1. Optimal Operation of Rotorcraft and Helicopters

• Optimal flight trajectories and operations
• Take off operations with engine failures
• Mathematical modeling

2. Synthesis of Robust Optimal Trajectories

• Open-loop optimization techniques
• Insensitivity to modeling uncertainties

3. Air Traffic Control Automation

• Trajectory prediction sensitivities
• Conflict avoidance strategies

4. Mathematical modeling and flight control of tailless aircraft

5. Flight control of highly maneuverable aircraft

• Nonlinear and uncertain models
• Loss of aerodynamic control effectiveness and thrust vectoring
• Dynamic inversion and structured singular value synthesis

6. Controllers for F-14 Powered Approach

• Lateral-directional axis linear point designs
• Linear fractional transformation gain-scheduled designs
• Linear parameter varying gain-scheduled designs
• Piloted simulations at the Naval Air Warfare Center, Patuxent River MD

7. Identification and Control of Structures

• Experimental modeling of uncertainty
• Minimum-norm model validation

8. Use of Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) for Passive Damping

• Nonlinear models of the stress-strain behavior of SMAs
• Dynamic, transfer function models
• Comparison of experimental data and math models
• SMA wires for passive damping in structures
• Passive/active control of structures with SMA structure members

9. Nonlinear Control of Turbofan Engines

10. Control Effector Allocation

11. Aircraft Dynamic Modeling

12. Analysis of Robust Performance