Welcome to the Aerospace Engineering Department's Jack and Ann Waddey Invited Seminar Series. Below you will find a catalog of past seminars. You can view the recordings of speakers who have graciously agreed to share them with us.

 

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2024 Seminars

Dr. Mohammad Malakooti, University of Washington

Solid-Liquid Composites for Stretchable Electronics and Harvesting Waste Heat

April 12, 2024

April 12, 2024 -

Dr. Marco Salviato, University of Washington

To the Mesoscale and Beyond! Capturing Complex Damage Mechanisms in Composites via Simple, Physics-Based, Discrete Mathematical Models of Fibers and Matrix

April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024 -

Dr. Ran Dai, Purdue University

Smart Decision-Making for Autonomous Systems in Space Exploration Missions

March 22, 2024

March 22, 2024 -

Dr. Jason Foley, Air Force Research Laboratory

Shake & Bake: Investigating the Highly Coupled and Extreme Near-Field Thermomechanical Environment of Rocket Firings

March 15, 2024

March 15, 2024 -

2023 Seminars

Dr. Warren Dixon, University of Florida

Lyapunov-Based Deep and Recurrent Learning Methods for Assured Autonomy

December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023 -

Dr. Joseph Majdalani, Aerospace Engineering, Auburn University

Centennial of von Kármán’s Momentum-Integral Approach

November 17, 2023

November 17, 2023 -

Dr. Caglar Oskay, Vanderbilt University

Reduced Order and Multiscale Modeling for Predicting Process-Structure-Property Relationships in Additively Manufactured Metals

November 15, 2023

November 15, 2023 -

Dr. Rani W. Sullivan, Mississippi State University

Damage Arrestment and Microcracking in Stitched Composite Structures

November 10, 2023

November 10, 2023 -

Thomas Teasley, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

NASAʼs Development of Lander and Interplanetary Continuously Rotating Detonation Engines

November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023 -

Dr. Anastasios Lyrintzis, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Noise

October 25, 2023

October 25, 2023 -

Dr. Jacques Virasak, R1202

A Journey of Aerospace Engineering Career - from Student Design Competition and Beyond

October 6, 2023

October 6, 2023 -

Dr. Yunfeng Shi, Rennesealar Polytechnique Institute

Atomic-level Modeling Material Failure

September 22, 2023

September 22, 2023 -

Ellis Brazeal

Current Issues in Space Law: Artemis Accords and Space Debris

April 28, 2023

April 28, 2023 -

Dr. Michael Khonsari, Louisiana State University

Science of Degradation with Application to Wear and Fatigue

April 7, 2023

April 7, 2023 -

Dr. Lakshmi Sankar, Georgia Institute of Technology

Computational Modeling of Helicopter Aeromechanics

March 31, 2023

March 31, 2023 -

Dr. David Canales Garcia, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Multi-body Dynamics Research in Different Space Applications

February 10, 2023

February 10, 2023 -

2022 Seminars

Dr. Lucas Meza, University of Washington

Itʼs a Small World: Using Nanoarchitecture to Create Tough and Resilient Materials

December 2, 2022

December 2, 2022 -

Dr. Douglas Hunsaker, Utah State University

Analytic Methods and Solutions for the Design of Morphing Aircrafts

November 18, 2022

November 18, 2022 -

Hannah Stroud, Texas A&M University

Beyond the Final Frontier: Exploring Nontraditional Applications for Aerospace Tools

November 11, 2022

November 11, 2022 -

Dr. Ashok Gopalarathnam, North Carolina State University

Low-Order Aerodynamic Methods for Prediction of Leading-Edge Vortex Shedding and Dynamic Stall

November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022 -

Dr. John Hwang, University of California at San Diego

Advancing Engineering Design Through Large-scale Multidisciplinary Design Optimization

October 14, 2022

October 14, 2022 -

Madeline Peck, Texas A&M University

Predicting Boundary-Layer Transition on Realistic Vehicles

October 10, 2022

October 10, 2022 -

Tim Keeter, Dynetics

The X-61 Gremlins Program: Pathfinding a Fundamental Shift in Autonomous Technology

September 30, 2022

September 30, 2022 -

Heather Koehler, NASA Engineering Safety Center

Management of the Flight Mechanics Technical Discipline within the NASA Engineering Safety Center

September 23, 2022

September 23, 2022 -

Dr. Jeffrey Lloyd, Army Research Laboratories

Metastructures and Metallurgy — Methods for Dissipating Large-amplitude, Transient Loads

April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022 -

Dr. Abigail Hunter, Los Alamos National Laboratories

Phase Field Dislocation Dynamics (PFDD) for Nanoscale Metals

April 22, 2022

April 22, 2022 -

Dr. Alan Meyer, Smithsonian Institute/Auburn University

The DNA of Flight? What a Historical Case Study on the Evolution of Interwar Aircraft Design Can Tell Us about Limits in ʻObjectiveʼ Design Decisions Today

April 15, 2022

April 15, 2022 -

Dr. Aditi Chattopadhyay, Arizona State University

A Multiphysics Multiscale Approach to the Analysis of Complex Materials and Systems

April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022 -

Dr. Joseph Horn, Pennsylvania State University

Penn State Research on Rotorcraft ship Launch and Recovery: From Advanced Simulations to Flight Experiments

April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022 -

Dr. Iman Borazjani, Texas A&M University

Flow Interactions with Traveling Wavy Surfaces: From Nature to Engineering Applications

March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022 -

Dr. Akhil Rao, Middlebury College

Evolution of the Satellite Conjunction Network: Behavioral Responses to Expected and Unexpected Events

February 18, 2022

February 18, 2022 -

Dr. Mike Sori, Purdue University

Gravity Science and Geology from Orbiting Spacecraft at the Moon, Mars, and Beyond

February 11, 2022

February 11, 2022 -

2021 Seminars

Dr. Matthew Ringuette, University at Buffalo

A Simple Morphing-tip Planform to Manage Streamwise Gusts for UAV Application

December 3, 2021

December 3, 2021 -

Dr. Fadi Abdeljawad, Clemson University

Mesoscale Modeling of Grain Boundaries in Nanocrystalline Structural Alloys

November 19, 2021

November 19, 2021 -

Dr. Jesse Little, University of Arizona

Swept Impinging Oblique Shock/Boundary Layer Interactions

November 5, 2021

November 5, 2021 -

Dr. Michael Amitay, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Aerodynamic Flow Control: From Basic Research to Applications

October 29, 2021

October 29, 2021 -

Dr. Tzu-Ching Chang, Jet Propulsion Laboratories

21cm Cosmology

October 22, 2021

October 22, 2021 -

Dr. Ashley Korzun, NASA Langley Research Center

Supersonic Retropropulsion Development for Increasing Payloads to the Surface of Mars

October 15, 2021

October 15, 2021 -

Dr. Damon Landau, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

Rendezvous with an Interstellar Object: Exotic Approaches to Access Exotic Targets

October 1, 2021

October 1, 2021 -

Dr. Lerrel Pinto, New York University

Robot Learning in the Wild

September 17, 2021

September 17, 2021 -

Dr. Brandon Runnels, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Simulating Solid Rocket Motor Composite Propellants at the Mesoscale

September 10, 2021

September 10, 2021 -

Cameron Carnegie, Carnegie Aerospace

Airline Volume Integration and Conceptual Design

April 9, 2021

April 9, 2021 -

Dr. Federico Rossi, Jet Propulsion Laboratories

Distributed Instruments for Planetary Surface Science: Scientific Opportunities and Technology Feasibility

April 2, 2021

April 2, 2021 -

Dr. Garritt Tucker, Colorado School of Mines

Origins of Maximum Strength in Nanocrystalline Metal Alloys

March 26, 2021

March 26, 2021 -

Dr. Kurt Polzin, NASA Marshall

In-space Electric Propulsion - Past History, Present use and Future Possibilities

March 19, 2021

March 19, 2021 -

Dr. Brett Compton, University of Tennessee at Knoxville

Core shell Hybrid Materials and Low-density Foams via Material Extrusion Additive Manufacturing

March 12, 2021

March 12, 2021 -

Dr. Tony Saad, University of Utah

How We Used CFD and Supercomputers to Help the Utah Symphony Perform Safely During the COVID-19 Pandemic

January 22, 2021

January 22, 2021 -

Dr. Vigor Yang, Georgia Institute of Technology

High-fidelity Engineering Design Innovation for Aerospace Systems

January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021 -

2020 Seminars

Deborah Tomek, NASA

Building the future in space: On-orbit Servicing, Assembly and Manufacturing (OSAM)

November 20, 2020

November 20, 2020 -

Dr. Anil Erol, Air Force Research Laboratories

Modeling and Optimizing Multi-stable and Active Materials

November 16, 2020

November 16, 2020 -

Dr. Ilya Kolmanovsky, University of Michigan

Drift Counteraction Optimal Control for Aerospace Applications

October 23, 2020

October 23, 2020 -

Dr. Jason R. Mayeur, University of Alabama at Huntsville

Computational Modeling of Microstructure Evolution and Size Effects in Bimetallic Nanolaminates

October 16, 2020

October 16, 2020 -

Dr. Vivek Ahuja, Research In Flight

FlightStream: Propulsion-airframe Interactions on Urban Air Mobility Electric Aircraft

October 9, 2020

October 9, 2020 -

Dr. Jesse Capecelatro, University of Michigan

Simulation and Modeling of High-speed Disperse Two- Phase Flows

October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020 -

Dr. Alan Jeffrey Giacomin, Queen's University

Computational Modeling of Microstructure Evolution and Size Effects in Bimetallic Nanolaminates

September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020 -

Dr. Nikhil Admal, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Emergence of Extures From Grain Boundary Mechanics at the Mesoscale

September 11, 2020

September 11, 2020 -

Christian Carpenter, SpaceX

My Journey to Starlink

August 21, 2020

August 21, 2020 -

Dr. Jacob Englander, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Global Search and Trajectory Optimization in Interplanetary and Cislunar Space

March 20, 2020

March 20, 2020 -

Dr. Adrienne Dove, University of Central Florida

A New Frontier of Possibilities in Planetary Science – Designing Flight Experiments to Explore Low-gravity Planetary Regolith Interactions

February 21, 2020

February 21, 2020 -

Dr. Brandon Runnels, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

A Unified Continuum Dissipative Thermodynamic Model of Grain Boundary Motion Inspired by Crystal Plasticity

January 24, 2020

January 24, 2020 -

Dr. Samuel Grauer, Georgia Institute of Technology

Fast and Robust Volumetric Refractive Index Measurement by Unified Background-oriented Schlieren Tomography

January 15, 2020

January 15, 2020 -

2019 Seminars

Dr. Justin Wilkerson, Texas A&M University

The Perplexing Role of Microstructure in Impact Failure

December 6, 2019

December 6, 2019 -

Dr. Amuthan Ramabathiran, IIT Bombay (India)

Using Machine Learning to Understand Dislocation Core Structure

December 4, 2019

December 4, 2019 -

Dr. Massimo Ruzzene, University of Colorado at Boulder

Quasi-periodic Structures: Higher Order Symmetries and Vibration Localization

November 8, 2019

November 8, 2019 -

Dr. Tyson Hedrick, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Biomechanics of Animal Flight in the Field

October 25, 2019

October 25, 2019 -

Dr. Kristina Lemmer, Western Michigan University

Development of Plasma Diagnostic Methods: High Speed Ion Energy and Species Identification

October 24, 2019

October 24, 2019 -

Dr. Christopher Spreen, NASA JSC

Life and work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

October 18, 2019

October 18, 2019 -

Dr. John Schmisseur, University of Tennessee Space Institute

High Speed Imaging of Unsteady Shock Interactions

October 4, 2019

October 4, 2019 -

Dr. V’yacheslav Akkerman, West Virginia University

Computational and Analytical Studies of Combustion Instabilities, Flame Acceleration and Deflagration to Detonation Transition

September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019 -

Dr. Anil Rao, University of Florida at Gainsville

Life and work at NASA’s Johnson Space Center

September 24, 2019

September 24, 2019 -

Dr. William Anderson, University of Texas at Dallas

Turbulent Wall Flows Over Spanwise-heterogeneous Surfaces: Non-periodic Deviation From Reynolds- averaged Flow Patterns

September 9, 2019

September 9, 2019 -

Dr. Suraj Ravindran, California Institute of Technology

Accidental Detonation of Explosives – connections to the High Rate Local Deformation Mechanisms

August 30, 2019

August 30, 2019 -

Dr. Caleb Fassett, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

The Rate of Surface Evolution on the Moon (And Why It Matters)

August 23, 2019

August 23, 2019 -

Dr. Aimy Wissa, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Avian-inspired Deployable Structures for Lift Enhancement and Stall Mitigation

April 19, 2019

April 19, 2019 -

Dr. James Blust, Solar Turbines Incorporated

Combustor Design for Gas Turbine Engines

April 12, 2019

April 12, 2019 -

Dr. Judith Brown, Sandia National Laboratories

Mesoscale Models to Understand Material Variability and Damage Evolution

April 5, 2019

April 5, 2019 -

Professor Daniel Scheeres, University of Colorado

The Future of Asteroid Exploration and the Osiris-rex Mission

April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019 -

Dr. Michael Ol, University of Dayton

Rigid Flap Deflection in Attached and Separated Flows

March 22, 2019

March 22, 2019 -

Robert Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

Analysis, Test and Correlation in Loads, Dynamics and Mass Properties

March 8, 2019

March 8, 2019 -

Professor Rajat Mittal, Johns Hopkins University (JHU)

Coupled Multiphysics Models of Cardiac Hemodynamics: From Fundamental Insights to Clinical Translation

February 15, 2019

February 15, 2019 -

Professor Suyi Li, Clemson University

Mechanics Under the Fold: How Origami Creates Sophisticated Mechanical Properties

February 1, 2019

February 1, 2019 -

Evgeny Shafirovich, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)

Heterogeneous Combustion for Aerospace Applications

January 30, 2019

January 30, 2019 -

Professor Samit Roy, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa

Multifunctional Composites: Manufacturing, \Modeling and Predictive Maintenance

January 28, 2019

January 28, 2019 -

Professor Leslie Lamberson, Drexel University

Matrix Matters: A Dynamic Look at Polymer Composites

January 18, 2019

January 18, 2019 -

2018 Seminars

Dr. Owen Kingstedt, University of Utah

A Mechanistic Approach to Thermo- Mechanical Coupling Utilizing Magnesium Alloy AZ31B

November 30, 2018

November 30, 2018 -

Dr. Christine Hartzell, University of Maryland

Non-Gravitational Forces and the Behavior of Grains: Applications in Planetary Science and Spacecraft Design

November 16, 2018

November 16, 2018 -

Dr. James Gregory, Ohio State University

Unsteady Compressible Aerodynamics in a Time-Varying Freestream

October 19, 2018

October 19, 2018 -

Dr. Yu Lv, Mississippi State University

On the Development of Physics-embedded High-order High Fidelity CFD Methods

October 05, 2018

October 05, 2018 -

Dr. Jacqueline O’Connor, The Pennsylvania State University

Gas Turbine Combustion Instability: Mechanisms, Suppression and Pathways for Stable Design

September 21, 2018

September 21, 2018 -

Dr. Marty Bradley, Technical Fellow, Boeing

Electric and Hybrid Electric Propulsion: Potential Benefits and Challenges

September 7, 2018

September 7, 2018 -

Dr. Eliot Fang, Sandia National Laboraties

Credible Computational Solid Mechanics for Critical Decision Making in Engineering

August 24, 2018

August 24, 2018 -

Dr. Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma

Development of Multi-functional Composites with Shape Memory and Load Sensing Capabilities

April 20, 2018

April 20, 2018 -

Dr. Kavan Hazeli, University of Alabama, Huntsville

On the Way to, and Landing on Asteroids

April 13, 2018

April 13, 2018 -

Dr. Rohan Sood, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

From Celestial Mechanics to Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) Scout Mission and the Future of Space Exploration

April 6, 2018

April 6, 2018 -

Prof. Guoliang Huang, University of Missouri - Columbia

Programmable and Modulated Metamaterials for Unprecedented Wave Propagation Control

March 30, 2018

March 30, 2018 -

Prof. Richard P. Binzel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Pluto Revealed! Latest Results from NASA's New Horizons Mission

March 2, 2018

March 2, 2018 -

Dr. Elizabeth Jones, Sandia National Laboratories

Digital Image Correlation at Sandia National Laboratories: Emphasizing Material Characterization and Finite-element Model Validation

February 23, 2018

February 23, 2018 -

Dr. Li Wang, National Institute of Aerospace

High-fidelity Multidisciplinary Sensitivity Analysis and Design Optimization for Rotorcraft Applications

January 26, 2018

January 26, 2018 -