College of EngineeringDepartment of Aerospace EngineeringResearchJack and Ann Waddey Invited Seminar Series
Solid-Liquid Composites for Stretchable Electronics and Harvesting Waste Heat
April 12, 2024
April 12, 2024 -
To the Mesoscale and Beyond! Capturing Complex Damage Mechanisms in Composites via Simple, Physics-Based, Discrete Mathematical Models of Fibers and Matrix
April 5, 2024
April 5, 2024 -
Smart Decision-Making for Autonomous Systems in Space Exploration Missions
March 22, 2024
March 22, 2024 -
Shake & Bake: Investigating the Highly Coupled and Extreme Near-Field Thermomechanical Environment of Rocket Firings
March 15, 2024
March 15, 2024 -
Lyapunov-Based Deep and Recurrent Learning Methods for Assured Autonomy
December 1, 2023
December 1, 2023 -
Centennial of von Kármán’s Momentum-Integral Approach
November 17, 2023
November 17, 2023 -
Reduced Order and Multiscale Modeling for Predicting Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Additively Manufactured Metals
November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023 -
Damage Arrestment and Microcracking in Stitched Composite Structures
November 10, 2023
November 10, 2023 -
NASAʼs Development of Lander and Interplanetary Continuously Rotating Detonation Engines
November 3, 2023
November 3, 2023 -
Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Noise
October 25, 2023
October 25, 2023 -
A Journey of Aerospace Engineering Career - from Student Design Competition and Beyond
October 6, 2023
October 6, 2023 -
Atomic-level Modeling Material Failure
September 22, 2023
September 22, 2023 -
Current Issues in Space Law: Artemis Accords and Space Debris
April 28, 2023
April 28, 2023 -
Science of Degradation with Application to Wear and Fatigue
April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023 -
Computational Modeling of Helicopter Aeromechanics
March 31, 2023
March 31, 2023 -
Multi-body Dynamics Research in Different Space Applications
February 10, 2023
February 10, 2023 -
Itʼs a Small World: Using Nanoarchitecture to Create Tough and Resilient Materials
December 2, 2022
December 2, 2022 -
Analytic Methods and Solutions for the Design of Morphing Aircrafts
November 18, 2022
November 18, 2022 -
Beyond the Final Frontier: Exploring Nontraditional Applications for Aerospace Tools
November 11, 2022
November 11, 2022 -
Low-Order Aerodynamic Methods for Prediction of Leading-Edge Vortex Shedding and Dynamic Stall
November 4, 2022
November 4, 2022 -
Advancing Engineering Design Through Large-scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization
October 14, 2022
October 14, 2022 -
Predicting Boundary-Layer Transition on Realistic Vehicles
October 10, 2022
October 10, 2022 -
The X-61 Gremlins Program: Pathfinding a Fundamental Shift in Autonomous Technology
September 30, 2022
September 30, 2022 -
Management of the Flight Mechanics Technical Discipline within the NASA Engineering Safety Center
September 23, 2022
September 23, 2022 -
Metastructures and Metallurgy — Methods for Dissipating Large-amplitude, Transient Loads
April 29, 2022
April 29, 2022 -
Phase Field Dislocation Dynamics (PFDD) for Nanoscale Metals
April 22, 2022
April 22, 2022 -
The DNA of Flight? What a Historical Case Study on the Evolution of Interwar Aircraft Design Can Tell Us about Limits in ʻObjectiveʼ Design Decisions Today
April 15, 2022
April 15, 2022 -
A Multiphysics Multiscale Approach to the Analysis of Complex Materials and Systems
April 8, 2022
April 8, 2022 -
Penn State Research on Rotorcraft ship Launch and Recovery: From Advanced Simulations to Flight Experiments
April 1, 2022
April 1, 2022 -
Flow Interactions with Traveling Wavy Surfaces: From Nature to Engineering Applications
March 4, 2022
March 4, 2022 -
Evolution of the Satellite Conjunction Network: Behavioral Responses to Expected and Unexpected Events
February 18, 2022
February 18, 2022 -
Gravity Science and Geology from Orbiting Spacecraft at the Moon, Mars, and Beyond
February 11, 2022
February 11, 2022 -
A Simple Morphing-tip Planform to Manage Streamwise Gusts for UAV Application
December 3, 2021
December 3, 2021 -
Mesoscale Modeling of Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystalline Structural Alloys
November 19, 2021
November 19, 2021 -
Swept Impinging Oblique Shock/Boundary Layer Interactions
November 5, 2021
November 5, 2021 -
Aerodynamic Flow Control: From Basic Research to Applications
October 29, 2021
October 29, 2021 -
21cm Cosmology
October 22, 2021
October 22, 2021 -
Supersonic Retropropulsion Development for Increasing Payloads to the Surface of Mars
October 15, 2021
October 15, 2021 -
Rendezvous with an Interstellar Object: Exotic Approaches to Access Exotic Targets
October 1, 2021
October 1, 2021 -
Robot Learning in the Wild
September 17, 2021
September 17, 2021 -
Simulating Solid Rocket Motor Composite Propellants at the Mesoscale
September 10, 2021
September 10, 2021 -
Airline Volume Integration and Conceptual Design
April 9, 2021
April 9, 2021 -
Distributed Instruments for Planetary Surface Science: Scientific Opportunities and Technology Feasibility
April 2, 2021
April 2, 2021 -
Origins of Maximum Strength in Nanocrystalline Metal Alloys
March 26, 2021
March 26, 2021 -
In-space Electric Propulsion - Past History, Present use and Future Possibilities
March 19, 2021
March 19, 2021 -
Core shell Hybrid Materials and Low-density Foams via Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing
March 12, 2021
March 12, 2021 -
How We Used CFD and Supercomputers to Help the Utah Symphony Perform Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic
January 22, 2021
January 22, 2021 -
High-fidelity Engineering Design Innovation for Aerospace Systems
January 15, 2021
January 15, 2021 -
Building the future in space: On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM)
November 20, 2020
November 20, 2020 -
Modeling and Optimizing Multi-stable and Active Materials
November 16, 2020
November 16, 2020 -
Drift Counteraction Optimal Control for Aerospace Applications
October 23, 2020
October 23, 2020 -
Computational Modeling of Microstructure Evolution and Size Effects in Bimetallic Nanolaminates
October 16, 2020
October 16, 2020 -
FlightStream: Propulsion-airframe Interactions on Urban Air Mobility Electric Aircraft
October 9, 2020
October 9, 2020 -
Simulation and Modeling of High-speed Disperse Two- Phase Flows
October 2, 2020
October 2, 2020 -
September 25, 2020
September 25, 2020 -
Emergence of Extures From Grain Boundary Mechanics at the Mesoscale
September 11, 2020
September 11, 2020 -
My Journey to Starlink
August 21, 2020
August 21, 2020 -
Global Search and Trajectory Optimization in Interplanetary and Cislunar Space
March 20, 2020
March 20, 2020 -
A New Frontier of Possibilities in Planetary Science – Designing Flight Experiments to Explore Low-gravity Planetary Regolith Interactions
February 21, 2020
February 21, 2020 -
A Unified Continuum Dissipative Thermodynamic Model of Grain Boundary Motion Inspired by Crystal Plasticity
January 24, 2020
January 24, 2020 -
Fast and Robust Volumetric Refractive Index Measurement by Unified Background-oriented Schlieren Tomography
January 15, 2020
January 15, 2020 -
The Perplexing Role of Microstructure in Impact Failure
December 6, 2019
December 6, 2019 -
Using Machine Learning to Understand Dislocation Core Structure
December 4, 2019
December 4, 2019 -
Quasi-periodic Structures: Higher Order Symmetries and Vibration Localization
November 8, 2019
November 8, 2019 -
Biomechanics of Animal Flight in the Field
October 25, 2019
October 25, 2019 -
Development of Plasma Diagnostic Methods: High Speed Ion Energy and Species Identification
October 24, 2019
October 24, 2019 -
Life and work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
October 18, 2019
October 18, 2019 -
High Speed Imaging of Unsteady Shock Interactions
October 4, 2019
October 4, 2019 -
Computational and Analytical Studies of Combustion Instabilities, Flame Acceleration and Deflagration to Detonation Transition
September 30, 2019
September 30, 2019 -
September 24, 2019
September 24, 2019 -
Turbulent Wall Flows Over Spanwise-heterogeneous Surfaces: Non-periodic Deviation From Reynolds- averaged Flow Patterns
September 9, 2019
September 9, 2019 -
Accidental Detonation of Explosives – connections to the High Rate Local Deformation Mechanisms
August 30, 2019
August 30, 2019 -
The Rate of Surface Evolution on the Moon (And Why It Matters)
August 23, 2019
August 23, 2019 -
Avian-inspired Deployable Structures for Lift Enhancement and Stall Mitigation
April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019 -
Combustor Design for Gas Turbine Engines
April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019 -
Mesoscale Models to Understand Material Variability and Damage Evolution
April 5, 2019
April 5, 2019 -
The Future of Asteroid Exploration and the Osiris-rex Mission
April 4, 2019
April 4, 2019 -
Rigid Flap Deflection in Attached and Separated Flows
March 22, 2019
March 22, 2019 -
Analysis, Test and Correlation in Loads, Dynamics and Mass Properties
March 8, 2019
March 8, 2019 -
Coupled Multiphysics Models of Cardiac Hemodynamics: From Fundamental Insights to Clinical Translation
February 15, 2019
February 15, 2019 -
Mechanics Under the Fold: How Origami Creates Sophisticated Mechanical Properties
February 1, 2019
February 1, 2019 -
Heterogeneous Combustion for Aerospace Applications
January 30, 2019
January 30, 2019 -
Multifunctional Composites: Manufacturing, \Modeling and Predictive Maintenance
January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019 -
Matrix Matters: A Dynamic Look at Polymer Composites
January 18, 2019
January 18, 2019 -
A Mechanistic Approach to Thermo- Mechanical Coupling Utilizing Magnesium Alloy AZ31B
November 30, 2018
November 30, 2018 -
Non-Gravitational Forces and the Behavior of Grains: Applications in Planetary Science and Spacecraft Design
November 16, 2018
November 16, 2018 -
Unsteady Compressible Aerodynamics in a Time-Varying Freestream
October 19, 2018
October 19, 2018 -
On the Development of Physics-embedded High-order High Fidelity CFD Methods
October 05, 2018
October 05, 2018 -
Gas Turbine Combustion Instability: Mechanisms, Suppression and Pathways for Stable Design
September 21, 2018
September 21, 2018 -
Electric and Hybrid Electric Propulsion: Potential Benefits and Challenges
September 7, 2018
September 7, 2018 -
Credible Computational Solid Mechanics for Critical Decision Making in Engineering
August 24, 2018
August 24, 2018 -
Development of Multi-functional Composites with Shape Memory and Load Sensing Capabilities
April 20, 2018
April 20, 2018 -
On the Way to, and Landing on Asteroids
April 13, 2018
April 13, 2018 -
From Celestial Mechanics to Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout Mission and the Future of Space Exploration
April 6, 2018
April 6, 2018 -
Programmable and Modulated Metamaterials for Unprecedented Wave Propagation Control
March 30, 2018
March 30, 2018 -
Pluto Revealed! Latest Results from NASA's New Horizons Mission
March 2, 2018
March 2, 2018 -
Digital Image Correlation at Sandia National Laboratories: Emphasizing Material Characterization and Finite-element Model Validation
February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018 -
High-fidelity Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis and Design Optimization for Rotorcraft Applications
January 26, 2018
January 26, 2018 -
