Associate Professor

Degrees Held:

Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1985
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, University of Utah, 1983
B.S. Mathematics, Physics, University of Utah, 1976

1993 – Present Senior Engineer, Attitude Control Systems Division, Space Dynamics Laboratory
1990 – Present Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

1987 – 1988 Summer Faculty Fellow, Robotics Application Development Laboratory, Kennedy Space Center, NASA
1984 – 1990 Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, Iowa State University
1981 – 1984 Graduate Research Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Utah
1979 – 1980 Mechanical Engineer, Center for Biomedical Design, University of Utah
1977 – 1978 Teaching Assistant, Mechanical Engineering Department, University of Utah

Campbell, M., R. Fullmer, C. Hall, "The ION-F Formation Flying Experiments", selected for inclusion in an upcoming "Advances in the Astronomical Sciences"

Reding, K., Ratliffe, R., R. Fullmer, "Flowcharting business processes: a new approach", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 13 No. 7. 1998.

Ratliffe, R., K. Reding, R. Fullmer, "Business Process Control for the Twenty-First Century", Managerial Auditing Journal, Vol. 13 No. 2, 1998.

Fullmer, R., Allen, L., Likhatchev, V., "The Design of the Attitude Control System for the Skipper Spacecraft", J. Space Technology, 1997.

Kuntanapreeda, S., Fullmer, R., "A Training Rule which Guarantees Finite Region Stability for Neural Network Controllers", IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, Vol 7. No. 3, 1996.

Koffman, S., Fullmer, R., Brown, R., "Control of a Fluidized Bed Combustor using Fuzzy Logic", under revision, accepted by the ASME Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power.

Fullmer, R. "The Innovative Educational Concepts in Autonomous and Teleoperated Systems (IECAT) project at Utah State University", 1^st International Workshop on Tele-Education in Mechatronics Based on Virtual Laboratories, Weingarten Germany, July 2001.

Fullmer, R. D. Florin, "Active Permanent Magnetic Attitude Control for Small Satellites", 5^th International Symposium on Small Satellites Systems and Services, La Baule France. June 2000.

Campbell, M., R. Fullmer, C. Hall, "Ionospheric Observation Nanosatellite Formation", 5^th International Symposium on Small Satellites Systems and Services, La Baule France. June 2000.

Campbell, M., R. Fullmer, C. Hall, "The ION-F Formation Flying Experiments", AAS/AIAA Flight Mechanics Meeting, Clearwater FL, January 2000.

Redd, F., M. Campbell, C. Hall, C. Swenson, R. Fullmer, A. Bruckner, "Ionospheric Observation Nanosatellite Formation (ION-F)", Poster session, 12^th USU Small Satellite Conf. Logan UT 1999.

Kuntanapreeda, S., R. Fullmer, "Finite-Region Stability of Neural Network Control for Continuous Nonlinear Systems", World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI'98), Orlando FL, July 12-16, 1998.

Jacob, J., R. Gunderson, R. Fullmer, "Conversion and Control of an all-terrain vehicle for use as an autonomous mobile robot:, SPIE Conf. on Robotic and Telerobotic Vehicles, Orlando FL, April 1998.

Fullmer, R., Sevilla, P, "An Intergrated Development System for Small Satellite Attitude Control Systems", Workshop on Small Satellite Controls, AAS Guidance and Controls Conference, Breckenridge CO, Feb. 1997.

Fullmer, R., Allen, L., Likhatchev, V., "The Design of the Attitude Control System for the Skipper Spacecraft", invited paper, 21^st. Fed. Automatic Controls Conf., San Francisco, CA, July, 1996.

Fullmer, R., "Dynamic Ground Testing of the Skipper Attitude Control System", AIAA Conf. on Aerospace Sciences, Reno NV, January 1996

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)