Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen
About
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Master thesis proposals 2025:
Super-agile operation of small satellites. Veiledere: Tor Arne Johansen, Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen.
Early warning fault detection for satellite operations based on telemetry. Veiledere: Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Simen Berg, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen.
Semi-controlled re-entry for a satellite using attitude control. Veiledere: Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen. In collaboration with StatSat (Space Norway) for ESA.
System identification of environmental effects for a satellite during re-entry. Veiledere: Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen. In collaboration with StatSat (Space Norway) for ESA.
Mu-analysis for agile satellite attitude control maneuvers. Veiledere: Jan Tommy Gravdahl, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen.
Enabling high-accuracy HYPSO image georeferencing by high-accuracy satellite pose estimation through postprocessing of satelitte sensor data. Veiledere: Torleiv Bryne, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen.
High-accuracy attitude determination of Earth observation satellites. Veiledere: Torleiv Bryne, Bjørn Andreas Kristiansen.
Not finding anything you want to do, or simply want to discuss any of the projects? Contact bjorn.a.kristiansen@ntnu.no.
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Postdoctoral research fellow at the NTNU Small Satellite Lab, working on optimization of satellite operations. Supervisor: Tor Arne Johansen.
Group leader of the ADCS team on the HYPSO mission at the NTNU Small Satellite Lab (2021-present), member of the group and the lab since 2018.
Background
PhD in Engineering Cybernetics from NTNU (2023), thesis with title "Energy and Time Optimal Spacecraft Attitude Control and Operations". The work was supervised by Professor Jan Tommy Gravdahl and Professor Tor Arne Johansen. The defense was held on December 7 2023 with an assessment committe consisting of Professor Rafał Wiśniewski (1st opponent, Aalborg Universitet), Dr. Rune Schlanbusch (2nd opponent, NORCE), and Professor Annette Stahl (administrator, NTNU).
Affiliation during PhD: Norwegian Center of Excellence - Centre for Autonomous Marine Operations and Systems (NTNU AMOS), 2019-2023.
Research assistant in TTK4100 Computerized Control, Introduction, fall 2020 through fall 2023.
Master of Science in Cybernetics and Robotics, NTNU, 2014-2019. Specialization in Autonomous systems.
Reviewed papers for
Journals:
- Automatica
- IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (IEEE TAC)
- IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology (IEEE TCST)
- IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (IEEE TAES)
- IEEE Control Systems Letters (L-CSS)
- Nonlinear Dynamics
Conferences:
- IEEE CCTA
- American Control Conference (ACC)
Publications
2024
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Gros, Sebastien Nicolas;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2024)
Energy Optimal Attitude Control and Task Execution for a Solar-Powered Spacecraft.
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Academic article
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Remman, Sindre Benjamin;
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Lekkas, Anastasios M..
(2024)
Deep Reinforcement Learning Behavioral Mode Switching Using Optimal Control Based on a Latent Space Objective.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Langer, Dennis David;
Garrett, Joseph Landon;
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Bakken, Sivert;
Berg, Simen;
Birkeland, Roger.
(2024)
Agile Maneuvers for Push-Broom Imaging Satellites.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Academic article
2023
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Langer, Dennis David;
Garrett, Joseph Landon;
Berg, Simen;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2023)
Accuracy of a slew maneuver for the HYPSO-1 hyperspectral imaging satellite — in-orbit results.
Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing, Evolution in Remote Sensing
Academic article
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Gros, Sebastien Nicolas;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2023)
Energy optimal attitude control of a satellite actuated by magnetorquers in minimum time.
IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
Academic article
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy.
(2023)
Maximum Hands-Off Attitude Control of a Spacecraft Actuated by Thrusters.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2023)
Energy and Time Optimal Spacecraft Attitude Control and Operations.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral theses at NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
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Bakken, Sivert;
Henriksen, Marie Bøe;
Birkeland, Roger;
Langer, Dennis David;
Oudijk, Adriënne Esmeralda;
Berg, Simen.
(2023)
HYPSO-1 CubeSat: First Images and In-Orbit Characterization.
Remote Sensing
Academic article
2022
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Schaanning, Sigrid Kjønnø;
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy.
(2022)
Maximum Hands-Off Attitude Control.
American Control Conference (ACC)
Academic article
2021
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2021)
Energy optimal attitude control for a solar-powered spacecraft.
European Journal of Control
Academic article
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Grøtte, Mariusz Eivind;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy.
(2021)
Quaternion-Based Generalized Super-Twisting Algorithm for Spacecraft Attitude Control.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
Journal publications
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Gros, Sebastien Nicolas;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2024)
Energy Optimal Attitude Control and Task Execution for a Solar-Powered Spacecraft.
IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology
Academic article
-
Langer, Dennis David;
Garrett, Joseph Landon;
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Bakken, Sivert;
Berg, Simen;
Birkeland, Roger.
(2024)
Agile Maneuvers for Push-Broom Imaging Satellites.
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Academic article
-
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Langer, Dennis David;
Garrett, Joseph Landon;
Berg, Simen;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2023)
Accuracy of a slew maneuver for the HYPSO-1 hyperspectral imaging satellite — in-orbit results.
Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing, Evolution in Remote Sensing
Academic article
-
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Gros, Sebastien Nicolas;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2023)
Energy optimal attitude control of a satellite actuated by magnetorquers in minimum time.
IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
Academic article
-
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy.
(2023)
Maximum Hands-Off Attitude Control of a Spacecraft Actuated by Thrusters.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
-
Bakken, Sivert;
Henriksen, Marie Bøe;
Birkeland, Roger;
Langer, Dennis David;
Oudijk, Adriënne Esmeralda;
Berg, Simen.
(2023)
HYPSO-1 CubeSat: First Images and In-Orbit Characterization.
Remote Sensing
Academic article
-
Schaanning, Sigrid Kjønnø;
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy.
(2022)
Maximum Hands-Off Attitude Control.
American Control Conference (ACC)
Academic article
-
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2021)
Energy optimal attitude control for a solar-powered spacecraft.
European Journal of Control
Academic article
-
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Grøtte, Mariusz Eivind;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy.
(2021)
Quaternion-Based Generalized Super-Twisting Algorithm for Spacecraft Attitude Control.
IFAC-PapersOnLine
Academic article
Part of book/report
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Remman, Sindre Benjamin;
Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Lekkas, Anastasios M..
(2024)
Deep Reinforcement Learning Behavioral Mode Switching Using Optimal Control Based on a Latent Space Objective.
IEEE conference proceedings
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
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Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas;
Gravdahl, Jan Tommy;
Johansen, Tor Arne.
(2023)
Energy and Time Optimal Spacecraft Attitude Control and Operations.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral theses at NTNU
Doctoral dissertation
Teaching
Courses
Fall 2020 through fall 2023: Research assistant (vitenskapelig assistent), TTK4100 Computerized Control, Introduction.
Outreach
2024
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LectureBerg, Simen; Sivertsen, Eirik Selnæs; Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Bakken, Sivert; Birkeland, Roger; Chiatante, Corrado. (2024) Eksempler og live-demonstrasjon av noe av det vi kan gjøre med norske mikrosatellitter. luftkrigsskolen Luftmaktseminaret 2024 , Luftkrigsskolen 2024-02-07 - 2024-02-08
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LectureBerg, Simen; Birkeland, Roger; Bakken, Sivert; Chiatante, Corrado; Kristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Langer, Dennis David. (2024) Experiences and data collected from HYPSO-1’s second year in orbit. Aalto University Winter Satellite Workshop 2024 , Aalto University, Espoo, Finland 2024-01-17 - 2024-01-19
2023
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Academic lectureKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy; Gros, Sebastien Nicolas; Johansen, Tor Arne. (2023) Energy optimal attitude control of a satellite actuated by magnetorquers in minimum time. IEEE Control Systems Society 7th IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications , Bridgetown, Barbados 2023-11-01 - 2023-11-01
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Academic lectureKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy. (2023) Maximum Hands-Off Attitude Control of a Spacecraft Actuated by Thrusters. IFAC 22nd IFAC World Congress , Yokohama, Japan 2023-07-10 - 2023-07-10
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PosterKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Langer, Dennis David; Garrett, Joseph Landon; Berg, Simen; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy; Johansen, Tor Arne. (2023) Accuracy of a slew maneuver for the HYPSO-1 hyperspectral imaging satellite — in-orbit results. IEEE 13th Workshop on Hyperspectral Image and Signal Processing: Evolution in Signal Processing , Athens, Greece 2023-11-01 - 2023-11-01
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Academic lectureKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas. (2023) Energy and Time Optimal Spacecraft Attitude Control and Operations. NTNU Doktorgradsforsvar , Disputasrommet, Hovedbygget, NTNU 2023-12-07 - 2023-12-07
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Academic lectureKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas. (2023) Tools and methods for automated agile small-satellite operations: State of the art and future challenges. NTNU Trial lecture as part of doctoral defense , Disputasrommet, Hovedbygget, NTNU 2023-12-07 - 2023-12-07
2021
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Academic lectureKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy; Johansen, Tor Arne. (2021) Energy optimal attitude control for a solar-powered spacecraft. European Control Conference 2021 , Rotterdam (virtuelt) 2021-06-29 - 2021-07-02
2020
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Academic lectureKristiansen, Bjørn Andreas; Grøtte, Mariusz Eivind; Gravdahl, Jan Tommy. (2020) Quaternion-Based Generalized Super-Twisting Algorithm for Spacecraft Attitude Control. IFAC World Congress , Berlin (Virtuelt) 2020-07-11 - 2020-07-17