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A coupled interplanetary---entry, descent and landing targeting procedure	Development of an aerodynamic synthetic jet actuator based on a piezoceramic buckled beam

Performance measurement, simulation, and analysis of the Cox Tee Dee 0.010, the world's smallest production IC engine	Design and testing of a Galfenol tactile sensor array

Autonomous target recognition and localization for manipulator sampling tasks	Force estimation based compliance control of a two link harmonically driven robotic manipulator

Abort trajectories for manned lunar missions	Development of a test-bed for closed-loop MAV flight control

Performance measurement and simulation of a small internal combustion engine	Analysis of the aerodynamically deployable wings and payload support structure of the mono tiltrotor

Relative navigation for Hubble servicing mission using reflected GPS signals	Fin-guided fuel injection enhancements for low aspect ratio scramjet combustors

Development and evaluation of a tool for EVA or robotic planetary sampling	Categorizing admittance control parameters for the Ranger 8-DoF tele-operated space manipulator

A hybrid variational-level set approach to handle topological changes	Stability and control modeling of tiltrotor aircraft

Hardware design of a wearable system for gesture-based teleoperation of a robotic manipulator	Development and testing of a metabolic workload measurement system for space suits

Simulation and control of a passively articulated, segmented-body rover	Development and investigation of a flapping rotor for micro air vehicles

Design of an anthropomorphic robotic hand for space operations	A line-based obstacle avoidance technique for dexterous manipulator operations

Wind tunnel blockage corrections for propellers	Transport protocol and flow control for IP-based broadband aeronautical satellite networks

Thermal management solutions for low volume complex electronic systems	Water immersion ballasted partial gravity for lunar and Martian EVA simulation

Investigation of a cable-driven parallel mechanism for pressure suit arm resizing and motion assistance	Flow control using plasma and synthetic jet actuators on bluff bodies

Comparison of free vortex wake models for a sub-scale rotor at low speeds	Modeling of a high energy density combustion based aluminum and steam propulsion system

Experimental investigation of wing-fuselage integration geometries including CFD analyses	Quantitative global heat-transfer measurements using temperature-sensitive paint on a blunt body in hypersonic flows

Experimental detection and quantitative interrogation of damage in a jointed composite structure	Augmented reality for space applications

A physics-based approach to characterizing helicopter external noise radiation from ground-based noise measurements	Aerodynamic modeling of a flapping membrane wing using motion tracking experiments

Experimental characterization of slot film cooling flows with minimally intrusive diagnostics	Design and evaluation of end-effectors for autonomous sampling

An image-based approach for tracking helicopter longitudinal tip-path-plane angle	In-flight array measurements of tail rotor harmonic noise

Contributions to the aerodynamic optimization of a coaxial rotor system	Experimental investigation of the mechanical properties and auxetic behavior of iron-gallium alloys

Highly extensible skin for a variable wing-span morphing aircraft utilizing pneumatic artificial muscle actuation	Development and validation of a bidirectionally coupled magnetoelastic FEM model for current driven magnetostrictive devices

Stochastic properties of wide field integrated optic flow measurements	A computational study of the clap and fling aerodynamic mechanism

Mechanisms of sediment entrainment and transport in rotorcraft brownout	Three-dimensional motion coordination in a time-varying flowfield

Comparison of optic flow in the visible light and infrared spectrums	Smoke points of microgravity and normal gravity coflow diffusion flames

A study of selected aspects of electromagnetic formation flight	Computational fluid dynamic solutions of optimized heat shields designed for earth entry

Development and test of a permanent magnet helicon thruster	Development of a reusable top-level control architecture for a robotic manipulator

Simulation and modeling of an acoustically forced model rocket injector	Optic flow based station-keeping and wind rejection for small flying vehicles

Hypersonic application of focused schlieren and deflectometry	Aerodynamic analysis and simulation of a twin-tail tilt-duct unmanned aerial vehicle

Performance of a microchannel-thermoelectric power generator with alumina-in-water nanofluids as coolants	Design and performance of a ducted coaxial rotor in hover and forward flight

Aerodynamic Analysis of an MAV-Scale Cycloidal Rotor System Using a Structured Overset RANS Solver	A dynamics-based fidelity assessment of partial gravity gait simulation using underwater body segment ballasting

The Design, Fabrication, and Flight Testing of an Academic Research Platform for High Resolution Terrain Imaging	Analysis of scye bearing motion as applicable to the design of a morphing spacesuit

Modeling of water-breathing propulsion systems utilizing the aluminum-seawater reaction and solid-oxide fuel cells	Development of an experiment for measuring film cooling performance in supersonic flows

Flow field and performance measurements of a flapping-wing device using particle image velocimetry	Numerical characterization and modeling of adiabatic slot film cooling

Optimal propulsion system design for a micro quad rotor	Backstepping control design for the coordinated motion of vehicles in a flowfield

Observer-based feedback control for stabilization of collective motion	Effects of aeolian scaling parameters on sediment mobilization below a hovering rotor

Evaluation of Flexible Rotor Hover Performance in Extreme Ground Effect	Open loop system identification of a micro quadrotor helicopter from closed loop data

Trajectory optimization and aerodynamic modeling of long range morphing projectiles	Effects of wall plane topology on vortex-wall interactions in a forced impinging jet

Understanding brownout using dual-phase particle image velocimetry measurements	Design and implementation of a control system for a quadrotor MAV

Effects of body shapes on rotor in-ground-effect aerodynamics	An experimental evaluation of space manipulator dynamics

Experimental investigation of liquid and gas fueled flames towards the development of a burning rate emulator (BRE) for microgravity applications	CFD Analysis of a Slatted UH-60 Rotor in Hover

Aerodynamic design optimization of proprotors for convertible-rotor concepts	Evaluation and improvement of temperature sensitive paint data reduction process through analysis of tunnel data

A comparative framework for maneuverability and gust tolerance of aerial microsystems	Automated Kinematic Extraction of Wing and Body Motions of Free Flying Diptera

An investigation of concentrated and distributed strain inducing constraints for training shape memory alloys	An experimental investigation of ground effect on a quad tilt rotor in hover and low speed forward flight

Nonlinear control design techniques for precision formation flying at Lagrange points	Airframe integrity based on Bayesian approach

Dynamics and aeroelasticity of hover-capable flapping wings: Experiments and analysis	Rotor hover performance and system design of an efficient coaxial rotary wing micro air vehicle

Departure phase aborts for manned Mars missions	Helicopter flight dynamics simulation with a time-accurate free-vortex wake model

Experimental analysis and analytical modeling of synthetic jet-cross flow interactions	Development of a magneto-rheological fluid based hybrid actuation system

Modeling, simulating, and controlling the fluid dynamics of electro-wetting on dielectric	Semi-active magnetorheological seat suspensions for enhanced crashworthiness and vibration isolation of rotorcraft seats

Integrated propulsion and power modeling for bimodal nuclear thermal rockets	A new experimental approach to study helicopter blade-vortex interaction noise

Large-eddy simulation of high Reynolds number flows in complex geometries	Gravity gradiometer aided inertial navigation within non-GNSS environments

Experimental and numerical characterization of turbulent slot film cooling	Contributions to the dynamics of helicopters with active rotor controls

Application of reduced order modeling techniques to problems in heat conduction, isoelectric focusing and differential algebraic equations	Hover and wind-tunnel testing of shrouded rotors for improved micro air vehicle design

On overset grids connectivity and vortex tracking in rotorcraft CFD	Characterization of bending magnetostriction in iron-gallium alloys for nanowire sensor applications

The role of density gradient in liquid rocket engine combustion instability	Self-contained hybrid electro-hydraulic actuators using magnetostrictive and electrostrictive materials

Effect of swirl on the choking criteria, shock structure, and mixing in underexpanded supersonic nozzle airflows	Aerothermodynamic optimization of Earth entry blunt body heat shields for Lunar and Mars return

Computational investigation of micro-scale coaxial rotor aerodynamics in hover	Development of a snubber type magnetorheological fluid elastomeric lag damper for helicopter stability augmentation

Quasi-static characterization and modeling of the bending behavior of single crystal galfenol for magnetostrictive sensors and actuators	Understanding the role of heat recirculation in enhancing the speed of premixed laminar flames in a parallel plate micro-combustor

Pressure-constrained, reduced-DOF, interconnected parallel manipulators with applications to space suit design	Bio-inspired information extraction in 3-D environments using wide-field integration of optic flow

Propellant injection strategy for suppressing acoustic combustion instability	Design and performance prediction of swashplateless helicopter rotors with trailing edge flaps and tabs

Modeling and simulation of mixing layer flows for rocket engine film cooling	Manufacturing techniques for titanium aluminide based alloys and metal matrix composites

Analysis, Validation, Prediction And Fundamental Understanding Of Rotor Blade Loads In An Unsteady Maneuver	Precise steering of particles in electroosmotically actuated microfluidic devices

Fault Detection on a Full-Scale OH-58 A/C Helicopter Transmission	The scaling of performance and losses in miniature internal combustion engines

Fundamental understanding of the cycloidal-rotor concept for micro air vehicle applications	The effects of finite-rate reactions at the gas/surface interface in support of thermal protection system design

Fundamental Rotorcraft Acoustic Modeling from Experiments (FRAME)	A new optical technique for probing clear air turbulence

Control-oriented reduced order modeling of dipteran flapping flight	An Analytical Investigation of Flapping Wing Structures for Micro Air Vehicles

Guided Lamb wave based 2-D spiral phased array for structural health monitoring of thin panel structures	Experimental Investigation of a Shrouded Rotor Micro Air Vehicle in Hover and in Edgewise Gusts

Modeling and system identification of an ornithopter flight dynamics model	Active jet acoustic control of low frequency, in-plane helicopter harmonic noise

Pneumatic Artificial Muscle Driven Trailing Edge Flaps For Active Rotors	A Coupled CFD/CSD Investigation of the Effects of Leading Edge Slat on Rotor Performance

Motion reconstruction of animal groups: From schooling fish to swarming mosquitoes	Investigation into the aerodynamics of swashplateless rotors using CFD-CSD analysis

Debating space security: Capabilities and vulnerabilities	Contributions to the Characterization and Mitigation of Rotorcraft Brownout

Development of a Lagrangian-Lagrangian methodology to predict brownout dust clouds	Creating an objective methodology for human-robot team configuration selection