West Virginia University Center for Innovation in Space Exploration and Research
Benjamin M. Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Publications

  1. Simulation-To-Flight 1 (STF-1): Automating the Planning, Scheduling, Assessment and Data Processing/Reduction for a Small Satellite, Mark D. Suder, Justin Morris, Scott Zemerick, Matthew D. Grubb, John Lucas
  2. Geletko, D. M., Grubb, M. D., Lucas, J. P., Morris, J. R., Spolaor, M., Suder, M. D., ... & Zemerick, S. A. (2019). NASA Operational Simulator for Small Satellites (NOS3): the STF-1 CubeSat case study. arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.07583.
  3. Morris, J., Zemerick, S., Grubb, M., Lucas, J., Jaridi, M., Gross, J. N., ... & Pachol, M. (2016). Simulation-to-flight (stf-1): A mission to enable cubesat software-based validation and verification, AIAA 2016-1464, Session: Small Satellites - Missions
  4. Morris, J., Zemerick, S., Grubb, M., Lucas, J., Jaridi, M., Gross, J. N., ... & Korakakis, D. (2016). Simulation-to-Flight 1 (STF-1): A Mission to Enable CubeSat Software-based Verification and Validation. In 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting (p. 1464).
  5. Zemerick, S. A., Morris, J. R., & Bailey, B. T. (2013, May). NASA Operational Simulator (NOS) for V&V of complex systems. In Modeling and Simulation for Defense Systems and Applications VIII (Vol. 8752, p. 875205). International Society for Optics and Photonics.
  6. +Atefeh Khoshkhahtinat*, Ali Zafari*, Jeremy A. Grajeda, Piyush M. Mehta, Nasser Nasrabadi, Laura E. Boucheron, Barbara J. Thompson, Daniel da Silva, Michael F. Kirk. Neural-based Video Compression on Solar Dynamics Observatory Images. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic System (TAES), under review, 2023.
  7. +Alfredo Cruz*, Piyush M. Mehta, Steven K. Morley, Humberto C. Godinez. Reduced-Order Probabilistic Emulation of Physics-Based Ring Current Models: Application on RAM-SCB Particle Flux. Space Weather, under review, 2023.
  8. +Ali Zafari*, Atefeh Khoshkhahtinat*, Jeremy A. Grajeda, Piyush M. Mehta, Nasser Nasrabadi, Laura E. Boucheron, Barbara J. Thompson, Daniel da Silva, Michael F. Kirk. Neural-based Compression Scheme for Solar Image Data. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic System (TAES), accepted, 2023.
  9. +Joshua Daniell*, Piyush M. Mehta. Probabilistic Solar Proxy Forecasting with Neural Network Ensembles. Space Weather, e2023SW003675, 21(9), 2023.
  10. +Homayon Aryan, Jacob Bortnik, W. Kent Tobiska, Piyush M. Mehta, Rashmi Siddalingappa*. Enhanced radiation levels at aviation altitudes and their relationship to plasma waves in the inner magnetosphere. Space Weather, accepted, 2023.
  11. +Sean Bruinsma, Thierry Dudok de Wit, Tim Fuller-Rowell, Katherine Garcia-Sage, Piyush M. Mehta, et. al. Thermosphere and Satellite Drag. Advances in Space Research, in-press, 2023.
  12. +Daniel R. Weimer, Piyush M. Mehta, Richard J. Licata*, W. Kent Tobiska. Global Variations in the Time Delays Between Polar Ionospheric Heating and the Neutral Density Response. Space Weather, e2022SW003410, 21(4), 2023.
  13. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta. Reduced Order Probabilistic Emulation for Physics-based Thermosphere Models. Space Weather e2022SW003345, 21(5), 2023.
  14. +Smriti N. Paul*, Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta. Advanced ensemble modeling method for space object state prediction accounting for uncertainty in atmospheric density. Advances in Space Research, 71(6), March 2023, pp. 2535-2549.
  15. +Smriti N. Paul*, Philip L. Sheridan*, Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta. Stochastic modeling of physical drag coefficient – its impact on orbit prediction and space traffic management. Advances in Space Research, 72(4), 2023, pp. 922-939.
  16. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta, Daniel R. Weimer, Douglas P. Drob, W. Kent Tobiska, Jean Yoshii. MSIS-UQ: Calibrated and Enhanced NRLMSIS 2.0 Model with Uncertainty Quantification. Space Weather, e2022SW003267, 20(11), 2022.
  17. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta, Daniel R. Weimer, Douglas P. Drob, W. Kent Tobiska, Jean Yoshii. Science Through Machine Learning: Quantification of Post-Storm Thermosphere Cooling. Space Weather, e2022SW003189, 20(9), 2022.
  18. +Piyush M. Mehta, Smriti N. Paul*, Nicholas H. Crisp, Philip L. Sheridan*, Christian Siemes, Gunther March, Sean Bruinsma. Satellite Drag Coefficient Modeling for Thermosphere Science and Mission Operations. Advances in Space Research, in press, 2022, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.064.
  19. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta. Uncertainty Quantification Techniques for Data-Driven Space Weather Modeling: Thermospheric Density Application. Nature Scientific Reports, 12, 7256 (2022).
  20. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta, W. Kent Tobiska, Snehalata Huzurbazar. Machine-Learned HASDM model with Uncertainty Quantification. Space Weather, 20(4), e2021SW002915, 2022.
  21. +Philip L. Sheridan*, Smriti Nandan Paul*, Guillermo Avedano-Franco, Piyush M. Mehta. Updates and improvements to the satellite drag coefficient response surface modeling toolkit. Advances in Space Research, 69(10), 2022.
  22. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta, Daniel R. Weimer, W. Kent Tobiska. Improved Neutral Density Predictions through Machine Learning enabled Exospheric Temperature Model. Space Weather, e2021SW002918, 19(12), 2021.
  23. +Daniel R. Weimer, W. Kent Tobiska, Piyush M. Mehta, Richard J. Licata*, Douglas Drob. Comparison of a neutral density model with the SET HASDM Database. Space Weather, e2021SW002888, 2021.
  24. +Denny M. Oliviera, Eftyhia Zesta, Piyush M. Mehta, Richard J. Licata*, et. al. The Current State and Future Directions of Modeling Thermosphere Density Enhancements During Extreme Magnetic Storms. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 8, 2021. https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fspas.2021.764144.
  25. +Richard J. Licata*, Piyush M. Mehta, W. Kent Tobiska, Bruce Bowman, Marcin Pilinski. Qualitative and Quantitative Assessment of the SET HASDM Database. Space Weather, e2021SW002798, 19(8), August 2021.
  26. +W. Kent Tobiska, Bruce Bowman, …, Piyush M. Mehta, Richard J. Licata*. The SET HASDM density database. Space Weather, e2020SW002682, 9, 2021.
  27. +Richard J. Licata, W. Kent Tobiska, Piyush M. Mehta. Benchmarking Forecasting Models for Space Weather Drivers. Space Weather, 18(10), 2020.
  28. +Piyush M. Mehta, and Richard Linares. Real-time thermospheric density estimation from satellite position measurements. Journal of Guidance, Control and Dynamics, 43(9), 2020.
  29. +Daniel Weimer, Piyush M. Mehta, et. al. Improving Neutral Density Predictions Using Exospheric Temperatures Calculated on a Geodesic, Polyhedral Grid. Space Weather, 17, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019SW002355.
  30. +Piyush M. Mehta, Richard Linares, and Eric K. Sutton. Data-driven investigation of thermosphere composition during solar minimum conditions. Space Weather, 17, 2019, pp. 1364 – 1379. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019SW002264.
  31. +Kalafatoglu Eyiguler, E. C., Shim, J. S., Kuznetsova, M. M., Kaymaz, Z., Bowman, B. R., Codrescu, M. V., Mehta, P. M., et. al. Quantifying the storm time thermospheric neutral density variations using model and observations. Space Weather, 17, 2019, 269-284. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018SW002033.
  32. Piyush M. Mehta, and Richard Linares. A new transformative framework for data assimilation and calibration of physical ionosphere-thermosphere models. Space Weather, 16(8), 2018, pp. 1086-1100. doi:10.1029/2018SW001875.
  33. Piyush M. Mehta, Richard Linares, and Eric K. Sutton. A quasi-physical reduced order model of thermospheric mass density using modal decomposition. Space Weather, 16 (5), 2018, pp. 569-588. doi:10.1029/2018SW001840.
  34. Piyush M. Mehta, Richard Linares, Andrew Walker. Photometric Data from Non-Resolved Objects for Improved Drag and Re-entry Prediction. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 55(4), 2018, pp. 959-970. doi:10.2514/1.A33825.
  35. Piyush M. Mehta, and Richard Linares. A methodology for reduced order modeling and calibration of the upper atmosphere. Space Weather, 15(10), 2017, pp. 1270-1287. doi:10.1002/2017SW001642.
  36. Piyush M. Mehta, Andrew C. Walker, Eric K. Sutton, and Humberto C. Godinez. New density estimates derived using accelerometers on-board the CHAMP and GRACE satellites. Space Weather, 15, 558-576, doi:10.1002/2016SW001562.
  37. Piyush M. Mehta, Martin Kubicek, Edmondo Minisci, and Massimiliano Vasile. Sensitivity Analysis and Probabilistic Re-entry Modeling for Debris using High Dimensional Model Representation based Uncertainty Treatment. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 59, No.1, 2016, pp. 193-211.
  38. Piyush M. Mehta, Andrew Walker, Earl Lawrence, Richard Linares, Dave Higdon, and Josef Koller. Modeling Satellite Drag Coefficients with Response Surfaces. Advances in Space Research, Vol. 54, No. 8, 2014, pp.1590-1607.
  39. Piyush M. Mehta, Craig A. McLaughlin, and Eric K. Sutton. A Drag Coefficient Model for GRACE developed using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo. Advances in Space Research, Vol 52, No. 12, 2013, pp. 2035-2051.
  40. Andrew Walker, Piyush M. Mehta, and Josef Koller. Drag Coefficient Model using the Cercignani-Lampis-Lord Gas-Surface Interaction Model. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 5, 2014, pp. 1544-1563.
  41. Andrew Walker, Piyush M. Mehta, and Josef Koller. Different Implementations of Diffuse Reflection with Incomplete Accommodation for Drag Coefficient Modeling. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 5, 2014, pp. 1522-1532.
  42. Piyush M. Mehta, Andrew Walker, Craig A. McLaughlin, and Josef Koller. Comparing Physical Drag Coefficients Computed with Direct Simulation Monte Carlo using different Gas-Surface Interaction Models”. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 51, No. 3, 2014, pp. 873-883.

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