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KUAE Alumnus, Alan Mulalley

Honored with Guggenheim Medal The Daniel Guggenheim Medal is a prestigious engineering award that honors individuals who make prominent contributions to the advancement of aeronautics. The award was established in 1928 by the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics.

Alan Mulalley was honored with the 2014 medal. AIAA executive director, Sandra Magnus, stated “His oversight and involvement in the creation of six of the world’s most well-known airliners, along with his direction of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, have clearly demonstrated his bold vision, his now legendary leadership skills, and his personal commitment to improving air transportation for all of humanity .”

Presently, Mulalley serves on the Board of Directors at Google.

*Hyland, Duane. "Alan Mulally to Receive the AIAA/ASME/AHS/SAE Guggenheim Medal : The American

Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics." The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA),

n.d. Web. 20 Oct. 2015.

IN THIS ISSUE

Chair’s Message ······························· 2

Women of Distinction ······················ 3

Student News ······························· 4-5

Faculty News··································· 6

Faculty Profile ································· 7

Alumni News ·································· 8

In The News ···································· 9

Faculty Publications & Grants ··· 10-13

Funding Our Future ······················· 14

2015 Awards Banquet ·················· 15

FALL 2015

KUAE alumnus, Alan Mulalley (center), receiving the AIAA/ASME/AHS/SAE Guggenheim Medal

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Message from the Chair Welcome to the 2015 issue of the KU Aerospace Engineering (KUAE) Newsletter! We are very excited

to move into a brand new research and teaching facility, the LEEP2 (Learned Engineering Expansion

Phase 2) Building, which essentially doubles our existing space. The new Aerospace Design Laboratory

is prominently highlighted on the first floor near one of the main gates to LEEP2. We are very grateful

to Textron Aviation for naming the Design Laboratory. The dedication of LEEP2 was held on October

30, 2015, together with the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Design Lab featuring Michael Branicky,

Dean of School of Engineering, and several executives from Textron Aviation, Michael Thacker, Senior

Vice President of Engineering (KUAE ‘91), Doug May, Vice President of Piston Products (KUAE ‘89) and Chris Hearne,

Vice President of Jet Products (KUME ‘92). See the photos below.

We are thrilled to welcome two new faculty members to join the KUAE family in January 2015, Drs. Emily Arnold and

Huixuan Wu, both assistant professors of aerospace engineering. Emily has made history as the first female faculty ever

in the Department. The number of faculty in KUAE rose to 13, which is also a new high in the Department’s history.

KUAE faculty increased annual research volume to a new high of over $2.2 million under a very difficult funding

environment. The University of Kansas is among three

universities across the state that are members of the new

Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for

Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS, which was awarded by

the U.S. Department of Transportation in Washington, D.C.

KUAE faculty and alumni continued to garner national and

international attention for their outstanding achievements.

For example, Alan Mulally (KUAE BS ‘68, MS ‘69) received

the 2014 AIAA/ASME/AHS/SAE Guggenheim Medal, and

was honored for leadership in the creation, design,

development, and manufacture of commercial airplanes,

exemplified by the Boeing 777. Professor Saeed Farokhi has

been elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

I am very proud to announce that KUAE continues to be the

highest ranking AE program in the State of Kansas according

to US News and World Report. Our graduate ranking

improved to No. 27 among the best public universities, and

to No. 36 overall. We are grateful that our peers noticed

some of the great things taking place at KUAE.

Finally I want to thank the advisory board, faculty, staff and

students who worked continuously to achieve the

department’s mission.

Rock Chalk!

Z.J. Wang

Spahr Professor and Chair of Aerospace Engineering

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Three KUAE Women Honored as Women of Distinction

“Lauren became one of five students in the Peer Tutoring Program offering beautifully, generously her assistance to students who were in the need of help for that challenging class. She demonstrated that with her extraordinary academic excellence she can be an important contributor to the community of her peers who have benefited tremendously from her most impressive volunteering. They have natural talents for leading groups. Lauren became the first time ever elected Vice President of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Student Chapter at KU as an engineering student.”- Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

Lauren Schumacher, Doctoral student, Aerospace Engineering. Hometown: Rolla, Missouri, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), Kansas representative for National Congressional

Visit Day (2013), KU University Scholars Program (Class of 2014), Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM), KU: vice president for undergraduates (2013-15)

“Brooke [was] the President of her professional organization, AIAA. To be elected as Chapter President as a sophomore is quite an accolade and vote of confidence by her peers. She has organized no less than six major functions involving students, faculty and visitors. She has directed many activities involving working professionals many decades her senior.”- Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

Brooke Reid, Junior, Aerospace Engineering. Hometown: Cota de Caza, California, Self Engineering

Leadership Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics KU Branch,-president (2014-15), Vincent Muirhead Award for Leadership (2015)

“Emily became the first woman hired as a tenure track assistant professor at the KU Aerospace Engineering Department! As a courtesy professor in the AE department at KU, I was trilled to welcome Emily who broke a glass ceiling and joined the faculty members as the first woman.”- Bozenna Pasik-Duncan

Emily Arnold, Ph.D. Assistant professor of Aerospace Engineering, NASA Earth and Space fellow

(2012, 2013), Amelia Earhart Fellow (2010, 2011), NASA Group Achievement Award (2011)

“During the last years of my teaching large Probability and Statistics, Math 526, classes with a diverse group of students from mathematics, engineering, economics, science, I have observed an amazing pattern: AE women finish math courses as the top students. I recognized them as outstanding students, strongly motivated, well organized, serious and curious about learning, possessing excellent writing and communication skills, ready for new challenges and they are risk takers. I have found their presentations of solutions to the problems to be clearly written demonstrating not only excellent understanding of the problems but also excellent writing, communication and creativity skills. They are engaged in mathematics, science and engineering disciplines and they are ready for solving complex problems in interdisciplinary research. They have remarkable skills of making connections between and among science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. They bring passion, excitement and curiosity to the learning process. They are very inspirational for their classmates. They are true leaders in their classes and they make important contributions.” - Bozenna Pasik-Duncan, Professor of Mathematics

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Student News

AIAA Design Competition

Aerospace doctoral student, Lauren Schumacher, was one of nine doctoral students selected to receive the prestigious Madison and Lila Self Graduate Fellowship for the 2015-2016 academic year. The Self Graduate Fellowship is a four-year award to new or first-year doctoral students. The selected students must exhibit leadership, initiative, and a passion for achievement. Students are awarded full tuition and fees, a $29,500 annual payment , and a unique development program. The mission of the Self Graduate Fellowship is to “identify and recruit exceptional doctoral students who demonstrate the promise to make significant contributions to their fields of study and society as a whole.”

“It is truly an honor to be chosen to participate in the Self Graduate Fellowship. Having the opportunity to participate in the development program with such an amazing group of aspiring leaders across campus while discussing our research has been very rewarding and an eye opener to all the stellar research at the University of Kansas. “ - Lauren Schumacher

KUAE Student Selected for Self Graduate Fellowship

KUAE design students spent the past year working on an AIAA design competition. In

March, the students toured several companies, including Boeing and Lockheed

Martin, where they gave their presentations and listened to feedback. Their final

design report was submitted in June.

KUAE Design Students following a tour of the F-15

and F-18 Assembly lines at Boeing, St. Louis

KUAE Design Students visiting Lockheed-Martin in Marietta, Georgia

MADD UCAV, designed by Cameron Diaz and Rodrigo Chavez

Credit: University of Kansas/Marketing Communications/Kelsey Kimberlin

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Fall 2014-Summer 2015

Graduate Students Amir Bachelani (MS)

Advisor: Richard Hale

Aaron Burns (MS)

Advisor: Craig McLaughlin

Sonja Flesberg (PhD)

Advisor: Ray Taghavi

Alex Karwas (PhD)

Advisor: Ray Taghavi

Jin Seong Kim (MS)

Advisor: Dongkyu Choi

Travis Lechtenberg (PhD)

Advisor: Craig McLaughlin

Wen Li (MS)

Advisor: Charlie Zheng

Vivek Ram (MS)

Advisor: Mark Ewing

Robert Roberts (MS)

Advisor: Richard Hale

Lei Shi (PhD)

Advisor: ZJ Wang

Leslie Smith (PhD)

Advisor: Saeed Farokhi

Undergraduate Students Russell Barnes Elizabeth O’Neil

Justin Berndt Joshua Pritchard

Aaron Blevins Lauren Schumacher

Corey Bredeson Samuel Shelton

Kellen Cross Eric Sherman

Cameron Diaz John Toner

Ryan Endres Joseph Weaver

Evan Freeman Christopher Williams

Logan Fritz

Stephen Hicks

Tonderai Kamarami

Daniel Kennedy

Chelsea Lotz

ZJ Wang and Shawn Keshmiri (center) with

seniors at the 2015 Awards Banquet.

2014-2015 Academic Year Graduates

Congrats to all our graduates! Dr. Farokhi, Evan Freeman, and Dr. Taghavi

Chelsea Lotz

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Faculty and Staff News New Faculty and Staff

Dr. Emily Arnold joined KUAE in January 2015 as an Assistant Professor and is the first female professor in the department. Before joining, Dr. Arnold worked at MITRE Cooptation as a Senior Mechanical Engineer. She received her B.S. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas. Dr. Arnold’s research interests include multifunction structures, airborne remote sensing, and unmanned aircraft systems.

Elizabeth Karr joined the department in August as the new Administrative Assistant. She graduated from the University of Kansas in May 2015 with a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing. Elizabeth is responsible for the everyday office activities, including assisting the chair and other faculty, supporting undergraduate and graduate students, and maintaining the department website and social media.

Faculty Awards and Promotions Dr. Ron Barrett was promoted to full Professor effective August 2015. He joined the department as an Associate Professor in 2005. Before joining KUAE he was Distinguished Visiting Professor at Technical University of Delft for a year and an Associate Professor at Auburn University. He received his B.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Kansas and his M.S. from the University of Maryland. Dr. Barrett’s research interests include adaptive aerostructures, enhancement of transportation related technologies, and missiles and munitions.

Dr. Saeed Farokhi was elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society. The Society is an international, multidisciplinary, professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community. As the world’s only professional body dedicated to the aerospace community, it exists to further the advancement of aeronautical art, science and engineering around the world. Dr. Farokhi’s research interests focus on propulsion systems, flow control, renewable energy, and CFD. He joined the KU Aerospace Engineering department in 1984.

Dr. ZJ Wang, Spahr Professor and Chair of KUAE, was named a 2015 American Institute of Aeronautics Astronautics (AIAA). AIAA confers the distinction of Fellow upon individuals in recognition of their notable and valuable contributions to the arts, sciences or technology of aeronautics and astronautics. Dr. Wang’s research interests include computational fluid dynamics and adaptive high-order methods. He joined the department in 2012.

Dr. Ray Taghavi was awarded the John E. and Winifred E. Sharp Professorship, which recognizes a faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in engineering instruction. Dr. Taghavi is recognized as a rare combination of teacher, mentor, and friend to all students in engineering. His effectiveness as a teacher has been repeatedly recognized. Senior students have selected him three times in the past six years for the “Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award.” Dr. Taghavi helps nourish the academic and professional careers of numerous Ph.D. students – serving as a valued guide and mentor to some of the department’s brightest minds.

Dr. Craig McLauglin was selected for the AIAA Class of 2016 Associate Fellows. The AIAA level of Associate Fellow recognizes individuals “who have accomplished or been in charge of important engineering or scientific work, or who have done original work of outstanding merit, or who have otherwise made outstanding contributions to the arts, sciences, or technology of aeronautics or astronautics.” Dr. McLauglin’s research interests include satellite drag and aeronomy, orbit determination and astrodynamics, and space surveillance. He joined the KUAE department in 2007.

Dr. Shawn Keshmiri was also selected for the AIAA Class of 2016 Associate Fellows. His research interests include nonlinear parameter and system identification, flight testing unmanned aerial systems, and nonlinear dynamic planning and optimization. Dr. Keshmiri joined the department in 2008.

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Faculty Research Profile

Dr. Emily Arnold

Dr. Emily Arnold’s research interests span the fields of aerospace structures and electromagnetics. Her current research focuses on airborne platform sensor integration and aircraft integration effects on these sensors. Long term research goals in this area include the development of multifunctional aircraft structures (primary aircraft structures that can operate as sensors) and coupled structural-EM simulation. Through her collaboration with the Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, Dr. Arnold has focused research applications in the field airborne remote sensing of the Cryosphere. In her previous work, Dr. Arnold helped develop and integrate sensor suites capable of ice thickness measurements, snow thickness measurements, and the mapping of internal ice layer onto the NASA DC-8 and P-3 flying laboratories in support of Operation Ice Bridge.

Dr. Arnold was recently awarded a NASA EPSCoR Partnership Development Grant, in which she will be working with a group from NASA Armstrong to determine the feasibility of using a fiber optic system to measure the in-flight deflection of wing-integrated antenna arrays and applying real-time corrections to the radiation patterns.

Dr. Arnold’s research also has applications to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for remote sensing. These smaller vehicles are ideal platforms for applications of multifunctional structures since available payload volume and weight is significantly less than their larger, manned counterparts.

NASA P-3 with Integrated CRESIS Radar Suite

Effects of wing flexure on wing-integrated antenna arrays

Multifunctional wing concept for a small-class UAS

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New Honor Roll Inductees Marv Nuss ‘73

Marv Nuss has had a long term service to the KU Aerospace Engineering department as a member of the Advisory Board and as its long term chair. His dedication to KU and the department is unmatched. He is truly “Mr. KU Aero.” In the course of a long career, Marv began working as a structural fatigue analyst at Bell Helicopter and McDonnell Aircraft. Through McDonnell Douglas, he also spent a year with the CASA-Spain design team certifying small transport airplanes to FAA part 25 damage tolerance requirements. Marv then went on

to 20-year stellar career with the FAA, most recently serving as the program manager for Continued Operational Safety at the Small Airplane Certification Directorate. He participated on industry FAA teams that developed improved certification processes. He was also involved in accident investigations, regulation, policy, process, and research; all of which have made significant contributions in the field of Aerospace Engineering. Now, with over 41 years of experience, Marv provides global engineering consulting for a variety of private, government, and academic organizations that focus on aircraft structure airworthiness and sustainment .

Mike Shinn ‘66

Mike Shinn was passionate about KU, especially the School of Engineering. He attended the university on a football scholarship where he served as the co-captain on the team, earned academic All-American, and dean’s honor roll recognition. He was thoughtful, kind, and generous. His contributions over the years are immeasurable, but his efforts to expand opportunities for minority students and increase diversity throughout the school deserve special recognition.

After completing his bachelor’s degree, he was hired as a process engineer for General Electric (GE) in Cleveland, Ohio. His career at GE would blend engineering, leadership, and personal commitment to change the face of the profession. Shinn eventually left GE for Ford Motor Co. but returned as a program manager of corporate recruiting and university development. He held that position for 20 years. During that 20 years he created GE’s African-American Forum. Shinn was highly involved with the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) which led to the creation of the Mike Shinn Distinguished Member Award. In 2003, he was awarded the Savoy Professional Magazine’s Diversity Award for Lifetime Achievement. Fortunately, Shinn always remember his roots at KU. He helped found the KU Alumni Association’s Black Alumni Network and served on its board of directors. He was honored in 2004 by the KU Alumni Association with its Fred Ellsworth Medallion, KU’s highest honor for volunteer service to the University. In 2008 he was awarded the KU School of Engineering’s Distinguished Engineering Service Award, its highest award. He and his wife, Joyce established the Mike Shinn Scholars program for minorities in engineering at KU. He was elected a KU Endowment trustee and appointed to the Governance Committee in 2004. At the time of his death, he was serving as the chair of the Trustee Diversity Task Force and was a member of the Steering Committee for the Far Above campaign.

Alumni News

Shinn’s wife, Joyce, and son, Stephen accepting his award on his behalf

Nuss (center) accepting his award

The Aerospace Engineering Honor roll recognizes alumni and other friends of the Aerospace Engineering Department who have made major contributions to the aerospace engineering profession. Members of the Honor Roll serve in perpetuity as role models for Aerospace Engineering students and the public at large. The University of Kansas Aerospace Engineering faculty established the Aerospace Engineering Alumni Honor Roll in 1993. The first awards were given at the KUAE 50th Anniversary Celebration in 1994. In 2002, the faculty decided to expand the honor roll to consider the contributions of friends of KU Aerospace Engineering as well as alumni.

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In The News

The University of Kansas is one of three universities in Kansas that has been added as a member of the new Federal Aviation Administration Center of Excellence for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The purpose for this new center is to develop rules for regulating commercial UASs, while minimizing change to the existing commercial aircraft regulations. Five million dollars have been appropriated to the center by Congress for the five-year agreement. Research has begun and the FAA expects the center to be fully operational and capable of having a full research agenda by the beginning of 2016. KU is especially well suited for this kind of research, as we are the lead institution for the National Science Foundation Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets (CReSIS). Engineers with CReSIS developed semi-autonomous ice penetrating radar-equipped UASs, which were tested in Antarctica. The areas in which ASSURE (Alliance for System Safety of UAS through Research Excellence) plans to research are expected to change over time. However the initial and primary focus will include detecting and avoiding technology, low-altitude operations safety, control and communications spectrum management, human factors, compatibility with air traffic control operations, and training and certification of UAS pilots and other crew members.

ASSURE FAA Center of Excellence

KU Engineers Work on Collision Avoidance

Commercial drones are almost ready to hit the skies to assist with tasks like filming movies, delivering packages, and checking crops. However, the biggest obstacle this technology has in gaining federal approval is collision avoidance. What is going to keep these drones from crashing into things and each other? University of Kansas engineers have teamed up to work on this very issue. Collision avoidance devices developed by other companies in the past have the flaw of shutting down when exposed to just a drop of water. Dr. Ron Barrett and his students are working to overcome this obstacle. They have developed a device called a micro anemometer anti-fouling instrument. The instrument uses electricity to shake off water, mold, or dust. Dr. Barrett stated that the device could be coupled with other devices that send out sound signals and listen for reflections to detect and avoid stationary objects. Dr. Barrett and his students are also developing drones that can fly long distances quickly and then switch to hover mode to complete a task. This flight capability paired with good collision avoidance technology will make commercial drones safer according to Dr. Barrett.

*Shepherd, Sara. "KU Engineers Work to Remove Obstacles for Small Commercial Drones - Literally." LJWorld.com. Lawrence Journal-World, 04 Apr. 2015. Web. 30 Oct. 2015.

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2014-2015 Arnold, E. , Yan, J., Hale, R. D., Ewing, M., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Li, J., & Gogineni, S. (2014, December). Effects of Vibration on a Wing-Mounted Ice Sounding

Antenna-array. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine, 56(6), 41-52. (Peer Reviewed) Arnold, E. , Yan, J., Hale, R. D., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Gogineni, S. (2014, June). Identifying and Compensating for Phase Center Errors in Wing-Mounted

Phased Arrays for Ice Sheet Sounding. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, 62(6), 3416-3421. (Peer Reviewed) Arnold, E., Yan, J. B., Hale, R., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Gogineni, P. (2014). Identifying and Compensating for Phase Center Errors in Wing-Mounted Phased

Arrays for Ice Sheet Sounding. IEEE Transaction on Antennas and Propagation, 60(6). (Peer Reviewed) Arnold, E., Yan, J. B., Hale, R., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Gogineni, P., Li, J., & Ewing, M. (in press). Effects of Vibration on a Wing-Mounted Ice Sounding Antenna-

array. IEEE Antennas and Propagation Magazine. Arnold, E., Yan, J.-B., Hale, R., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Gogineni, P., Li, J., & Ewing, M. (2014). Effects of Vibration on a Wing-Mounted Ice Sounding Antenna-

Array. LAP Lambert virtual journal. (Peer Reviewed) Barrett, R. (2014). 20 Years of Adaptive Aerostructures in Flying Missiles, Munitions and UAVS. In ASME 2014 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Struc-

tures and Intelligent Systems SMASIS 2014, September 8–10, Newport, Rhode Island USA, Paper No. SMASIS2014-7662 (pp. 10). Washington, DC: The American Society for Mechanical Engineers. (Peer Reviewed)

Barrett, R. (2014). Statistical Time and Market Predictive Engineering Design (STAMPED) Techniques for Aerospace System Preliminary Design. In Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering (1st ed., Vol. 3, pp. 2). Omics Publishing Group. doi:10.4172/2168-9792.1000e121 (Peer Reviewed) Editorial

Barrett, R. (2014). Statistical Time and Market Predictive Engineering Design (STAMPED) Techniques for Aerospace Preliminary Design: Regional Turboprop Application. In Journal of Aeronautics & Aerospace Engineering (2nd ed., Vol. 3, pp. 4). doi:doi: 10.4172/2168-9792.1000135 (Peer Reviewed) Opinion Article

Barrett, R., & Barrett, C. (2014). Biomimetic FAA-Certifiable Artificial Muscle Structures for Commercial Aircraft Wings. Journal of Smart Materials and Struc-tures, 23(7), 1-15. doi:doi:10.1088/0964-1726/23/7/074011 (Invited) (Peer Reviewed) Invited Journal Article in the Special Issue on Biomimetics

Barrett, R., Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., & Rolfe, S. (2014). CFRP Retrofits for Extending the Fatigue Life of Steel Bridges Subjected to Distortion- Induced Fa-tigue. In Rehabilitation of Metallic Civil Infrastructure using Fibre Reinforced Polymer. Woodhead Publishing. (Peer Reviewed) Chapter 20

Bennett, C., Matamoros, A., Barrett, R., & Rolfe, S. (2014, January). Transportation Pooled Fund (Vol. TPF-5 (189), No. SM Report 106, pp. 463). University of Kansas Center for Research: University of Kansas.

Chao, H., Gu, Y., & Napolitano, M. (2014). A Survey of Optical Flow Techniques for Robotics Navigation Applications. Journal of Intelligent and Robotics Sys-tems, 73(1-4), 361-372. (Peer Reviewed)

Gururajan, S., Fravolini, M., Chao, H., & Napolitano, M. (2014). AIAA Science and Technology Forum and Exposition. Performance Evaluation of Analytical Redundancy Solutions to Airspeed Sensor Failure Detection and Accommodation for a Small UAV. (Peer Reviewed)

Larrabee, T., Chao, H., Rhudy, M., Gu, Y., & Napolitano, M. (2014). American Control Conference. Wind Field Estimation in UAV Formation Flight. (Peer Re-viewed)

Napolitano, M., Chao, H., & Gu, Y. (2014, February). Cooperative Gust Sensing and Suppression for Aircraft Formation Flight. NASA Learn Phase I Project Final Report

Rhudy, M., Chao, H., & Gu, Y. (2014). IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). Wide Field Optical Flow Aided Inertial Navi-gation for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. (Peer Reviewed)

Rhudy, M., Gu, Y., & Chao, H. (2014). AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference. Wind Field Velocity and Acceleration Estimation Using a Small UAV. (Peer Reviewed)

Rice, C., Gu, Y., Chao, H., Larrabee, T., Gururajan, S., Napolitano, M., Mandal, T., & Rhudy, M. (2014). 2014 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Control Performance Analysis for Autonomous Close Formation Flight Experiments. (Peer Reviewed)

To, S. T., Langley, P., & Choi, D. (2015). A Unified Framework for Knowledge-Lean and Knowledge-Rich Planning. Proceedings of the Third Annual Confer-ence on Advances in Cognitive Systems, Atlanta, GA.

Kim, E. & Choi, D. (2015). A 3D Ad Hoc Localization System Using Aerial Sensor Nodes, Sensors Journal, IEEE, 15, 3716 – 3723.

Blanco, R. R., & Farokhi, S. (2014). Performance Analysis of an Axial Exhaust Diffuser Downstream of an Unshrouded Turbine. In Proceedings of 10th Inter-national Conference on Advances in Fluid Mechanics. (Peer Reviewed)

Farokhi, S. (2014). Aircraft Propulsion, 2nd Edition, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd., Chichester (UK). (Invited) (Peer Reviewed) Aircraft Propulsion, 1st Edition was published in 2009

Farokhi, S. (2014). Global STEM: Opportunities and Challenges. In Proceedings of Leaders in Engineering Conference. Doha, Qatar. (Peer Reviewed) Farokhi, S., Keshmiri, S., & Taghavi, R. (2015). Bio-Inspired Air Data Sensing Probe for High Angles of Attack and Sideslip. In Proceedings of AIAA SciTech

Conference. Kissimmee, FL., AIAA. In Proceedings of AIAA SciTech Conference. Kissimmee, FL.. (Peer Reviewed)

Vos, R. and Farokhi, S., Introduction to Transonic Aerodynamics, Springer Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2015 (Peer Reviewed)

Smith, L.A., and Farokhi, S., “Design Modifications of a Supersonic Wind Tunnel for High Speed Mixing Research of a Novel Injector in a Scramjet Combustor,” Paper presented at the AIAA SciTech 2015 Conference, Kissimmee, Florida, January 4-9, 2015 (Peer Reviewed)

Raina, A., Wetzel, K., and Farokhi, S., “Modeling and Simulation of a 3-MWWind Turbine Blade for Determination and Analysis of Flow Characteristics,” Paper presented at the AIAA SciTech 2015 Conference, Kissimmee, Florida, January 4-9, 2015 (Peer Reviewed)

Smith, L.A., and Farokhi, S., “Interaction of Pulsed Injection and Supersonic Shear Layer in a Scramjet Combustor,” Paper presented at 20th AIAA Interna-tional Space Planes and Hypersonic Systems and Technologies Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 6-9 July 2015 (Peer Reviewed)

Smith, L.A, and Farokhi, S., “Interaction of Variable-Duty Cycle Pulsed Injection and Supersonic Shear Layer,” Paper presented at AIAA Propulsion and Ener-gy Forum and Exposition, Orlando, Florida, 27-29 July 2015 (Peer Reviewed)

Gogineni, S., Wang, Z., Yan, J.B., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Leuschen, C., Paden, J., Hale, R., & Braaten, D. (2014). Wideband Radar for Ice Sheet Sounding and Im-aging. In Proceedings of the 2014 XXXIst URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. (Peer Reviewed)

Gogineni, S., Yan, J.B., Paden, J., Leuschen, C., Li, J., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Braaten, D., & Hale, R. (2014). Bed Topography of Fast-flowing Outlet Glaciers and Ice-sheet Margins. In Proceedings of the American Geophysical Union 2014 Fall Meeting. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)

Gogineni, S., Yang, J., Hale, R. D., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Wang, Z., Paden, J., Townley, B., Gomez-Garcia, D., Stearns, L., Carabajal, C., Miller, R., Child, S., & Braaten, D. (2014). Ultra-Wideband Radar for Measurements over Ice Sheets in Antarctica and Greenland. In EUSAR 2014 – 10th European Con-ference on Synthetic Aperture Radar. 3-5 June, Berlin, Germany. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)

Faculty Publications

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Rodriguez-Morales, F., Gogineni, P., Leuschen, C., Paden, J., Li, J., Lewis, C., Panzer, B., Gomez-Garcia, D., Patel, A., Byers, K., Crowe, R., Player, K., Hale, R., Ar-nold, E., Smith, L., Gifford, C., Braaten, D., & Panton, C. (2014). An Advanced Multi-Frequency Radar Instrumentation Suite for Polar Research. IEEE Transac-tions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(5). (Peer Reviewed)

Rodriguez-Morales, F., Gogineni, S., Leuschen, C., Paden, J., Li, J., Lewis, C., Panzer, B., Gomez-Garcia, D., Patel, A., Byers, K., Crowe, R., Player, K., Hale, R., Ar-nold, E., Smith, L., Gifford, C., Braaten, D., & Panton, C. (2014). Advanced Multi-Frequency Radar Instrumentation for Polar Research. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 52(5), 2824-2842. (Peer Reviewed)

Yan, J. B., Mahmood, A., Gogineni, S., Leuschen, C., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Hale, R., Camps-Raga, B., Metz, L., Wang, Z., Paden, J., Bowman, A., & Keshmiri, S. (2014). Integration of HF/VHF Antennas on a Compact UAS Equipped with a Radar Depth Sounder for Ice Sounding. In IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation, July 6-12. Memphis, TN. (Peer Reviewed)

Yan, J.B., Hale, R., Mahmood, A., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Leuschen, C., & Gogineni, S. (in progress). A Polarization-Switchable Low-Profile Ultrawideband VHF/UHF Airborne Array for Fine Resolution Sounding of Polar Ice Sheets. IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation. (Peer Reviewed)

Hale, R., Keshmiri, S., Leuschen, C., Ewing, M., Yan, J.B., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Gogineni, S. (2014). UAS-Based Radar Sounding of Ice. In American Geophysi-cal Union 2014 Fall Meeting. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)

Hale, R., Keshmiri, S., Leuschen, C., Ewing, M., Yan, J.B., Rodriguez-Morales, F., & Gogineni, S. (2014). UAS-Based Radar Sounding of Ice. In American Geophysi-cal Union 2014 Fall Meeting. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)

Rincon, R., Fatoyinbo, T., Ranson, K., Sun, G., Deshpande, M., Perrine, M., DuToit, C., Hale, R., Osmanoglu, B., Beck, J., Lu, D., & Bonds, Q. (2014). EcoSAR- An airborne P-band Polarimetric InSAR for the measurements of Ecosystem Structure and Biomass. In EUSAR 2014 – 10th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar. 3-5 June, Berlin, Germany. (Peer Reviewed)

Leuschen, C., Hale, R. D., Keshmiri, S., Yan, J. B., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Mahmood, A., & Gogineni, S. (2014, March). UAS-Based Radar Sounding of Polar Ice Sheets. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, 2(1), 8-17. (Peer Reviewed)

Leuschen, C., Hale, R., Keshmiri, S., Yan, J., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Mahmood, A., & Gogineni, S. (2014). UAS-Based Radar Sounding of the Polar Ice Sheets. Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine, IEEE, 2(1), 8–17. (Peer Reviewed)

Tran, A., Wetzel, K., & Hale, R. (2015). Analytical Evaluation of Composite Laminates with Scored Balsa. In Proceedings of the 56th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA Science and Technology Forum 2015. (Peer Reviewed)

Villa, M., Hale, R. D., & Ewing, M. (2014). Effects of Fiber Volume on Modal Response of Through-thickness Angle Interlock Textile Composites. Open Journal of Composite Materials, 4(1), 40-46. (Peer Reviewed)

Villa, M., Hale, R., & Ewing, M. S. (2014). Effects of Fiber Volume on Modal Response of Through-thickness Angle Interlock Textile Composites. Open Journal of Composite Materials, 4(1). (Peer Reviewed)

Leuschen, C., Yan, J.B., Mahmood, A., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Hale, R., Camps-Raga, B., Metz, L., Wang, Z., Paden, J., Bowman, A., Keshmiri, S., & Gogineni, S. UAV-based Radar Sounding of Antarctic Ice. In EGU General Assembly 2014. (Peer Reviewed)

Leuschen, C., Yan, J.B., Mahmood, A., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Hale, R., Camps-Raga, B., Metz, L., Wang, Z., Paden, J., Bowman, A., Keshmiri, S., & Gogineni, S. UAV-based Radar Sounding of Antarctic Ice. In EGU General Assembly 2014. (Peer Reviewed)

Keshmiri, S., Lan, E., Hale, R. D., & Lykins, R. (in review). Unsteady Aerodynamic Modeling of a Small Unmanned Aerial System in Horizontal Wind Shear. Jour-nal of Aircraft. (Peer Reviewed)

Garcia, G. A., Keshmiri, S. , & Stastny, T. (2014). Robust and Adaptive Nonlinear Model Predictive Controller for Unsteady and Highly Nonlinear Unmanned Aircraft. Control Systems Technology, PP(99), 1. doi:10.1109/TCST.2014.2377711 (Peer Reviewed)

Stastny, T.J., Garcia, G., Keshmiri, S., “Collision and Obstacle Avoidance in Unmanned Aerial Systems Using Morphing Potential Field Navigation and Nonline-ar Model Predictive Control,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, ASME, doi:10.1115/1.40280342014, 2014 (Peer Reviewed).

Koller, J., Brennan, S., Godinez, H., Higdon, D., Jah, M., Kelecy, T., Klimenko, A., Larson, B., Lawrence, E., Linares, R., McLaughlin, C., Mehta, P., Palmer, D., Rid-ley, A., Shoemaker, M., Sutton, E., Thompson, D., Walker, A., & Wohlberg, B. (2014). A Framework for Integrated Modeling of Perturbations in Atmospheres for Conjunction Tracking (IMPACT). In 13th International Conference on Space Operations 2014, Pasadena, CA, May 5-9, 2014.. (Peer Reviewed)

Lechtenberg, T. F., & McLaughlin, C. A. (2014). Density Model Corrections at Low Altitudes Derived from ANDE Orbit Data. In Guidance, Navigation, and Control 2014, Vol. 151 of Advances in the Astronautical Science, 2014, AAS 14-014, pp. 15-24.. (Peer Reviewed)

Lechtenberg, T. F., McLaughlin, C., and H. Flanagan, “Expansion of Density Model Corrections Derived from Orbit Data to the ANDE Satellite Series,” Astrody-namics Specialist Conference, AAS 15-713, Vail, CO, August 9-13, 2015.

McLaughlin, C., H. Flanagan, and T. F. Lechtenberg, “Drag Coefficients and Neutral Density Estimation for the ANDE Satellites,” Astrodynamics Specialist Con-ference, AAS 15-741, Vail, CO, August 9-13, 2015.

McLaughlin, C., T. F. Lechtenberg, S. Shelton and A. Sizemore, “Precision Orbit Derived Atmospheric Density: An Update,” Space Flight Mechanics 2015, Vol. 155 of Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, 2015, AAS 15-276, pp. 2747-2760.

Mehta, P. M., Walker, A., McLaughlin, C. A., & Koller, J. (2014). Comparing Physical Drag Coefficients Computed Using Different Gas-Surface Interaction Mod-els. Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 51(3), 873-883. doi:10.2514/1.A32566 (Peer Reviewed)

Taghavi, R. (2014). One chapter in Aircraft Propulsion. In Aircraft Propulsion. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 978-1-118-80677-7 (Invited) (Peer Reviewed) Taghavi, R. (2014). Propulsion options for Unmanned Air Vehicles. In Handbook of Unmanned Air Vehicles. Springer Publishing Company. (Invited) (Peer

Reviewed) Karwas, A. A., & Taghavi, R. (2015). A New Approach to Simulating the Trajectory of Solar Sail Spacecraft Using the Finite Element Method. In Proceedings

of AIAA SciTech Conference. Kissimmee, FL.. (Peer Reviewed) Han, S., & Taghavi, R. (in press). Development of heat exchanger for launch vehicles. In ASME-JSME-KSME Joint Fluids Engineering Conference (AJK2015) to

be held in Seoul, Korea, July 26-31, 2015. (Peer Reviewed) Zimmerman, B., & Wang, Z. J. (2014). The efficient implementation of correction procedure via reconstruction with graphics processing unit computing.

Computers & Fluids, 101, 263-272. (Peer Reviewed) Huynh, H. T., Wang, Z. J., & Vincent, P. E. (2014). High-Order Methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics: A Brief Review of Compact Differential Formula-

tions on Unstructured Grids. Computers and Fluids, 98, 209–220. (Peer Reviewed)

Wang, Z. J. (2014). High-order computational fluid dynamics tools for aircraft design. Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society, 372(2022),

20130318. (Invited) (Peer Reviewed)

Wang, Z., Gogineni, S., Rodriguez-Morales, F., Yan, J.B., Hale, R. D., Paden, J., Leuschen, C., Carabajal, C., Gomez-Garcia, D., Townley, B., Willer, R., Stearns, L., Child, S., & Braaten, D. (2014). Ultrawideband Imaging Radars for Cryospheric Remote Sensing. In International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposi-um, July 13-18. Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. (Peer Reviewed)

Shi, L., & Wang, Z. J. (2014). Adjoint Based Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for the CPR Method. In ICCFD8-2014-0096. (Peer Reviewed) Yu, M. L., Wang, Z. J., & Hu, H. (2014). Numerical optimization of flapping foil kinematics using high-order spectral difference method. Acta Aerodynamica

Sinica, 32(6), 727-740. (Peer Reviewed) Yu, M. L., Wang, Z. J., & Liu, Y. (2014). On the accuracy and efficiency of discontinuous Galerkin, spectral difference and correction procedure via reconstruc-

tion methods. Journal of Computational Physics, 259, 70-95. (Peer Reviewed) Yu, M., & Wang, Z. J. (2014). Shock Capturing for the Correction Procedure via Reconstruction Method Using Artificial Viscosity and Diffusivity. In ICCFD8-

2014-0079. (Peer Reviewed

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Yu, M., Wang, Z. J., & Farokhi, S. (2014). Impact of Mean Flow Shear on the Wake Vortical Structure behind Oscillating Airfoils. In Proceeding of 32nd AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference. AIAA. (Peer Reviewed)

Yu, M., Wang, Z. J., & Farokhi, S. (2014). Impact of Mean Flow Shear on the Wake Vortical Structure behind Oscillating Airfoils. In AIAA 2014-2995. (Peer Reviewed)

Park, J. S., Yu, M., Kim, C., & Wang, Z. J. (2014). Comparative Study of Shock-Capturing Methods for High-Order CPR: MLP and Artificial Viscosity. In ICCFD8-2014-0067. (Peer Reviewed)

Wieser, D., Schmidt, H. J., Mueller, S., Woszidlo, R., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (2014). Experimental Study of the Flow Field around the Fastback and Notchback of the Realistic Car Model DrivAer. In SAE 2014 World Congress & Exhibition, 8-10 April, Detroit, MI (pp. 2014-0403). (Peer Reviewed)

Woszidlo, R., Ostermann, F., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (in review). The Time-Resolved Natural Flow Field of a Fluidic Oscillator. Experiments in Fluids. (Peer Reviewed)

Woszidlo, R., Stumper, T., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (2014). Experimental Study on Bluff Body Drag Reduction with Fluidic Oscillators. In AIAA SciTech 2014, 13-17 Jan., National Harbor, MD. doi:10.2514/6.2014-0403 (Peer Reviewed)

von Gosen, F., Ostermann, F., Woszidlo, R., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (in progress). The Effects of Compressibility on the Flow Field of a Fluidic Oscilla-tor. Experiments in Fluids. (Peer Reviewed)

Woszidlo, R., Tomac, M. N., & Gregory, J. W. (in progress). Fluidic Oscillators for Flow Control. Progress in Aerospace Science. (Peer Reviewed) Schmidt, H. J., Woszidlo, R., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (in progress). Drag Reduction with Fluidic Oscillators of a Rectangular Bluff Body Equipped with

Base Flaps. Experiments in Fluids. (Peer Reviewed) Stubbs, R. M., Paschke, J., Hrenchir, E., Zaidi, A., Woszidlo, R., Keshmiri, S., & Depcik, C. (in review). Integration and Flight Test of Active Flow Control on a

UAS. In AIAA Aviation Forum 2015. (Peer Reviewed) Gaertlein, S., Woszidlo, R., Ostermann, F., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (2014). The Time-resolved Internal and External Flow Field of a Fluidic Oscillator.

In AIAA, AIAA SciTech 2014, January 13-17, National Harbor, MD (pp. 2014-1143). doi:10.2514/6.2014-1142 (Peer Reviewed) Nayeri, C. N., Woszidlo, R., Stumper, T., Schmidt, H.J., & Paschereit, C. O. (2014). Drag reduction on a generic Tractor-Trailer using sweeping jets in combina-

tion with flaps. In 1st International Conference in Numerical and Experimental Aerodynamics of Road Vehicles and Trains, 23-25 June, Bordeaux, France, 2014. (Peer Reviewed)

Ostermann, F., Woszidlo, R., Gaertlein, S., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (2014). Phase-averaging Methods Applied to a Naturally Oscillating Flow Field – the Fluidic Oscillator. In AIAA SciTech 2014, 13-17 Jan., National Harbor, MD (pp. 2014-1142). doi:10.2514/6.2014-1142 (Peer Reviewed)

Ostermann, F., Woszidlo, R., Gaertlein, S., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (in review). Phase-averaging Methods for the Natural Flow Field of a Fluidic Oscil-lator. In AIAA Journal. (Peer Reviewed)

Ostermann, F., Woszidlo, R., Nayeri, C. N., & Paschereit, C. O. (in progress). Three-dimensional, Time-resolved Flow Field of a Fluidic Oscillator. Journal of Fluid Mechanics. (Peer Reviewed)

Wu, H., Xu, H., Bodenschatz, E., Measuring vorticity vectors from the spinning of micro-mirror-encapsulated spherical particles in the flow, Journal paper in progress.

Wu, H., Xu, H., Bodenschatz, E., Method of and apparatus for optically determining positions and orientations of mirrors, Patent pending, European Union and USA. (application: October 27, 2014).

Zheng, Z., & Ke, G. (2014). A Time-Domain Simulation for Comparison with the ANSI Impedance Measurement. In 52nd AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibits, Paper number AIAA 2014-0022, January 13-17, 2014, National Harbor, MD.. (Peer Reviewed)

Zheng, Z., & Ke, G. (2014). Accuracy and Efficiency of a Moving-Zone Method in the Time-Domain Simulation. Applied Acoustics, 92, 1-5. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apacoust.2014.12.008 (Peer Reviewed)

Zheng, Z., & Wei, Z. (2014). Towards a Parallel Implementation of an Immersed Boundary Methods on Non-Uniform Cartesian Mesh Coupled with a Fluid Structure Interaction Model. In ASME 2014 Fluid Engineering Summer Meeting, Paper number FEDSM2014-22089, August 3-11, 2014, Chicago, IL.. (Peer Reviewed)

Zheng, Z., Wei, Z., & Bennett, J. S. (2014). Investigation of Exhaust Conditions on Influencing Contaminant Transport for Indoor Environment. In ASME 2014 Fluid Engineering Summer Meeting, Paper number FEDSM2014-22089, August 3-11, 2014, Chicago, IL.. (Peer Reviewed)

Ke, G., & Zheng, Z. C. (2014). Simulation of sound propagation over porous barriers of arbitrary shapes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 137(1), 303. doi:10.1121/1.4904553 ISSN: 0001-4966 (Peer Reviewed)

Sun, X., Li, X., Zheng, Z., & Huang, D. (2014). Fluid-Structure Interaction Analysis of a High-Pressure Regulating Valve of a 600MW Ultra Supercritical Stream Turbine. Proc IMechE Part A: Journal of Power and Energy. doi:10.1177/0957650914568475 (Peer Reviewed)

Wei, Z., & Zheng, Z. C. (2014). Mechanisms of Wake Deflection Angle Change behind a Heaving Airfoil. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 48, 1-13. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4026357 (Peer Reviewed)

Wei, Z., Zheng, Z., & Yang, X. (2014). Computation of Flow through a Three-Dimensional Periodic Array of Porous Structures by a Parallel Immersed-Boundary Method. ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering, 136, 040905-1:10. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/1.4026357 (Peer Reviewed)

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2014-2015

Arnold, E. (PI). Re-design and Testing of the Meridian UAS Wing with Embedded Antenna Array. University of Kansas, $8,000. 08/01/14-05/31/15.

Barrett, R. M. (PI). Subscale MultiPlex Aircraft Fabrication and Testing*. Department of Transportation, $159,842. 01/2014-08/2014.

Barrett, R. M. (PI). Subscale MultiPlex Aircraft Fabrication and Testing. Department of Transportation, $29,877. 08/2013-07/2014.

Chao, H. (PI). Collaborative Stereo Vision Sensing with Small UAV Formation. Kansas NASA EPSCoR, $155,000.

Chao, H. (PI) & Zheng, Z. (Co-PI). Cooperative Gust Sensing and Suppression for Aircraft Formation Flight (Phase II). NNX14AF55A NASA, $110,000 (2014 - 2015).

Chao, H. (PI). Fusion of Optical Flow and Inertial Data for Short-Range Navigation of UAVs. Kansas NASA EPSCoR, $20,000. 04/20/14-09/28/14.

Choi, D. Autonomous Discovery of Object Properties: Robots That Create Simple Machines. Institute for the Study of Learning and Expertise/Office of Naval Research, $225,000. 02/01/12-06/30/15.

Ewing, M. S. (Co-PI). Center for Research on Ice Sheets. NSF, $19,000,000. 06/01/10-05/31/15. (UAV Avionics Team lead)

Ewing, M. (Co-I), Hale, R. (Co-I). Measurement, Materials and Sustainable Environment Center (M2SEC). NIST, $13,450,000. 05/10/10-04/30/15.

Ewing, M. S. (Co-PI). Cure Management for Composite Bonded Repair. NASA EPSCoR, $75,000. 07/01/11-06/30/14.

Farokhi, S. (Co-I). Interdisciplinary Challenge for Recharging using Green Energy: IChaRGE Interdisciplinary Challenge for Recharging Using Green Energy Project. DOE/NREL, $147,139. 07/01/13-06/30/14.

Farokhi, S. (PI). Characterizing Inflow Distortion and Its Impact on Wind Turbine Performance. Wetzel Engineering, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, $38,425. 09/01/13-05/31/14.

Gogineni, S. (Co-I), Hale, R. (Co-I). Adaption of Snow Radar for Global Hawk. NNX13AQ30A NASA, $637,077. 08/20/13-08/19/16.

Gogineni, S. (PI), Ewing, M. (Co-I), Hale, R. (Co-I), Keshmiri, S. (Co-I). Center for Remote Sensing of ice Sheets. ANT-0424589 NSF, $17,976,000. 06/01/10-05/31/16.

Gogineni, P. (Co-I), Hale, R. (Co-I). Deployment of CReSIS Radar Instrumentation and Data Management Activities in Support of Operation Ice Bridge. NNX13AD53A NASA, $4,396,153. 12/20/12-12/19/15.

Gogineni, S. (Co-I), Hale, R. (Co-I). Design and Development of an Ultra-Wideband Microwave Radar for Airborne Measurements of Thickness of Snow on Sea Ice. N00173-13-2032 Naval Research Laboratory, $900,000. 09/01/13-12/31/14.

Hale, R. (PI). EcoSAR: The First P-Band Digital Beamforming Polarimetric Interferometric SAR Instrument to measure Ecosystem Structure, Biomass, and Water. NASA, $745,634. 01/04/11-03/31/14.

Hale, R. (PI), Gogineni, S. (Co-I). Airborne Ultrawideband Radars for Sounding and Imaging of Ice Sheets and Fine Resolution Mapping of Internal Layers. Alfred Weggener Institute, $2,643,500. 05/15/14-09/30/15.

Hale, R. (PI), Gogineni, S. (Co-I). Development of a high-power, large antenna array and ultra-wideband radar for a Basler for sounding and imaging. ANT-1129716 NSF, $1,988,495. 10/01/12-09/30/15.

Hale, R. (PI). NASA National Space Grant Consortium College and Fellowship Program FY2014. NASA, $49,683. 01/01/14-12/31/14.

Hale, R. (PI), Farokhi, S. (Co-I), Taghavi, R. (Co-I), Keshmiri, S. (Co-I). IChaRGE – Interdisciplinary Challenge for Recharging using Green Energy. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, $108,679. 07/01/13-06/30/14.

Keshmiri, S. S. (PI). The KU Autonomous Flight System. KUCR NFGRF, $9,800.

Keshmiri, S. S. (Co-I), & Gogineni, P. (PI). Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets . ANT-0424589 NSF, $17,976,000. 06/01/05-05/31/16. Total grant $36,099,945

Keshmiri, S. S. (Co-I). IChaRGE - Interdisciplinary Challenge for Recharging Using Green Energy. $25,000. 07/01/13-06/30/14.

Keshmiri, S. (PI), Hale, R. (Co-I), Ewing, M., & Gogineni, S. Multi-Agent Airborne Laboratory for Cryospheric Remote Sensing. Paul Allen Foundation, $199,762. 12/18/13-01/01-16.

Keshmiri, S. (PI), Hale, R. (Co-I), & Ewing, M. (Co-I). Multi-Agent Airborne Laboratory for Cryospheric Remote Sensing. Paul Allen Family Foundation, $200,000. 01/21/14-12/31/15.

Keshmiri, S. (Co-I). Integration and Flight Test of Active Flow Control Technologies. Kansas NASA EPSCoR, $26,000. 11/2014-07/2015.

Taghavi, R. Acquisition of an Aircraft Diesel Engine for Bio-Diesel Fuel And Emission Research. NASA EPSCoR, $50,000.

Taghavi, R. Application of 'PIV in high speed research'. K STAR Phase III: Improvement of the Academic Research Infrastructure, $150,000. With KSU / WSU Faculty.

Taghavi, R. CReSIS. Engine Selection and Evaluation for the Un-inhibited Air Vehicle. NSF, $60,000.

Taghavi, R., Sturm, B., Williams, S., & Peltier, T. Feasibility of Renewable Feedstocks For Production of Bio-Jet Fuel. NASA EPSCoR, $488,193.

Taghavi, R., Hale, R., & Meyer, E. Midwest Smart Work Zone Development Initiative, Design of Portable Rumble Strips. Federal Highway Administration, $35,000.

Taghavi, R. Research on Noise Characteristics of Supersonic Vortex Generators. NASA Glenn Research Center (Ohio Aerospace Institute), $10,000.

Taghavi, R., & Hale, R. Smart Work Zone Deployment Initiative. Iowa Department of Transportation, $22,150.

Wang, Z. J. (PI). Scalable High-Order Methods for Nonhydrostatic Mesoscale Atmospheric Modeling Using Adaptive Unstructured Meshes. Naval Research Laboratory, $308,724. 02/01/12-01/30/15.

Wang, Z. J. (PI). The Development of High-Order Methods for Real World Applications. Air Force Office Scientific Research, $404,071. 09/01/12-08/30/15.

Wang, Z. J. (PI). Scalable Adaptive High-Order Methods for Turbulent Flow Simulations. NASA, $471,137. 08/18/12-08/17/15.

Zheng, Z. (PI) Acoustic Technology: 3D Sounds Propagation HPC Simulation with Impedance and Vegetation Models. W911NF-14-2-0077 DOD, Army Research Labor-atory, $207,441. 09/29/14-09/28/16.

Zheng, Z. (Co-PI). Reducing Sedimentation through Bathymetric Modification. KWO 14-113 Kansas Water Office, $100,000. 01/01/14-12/31/15.

Zheng, Z. (Co-PI), & Chao, H. (PI). Cooperative Gust Sensing and Suppression for Aircraft Formation Flight. NNX14AF55A NASA, $110,000. 03/16/14-09/15/15.

Zheng, Z. (PI). CFD Research Support for NIOSH-ESTCP Interagency Agreement on Military Aircraft Painting Ventilation. NIH0073904 200-2014-M-59616 NIOSH, CDC, $24,998. 08/01/14-05/31/15.

Zheng, Z. (PI). Ground, Environment, and Atmospheric Effects on Long-Range Acoustic Propagation. FED0067118 W911NF-11-2-0087 DOD, Army Research Laborato-ry, $137,898. 09/13/11-09/10/14.

Zheng, Z. (PI). CFD Research Support for NIOSH-ESTCP Interagency Agreement on Military Aircraft Painting Ventilation. FED0071726 200-2013-M-56348 NIOSH, CDC, $24,994. 08/01/13-07/31/14.

Faculty Research Grants

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Funding Our Future Investments in the Department from alumni and friends like you are critical in our effort to provide our students an excellent aerospace education. KUAE has built a national and international reputation in our undergraduate education. To sustain that excellence, we do need your support.

There are many giving opportunities for the Department that benefit our students, faculty, programs, research and facilities. We invite you to visit the KU Endowment web site to give to the area of the Department or the University that interests you. If you have any questions, please contact us by email, or call KU Endowment at 800-444-4201.

The Department has recently started the Dr. Jan Roskam Faculty Opportunity Fund. This fund shall be used to support faculty in the Aerospace Engineering Department for salary support, travel and other cost associated with advancement of the educational and research mission of the Department. With your support, KUAE will soar to new heights. The Aerospace Engineering Department wishes to acknowledge and thank the following generous donors who have contributed from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015.

Premier Society—$100,000 or more lifetime gifts Walter R. Garrison and Jayne B. Garrison Deans Club Benefactors—$5,000 to $9,999 Robert J. Huston Hazel Best Nuss and Marvin R. Nuss Deans Club Patrons—$3,000 to $4,999 Vicki S. Johnson, PhD Deans Club—$1,000 to $2,999 Chuan-Tau (Eddie) Lan & Sumy C. Lan Gregory C. Krekeler Jr. and Karen Goodyear Krekeler Kurt L. Schueler Leland R. Johnson Jr., PhD Andrew F. Dracon Marco Villa, DE Charles A. Shoup Aaron C. Tobias and Kimberly Tobias Jason M. Jundt and Stephanie Kresky-Jundt Campanile Club—$500-$999 J. Scott McCandless & Elizabeth Waugh McCandless Peter A. Stonefield James A. Franklin, PhD & Marie Wagner Franklin Crimson and Blue Club—$300-$499 Joseph A. Huwaldt Kenneth C. Leone Kyle B. Hunt Travis P. Walter Loy D. Rickman Jr. & Linda Boekhout Rickman Dallas C. Wicke William E. Witwicki

1865 Club—$100-$299 COL Richard A Willhite, USAF, Retired Edward A. DiGirolamo Eileen Jahnke G. Craig McKinnis &Janice E. McKinnis Kevin L. Smith Kris B. Bauer Loral A. O’Hara Milton L. Gleason Phillip E. Chronister & RaNee Chronister Richard E. Nelson III & Sharon A. Nelson Richard L. Peil Ryan L. Shaffer Owen Yik On Sit Donald L. McMillen & Nancy M. McMillen Lawrence L. Gore Robert A. Stuever, PhD and Lisa M. Stuever Richard L. Horvath and Meredith L. Horvath Donors—up to $99 Erik J. Runge LTC George D. Meserve Jr., USAF, Retired Su-Gin Tiong Steven T. Gilchrist & Marty M. Gilchrist COL Brett A. Lloyd Edward Wolcott Jeffrey J. Renz Robert A. Woodling & Ann Morgan Woodling Rosalind D. Underdahl & Charles W. Underdahl Coryn E. Mickelson Patrick D. Clark & Nancy R. Clark Julia K. Cordes & Gary B. Cordes Industry Partner—Tier 3: $25,000-$99,999 Spirit AeroSystems Corporate Donors—to $5,000 DARCORP The Boeing Company

Thank you!

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2015 Awards Banquet Aerospace faculty, staff, students, and advisory board members joined together on April 24th, 2015 to celebrate achievements through the year and to welcome new faces that joined the department. Emeritus faculty members also joined the night as well as University faculty and staff. Dr. ZJ Wang spoke about the latest department news and announced this year’s award winners. Outstanding GTA: Alex Sizemore Outstanding Sophomore: Carlo Wiesse Outstanding Junior: Kyle Thompson Outstanding Senior: Lauren Schumacher Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award: Marwan Dessouki Vince Muirhead Award for Leadership: Brooke Reid Dr. Shawn Keshmiri was awarded the Outstanding Aerospace Educator Award by the senior class. Marv Nuss and Mike Shinn were inducted into the KUAE Honor Roll.

Brooke Reid and Dr. Wang

Dr. Keshmiri was presented with the Outstanding Educator Award.

KUAE Seniors

Marv Nuss was inducted into

the KUAE Honor Roll.

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