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PI Ebenezer Gnanamanickam
- This research focuses on understanding the interactions between turbulent flows and long (high aspect ratio), flexible hair-like microstructures or micropillars inspired by those encountered in nature. Some examples include lateral line sensors in fish, airflow sensors in bats and hair cover of animals such as seals and bats.
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PI Michael Hickey
- With technological breakthroughs in miniaturized aircraft-related components, including but not limited to communications, computer systems and sensors and, state-of-the-art unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have become a reality. This fast growing industry is anticipating and responding to a myriad of societal applications that will provide either new or more cost effective solutions that previous technologies could not, or will replace activities that involved humans in flight with associated risks.
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PI Brent Terwilliger
CO-I David Ison
CO-I Dennis Vincenzi
CO-I Dahai Liu
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This continuing research project features refinement of UAS application methods to support of ARFF responses. Previously, modeling and simulation, in combination with UAS attribute performance models, was implemented to better understand challenges, limitations, and potential benefits of UAS support. However, based on the findings and recommendations of the original inquiry, the research will be expanded to include examination of operator knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs), performance rating standards, and appropriate training requirements and delivery approaches.
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PI Ciprian Mancas
- Underwater vehicles, manned or unmanned, mostly rely on ballast tanks pressurization to control their depth. Compressed air and water are allowed to alternately fill the tanks to vary the overall density of the vehicle.
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PI Scott Winter
CO-I Stephen Rice
CO-I Sean Crouse
- The purpose of these studies is to determine the usability of urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles in the emergency response to natural disasters and the ideal locations for their take-off and landing sites to occur, consistent with the Center's Theme 2. UAM involves aerial vehicles, mostly operated autonomously, which can complete short flights around urban areas, although their applications are expanding to rural operations as well. While initially designed to support advanced transportation mobility, these vehicles could offer numerous advantages in the emergency response to natural disasters. Through a series of four studies with over 2,000 total participants, quantitative and qualitative methods will be used to identify UAM vehicles' usability in response to natural disasters. The studies will examine the types of natural disasters and types of missions where UAM could be considered usable, along with the creation of a valid scale to determine vertiport usability. Interviews will also be conducted to provide qualitative insights to complement the quantitative findings.
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PI Kenneth Byrnes
- Current methods to provide training to future flight instructors on the fundamentals of instruction is not considered adequate. Through role play, this study will employ a Flight Training Device (FTD) in a classroom to improve instructional method training and retention.
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PI M. Ilhan Akbas
- Autonomous Vehicle Validation and Verification AV V&V testing produces multi-variate time series data as output, which is evaluated to determine testing coverage.
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PI Andrew Dattel
CO-I Omar Ochoa
CO-I Daniel Friedenzohn
CO-I Trevor Goodwin
CO-I Harry Brodeen
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This research is investigating the training of U.S. Navy Midshipman enrolled in the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to identify cyber and security threats in a simulated bridge of a Navy vessel. Midshipmen will receive classroom instruction, as well as training in a virtual reality bridge simulator. The knowledge and skills training the midshipmen received is intended to transfer to the applications of midshipmen’s future positions and careers.
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PI John Leishman
CO-I Ebenezer Gnanamanickam
CO-I Kaijus Henri Palm
CO-I Guillermo Mazzilli
- Ship airwakes are the unsteady turbulent flows that are generated by the earths atmospheric boundary layer (the wind colloquially) blowing over a ship. These flow fields are highly turbulent, not easy to predict and couple with a similar wake flow field generated by a rotorcraft operating close the the ship. This coupling as expected is extremely difficult to predict let along faithfully simulate in a flight simulator. This coupling can have catastrophic consequences for the operation or rotorcraft operating in the vicinity of Naval ships.
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PI William Engblom
CO-I William Barott
CO-I Hever Moncayo
- The primary objective of the two-phase effort is to culminate with a proof-of-concept flight demonstration of a quarter-scale, low-altitude version of a Dual-Aircraft Platform (DAP). The platform is to sail back-and-forth without propulsion above a restricted area using the persistent wind shear created by an onshore ocean breeze.
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PI Hever Moncayo
CO-I Kadriye Merve Dogan
- In this project, which is a SpaceWERX Phase I STTR program with Orbital Prime, we are developing algorithms to increase autonomy of OSAM applications.
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PI Christopher Grant
CO-I Jianhua Liu
CO-I Stuart Campbell
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This project aims at developing low-cost/low-power lighting systems that can be deployed at remote airports. Lighting at rural airports is much needed as they give communities they serve a transportation link during time-critical situations such as emergency medical services.