LESAK

MAJ Mark C. Lesak

Research Scientist, Army Cyber Institute

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering

mark.lesak@westpoint.edu

Biography

MAJ Mark Lesak is a 2009 graduate of the United States Military Academy. He majored in Mechanical Engineering and focused his studies on vehicle dynamics. MAJ Lesak commissioned in Military Intelligence branch, where he deployed to Iraq as the 1/1 AD Fusion OIC and served as a SIGINT Platoon Leader in 6-1 CAV at Fort Bliss. He transferred to Cyber branch and lead a Combat Support Team and took Company Command. MAJ Lesak arrived at West Point after completing his MS degree at Colorado School of Mines. He currently conducts research at ACI and teaches automotive electives in CME. 

Ongoing Research Projects

Autonomous Quadrotor Landing on Inclined Surfaces / Hanging on Power Lines using Perception-Guided Active Asymmetric Skids

Autonomous Quadrotor Flying Underground using Redundant On-board Odometry, Robust Safety Health Monitoring, and Obstacle Avoidance

Publications & Presentations

D, D. Taylor, M. C. Lesak, J. Kim, C. M. Korpela, “Autonomous Quadrotor Landing on Inclined Surfaces in High Particle Environments Using Active Asymmetric Skids and Radar Sensors,” 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA).

Note: Currently Under Review: Submitted September 2022.

 

D. J. Gonzalez, J. Kim, M. C. Lesak, J. Mayolo, C. M. Korpela, “Leg Design with Parallel Elasticity for Jumping with Unsprung Mass: Analysis and Application to the AGRO 2 Hybrid Wheel-Leg Robot,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), The contents of this paper were also submitted for ICRA’22 Program Committee for presentation at the Conference.

Note: Currently Under Review: Submitted September 2022.

 

M. C. Lesak*, J. Kim*, D, D. Taylor, D. J. Gonzalez, C. M. Korpela, “Autonomous Quadrotor Landing on Inclined Surfaces using Perception-Guided Active Asymmetric Skids,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), Vol. 6, Issue 4, October 2021.

 

D. J. Gonzalez, M. C. Lesak, A. H. Rodriguez, J. A. Cymerman, and C. M. Korpela, “Dynamics and Aerial Attitude Control for Rapid Emergency Deployment of the Four-Wheel Independent Drive and Steering (4WIDS) Agile Ground Robot AGRO,” 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2020), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, October 2020

 

A.D. Segal, M.C. Lesak, N.E. Suttora, A.K. Silverman, A.J. Petruska, “iRebot: An Interactive Rehabilitation Robot with Gesture Control,” 2020 IEEE Engineering in Medicine & Biology Society (EMBC 2020), Montreal, QC, Canada, July 2020..

 

A. H. Rodriguez, D. J. Gonzalez, and M. C. Lesak, “Design of a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) for Electrical Integration on the Agile Ground Robot (AGRO),” IEEE MIT Undergraduate Research and Technology Conference (URTC 2020), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, October 2020.

 

A.D. Segal, M.C. Lesak, A.K. Silverman, A.J. Petruska, “A Gesture-Controlled Rehabilitation Robot to Improve Engagement and Quantify Movement Performance,” Sensors 2020 (MDPI), Vol. 20, Issue 15, July 2020.

 

Technical Presentations: 

 

M. Lesak and D. Taylor. “Autonomous Quadrotor Landing on Inclined Surfaces / Hanging on Power Lines using Perception-Guided Active Asymmetric Skids,” Army Research Labs, ARL-USMA Technical Symposium, October 2021.

 

M. C. Lesak*, J. Kim*, D, D. Taylor, D. J. Gonzalez, C. M. Korpela, “Autonomous Quadrotor Landing on Inclined Surfaces using Perception-Guided Active Asymmetric Skids,” 2021 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2021), Prague, Czechia. Prague, Czechia, October 2021. The contents of this presentation were published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) October 2021.

 

M. Lesak, and D. Taylor. “Map Free Radar Odometry (MFRO) for robotic systems operating in GPS-denied environments,” ARL-USMA Seminar Series, January 2021.

 

M. Lesak, “MFLO: Map Free LiDAR Odometry,” Master’s Thesis, ARL-USMA Technical Symposium, October 2019.