Mark Karpenko

1.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 1.0k citations indexed

About

Mark Karpenko is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Mark Karpenko has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 1.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 31 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 22 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Mark Karpenko's work include Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (23 papers), Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems (20 papers) and Guidance and Control Systems (15 papers). Mark Karpenko is often cited by papers focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control (23 papers), Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems (20 papers) and Guidance and Control Systems (15 papers). Mark Karpenko collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and South Korea. Mark Karpenko's co-authors include Nariman Sepehri, I. Michael Ross, Nazareth Bedrossian, Sagar Bhatt, Qi Gong, Pooya Sekhavat, Andrew J. Fleming, In-Soo Jeon, Jin-Ik Lee and John Anderson and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.

In The Last Decade

Mark Karpenko

56 papers receiving 961 citations

Hit Papers

A review of pseudospectral optimal control: From theory t... 2012 2026 2016 2021 2012 50 100 150 200 250
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A review of pseudospectral optimal control: From theory to flight
    2012 256 citations I. Michael Ross, Mark Karpenko Annual Reviews in Control profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Mark Karpenko United States 16 618 401 356 95 90 65 1.0k
Jianzhong Qiao China 19 1.1k 1.7× 462 1.2× 156 0.4× 55 0.6× 57 0.6× 103 1.4k
Timothy Sands United States 19 509 0.8× 528 1.3× 138 0.4× 152 1.6× 127 1.4× 73 1.1k
Nazareth Bedrossian United States 16 561 0.9× 441 1.1× 125 0.4× 68 0.7× 122 1.4× 51 868
Yi Huang China 19 1.2k 1.9× 479 1.2× 186 0.5× 49 0.5× 36 0.4× 70 1.5k
Xuebo Yang China 18 880 1.4× 221 0.6× 168 0.5× 30 0.3× 109 1.2× 35 1.1k
Xiaodong Shao China 17 1.2k 2.0× 726 1.8× 70 0.2× 93 1.0× 186 2.1× 44 1.6k
Jun Zhou China 17 840 1.4× 671 1.7× 116 0.3× 31 0.3× 60 0.7× 142 1.2k
Morten Bisgaard Denmark 15 505 0.8× 600 1.5× 80 0.2× 34 0.4× 229 2.5× 31 1.0k
Norman Fitz-Coy United States 15 303 0.5× 428 1.1× 122 0.3× 33 0.3× 94 1.0× 83 743
Abdelkader Abdessameud Canada 24 1.4k 2.2× 691 1.7× 149 0.4× 80 0.8× 274 3.0× 49 2.2k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Mark Karpenko

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Mark Karpenko

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Mark Karpenko. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Mark Karpenko based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Mark Karpenko. Mark Karpenko is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2025). Minimum-Fuel Flight Trajectory Optimization Using Neural Network Energy Twins. 1 indexed citations
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Ross, I. Michael, et al.. (2024). Unscented Trajectory Optimization. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 48(1). 20–31.
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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2018). Agility Analysis of the James Webb Space Telescope. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 42(4). 810–821. 7 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2016). Unscented guidance for waypoint navigation of a fixed-wing UAV. 473–478. 5 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2013). Attitude Representation and Kinematic Propagation for Low-Cost UAVs. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Conference. 8 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark & Nariman Sepehri. (2012). Electrohydraulic force control design of a hardware-in-the-loop load emulator using a nonlinear QFT technique. Control Engineering Practice. 20(6). 598–609. 35 indexed citations
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Ross, I. Michael & Mark Karpenko. (2012). A review of pseudospectral optimal control: From theory to flight. Annual Reviews in Control. 36(2). 182–197. 256 indexed citations breakdown →
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Karpenko, Mark, Sagar Bhatt, Nazareth Bedrossian, Andrew J. Fleming, & I. Michael Ross. (2012). First Flight Results on Time-Optimal Spacecraft Slews. Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. 35(2). 367–376. 36 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2011). FORCE REGULATING USING CONCEPTS OF HAPTIC AND VISUAL FORCE FEEDBACKS. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. 35(2). 177–199. 1 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2010). Closed-Loop Optimal Guidance and Control of Quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference. 6 indexed citations
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Sekhavat, Pooya, et al.. (2010). A Pseudospectral optimal motion planner for autonomous unmanned vehicles. 1591–1598. 9 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark, et al.. (2009). Smooth proximity computation for collision-free optimal control of multiple robotic manipulators. 2452–2457. 10 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark, John Anderson, & Nariman Sepehri. (2006). Coordination of hydraulic manipulators by reinforcement learning. 6 pp.–6 pp.. 4 indexed citations
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Sepehri, Nariman, et al.. (2005). A TEST RIG FOR EXPERIMENTATION ON FAULT TOLERANT CONTROL AND CONDITION MONITORING ALGORITHMS IN FLUID POWER SYSTEMS: FROM DESIGN THROUGH IMPLEMENTATION. Transactions of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. 29(3). 441–458. 7 indexed citations
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Karpenko, Mark & Nariman Sepehri. (2002). Neural network classifiers applied to condition monitoring of a pneumatic process valve actuator. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence. 15(3-4). 273–283. 20 indexed citations

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