Submissions from 2016
Mass digitization system, Marc D. Killpack
Single-Degree-of-Freedom Rigidly Foldable Origami Flashers, Robert J. Lang, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Multi-Sensor Robust Relative Estimation Framework for GPS-Denied Multirotor Aircraft, Tim McLain, Daniel P. Koch, and Kevin M. Brink
Landing Zone Determination for Autonomous Rotorcraft in Surveillance Applications, Timothy McLain, Gary J. Ellingson, and Justin Mackay
ROSflight: A Lightweight, Inexpensive MAV Research and Development Tool, Timothy McLain, James Jackson, and Gary J. Ellingson
Cushioned Extended-Periphery Avoidance: A Reactive Obstacle Avoidance Plugin, Timothy McLain, James Jackson, and David Wheeler
Relative Navigation in GPS Degraded Environments, Timothy McLain, David Wheeler, Paul W. Nyholm, Daniel P. Koch, Gary J. Ellingson, Benjamin J. Lewis, and Randall W. Beard
Aerodynamic Performance Characterization of Leading Edge Protrusions on Small Propellers, Kevin Moore and Andrew Ning
Towards Developing Product Applications of Thick Origami Using the Offset Panel Technique, Michael R. Morgan, Robert J. Lang, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Dynamic Control of Radiative Surface Properties With Origami-Inspired Design, Rydge B. Mulford, Matthew R. Jones, and Brian D. Iverson
Facilitating Deployable Mechanisms and Structures via Developable Lamina Emergent Arrays, Todd G. Nelson, Robert J. Lang, Nathan Pehrson, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Integrated Design of Downwind Land-based Wind Turbines using Analytic Gradients, Andrew Ning and Derek Petch
Parameterized Vertical-Axis Wind Turbine Wake Model Using CFD Vorticity Data, Andrew Ning and Eric Tingey
Open-Loop Electrowetting Actuation with Micro-Stepping, Qi Ni, Daniel E. Capecci, and Nathan B. Crane
Robust Bi-directional Continuous Electrowetting Based on Metal-semiconductor (M-S) Diodes, Qi Ni, Daniel E. Capecci, Millicent Schlafly, and Nathan B. Crane
Polynomial Chaos for the Computation of Annual Energy Production in Wind Farm Layout Optimization, Santiago Padrón, Andrew P.J. Stanley, Jared Thomas, Juan Alonso, and Andrew Ning
The Effect of Catalyst Layer Coating Irregularities on Initial Fuel Cell Performance, Jason M. Porter, Guido Bender, Adam Phillips, Jocelyn Mackay, and Michael Ulsh
Failure Point Analysis of Membrane Electrode Assemblies with Coating Irregularities, Jason M. Porter, Adam Phillips, Guido Bender, Jocelyn Mackay, and Michael Ulsh
An impedance-based coke sensor for methane reforming systems, Jason M. Porter and Najmus Saqib
Analyzing the Stability Properties of Kaleidocycles, Clarke A. Safsten, Travis B. Fillmore, Andrew E. Logan, Denise M. Halverson, and Larry L. Howell
The effect of common wrist orthoses on the stiffness of wrist rotations, Daniel B. Seegmiller, Dennis L. Eggett, and Steven K. Charles
Submissions from 2015
Effect of Airfoil and Composite Layer Thicknesses on an Aerostructural Blade Optimization for Wind Turbines, Ryan Barrett, Ian Freeman, and Andrew Ning
Control of a pneumatically actuated, fully inflatable, fabric-based, humanoid robot, Charles Mansel Best, Joshua Wilson, and Marc D. Killpack
Thick Rigidly Foldable Structures Realized by an Offset Panel Technique, Bryce Edmondson, Robert J. Lang, Michael R. Morgan, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Rigidly Foldable Origami Gadgets and Tessellations, Thomas A. Evans, Robert J. Lang, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Rigidly Foldable Origami Twists, Thomas A. Evans, Robert J. Lang, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
High Aspect Ratio, Carbon Nanotube Membranes Decorated with Pt Nanoparticle Urchins for Micro Underwater Vehicle Propulsion via H2O2 Decomposition, Brian D. Iverson, Kevin M. Marr, Bolin Chen, Eric J. Mootz, Jason Geder, Marius Pruessner, Brian J. Melde, Richard R. Vanfleet, Igor L. Medintz, and Jonathan C. Claussen
Stress-Limiting Test Structures for Rapid Low-Cost Strength and Stiffness Assessment, Andrew Katz, Craig P. Lusk, and Nathan B. Crane
Model predictive control for fast reaching in clutter, Marc D. Killpack, Ariel Kapusta, and Charles Kemp
High Aspect Ratio, Carbon Nanotube Membranes Decorated with Pt Nanoparticle Urchins for Micro Underwater Vehicle Propulsion via H2O2 Decomposition, Kevin M. Marr, Bolin Chen, Eric J. Mootz, Jason Geder, Marius Pruessner, Brian J. Melde, Richard R. Vanfleet, Igor L. Medintz, Brian D. Iverson, and Jonathan C. Claussen
Detect and Avoid for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems using ADS-B, Timothy McLain, Laith R. Sahawneh, Matthew O. Duffield, and Randall W. Beard
Non-Dimensional Approach for Static Balancing of Rotational Flexures, Ezekiel G. Merriam and Larry L. Howell
Experimental measurements of the spectral absorption coefficient of pure fused silica optical fibers, Travis J. Moore and Matthew R. Jones
Solving Nonlinear Heat Transfer Problems Using Variation of Parameters, Travis J. Moore and Matthew R. Jones
Dynamic Control of Radiative Surface Properties With Origami-Inspired Design, Rydge B. Mulford, Matthew R. Jones, and Brian D. Iverson
Curved-Folding-Inspired Deployable Compliant Rolling-contact Element (D-CORE), Todd Nelson, Robert Lang, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Development and Validation of a New Blade Element Momentum Skewed-Wake Model within AeroDyn, Andrew Ning, Greg Hayman, Rick Damiani, and Jason Jonkman
Electrowetting Force and Velocity Dependence on Fluid Surface Energy, Qi Ni, Daniel E. Capecci, and Nathan B. Crane
Ballistic imaging of diesel sprays using a picosecond laser: characterization and demonstration, Jason M. Porter, Sean P. Duran, and Terence E. Parker
System overview and characterization of a high-temperature, high-pressure, entrained-flow, laboratory-scale gasifier, Jason M. Porter, Madison A. Kelly, Micah S. Jakulewicz, Christopher B. Dreyer, and Terence E. Parker
A Simplified Model for Effective Thermal Conductivity of Highly Porous Ceramic Fiber Insulation, Jason M. Porter, Nicholas P. G. Lumley, Emory Ford, and Eric Minford
Evaluating air-blown gasification for energy recovery from wastewater solids: Impact of biological treatment and point of generation on energy recovery, Jason M. Porter, Dotti F. Ramey, Nicholas P. G. Lumley, and Ana L. Prieto
Real-time monitoring of room-temperature ionic liquid purity through optical diode-based sensing, Jason M. Porter, Jeffery L. Wheeler, Christopher B. Dreyer, Joe Poshusta, and Jerry L. Martin
Comparing Model Predictive Control and input shaping for improved response of low-impedance robots, Levi Rupert, Phillip Hyatt, and Marc D. Killpack
Comparison of Two Wake Models for Use in Gradient-based Wind Farm Layout Optimization, Jared Thomas, Eric Tingey, and Andrew Ning
Wind Farm Layout Optimization Using Sound Pressure Level Constraints, Eric Tingey, Jared Thomas, and Andrew Ning
Submissions from 2014
Piezoresistive Sensing of Bistable Micro Mechanism State, Jeffrey K. Anderson, Larry L. Howell, Jonathan W. Wittwer, and Timothy W. McLain
A Robotic System for Reaching in Dense Clutter that Integrates Model Predictive Control, Learning, Haptic Mapping, and Planning, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, Phillip Grice, Ariel Kapusta, Marc D. Killpack, Daehyung Park, and Charles Kemp
A Position Analysis of Coupled Spherical Mechanisms in Action Origami, Landen A. Bowen, L. A. Baxter, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
High-Efficiency Thermodynamic Power Cycles for Concentrated Solar Power Systems, Marc T. Dunham and Brian Iverson
Sensitivity Analysis of Wind Plant Performance to Key Turbine Design Parameters: A Systems Engineering Approach, Katherine Dykes, Andrew Ning, Ryan King, Peter Graf, George Scott, and Paul Veers
System-Level Simulation of a Solar Power Tower Plant with Thermocline Thermal Energy Storage, Scott M. Flueckiger, Brian D. Iverson, Suresh V. Garimella, and James E. Pacheco
Economic Optimization of a Concentrating Solar Power Plant With Molten-Salt Thermocline Storage, Scott M. Flueckiger, Brian Iverson, and Suresh V. Garimella
Flex-16: A Large-Displacement Monolithic Compliant Rotational Hinge, Robert McIntyre Fowler, Alex Maselli, Peter Pluimers, Spencer P. Magleby, and Larry L. Howell
Automatic Evaluation of Multidisciplinary Derivatives Using a Graph-Based Problem Formulation in OpenMDAO, Justin Gray, Tristan Hearn, Kenneth Moore, John Hwang, Joaquim Martins, and Andrew Ning
Are Undergraduate GPA and General GRE Percentiles Valid Predictors of Student Performance in an Engineering Graduate Program?, Larry L. Howell, Carl D. Sorenson, and Matthew R. Jones
Thermocline Bed Properties for Deformation Analysis, Brian D. Iverson, Stephen J. Bauer, and Scott M. Flueckiger
Review of High-Temperature Central Receiver Designs for Concentrating Solar Power, Brian D. Iverson and Clifford K. Ho
Long Life Electrochemical Diodes for Continuous Electrowetting, Mehdi Khodayari, Ben Hahne, and Nathan B. Crane
Automated Tracking and Estimation for Control of Non-rigid Cloth, Marc D. Killpack
Quadrotors and Accelerometers: State Estimation with an Improved Dynamic Model, Robert C. Leishman, John Macdonald, Randal W. Beard, and Timothy W. McLain
Quaternion Based Attitude Error for a Tailsitter in Hover Flight, Timothy McLain, Matthew E. Argyle, Jason M. Beach, Randall W. Beard, and Stephen Morris
Tailsitter Attitude Control Using Resolved Tilt-Twist, Timothy McLain, Jason M. Beach, Matthew E. Argyle, Randall W. Beard, and Stephen Morris
Tailsitter Heading Estimation Using a Magnetometer, Timothy McLain, Jason M. Beach, Matthew E. Argyle, Randall W. Beard, and Stephen Morris
Aerial Rendezvous of Small Unmanned Aircraft Using a Passive Towed Cable System, Timothy McLain, Randall W. Beard, Joseph W. Nichols, and Liang Sun
Implementing Dubins Airplane Paths on Fixed-wing UAVs, Timothy McLain, Randall W. Beard, and Mark Owen
Relative Navigation Approach for Vision-based Aerial GPS-denied Navigation, Timothy McLain, Randal W. Beard, and Robert C. Leishman
Analysis of the Conduction-Radiation Problem in Absorbing, Emitting, Non-Gray Planar Media Using an Exact Method, Travis J. Moore and Matthew R. Jones
A Simple Solution Method for the Blade Element Momentum Equations with Guaranteed Convergence, Andrew Ning
Understanding the Benefits and Limitations of Increasing Maximum Rotor Tip Speed for Utility-Scale Wind Turbines, Andrew Ning
Extended Formation Flight at Transonic Speeds, Andrew Ning, Ilan Kroo, Michael Aftosmis, Marian Nemec, and James Kless
Optical measurements of impurities in room-temperature ionic liquids, Jason M. Porter, Christopher B. Dreyer, David Bicknase, Shubham Vyas, C. Mark Maupin, Joe Poshusta, and Jerry Martin
Quantitative assessment of thermal diffusion using NDE, Jason M. Porter, C. T. Howard, E. A. Pfeif, B. Mishra, and D. L. Olson
Techno-economic analysis of wastewater sludge gasification: A decentralized urban perspective, Jason M. Porter, Nicholas P. G. Lumley, Dotti F. Ramey, Ana L. Prieto, Robert J. Braun, and Tzahi Y. Cath
Aircraft Route Optimization for Formation Flight, Jia Xu, Andrew Ning, Geoffrey Bower, and Ilan Kroo
Submissions from 2013
Tactile sensing over articulated joints with stretchable sensors, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, Advait Jain, Sarvagya Vaish, Marc D. Killpack, and Charles Kemp
Non-redundant Sensor Fault Detection Using an Improved Dynamic Model, Brandon Cannon, Robert C. Leishman, Timothy W. McLain, Joseph Jackson, and Jovan Boskovic
Whole-arm tactile sensing for beneficial and acceptable contact during robotic assistance, Phillip M. Grice, Marc D. Killpack, Advait Jain, Sarvagya Vaish, Jeffrey Hawk, and Charles C. Kemp
Supercritical CO2 Brayton Cycles for Solar-Thermal Energy, Brian D. Iverson, Thomas M. Conboy, James J. Pasch, and Alan M. Kruizenga
Electrochemical Explanation for Asymmetric Electrowetting Response, Mehdi Khodayari, Nathan B. Crane, and Alex A. Volinsky
Floating Electrode Electrowetting on Hydrophobic Dielectric with an SiO2 Layer, Mehdi Khodayari, Benjamin Hahne, Nathan B. Crane, and Alex A. Volinsky
Fast reaching in clutter while regulating forces using model predictive control, Marc D. Killpack and Charles Kemp
Inviscid Analysis of Extended Formation Flight, James Kless, Michael Aftosmis, Andrew Ning, and Marian Nemec
Numerical Simulation of Convection in Triangular Cavities to Predict Solar Still Performance, Jeremy D. LeFevre, W. Jerry Bowman, and Matthew R. Jones
Robust Motion Estimation with RGB-D Cameras, Robert C. Leishman, Daniel Koch, and Timothy W. McLain
Relative Navigation Approach for Vision-based Aerial GPS-denied Navigation, Robert C. Leishman, Timothy McLain, and Randal W. Beard
A Multiplicative Extended Kalman Filter for Relative Rotorcraft Navigation, Robert C. Leishman and Timothy W. McLain
Objectives and Constraints for Wind Turbine Optimization, Andrew Ning, Rick Damiani, and Patrick Moriarty
Defect Detection in Fuel Cell Gas Diffusion Electrodes Using Infrared Thermography, Jason M. Porter, D. C. Bittinat, Guido Bender, and M. Ulsh
Techno- Economic Analysis of Wastewater Biosolids Gasification, Jason M. Porter, Nick Lumley, Robert Braun, Tzahi Cath, Ana Prietro, Dotti Ramey, and Greta Buschmann
Submissions from 2012
Fluidic Assembly at the Microscale: Progress and Prospects, Nathan B. Crane, Onursal Onen, Jose Carballo, Qi Ni, and Rasim Guldiken
Thermal and Mechanical Properties of Nitrate Thermal Storage Salts in the Solid-Phase, Brian D. Iverson, Scott T. Broome, Alan M. Kruizenga, and Joseph G. Cordaro
A material system for reliable low voltage anodic electrowetting, Mehdi Khodayari, Jose Carballo, and Nathan B. Crane
Relative Navigation and Control of a Hexacopter, Timothy McLain, Randal W. Beard, Robert C. Leishman, and John MacDonald
Ballistic Imaging of Sprays at Diesel Relevant Conditions, Jason M. Porter, S. P. Duran, and T. E. Parker
Introduction of Planar Compliant Joints Designed for Combined Bending and Axial Loading Conditions in Lamina Emergent Mechanisms, Samuel E. Wilding, Larry L. Howell, and Spencer P. Magleby
Spherical Lamina Emergent Mechanisms, Samuel E. Wilding, Larry L. Howell, and Spencer P. Magleby
Aircraft Route Optimization for Heterogeneous Formation Flight, Jia Xu, Andrew Ning, Geoffrey Bower, and Ilan Kroo
Submissions from 2011
A 3-D Chain Algorithm with Pseudo-rigid-body Model Elements, Robert Parley Chase, Robert H. Todd, Larry L. Howell, and Spencer P. Magleby
Self Assembly in Additive Manufacturing: Opportunities and Obstacles, Nathan B. Crane, J. Tuckerman, and G. N. Nielson