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
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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
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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
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