A variational approach to multirate integration for constrained systems
S. Leyendecker, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: Proceedings of Oberwolfach Reports “‘Applied Dynamics and Geometric Mechanics,’” 2011.

Discrete mechanics and optimal control: an analysis
S. Ober-Blöbaum, O. Junge, J.E. Marsden, Control, Optimisation and Calculus of Variations 17(2) (2011) 322–352.

A variational approach to multirate integration for constrained systems
S. Leyendecker, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: Paul Fisette and Jean-Claude Samin, Editors, ECCOMAS Thematic Conference: Multibody Dynamics: Computational Methods and Applications, 2011.

Discrete Mechanics and Optimal Control and its Application to a Double Pendulum on a Cart
J. Timmermann, S. Khatab, S. Ober-Blöbaum, A. Trächtler, in: 18th IFAC World Congress 2011, Milano, 2011.

Berechnung optimaler Stromprofile für einen 6-phasigen, geschalteten Reluktanzantrieb
K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Ringkamp, T. Schneider, C. Schulte, J. Böcker, in: 8. Paderborner Workshop Entwurf Mechatronischer Systeme, Heinz Nixdorf Institut Verlagsschriftreihe, Paderborn, Germany, 2011.

Variational formulation and optimal control of hybrid Lagrangian systems
K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: HSCC ’11: 14th International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control, ACM, New York, NY, USA, 2011, pp. 241–250.

Variational multirate integration of constrained dynamics
S. Leyendecker, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2011, pp. 53–54.

Variational integrators for electric circuits
S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Tao, H. Owhadi, in: Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2011, pp. 783–784.

Mesh refinement strategies for spacecraft trajectory optimization using discrete mechanics and optimal control
A. Moore, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, in: 21st AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2011.

Discrete mechanics and optimal control for constrained systems
S. Leyendecker, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, M. Ortiz, Optimal Control, Applications and Methods 31(6) (2010) 505–528.

The effect of mesh refinement on spacecraft trajectory design using descrete mechanics and optimal control
A. Moore, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, in: 4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics , 2010.

Detecting initial guesses for trajectories in the (P)CRTBP
B. Thiere, S. Ober-Blöbaum, P. Pergola, in: AIAA/AAS Astrodynamics Specialist Conference, 2010.

A variational approach to multirate integration
S. Leyendecker, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: 4th European Conference on Computational Mechanics, 2010.

Computation of derivatives for structure preserving optimal control using automatic differentiation
S. Ober-Blöbaum, A. Walther, in: Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2010, pp. 585–586.

Solving optimal control problems by using inherent dynamical properties
K. Flaßkamp, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Kobilarov, in: Proceedings of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2010, pp. 577–578.

A multi-objective approach to the design of low thrust space trajectories using optimal control
M. Dellnitz, S. Ober-Blöbaum, M. Post, O. Schütze, B. Thiere, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy 105 (2009) 33–59.

The Jacobi-Maupertuis principle in variational integrators
S. Nair, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, in: 7th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, 2009, pp. 464–466.

Optimal Control for a Pitcher's Motion Modeled as Constrained Mechanical System
S. Ober-Blöbaum, J. Timmermann, in: 7th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Contro, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences , ASME, San Diego, 2009.

Application of discrete mechanics and optimal control to spacecraft in non-Keplerian motion around small solar systems
M. Gehler, S. Ober-Blöbaum, B. Dachwald, in: Procceedings of the 60th International Astronautical Congress, 2009.

Optimization of spacecraft trajectories: a method combining invariant manifold techniques and descrete mechanics and optimal 
A. Moore, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, in: 19th AAS/AIAA Space Flight Mechanics Meeting, 2009.

Optimal control of gravity tractor spacecraft near arbitrarily shaped asteroids
M. Gehler, S. Ober-Blöbaum, B. Dachwald, J.E. Marsden, in: 1st IAA Planetary Defense Conference: Protecting Earth from Asteroids, 2009.

Optimal trajectory generation for a dynamic glider in ocean flows modeled by 3d B-spline functions
W. Zhang, T. Inanc, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, in: IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2008.

Discrete mechanics and optimal control for constrained multibody dynamics
S. Leyendecker, S. Ober-Blöbaum, J.E. Marsden, M. Ortiz, in: 6th International Conference on Multibody Systems, Nonlinear Dynamics, and Control, ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences, 2007, pp. 623–632.

Efficient Control of Formation Flying Spacecraft
M. Dellnitz, O. Junge, A. Krishnamurthy, S. Ober-Blöbaum, K. Padberg, R. Preis, in: Friedhelm Meyer Auf Der Heide and Burkhard Monien, Editors, New Trends in Parallel &; Distributed Computing, Heinz Nixdorf Institut Verlagsschriftreihe, 2006, pp. 235–247.

Optimal reconfiguration of formation flying spacecraft - a decentralized approach
O. Junge, J.E. Marsden, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006, pp. 5210–5215.

Optimal reconfiguration of formation flying satellites
O. Junge, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: 44th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2005.

Discrete mechanics and optimal control
O. Junge, J.E. Marsden, S. Ober-Blöbaum, in: 16th IFAC World Congress, 2005.