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The faculty who make up the Aerospace Engineering Graduate Studies Committee are listed below along with their research interests. * indicates the Faculty Area Coordinator. Aerothermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics
Computational Mechanics
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Mechanics of materials in small dimensions, thin film structures, computational mechanics, multiscale modeling and simulations |
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Stability of solids, structures, and materials; plasticity; composite materials |
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Mechanics of materials, smart materials, fracture mechanics |
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Composite materials, fracture mechanics, adhesive bonding |
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Mechanics of thin films on compliant substrates, flexible electronics and bio-electronics |
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Solid mechanics, micromechanics, fracture mechanics, boundary element methods |
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Solid mechanics, fracture mechanics, mechanical behavior of materials at high strain rates, viscoelasticity |
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Solid mechanics, fracture of materials |
Structural Dynamics
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Computation in structural dynamics, control of flexible structures |
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Micro-aerial vehicles, rotorcraft design, technologies for next-generation vertical flight, adaptive structure |
Guidance and Control
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Nonlinear adaptive control, estimation theory, dynamical systems |
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Flight mechanics, optimization, trajectory optimization, guidance |
Orbital Mechanics
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Orbital mechanics; orbit determination; space geodetic analysis & mission design (Earth's shape, orientation & gravity field) |
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Astrometry from space, space reference frames, motions of principal planets and minor planets |
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Flight testing, orbital mechanics, spacecraft/mission design |
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Estimation and filtering, satellite navigation technology and security, software-defined radio |
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Satellite design, spacecraft dynamics and control, sensors and actuators |
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Engineering science, electro-magnetic launch systems, history of space flight |
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Orbital mechanics, optimization, trajectory optimization, dynamical systems |
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Orbital mechanics, astrodynamics, spacecraft trajectory design methods |
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Orbital mechanics, dynamics, satellite geodesy, numerical methods |
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Satellite applications, geodesy, optimal estimation and control |
