UTIAS News

UTAT division launches first satellite into space

On November 11, 2023, U of T Engineering students gathered in the basement of the Sandford Fleming Building — known to many as The Pit — to witness the deployment of HERON Mk. II into space.   The 3U CubeSat satellite, […]

Researchers partner with Siemens Energy to tackle sustainable energy production

U of T Engineering researchers have partnered with Siemens Energy to tackle a key challenge in the energy sector: sustainable energy conversion for propulsion and power generation – such as developing gas turbine engines that can run on sustainable energy […]

Reducing aviation’s CO2 emissions challenging but not impossible

For aviation, the path to reduced climate change impact and eventually net-zero carbon dioxide emissions is clear. We must replace fossil fuels with net-zero energy sources, and improve aircraft energy efficiency. The latter is essential given that future energy sources […]

Faculty Spotlight

Professor C.J. Damaren

Spacecraft Systems and Control Laboratory

Research Focus
• Dynamics and control of spacecraft including orbital, attitude and structural motions of these systems
• Control system design for large structurally flexible robot manipulator systems

Current Projects
• Developing control systems for Solar Sails that use solar radiation pressure as a source of propulsion
• Applying previous research on attitude control using torques produced by Earth’s magnetic fields to structurally flexible spacecraft