Publications

All papers are available upon request.

Journal Paper references:

       [1]     Manoj K.Bhardwaj, "A CFD CSD Interaction Methodology for Aircraft Wings", Doctorate Dissertation Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1997)

[2]     Vladislav Gavrilets, "Avionics Systems Development for small Unmanned Aircraft", Master's Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1998)

[3]     Michael A. Scott and Raymond C. Montgomery, "Subsonic Maneuvering Effectiveness of High Performance Aircraft", NASA Hampton, VA (1998)

[4]     Geoffrey Louis Barrows," Mixed Mode VLSI Optic Flow Sensors for Micro Air Vehicles", Doctorate Dissertation, University of Maryland (1999)

[5]     Ilan Kroo and Peter Kunz, "Development of Mesicopter: A Miniature Autonomous Rotorcraft", Stanford University (2000)

[6]     Ilan Kroo and Fritz Prinz, "The Mesicopter: A Miniature Rotorcraft Concept Phase II Interim Report", Stanford University (2000)

[7]     Gabriel Torres and Thomas J. Mueller, "Micro Aerial Vehicle Development: Design, Components, Fabrication, and Fight-testing", University of Notre Dame (2000)

[8]     S. A. Combs and T. L. Daniel Shape, "Flapping and Flexion: Wing and Fin Design for Forward Flight", University of Washington (2001)

[9]     Joel M. Grasmeyer and Matthew T. Keennon, "Development of the Black Widow Micro Air Vehicle", AeroVironment Inc. Simi Valley, CA 93063 (2001)

[10]  Gabriel Torres and Thomas J. Mueller, "Micro Aerial Vehicle Development: Design, Components, Fabrication, and Flight Testing", University of Notre Dame (2001)

[11]  Helen Garcia, Mujahid Abdulrahim and Rick Lind, "Roll Control for A Micro Air Vehicle Using Active Wing Morphing", University of Florida (2002)

[12]  S. A. Combs and T. L. Daniel, "Into thin air: contributions of aerodynamic and intertial-elastic forces to wing bending in the hawkmoth Manuca sexta", University of Washington (2003)

[13]  Steven Ho, Hany Nassef, Nick Pornsinsirirak, Yu-Chong Tai and Chih-Ming Ho, "Unsteady Aerodynamics and Flow Control for Flapping Wing Flyers", 

       University of California, Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Department of Electrical Engineering (2003)

[14]  Mohd. Shariff Ammoo and Md. Nizam Dahalan, "Micro Air Vehicle: Technology Review and Design Study", University of Malaysia (2004)

[15]  Francis Barnhart, Michael Cuipa, Daniel Stefanik and Zachary Swick, "Micro-Aerial Vehicle Design with Low Reynolds Number Airfoils", Brigham Yound University (2004)

[16]  Daniel Dell, Alex Macleod and Yaron Mordfin, "Micro Air Vehicle Component Comparison and Proposed Military Reconnaissance Design Implementation", Army Research Office (2004)

[17]  Jason Joseph Jackowski, "Nonlinear Simulation of A Micro Air Vehicle", Master's Thesis, University of Florida (2004)

[18]  Soutis, "Proposal for A WUN Grand Challenge in MAV Design", University of Sheffield, Division of Aerospace Engineering (2004)

[19]  James M. Abatti, "Small Power: The Role of Micro and Small UAV's in The Future", Air War College, Air University, Center for Strategy and Technology (2005)

[20]  M. Meenakshi and M. Seetharama Baht, "Real Time Fixed Order Lateral H2 Controller for Micro Air Vehicle", A.I.T. Department of Instrumentation Technology, and I.I.Sc. Department of Aerospace Engineering (2005)

[21]  Eric Parsons, "Investigation and Characterization of A Cycloidal Rotor for Application to A Micro-Air Vehicle", Master's Thesis, University of Maryland (2005)

[22]  Iain K. Peddle, "Autonomous Flight of A Model Aircraft", Master's Thesis, University of Stellenbosch (2005)

[23]  Evan R. Ulrich, Sean Humbert and Darryll J. Pines, "Pitch and Heave Control of Robotic Samara Micro Air Vehicles", University of Maryland (2010)

[24]  Kevin P. Bollino, "High-Fidelity Real-Time Trajectory Optimization for Reusable Launch Vehicles", Doctorate Dissertation, Naval PostGraduate School (2006)

[25]  Andrew Conn, Stuart Burgess, Rick Hyde and Chung Seng Ling, "From Natural Flyers to the Mechanical Realization of a Flapping Wing  Micro Air Vehicle", Queen's Building, University of Bristol, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2006)

[26]  Xinyan Deng, Luca Schenato and S. Shankar Sastry, "Flapping Flight for Biomimetic Robotic Insects: Part 2 -Flight Control Design", IEEE (2006)

[27]  J. Hall, D. Lawerence and K. Mohseni, "Lateral Control of A Tailless Micro Aerial Vehicle", University of Colorado,  Department of Aerospace Engineering (2006)

[28]  Beerinder Singh, "Dynamics and Aeroelasticity of Hover Capable Flapping Wings: Experiments and Analysis", Doctorate Dissertation, University of Maryland (2006)

[29]  Christel-Loic Tisse, Thomas Fauvel and Hugh Durrant-Whyte, "A Micro Aerial Vehicle Motion Capture System", The University of Sydney (2006)

[30]  Zaeem A. Khan, Sunil K. Agrawal, "Control of Longitudinal Flight Dynamics of a Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle Using Time-Averaged Model and Differential Flatness Based Controller", University of Delaware, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2007)

[31]  B. Goksel, I. Rechenberg and R. Bannasch, "Electrokinetic Flow Control and Propulsion for MAV's", Technical University of Berlin, Institute of Bionics and Evolution Technology (2003)

[32]  "Modular, scaleable family of systems supporting soldiers in both urban and open terrain", Honeywell (2004)

[33]  B. Mettler, M. Rhinehart, B. Evans and M. Asp, "Exploration of MAV Aerodynamics and Model Identification via Direct Trajectory Sampling", Powerpoint, University of Minnesota, Department of Aerospace Engineering, (2008)

[34]  Pat Trizila, Chang-kwon Kang, Miguel Visbal and Wei Shyy, "A Surrogate Model Approach in 2D versus 3D Flapping Wing Aerodynamic Analysis", University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, AFRL RBAC, Computational Sciences Branch, (2008)

[35]  Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, "DARPA Nano Air Vehicle Program Fact Sheet", Arlington, Virginia (2008)

[36]  Satish K. Chimakurthi, "A Computational Aeroelasticity Framework for Analyzing Flapping Wings", Doctorate Dissertation, University of Michigan, (2009)

[37]  Erik Schechter, "Micro Air Vehicle Revolution", The Journal of Net-Centric Warfare (2009)

[38]  Lung-Jieh Yang, "Flapping Wings with Micro Sensors and Flexible Framework to Modify the Aerodynamic Forces of a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV)", Tamkang University (2009)

[39]  Sanjay K. Boddhu, Doctorate Dissertation, "Evolution and Analysis of Neuromorphic Flapping-Wing Controllers", Wright State University (2005)

[40]  Mircea Boscoianu, Ionică Circiu and Henri Coanda, "An Analysis of the Efficiency of the Functional Matching between a flying Wing MAV Airframe and Different Types of Micro Propellers", Air Force Academy (2011)

[41]  Chang-kwon Kang, Hikaru Aono, Carlos S. Cesnik and Wei Shyy, "A Scaling Parameter for the Thrust Generation of Flapping Flexible Wings", University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2011)

[42]  Christopher T. Orlowski, "Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles: An Analysis of the Importance of the Mass of the Wings to Flight Dynamics, Stability, and Control", Doctorate Dissertation, University of Michigan (2011)

[43]  Kui Ou and Anthony Jameson, "Towards Computational Flapping Wing Aerodynamics of Realistic Configurations using Spectral Difference Method", Stanford University, Aeronautics and Astronautics Department (2011)

[44]  Luca Petricca, Per Ohlckers and Christopher Grinde, "Micro- and Nano-Air Vehicles: State of the Art", Vestfold University College, Department of Micro and Nano Systems Technology (IMST) (2011)

[45]  Michael J. Thompson, "A Computational Study of Transient Couette Flow Over an Embedded Cavity Surface", Poster, Arizona State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2011)

[46]  Stanley S. Baek, Kevin Y. Ma and Ronald S. Fearing, "Efficient Resonant Drive of Flapping-Wing Robots", University of California (2008)

[47]  Stuart Burgess, "Development of an Insect-Inspired Micro Air Vehicle", Poster, University of Bristol, department of Mechanical Engineering

[48]  Alioto V., Buttitta J., Epps A., Nguyen D-B,  Yahaghi A., Mourtos N.J., "Design of a Micro-Scale Deployable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle", San Jose State University (2010)

[49]  Michael J. Thompson, "A Computational Study of Transient Couette Flow", Arizona State University, Department of Mechanical Engineering 2011

[50]  Benjamin H. Cameron, "Flapping Wing PIV and Force Measurements", Doctorate Dissertation, University of Virginia (2007)

[51]  Soumitra Pinak Banerjee, "Aeroelastic Analysis of Membrane Wings", Master's Thesis, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (2007)

[52]  Jason L. Pereira, "Hover and Wind-Tunnel Testing of Shrouded Rotors for Improved Micro Air Vehicle Design", Doctorate Dissertation, University of Maryland, Department of Aerospace Engineering (2008)

[53]  Christian Dobler, "Development of Flight Hardware for a Next Generation Autonomous Micro Air Vehicle", Master's Thesis, Swiss Federal Institute of technology Zurich(2010)

[54]  W. Shyy, H. Aono, S.K. Chimakurthi, P. Trizila, C.-K. Kang, C.E.S. Cesnik, H. Liu, "Recent Progress in Flapping Wing Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity", University of Michigan, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Chiba University, Graduate School of Engineering, 2010 doi:10.1016/j.paerosci.2010.01.001

[55]  Hou In (Edmond) Leong, "Development of a 6DOF Nonlinear Simulation Model Enhanced with Fine Tuning Procedures", Master's Thesis, University of Kansas, Department of Aerospace Engineering (2008)

[56]  Antoine Beyeler, "Vision-Based Control of Near-Obstacle Flight", Master's Thesis, Ecole Polytechnique Federale Lausanne (EPFL) (2009)

[57]  Daisuke Ishihara, T. Horie and Mitsunori Denda, "A two-dimensional computational study on the fluid–structure interaction cause of wing pitch changes in dipteran flapping flight", Japan University, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Rutgers University (2008)

[58]  Kailash Kotwani, S. K. Sane, Hermendra Arya and K. Sudhakar, "Experimental Characterization of Propulsion System for Mini Aerial Vehicle", Indian Institute of Technology, Department of Aerospace Engineering (2004)

[59]  Liang Zhao, Qingfeng Huang, Xinyan Deng and Sanjay P. Sane, "Aerodynamic effects of flexibility in flapping wings", University of Delaware, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,  2National Centre for Biological Sciences (2009)

[60]  Evan R. Ulrich, J. Sean Humbert, and Darryll J. Pines, "Pitch and Heave Control of Robotic Samara Micro Air Vehicles", University of Maryland (2010)

[61]  Ranjan Ganguli, "Nonlinear Aeroelasticity of Rotating and Flapping Wings- A Review", Indian Institute of Science, Department of Aerospace Engineering, (2010)

[62]  S.H. Lin, F.Y. Hsiao, C.L. Chen and J.F. Shen, "Altitude Control of Flapping-wing MAV Using Vision-Based Navigation", Tamkeng University, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Taipei National University of the Arts (2010)

[63]  Dario Martin Schafroth, "Aerodynamics, Modeling and Control of an Autonomous Micro Helicopter", Doctorate Dissertation, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (2010)

[64]  Katie Byl, "A Passive Dynamic AppraochFor Flapping-Wing Micro-Aerial Vehicle Control", University of California, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2010)

[65]  C. P. Ellington, "The Novel Aerodynamics of Insect Flight: Applications to Micro-Air Vehicles", University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology (1999)

[66]  [66] Peter Ifju, Roberto Albertani, Bret Stanford, Paul Hubner, Kyu-Ho Lee, Dan Claxton, Baron Johnson, "Experimental Characterization of a Flexible Wing Micro Air Vehicle", University of Florida (2005)

[67]  Navabalachandran Jayabaln, Low Jun Horng, G. Leng, "Reverse Engineering and Aerodynamic Analysis of a Flying Wing UAV", National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering

[68]  Michael Karpelson, John P. Whitney, Gu-Yeon Wei, Robert J. Wood, "Energetics of Flapping-Wing Robotic Insects: Towards Autonomous Hovering Flight", Harvard University (2011)

[69]  J. K. Shang, S. A. Combs, B. M. Finio and R. J. Wood, "Artificial insect wings of diverse morphology for flapping-wing MAV's", Harvard University, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (2009)

[70]  Roland Siegwart, "Miniature Ultrasound Sensor Array for MAV's", Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

[71]  E. H. G. Tigis, G.C.H.E. de Croon, J. W. Wind, B. Remes, C. De Wagter, H-E de Bree, R. Ruijsink, "Hear and Avoid for Micro Air Vehicle", HAN University, Microflown Technologies, Delft University of Technology, Department of Aerospace Engineering (2011)

[72]  Syaril Azrad, Farid Kendoul and Kenzo Nonami, "Visual Servoing of Quadrotor Micro-Air Vehicle Using Color Based Tracking Algorithm", Chiba University, Graduate School of Engineering and Department of electronics and Mechanical Engineering (2010)

[73]  Paul Pounds, Robert Mahony and Peter Corke, "Modelling and Control of a Quad-Rotor Robot", Australian National University, Department of Engineering (2007)

[74]  Oswald Berthold, Mathias Müller and Verena Hafner," A quadrotor platform for bio-inspired navigation experiments", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Computer Science (2010)

[75]  Ryuta Ozawa and Francois Chaumette, "Dynamic Visual Servoing with Image Moments for a Quadrotor Using a Virtual Spring Approach", Ritsumeikan University, Department of Robotics,INRIA Rennes-Bretagne Atlantique

[76]  Ken Wahren, "Saturn the UK Ministry of Defence Grand Challenge winner", Per Ada Magazine (2010)

[77]  K. Alexis, G. Nikolakopoulos, Y. Koveos and A. Tzes, "Switching Model Predictive Control for a Quadrotor Helicopter under Severe Environmental Flight Conditions", University of Patras, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, (2011)

[78]  Ilan Zohar, Amit Ailon, and Hugo Guterman, "An automatic stabilization system for quadrotors with applications to vertical take-off and landing", Ben-Gurion University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2009)

[79]  Paul Pounds, Robert Mahony and Peter Corke, "System Identification and Control of an Aerobot Drive System", Australian National University, Department of Engineering (2007)

[80]  Seong Hwang and Seung Jo Kim, "Aerodynamic Performance Enhancement of Cycloidal Rotor According to Blade Pivot Point Movement and Preset Angle Adjustment", Seoul National University, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (2008)

[81]  Joshua Allen Stults, "Computational Aeroelastic Analysis of Micro Air Vehicle with Experimentally Determined Modes", Master's Thesis, Air Force Institute of Technology, Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering (2005)

[82]  Muhamad Azfar Bin Ramli, "AM21: Aerodynamics and Propulsion of an Indoor UAV", Bachelor's Degree,  National University of Singapore, Department of Mechanical Engineering (2007)

[83]  Markus Achtelik, Abraham Bachrach, Ruijie He, Samuel Prentice and Nicholas Roy, "Autonomous Navigation and Exploration of a Quadrotor Helicopter in GPS-denied Indoor Environments", Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Technische Universitat Munchen (2009)

[84]  Abraham Bachrach, Albert S. Huang, Daniel Maturana, Peter Henry, Michael Krainin, Dieter Fox, and Nicholas Roy, "Visual Navigation for Micro Air Vehicles", Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Washington, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Department of Computer Science (2011)

[85]  Randal W. Beard, "Quadrotor Dynamics and Control", Brigham Young University (2008)

[86]  Patrick Bouffard, Anil Aswani, and Claire Tomlin, "Learning-Based Model Predictive Control on a Quadrotor: Onboard Implementation and Experimental Results", University of California, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (2012)

[87]  Jinhui Zhang, Peng Shi, Hongjiu Yang, "Non-fragile robust stabilization and H¥ control for uncertain stochastic nonlinear time-delay systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Department of Automatic Control, University of Glamorgan, Faculty of Advanced Technology, Victoria University, School of Science and Engineering, University of South Australia, School of Mathematics and Statistics (2009)

[88]  Shengyuan Xu, James Lam, Jianliang Wang, Guang-Hong Yang, "Non-fragile positive real control for uncertain linear neutral delay systems", University of Hong Kong, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and National University of Singapore, Temasek Laboratories (2003)

[89]  P. Pounds, R. Mahony, P. Corke, "Modelling and control of a large quadrotor robot", Yale University, Australian NationalUniversity, School ofEngineeringSystems (2010)

[90]  Gabriel M. Hoffmann, Haomiao Huang, Steven L. Waslander, Claire J. Tomlin, "Precision flight control for a multi-vehicle quadrotor helicopter testbed", StanfordUniversity, Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Waterloo, Department  of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences (2011)

[91]  Kostas Alexis, George Nikolakopoulos, Anthony Tzes, Switching model predictive attitude control for a quadrotor helicopter subject to atmospheric disturbances, University of Patras, Electrical  and Computer Engineering Department, Lulea University of Technology, Electrical and Space Engineering Department (2011)

[92]  Jonathan Andersh, Bernie Mettler, "System integration of a miniature rotorcraft for aerial tele-operation research", University of Minnesota, Department of Computer Science and Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics (2010)

[93]  C. Nicol, C.J.B. Macnab, A. Ramirez-Serrano , "Robust adaptive control of a quadrotor helicopter", University of Calgary, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, (2011)

[94]  Sergio Salazar-Cruz, Rogelio Lozano and Juan Escareno, "Stabilization and nonlinear control for a novel trirotor mini-aircraft", Instituto de Investiaciones Electricas (2009)

[95]  Aydın Eresen, Nevrez Imamoglu and Mehmet Önder Efe, "Autonomous quadrotor flight with vision-based obstacle avoidance in virtual environment", Middle East Technical University, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Nanyang Technological University, School of Computer Engineering, University of Turkish Aeronautical Association, Department of Pilotage (2011)

[96]  Rita Cunha, Carlos Silvestre, João Hespanha and A. Pedro Aguiar, "Vision-based control for rigid body stabilization", Institute for Systems and Robotics, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2011)

[97]  P. Pounds, R. Mahony and P. Corke, "Modelling and control of a large quadrotor robot", Yale University, Australian NationalUniversity, School of Engineering Systems (2010)