Recent Research Projects of AEM Professors

Air Force Office of Scientific Research

An Integrated, Multi-Layer Approach to Software-Enabled Control: Mission Planning to Vehicle Control
Gary Balas & Yiyuan Zhao

Effect of Internal Energy Excitation on Supersonic Blunt-Body Aerodynamics
Graham Candler

Analysis, Design, and Computation of Active Materials
Richard James & Mitchell Luskin

Application of Linear Parameter Varying Control Methods to Aerospace Systems (with CalTech)
Gary Balas

Computational Tools for the Atomic/Continuum Interface: Nanometer to Millimeter Scale Aircraft
Richard James, Graham Candler, Mitchell Luskin, & Chris Palmstrøm

Robust Nonlinear Control Theory as the Applications to Aerospace Vehicles (with CalTech)
Gary Balas

Simulation of Turbulent Hypersonic Flows
Graham Candler

Army High Performance Computing Research Center

High Performance Computation of Compressible Flows, Turbulent Flows
Graham Candler

Army Research Office

Advanced Methods for Interceptor Flow Simulations
Graham Candler

Aerodynamic Breakup, Cavitation, & Rupture Fluids
Daniel Joseph

Aerodynamic Breakup of Liquids (with Battelle Memorial Institute)
Daniel Joseph & Gordon Beavers

Break-up of Viscoelastic Liquids in High-Speed Air Flow
Daniel Joseph

Design, Modeling and Computation of Active Thin Films
Richard James & Mitchell Luskin

Numerical Simulation of Atmospheric Pressure Air Plasmas (with Stanford University)
Graham Candler

Shock Tube Simulations of High-Altitude Breakup of Thickened Simulants (with Battelle) Memorial Inst.
Daniel Joseph and Gordon Beavers

Simulation of Nonequilibrium Rocket Motor Plums
Graham Candler

Simulation of TMD Flowfields
Graham Candler

Two-Phase Flows of Rheologically Complex Fluids
Daniel Joseph

Department of Energy

Nonequalibrium and Structural Effects on Models of Interfacial Motion in Multicomponent Alloys
Perry Leo

Lubricated Transport of Viscous Materials
Daniel Joseph

Topological Transitions in Liquid/Liquid Flows
John Lowengrub & Ellen Longmire

DiaSorin, Inc.

Flowcell Investigation
Daniel Joseph

The Hoechst-Celanese Company

Study of Spinning Rod Interfacial Tensionometer used to Measure Polymer Bands
Daniel Joseph

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Development of the Space-Time CE/SE Method for Large Eddy Simulations of Supersonic Jet Noise (Glenn)
Graham Candler

Worst Case Analysis of the X-38 V201 Flight Control System (Johnson)
Gary Balas

Applications of Linear Parameter-Varying Techniques to Safety Critical Aircraft Flight Systems (Langley)
Gary Balas

Aircraft Scheduling and Conflict Resolution in Air Traffic Management (Ames)
Yiyuan Zhao

Application of Gain-Scheduled Multivariable Control Techniques to the F/A-18 System Research (Dryden)
Gary Balas

The Minnesota Space Grant College Consortium (NASA Headquarters)
William Garrard

Nonlinear Feedback Control of Aircraft Propulsion Systems (Lewis)
William Garrard & Gary Balas

Numerical Simulation of Atmosphere Entry Flows
Graham Candler

Optimal Takeoff Procedures for Category A. Helicopters (Ames)
Yiyuan Zhao

Robust System Identification and Validation for Control (Langley)
Gary Balas

Studies of Trajectory Synthesis Methods and Trajectory Sensitivity in Air Traffic Management (Ames)
Yiyuan Zhao

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIH)

Regional Mechanics of Injured Lungs (with Mayo Foundation)
Theodore Wilson

Respiratory Action of the Intercostal Muscles
Theodore Wilson

Respiratory System Mechanics (with Baylor College of Medicine)
Theodore Wilson

National Science Foundation

Dynamic Feature Extraction and Data Mining for the Analysis of Turbulent Flows
Ivan Marusic, Ellen Longmire, Graham Candler, Victoria Interrante, George Karypis, Sean Garrick, Vipin Kumar

Dynamic Performance of MEMS in Liquid Environments
Ellen Longmire & Sue Mantrell

A Physical Modeling Approach to Wall Turbulence and Enhancing the Educational Experience through the Beauty of Fluid Motion
Ivan Marusic

Experimental, Analytical and Computational Study of Nematic Optical Elastomers
Richard James

Experiments in Particle-Laden and Buoyancy Driven Flows
Ellen Longmire

Fundamental Fracture Mechanisms in Ductile Single Crystals
Thomas Shield

KDI: Direct Numerical Simulation and Modeling of Solid-Liquid Flows
Daniel Joseph

Mechanics of Systems with Bi-Stable Elements
Lev Truskinovsky

Nonlinear Control of Systems with Relative Equilibria
Thomas Posbergh

Nonlocal Models in the Mechanics of Materials
Roger Fosdick

Numerical Methods for Very Large, Sparse Dynamical Systems
Daniel Boley (CSCI) & Gary Balas

Studies of Reservoir Stimulations, Drilling, Transportation, Emulsion Stability and Foaming Bubble Reactor
Daniel Joseph & Gordon Beavers

Transitions and Defects in Ordered Materials
Richard James & Mitchell Luskin

Office of Naval Research

Investigation of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory in Heusler Alloy
Richard James

Basic Research on the Improvement of Magnetostrictive and Shape Memory Alloys
Richard James & Thomas Shield

DURIP-Magneto-Mechanical Testing Machine
Richard James & Thomas Shield

Exxon Mobil

Lubricated Transport Chad Oil
Dan Joseph

Schlumberger Dowell

Model Experiments to Study the Cause of Proppant-Induced Wear of Valves and Valve Seats in FAC Pumps
Dan Joseph & Gordon Beavers