Travis Moleski
Education
- Doctor of Philosophy, 红杏视频, Mechanical and Systems Engineering, 2021 - 2025
- Master of Science, 红杏视频, Mechanical Engineering, 2018 - 2021
- Bachelor of Science, 红杏视频, Mechanical Engineering, 2014 - 2018
Research Interests
- GNSS-denied navigation
- Uncrewed autonomous vehicle guidance, navigation, and control
- Trajectory optimization and tracking
- Computer vision
Biography
Dr. Moleski is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Instruction in Mechanical Engineering at 红杏视频. His research has focused on autonomous systems, navigation, guidance, and control, with particular emphasis on localization in GNSS-denied environments and trajectory optimization and tracking for aircraft. Originally from Nelsonville, 红杏视频, Dr. Moleski was a first-generation college student that earned his B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Mechanical and Systems Engineering from 红杏视频. His teaching interests include mechatronics, controls, and autonomous systems. His teaching emphasizes hands-on engineering, computational tools, and the application of fundamental mechanical engineering principles to practical design and experimentation.
Publications
Journal Articles
T. W. Moleski and J. P. Wilhelm, 鈥淓xplicit Quadratic B茅zier Curves for Gradient Vector Field Trajectory Following,鈥 Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, pp. 1鈥12, Nov. 2025. DOI: 10.2514/1.G009220.
M. A. Tonkovich, T. W. Moleski, S. Fayez, A. Wallace, P. Choudhary, and J. P. Wilhelm, 鈥淎utomated Driving System Challenges in Rural Appalachia,鈥 IEEE Open Journal of Intelligent Transportation Systems, vol. 6, pp. 1121鈥1132, 2025. DOI: 10.1109/OJITS.2025.3600966.
M. R. Variny, T. W. Moleski, and J. P. Wilhelm, 鈥淰ariable Aircraft Spacing Quadratic B茅zier Curve Trajectory Planning for Cascading Delay Mitigation,鈥 Aerospace, vol. 12, no. 5, p. 382, 2025. DOI: 10.3390/aerospace12050382.
T. W. Moleski and J. P. Wilhelm, 鈥淭rilateration Positioning Using Hybrid Camera鈥揕iDAR System with Spherical Landmark Surface Fitting,鈥 Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 1213鈥1228, 2022. DOI: 10.2514/1.G006248.
Conference Proceedings
T. W. Moleski and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淚ntegrity Aware Hybrid Camera-LiDAR Trilateration,鈥 in AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 2026. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-0856.
T. W. Moleski and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淔ourier Series Quadratic B茅zier Approximation for Gradient Vector Field Trajectory Following,鈥 in AIAA SCITECH 2026 Forum, 2026. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2026-1864.
T. W. Moleski and J. P. Wilhelm, 鈥淓nhanced Camera-LiDAR Trilateration Using YOLO Detection and RANSAC Ranging,鈥 in Proceedings of the 38th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2025), pp. 1964鈥1974, 2025. Baltimore, MD, USA. DOI: 10.33012/2025.20445.
T. W. Moleski and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淧olynomial Quadratic B茅zier Approximation for Gradient Vector Field Trajectory Following,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2025 Forum, p. 1936, 2025. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2025-1936.
M. Variny, T. W. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淐ascading Delay Mitigation with Quadratic B茅zier Curve Trajectory Planning,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2025 Forum, p. 1545, 2025. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2025-1545.
T. W. Moleski and J. P. Wilhelm, 鈥淗ybrid Camera-LiDAR Trilateration with Lens Distortion Correction,鈥 in Proceedings of the 37th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS+ 2024), pp. 1853鈥1863, 2024. Baltimore, MD, USA. DOI: 10.33012/2024.19875.
M. Variny, T. W. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淎daptive Cruise Control for Small UAS Leader-Follower Formation Flight,鈥 in 2024 Regional Student Conferences, Region I 鈥 North East, 2024. DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-83971.
M. Variny, T. W. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淎daptive Cruise Control for Small UAS Leader-Follower Formation Flight,鈥 in AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum, 2024. DOI: 10.2514/6.2024-0986.
T. W. Moleski, T. Tuttle, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淓ffects of Intercept Point Placement on Clothoid Path Recovery Time After Collision Avoidance,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, p. 2671, 2023. National Harbor, MD, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2023-2671.
R. J. Geng, T. W. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淎rtificial Neural Network Cooperative Localization for Autonomous Systems,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2023 Forum, p. 0109, 2023. National Harbor, MD, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2023-0109.
J. P. Browne, C. Neuhart, T. W. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淢inimal Deviation from Mission Path After Automated Collision Avoidance for Small Fixed-Wing UAVs,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2022 Forum, p. 0275, 2022. San Diego, CA, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2022-0275.
T. W. Moleski and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淓ffects of Velocity and Known Pose Injection Rate on Scan Matching 2D SLAM Accuracy,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum, p. 1582, 2021. Virtual Conference. DOI: 10.2514/6.2021-1582.
T. Tuttle, T. W. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淢ulti-Rotor Path-Following Performance Using Vector Field Guidance and Velocity Control,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2021 Forum, p. 0782, 2021. Virtual Conference. DOI: 10.2514/6.2021-0782.
T. W. Moleski and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淭rilateration Positioning Using Hybrid Camera-LiDAR System,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2020 Forum, p. 0393, 2020. Orlando, FL, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2020-0393.
Y. Zhu, T. Moleski, and J. Wilhelm, 鈥淓valuation of Decay Functions for Vector Field Based Obstacle Avoidance,鈥 in AIAA SciTech 2019 Forum, p. 1058, 2019. San Diego, CA, USA. DOI: 10.2514/6.2019-1058.
Patents
J. P. Wilhelm and T. W. Moleski, 鈥淒etermining position using computer vision, lidar, and trilateration,鈥 May 2025. Patent Number: US12315196B2.