Mr. Daniel Doscher Assistant Professor Civil and Mechanical Engineering Center for Applied Engineering daniel.doscher [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Daniel Doscher received his B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and M.S. in Aeronautical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point and works as a Servo Motion Control Engineer in the satellite communications industry. He has conducted research in orbit determination, target tracking, model predictive control, dynamic systems, estimation, and optimization. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Troy NY M.S. Aeronautical Engineering (Guidance/Navigation/Control)B.S. Mechanical Engineering (Mechatronics/Dynamic Systems) Research Interests Control TheoryEstimation OptimizationNumerical Methods Dynamic Systems Current Research Methods in Initial Orbit Determination Automation of Munition Manufacturing Selected Publications Batta N, Doscher D. “Constrained MPC Weight Optimization for Multimode Suspension”. ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control. 7 April 2023. doi:10.1115/1.4062286 Louk J, Salzman M, Kim M, Melendez A, Manjunath P, Doscher D, Bluman J. “Overpressure Effects on Quadcopter Stability from Tank Muzzle Blasts,” AIAA SciTech, January 26 2023. doi:10.2514/6.2023-1732 Batta N, Doscher D. “Model Predictive Control of a Double Stacked Active Suspension System”. ASME IMECE, 16 February 2021. doi:10.1115/IMECE2020-23569 Doscher D. “Angles-Only State Estimation of Orbital Debris for Direct Capture Mechanisms”. AIAA SciTech, 9 January 2020. doi:10.2514/6.2020-1605