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Mitigating GPS and ADS-B Risks for UAS
PI Hever Moncayo
In this project, the research team is investigating different strategies to mitigate such risks and proposing methodologies to increase safety of UAS operations within the National Airspace.
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Control Oriented Modeling of Aeroservoelastic Systems
PI Claudia Moreno
Modeling of a flexible aircraft requires a structural model coupled with a consistent aerodynamic model. A challenge of modeling aeroservoelastic effects is the sensitivity of structural and aerodynamic model parameters in the coupled system. As a result, extensive tuning is required to predict accurate flutter characteristics. This research program proposes to investigate the sensitivity of structural and aerodynamic parameters in aeroservoelastic systems.
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Collaborative Research: Wideband Multi-Beam Antenna Arrays: Low-Complexity Algorithms and Analog-CMOS Implementations
PI Sirani Mututhanthrige Perera
PI Arjuna Habarakada Madanayake
PI Soumyajit Mandal
Explosion of millimeter-wave (mm-wave) bandwidth opens up applications in 5G wireless systems spanning communications, localization, imaging, and radar. This project addresses challenges in mathematics, engineering, and science in developing efficient wideband beamformers based on sparse factorizations of the matrix called-delay Vandermonde matrices (DVM). The proposed highly integrated approach is attractive for mobile applications including 5G smart devices, the internet of things, mobile robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other emerging applications focused on mm-waves.
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A data analytics framework for the application of pedestrian dynamics to public health
PI Sirish Namilae
CO-I Mandar Kulkarni
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Nanoscale Design of Interfacial Kinematics in Composite Manufacturing
PI Sirish Namilae
CO-I Marwan Al-Haik
This NSF-funded research will elucidate the role of interfacial kinematics and energetics in the evolution of inter-ply interfaces in composite structures during manufacturing. The research team will develop a novel experimental method for in-situ characterization of surface and interface deformations during composite processing, utilizing a customized commercial composite autoclave with a digital image correlation system. The surface strain and displacement measurements will be combined with ex-situ X-ray tomography and thermal characterization to map the interfacial thermomechanical response as a function of design and processing parameters. Additionally, the interfacial behavior will be engineered through the rapid and controlled growth of ZnO nanowires on carbon fibers to create a nanoscale interfacial component that increases the fiber bending resistance and creates an interlocking effect at the interfaces to mitigate defects propagation. The experimental research will be complemented by molecular dynamics simulations of the sliding of amorphous polymer interfaces and mesoscale simulation of flow in porous media. This comprehensive approach of in-situ characterization, interface design, and modeling will lead to a fundamental understanding of the ply movement during composite manufacturing and development of methods to reduce the occurrence of processing-induced defects.
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Software Infrastructure For Analysis of Infection Propagation Through Air Travel
PI Sirish Namilae
This NSF funded project seeks to develop a novel software that will provide a variety of pedestrian dynamics models, infection spread models, as well as data so that scientists can analyze the effect of different mechanisms on the spread of directly transmitted diseases in crowded areas. The initial focus of this project is on air travel. However, the software can be extended to a broader scope of applications in movement analysis and epidemiology, such as in theme parks and sports venues. Development of the proposed software will involve several innovations. It will include a novel phylogeography model that links fine-scale human movement data with virus genetic information to more accurately model geographic diffusion of viruses. New models for pedestrian movement will enable modeling of complex human movement patterns. A recommendation system for the choice of pedestrian dynamics models and a domain specific language for the input of policies and human behaviors will enhance usability by researchers in diverse fields. Community building initiatives will catalyze inter-disciplinary research to ensures the long-term sustainability of the project through a critical mass of contributors and users.
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Experimental Testbed for the Validation of Autonomous ISAM/OSAM Systems
PI Morad Nazari
CO-I Kadriye Merve Dogan
CO-I Thomas Lovell
The ability to validate individual hardware and software components of these technologies on a large scale is still in its early stages. Thus, the goal of this research is to establish an effective experimental testbed for the validation of autonomous in-space servicing and maintenance (ISAM) / on-orbit servicing and maintenance (OSAM) systems.
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Flexible Body Control Using Fiber Optic Sensors, Florida Space Grant Consortium
PI Morad Nazari
CO-I Daewon Kim
This project would build on previous research that developed the dynamics formulation and control of a rigid-flexible system.
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Reconfigurable Guidance and Control Systems for Emerging On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM) Space Vehicles
PI Morad Nazari
CO-I Kadriye Merve Dogan
In this project, the ControlX team with ERAU partnership will develop agile, reconfigurable, and resilient dynamics and G&C algorithms for on-orbit servicing to capture a broad set of OSAM applications such as remediation of resident space object (RSO) (e.g., via de-orbiting, recycle, end-of-life servicing, satellite refueling, etc.) using effective tools and methods involving geometric mechanics, constrained G&C synthesis, and reconfigurable robotic manipulators (RRMs).
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Aviation Management Education Study (AMES)
PI Jason Newcomer
CO-I James Marion
CO-I Matthew Earnhardt
The Aviation Management Education Study (AMES) is a longitudinal effort consisting of a series of research papers covering various facets of aviation education as it pertains to managers in the field and hiring of industry professionals.
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