Selected Recent & Forthcoming Publications
(current as of 09.Mar.2009)
Conferences | Journals | IP | Planned
Student Theses & Dissertations
- Nickless, Benjamin J.,
“Dynamic Modeling and Position Control of a Piezoelectric Flextensional Actuator”
MS Thesis, University of Maryland – College Park, November, 2008. - Harmon, Robyn L.,
“Aerodynamic Modeling of a Flapping Membrane Wing Using Motion Tracking Experiments”
MS Thesis, University of Maryland – College Park, August, 2008. - Haack, Sara J.
"Flow Control Using Plasma and Synthetic Jet Actuators on Bluff Bodies"
MS Thesis, University of Maryland – College Park, September, 2007.
- Billingsley, D., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Passive Wing Morphing for Improved Lift in Flapping Wing Ornithopters”
AIAA Student Conference Region I-MA, April 2007.
[Won Third Prize in “Undergraduate Best Paper/Presentation” category] - Billingsley, D., Slipher, G., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Testing of a Passively Morphing Ornithopter Wing”
AIAA Paper No. 2009-1828. - Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Identification and Inclusion of Ornithopter Actuator Models”
submitted to AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2009. - Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J., Pines, D.,
“Field Calibration of Inertial Measurement Units for Miniature Unmanned Aircraft”
AIAA Paper No. 2009-2064. - Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter”
AIAA Paper No. 2009-727. - Grauer, J, Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Pines, D.,
“System Identification of a Miniature Helicopter”
AIAA Paper No. 2008-6898. - Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Development of a Sensor Suite for a Flapping-Wing UAV Platform”
AIAA Paper No. 2008-224. - Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Control Derivatives”
AIAA Student Conference Region I-MA, April 2007. - Grauer, J.,
"Fire-Fly: Autonomous Ornithopter Project"
Poster presented at the 6th Annual Red Raider Mini-Symposium, Lubbock, Texas, November 2006. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Flight Testing of a Model Aircraft with Trailing-Edge Flaps Optimized for Lift Distribution Control”
AIAA-2008-6709, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Pressure Port Placement for Lift Distribution Measurement on a Model Aircraft with Optimized Trailing-Edge Flaps”
AIAA-2008-7518, 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Trailing Edge Flap Optimization for Lift Distribution Control”
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2008-328, Reno, NV, January 2008. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E., Motter, M.A.,
“Non-linear controls influence functions in an aircraft dynamics simulator”
SPIE International Symposia on Smart Structures & Materials/NDE, San Diego,CA, February 2006. - Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
"Characterization of an Ornithopter Wing"
AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student and Education Conference, November 2, 2007. - Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.S.,
"Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Membrane Wing Shapes Used for Simple Aerodynamic Modeling"
AIAA Paper No. 2008-6237. - Motter, M.A., High, J.W., Guerreiro, N.M., Chambers, R.S., Howard. K.D.,
“A Turbine-powered UAV Controls Testbed”
AIAA Infotech@Aerospace 2007 Conference and Exhibit, Rohnert Park, California, May, 2007. - Motter, M.A., Logan, M.J., French, M.L., Guerreiro, N.M.,
” Simulation to Flight Test for a UAV Controls Testbed”
AIAA-2006-3305, 25th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, San Francisco, California, June 5-8, 2006. - Nickless, B.J., Su, J., Xu, T.B., Hubbard, J.E.,
“A Computational Method for Materials Selection in a Hybrid Actuation System”
Proceedings of SPIE, 6529, 2007. - Sitaraman, J., Roget, B., Harmon, R., Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.,
“A Computational Study of Flexible Wing Ornithopter Flight”
AIAA Paper No. 2008-6397. - Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, J.E.,
“E-Jet Performance Using Higher Order Modes,”
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Applied Aerodynamics Topic, 7-10 January 2008.
Slipher, G.A.,
“Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet Actuator, ‘E-Jet’”
Poster presented at GRID 2007 conference at the University of Maryland, April 2007.
[Won First Prize Award of Excellence in Advances in Technology and Biotechnology category] - Slipher, G.A.,
“Resonating Electroactive Polymer Membranes (EAPs) as an Efficient and Inexpensive Actuation Method for Low Speed Active Flow Control”
Poster presented at GRID 2008 conference at the University of Maryland, April 2008.
[Won First Prize Award of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation category] - Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, J.E.,
"Description and Characterization of an Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet Actuator"
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2007. Edited by Bar-Cohen, Yoseph. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6524, pp. 65240I, 2007. - Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, J.E.,
"Predicting Power Requirements and Performance of a Flapping Wing Artificial Muscle Actuator"
AIAA Region I-MA Conference, March, 2006. - Ugrina, S., Flatau, A.
“Geometry Parameters Effects Study on the Synthetic Jet Actuator Flow Field”
16th International Conference of Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October, 2005. - Ugrina, S., Flatau, A.
“Flow Field Measurements of Synthetic Jets Made with Thunder Actuators”
35th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, June, 2005. - Ugrina, S., Flatau, A.
“Experimental and Analytical Investigation of Different Synthetic Jet Actuator Configurations"
ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November, 2004. - Ugrina, S., Flatau, A.
“Investigation of Synthetic Jet Actuator Parameters”
11th SPIE International Symposium, March, 2004.
- Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Inertial Measurements from Flight Data of a Flapping-Wing Ornithopter”
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 32, no. 1, p326-331. - Grauer, J, Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J., Pines, D.,
“System Identification of a Miniature Helicopter”
Submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. - Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter”
Submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. - Guerreiro, N.M. and Hubbard, J.E., Jr.,
“Spatial Method Applied to Trailing-Edge Flap Optimization for use in Lift Distribution Control”
Accepted for publication in the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. - Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.S.,
"Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Membrane Wing Shapes Used for Simple Aerodynamic Modeling"
Submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. - Hubbard, J.E.,
“Dynamic Shape Control of a Morphing Airfoil Using Spatially Distributed Transducers”
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 612-616. - Keats-Pullen, D., Hubbard, J.E., Guerreiro, N.,
“Spatial Weighting of Smart Materials for Real-Time Measurement of Aerodynamic Forces” Accepted for publication in the Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures. - Sitaraman, J., Roget, B., Harmon, R., Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.,
“A Computational Study of Flexible Wing Ornithopter Flight”
Submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. - Slipher, G.A. and Hubbard, J.E.,
“Exploitation of Higher Order Membrane Modes for Improved Synthetic Jet Performance”
Accepted for Publication in the AIAA Journal. - Ugrina S., Flatau A.,
"Experimental Investigation of THUNDER-based Synthetic Jet Actuators in Inert Conditions"
Submitted to AIAA for review. - Ugrina S., Flatau A.,
" Experimental and Analytical Analysis of Transverse THUNDER-based Synthetic Jets" Submitted to AIAA for review.
- United States patent application 60/828,880, 10/10/2006,
“Electroactive Polymer-Based Synthetic Jet Actuator Design,”
on behalf of G.A. Slipher, J.E. Hubbard, and A.B. Flatau.
- Billingsley, D.D. and Hubbard, J.E.,
“Inertial Measurement Correction and Autonomous Terrain Mapping by a Single Camera”
Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Spring 2009. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Conformal Aerodynamic Sensors Design and Preliminary Testing”
Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Fall 2009. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Open-loop Flight Testing of a Lift Distribution Control Algorithm Implementing an Optimally Sized Set of Wing Trailing Edge Effectors”
Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Fall 2009. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Structural Airfoil Morphing Example and Optimal Actuator Placement Algorithm Using Spatial Transform Methods”
Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Fall 2009. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Flight Testing of Conformal Aerodynamic Sensors and Real-Time Measurements of a UAV’s Lift Distribution”
Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: 2010. - Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Closed-loop Control of a UAV’s Lift Distribution for Improved Performance” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: 2009. - Slipher, G. A., Hubbard, J. E.,
“Composite Membrane Excitation and Shape Control Using Periodic Application of Electric Fields”
planned submission for Spring, 2009. - Slipher, G. A., Hubbard, J. E.,
“Multiphysics Modeling of a Self Exciting Viscoelastic Composite Membrane”
planned submission for Summer, 2009. - Slipher, G. A., Hubbard, J. E.,
“Electronic Power and Control Design for an Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet”
planned submission for Summer, 2009. - Slipher, G. A., Hubbard, J. E.,
“Design and Operation of an Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet”
planned submission for Fall, 2009.
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