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Multifunctional Material and Aerospace Structures Optimization Lab

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Research

Human Thermal Modeling for Improved Thermal Comfort of Military Anti-Exposure Garments

Anti-exposure Garments for US Navy Aircrew

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Simulation Driven Coupled Scan-Topology Optimization for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing

Additive Manufacturing Analysis in Abaqus

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Morphing of Aircraft-Integrated Antennas

Aircraft offset reflector antenna concept (left) evaluated using simcenter star-ccm+ (top right) and ansys hfss (bottom right) high-fidelity simulation tools.

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Topology Optimization of SMA Superelastic Structures and Actuators

BESO topology optimization iterations.

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High-Performance Protective Materials for Polo Horse Safety

Polo Horse Wearing Protective Headgear

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Morphing Wing Penalty Analysis

Abaqus Model of Telescoping Wing (Top Right), FEA Results (Bottom Right), 3D Printed Model of Telescoping Wing from FEA (Left)

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Modeling of Tow-Steered Composites Towards High-Speed Morphing Structures Design

Design domain where the black lines are notional fiber paths and the contour indicates the unnormalized spatially varying fiber volume fraction. The inset square is a sampling of the design space that is mapped into the structural analysis of a composite flat plate.

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Cavity Noise Reduction via Hybrid Structural Morphing

Acoustic source map of rectangular cavity in 50 m/s flow at 15 kHz.

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Shape Memory Alloy Torque Tube-Based Thermosyphon for Passive Thermal Control

Concept illustration and experimental setup of the thermosyphon-based adaptive thermal control system, highlighting two-phase heat transport and SMA-actuated radiator behavior.

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Human Thermal Modeling

Thermal Desktop rendering of human thermal modeling components, including customizable model geometry (left), vascular system fluid model (center), and parametric cooling garment (right)

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Research Topics

  • All Research
  • Topological Design of Multifunctional Structures via Genetic Programming
  • Morphing Antenna for Geographical Targeting
  • Mission-Adaptive Morphing Rotor Blades
  • Embedded SMA Sensory Components for Real-Time Structural Health Monitoring
  • Supersonic Morphing Aircraft
  • Muscular-Skeletal Morphing Structures
  • Immersive and Intuitive Data Environments
  • Avian Inspired Morphing Aircraft
  • Morphing Aerostructures for Noise Reduction
  • Reconfigurable Origami
  • Morphing Space Radiators
  • AAWE-EAA Spring Flight Event 2023
  • “Engineering a Homerun” Poster Design Commentary

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