Publications

• Investigation of the Attitude Error Vector Reference Frame in the INS EKF
• Malak Samaan, Stephen R. Steffes and Stephan Theil, "Star Tracker Real-Time Hardware in the Loop Testing Using Optical Star Simulator", 21st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011, AAS 11-260
• Hybrid Navigation System for Spaceplanes, Launch and Re-Entry Vehicles
• Modeling Approach for Analysis and Optimization of a Long-Duration Mars Airplane
• Magel: An Advanced Partially Reusable Launch Architecture Concept
• Flight System Options for a Long-Duration Mars Airplane
• Solar Electric Propulsion Module Concept for the Bifrost Architecture

News Articles

• DLR Institute Spirent Case Study
• dSPACE Magazine article in English and German

Final Projects

• Magel: An Advanced Partially Reusable Launch Architecture Concep (MS Thesis)
• Conceptual Design of a Titan Helicopter and Architecture
• Preliminary Design of an 800 Passenger Airplane (AE8804A ADM I Final Project)
• Pattern Recognition in the CKM Detector (BS Thesis)