian , Savannah Bradley

76. 
    Cellular Phone Loaded Network Field Test Using Swarming Drones: Replacing Drive Test and Particle Swarm Optimization

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

77. 
    Drone Stations in Airports for Runway and Airplane Inspection Using Image Processing Techniques

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

78. 
    Surface Temperature Effects of Solar Panels of Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Flight Performance

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Sina Mohammadi, Mostafa Hassanalian

79. 
    Design and Analysis of a High Pressure and High Temperature Fixed Wing Space Drone for Venus Exploration

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

80. 
    Performance Enhancement and Load Balancing of Swarming Drones through Position Reconfiguration

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Mostafa Hassanalian

81. 
    Cleaning Mechanisms for Solar Panels of Rovers and Other Extraterrestrial Unmanned Vehicles

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Michael Ward, Mostafa Hassanalian

82. 
    Insight into the Thermal Effects of Aquatic Animal Colors on their Skin Friction Drag

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Sina Mohammadi, Mostafa Hassanalian

83. 
    Feasibility Assesment of Using Hydrokinetic Turbine in Golden Gate Strait

    Article • June 2019, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

    Sina Mohammadi, Mostafa Hassanalian