Personnel

Multi-continental Collaborative Effort

The project combines expertise and talent from the US and Japan in a multidisciplinary program to address fundamental aspects of flapping wing flight in Martian atmosphere.

The University of Alabama in Huntsville team will numerically model, analyze, and optimize a flapping flyer for Martian atmospheric conditions.
George Washington University's team will ................
The Tokyo University of Science team will develop and test a micro flapping robot, uniquely designed and constructed for the low-density atmosphere on Mars. The hummingbird Micro-Air Vehicle (MAV), developed by the Japanese team is one of only a few robotic flappers in the world that can fly on Earth.

Faculty Researchers

Dr. Chang-kwon Kang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Farbod Fahimi, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Brian Landrum, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Guangsheng Zhang, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Dr. Rob Griffin, Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Science
Dr. Bryan Mesmer, Assistant Professor of Industrial & Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Dr. Taeyoung Lee from George Washington University’s School of Engineering & Applied Science
Dr. Aono Hikaru from the Tokyo University of Science

Standing L to R: Drs. Zhang, Fahimi, Kang, and Griffin. Kneeling: Drs. Landrum and Mesmer.

UAH Graduate Researchers

Jeremy Pohly

Jeremy is currently a doctoral student in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is currently developing a tightly coupled Navier-Stokes and flight dynamics (NSFD) solver for flapping wing, insect-scale flyers. The NSFD code is implemented to computationally model solutions for flapping wing flight on Mars.

Research Interests

Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Flight Dynamics

Education

Ph.D. candidate in Aerospace Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, In progress
Master of Science in Aerospace Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2018
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2016

Contact

jap0025@uah.edu

Giulia Palma

Giulia is currently authoring her thesis on, among other topics, the use of storytelling to improve case studies and impact of story types in engineering preference communication. She is also examining similarities of milestones in theatre productions and systems engineering. Her research aims to improve preference communication in systems engineering. Her research in theatre, on the other hand, aims to improve interactions within a system by using theatre productions as surrogates.

Research Interests

Preference Representation and Communication
Cognitive Systems Engineering
Surrogates of System Products
Storytelling in Systems Engineering

Education

Master of Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, In progress
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2015

Contact

gep0001@uah.edu

Jesse McCain

Jesse is currently researching pressure cases for cameras in near vacuum environments. The aim of his research is to facilitate the use of cameras to monitor flight tests in the PRC vacuum chamber.

Research Interests

Low Reynolds Number Aerodynamics
Solid Rocket Motors
Supersonic Flight

Education

Currently pursuing a Master of Science in Aerospace Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2018

Contact

jlm0068@uah.edu

Madhu Sridhar

PLACEHOLDER TEXT.............. Madhu is currently a doctoral student in the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering department at The University of Alabama in Huntsville. He is currently developing a tightly coupled Navier-Stokes and flight dynamics (NSFD) solver for flapping wing, insect-scale flyers. The NSFD code is implemented to computationally model solutions for flapping wing flight on Mars.

Research Interests

Aerodynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Flight Dynamics

Education

Ph.D. candidate in Aerospace Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, in progress
M.S. Aerospace Systems Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2018
B.S. Aerospace Engineering, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 2016

Contact

mks0015@uah.edu

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