Andrew L Barth

Andrew Barth is an assistant professor at the University of Cincinnati in the department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics. He received the Ph.D. degree in aerospace engineering in 2024 and the B.S. degree in 1999, both from the University of Cincinnati. His research is conducted as part of the Intelligent Robotics and Autonomous Systems Laboratory and is focused on developing autonomous capabilities for space robotics. Prior to pursuing a Ph.D. and working in the academic sector, he had 15 years of experience in the aerospace industry providing engineering support to NASA on the International Space Station, Hubble Robotic Vehicle, and Orion programs. He was named Certified Principal Engineer for the re-entry guidance performance for the Orion Exploration Flight Test 1 spacecraft. His research interests include guidance, navigation, control design, intelligent robotic systems, and manipulator control through artificial intelligence.

PhD: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, USA, 2024 (Aerospace Engineering)

BS: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, USA, 1999 (Aerospace Engineering)

01-2025 -To Present Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

02-2005 -03-2015 Aeronautical Engineer Staff, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Houston, TX, USA

09-1999 -01-2005 Aeronautical Engineer Senior, Hernandez Engineering Incorporated, Houston, TX, USA

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hoffmann, Jacob; Barth, Andrew L.; Ma, Ou; Dong, Janet (2025. ) An Innovative Spherical Airbearing-Based Testbed for Testing 3D Attitude Motion of CubeSats.AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, , More Information

Barth, Andrew and Ma, Ou (2024. ) Cooperative behavior of a heterogeneous robot team for planetary exploration using deep reinforcement learning.Acta Astronautica, , 214 ,689-700 More Information

Barth, Andrew L and Roach, Dylan and Ma, Ou and Hernandez, Michael and Fleming, Alex and Ashbaugh, Ryan (2025. ) Machine Learning-Based Optimal Trajectory Planning for Spacecraft Passively Flying Around a Satellite for Proximity Operations.AIAA SCITECH 2025 Forum, , More Information

Nguyen, Mary and Salai, Elizabeth and Smith, Andrew and Barth, Andrew and Dong, Janet and Ma, Ou (2022. ) Development of a Bio-Inspired Hopping Leg for Lunar Exploration Rover.ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, , More Information

Barth, Andrew and Sun, Yufeng and Zhang, Lin and Ma, Ou (2021. ) Genetic fuzzy-based method for training two independent robots to perform a cooperative task.Intelligent Service Robotics, , 14 (4 ) ,535-548 More Information

Zhang, Lin and Sun, Yufeng and Barth, Andrew and Ma, Ou (2020. ) Decentralized control of multi-robot system in cooperative object transportation using deep reinforcement learning.IEEE Access, , 8 , More Information

Barth, Andrew L and Walker, Alex and Putman, Phil and Ma, Ou (2021. ) Determining an Optimal Attitude Profile for Thermal Management of a Remote Sensing Cubesat.AIAA ASCEND Conference, , More Information

Barth, Andrew L and Ma, Ou and Dong, Janet (2021. ) Study of hopping mechanics for different terrain conditions for hopping on a low-gravity surface.AIAA ASCEND Conference, , More Information

Barth, Andrew L and Bisig, Caleb and Ma, Ou and Dong, Janet J and Abdallah, Shaaban (2020. ) Prototype Design of the CableCat Lunar Rover.AIAA ASCEND Conference, , More Information

Barth, Andrew and Mamich, Harvey and Hoelscher, Brian (2015. ) Post-flight analysis of the guidance, navigation, and control performance during Orion exploration flight test 1.American Astronautical Society GN&C Conference, , More Information

Barth, A., Bisig, C., Ma, O., Dong, J., Abdallah, S. (2020. ) CableCat: An Autonomous System to Develop Power and Data Infrastructure on the Moon .Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC. International Astronautical Federation, IAF, ,

Barth, A., Zhang, L., Ma, O. (2021. ) Cooperation of a Team of Heterogeneous Swarm Robots for Space Exploration .Proceedings of the International Astronautical Congress, IAC. International Astronautical Federation, IAF, ,

Book Chapter

Barth, Andrew and Cohen, Kelly and Ma, Ou (2021 ) A Fuzzy Logic Approach for Spacecraft Landing Site Selection North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society Annual Conference .(pp. 1-13).Springer International Publishing