Urban Fasel

Lecturer at Imperial College London

Publications


Journal Publications


PySINDy: A comprehensive Python package for robust sparse system identification


Alan A. Kaptanoglu, Brian M. de Silva, Urban Fasel, Kadierdan Kaheman, Andy J. Goldschmidt, Jared Callaham, Charles B. Delahunt, Zachary G. Nicolaou, Kathleen Champion, Jean-Christophe Loiseau, J. Nathan Kutz, Steven L. Brunton

Journal of Open Source Software, vol. 7(69), 2022


Data-driven unsteady aeroelastic modeling for control


Michelle Hickner, Urban Fasel, Aditya G. Nair, Bingni W. Brunton, Steven L. Brunton

AIAA Journal, 2022


Ensemble-SINDy: Robust sparse model discovery in the low-data, high-noise limit, with active learning and control


Urban Fasel, J. Nathan Kutz, Bingni W. Brunton, Steven L. Brunton

Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 2022


FlexWing-ROM: A matlab framework for data-driven reduced-order modeling of flexible wings


Urban Fasel, Nicola Fonzi, Andrea Iannelli, Steven L. Brunton

Journal of Open Source Software, 2022


The balanced mode decomposition algorithm for data-driven LPV low-order models of aeroservoelastic systems


Andrea Iannelli, Urban Fasel, Roy S. Smith

Aerospace Science and Technology, vol. 115, 2021 Jun 31


Concurrent Design and Flight Mission Optimization of Morphing Airborne Wind Energy Wings


Urban Fasel, Paolo Tiso, Dominic Keidel, Paolo Ermanni

AIAA Journal, vol. 59(4), 2021 Jan 10, pp. 1254-1268


Concept Investigation of a Lightweight Composite Lattice Morphing Wing


Dominic Keidel, Urban Fasel, Paolo Ermanni

AIAA Journal, vol. 59(6), 2021 19, pp. 2242-2250


High load carrying structures made from folded composite materials


Arthur Schlothauer, Urban Fasel, Dominic Keidel, Paolo Ermanni

Composite Structures, vol. 250, 2020 Sep 14


Data-driven nonlinear aeroelastic models of morphing wings for control


Nicola Fonzi, Steven L. Brunton, Urban Fasel

Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, vol. 476(2239), 2020 Jun 28


Control Authority of a Camber Morphing Flying Wing


Dominic Keidel, Urban Fasel, Paolo Ermanni

Journal of Aircraft, vol. 57(4), 2020 Jan 26, pp. 603-614


Composite additive manufacturing of morphing aerospace structures


Urban Fasel, Dominic Keidel, Leo Baumann, Giovanni Cavolina, Martin Eichenhofer, Paolo Ermanni

Manufacturing letters, vol. 23, 2019 Nov 31, pp. 85-88


Reduced-order dynamic model of a morphing airborne wind energy aircraft


Urban Fasel, Paolo Tiso, Dominic Keidel, Giulio Molinari, Paolo Ermanni

AIAA Journal, vol. 57(8), 2019 May 11, pp. 3586-3598


Wing twisting by elastic instability: A purely passive approach


Falk Runkel, Urban Fasel, Giulio Molinari, Andres F. Arrieta, Paolo Ermanni

Composite Structures, vol. 206, 2018 Nov 14, pp. 750-761


Aerostructural optimization of a morphing wing for airborne wind energy applications


Urban Fasel, Dominic Keidel, Giulio Molinari, Paolo Ermanni

Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 26(9), 2017 Jul 13


Concurrent design of a morphing aerofoil with variable stiffness bi-stable laminates


Izabela K. Kuder, Urban Fasel, Paolo Ermanni, Andres F. Arrieta

Smart Materials and Structures, vol. 25(11), 2016 Aug 28


Preprints


Convergence of uncertainty estimates in Ensemble and Bayesian sparse model discovery


L. Mars Gao, Urban Fasel, Steven L. Brunton, J. Nathan Kutz

Preprint: arXiv:2301.12649, 2023


The Experimental Multi-Arm Pendulum on a Cart: A Benchmark System for Chaos, Learning, and Control


Kadierdan Kaheman, Urban Fasel, Jason J Bramburger, Benjamin Strom, J Nathan Kutz, Steven L Brunton

Preprint: arXiv:2205.06231, 2022


Doctoral Thesis



Conference Papers


Robust, High-Rate Trajectory Tracking on Insect-Scale Soft-Actuated Aerial Robots with Deep-Learned Tube MPC


Andrea Tagliabue, Yi-Hsuan Hsiao, Urban Fasel, J. Nathan Kutz, Steven L. Brunton, YuFeng Chen, Jonathan P. How

Submitted to ICRA 2023


SINDy with Control: A Tutorial


Urban Fasel, Eurika Kaiser, J. Nathan Kutz, Bingni W. Brunton, Steven L. Brunton

2021 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)


A Balanced Mode Decomposition Approach for Equation-Free Reduced-Order Modeling of LPV Aeroservoelastic Systems


Andrea Iannelli, Urban Fasel, Nivethan Yogarajah, Roy S. Smith

AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum, 2021 10


Reference design and simulation framework of a multi-megawatt airborne wind energy system


Dylan Eijkelhof, Sebastian Rapp, Urban Fasel, Mac Gaunaa, Roland Schmehl

Journal of Physics: Conference Series, vol. 1618, IOP Publishing, 2020, p. 032020


Design and Testing of a Lattice Morphing Wing


Dominic Keidel, Marc Lienhard, Urban Fasel, Paolo Ermanni

Proceedings of the ASME 2020 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, 2020 Oct 3


Flight Control Optimization and Wind Tunnel Validation of a Morphing Flying Wing


Dominic Keidel, Urban Fasel, Giulio Molinari, Paolo Ermanni

AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 2019 6


Aeroservoelastic Optimization of Morphing Airborne Wind Energy Wings


Urban Fasel, Dominic Keidel, Giulio Molinari, Paolo Ermanni

AIAA Scitech 2019 Forum, 2019 6


Experimental validation of a morphing wing for airborne wind energy applications


Dominic Keidel, Urban Fasel, Leo Baumann, Giulio Molinari, Paolo Ermanni

28th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies (ICAST 2017), 2017


Design, Development, and Structural Testing of a Camber-Morphing Flying Wing Airplane


Dominic Keidel, Urban Fasel, Giulio Molinari, Paolo A. Ermanni

Proceedings of the ASME 2017 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems: September 18-20, 2017, Snowbird, Utah, USA, vol. 2, 2017 Oct 8


Video Abstracts


Composite additive manufacturing of morphing aerospace structures


Urban Fasel, Dominic Keidel, Leo Baumann, Giovanni Cavolina, Martin Eichenhofer, Paolo Ermanni

Manufacturing Letters, 2020


Data-driven nonlinear aeroelastic models of morphing wings for control


Urban Fasel, Nicola Fonzi, Steven L. Brunton

Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 2020