Funded Research Grants• CAREER: Stability and Performance <strong>of</strong> Systems with Network-Induced Delays,NSF, 440K• Manufacturing Improvements through Coupled Models and Controls (PI),with Jauregui-Correa, Conacyt, 24K (12K)• Development and Refinement <strong>of</strong> Rotor Blade Sand Erosion Test Standardsand Models, with John Price (PI), John Ayala, Ramesh Talreja, ZoubeidaOunaies, and Amine Benzerga, DOD/Wyle Laboratories, 960K (90K)• Active Control <strong>of</strong> Unsteady Gasdynamics for Shock Compression and TurbulenceGeneration, with Adonios Karpetis (PI), Rodney Bowersox, and HelenReed, AFOSR, 747K (180K)• STTR Phase II: Aeroelastic Analysis <strong>of</strong> Wing with Nonlinear Energy SinkDevice (PI), NES Technologies, Inc., 2008-2010, 37K•Station-KeepingControl<strong>of</strong>Underwater Vehicles, withOthonRediniotis(PI),Tomas Salgado-Jimenez, Conacyt, 24K (6K)• Nonlinear Energy Sink Technology for Elimination <strong>of</strong> Limit Cycle Oscillation(NESTELCO), AF07-T006, F074-006-095, with Thomas Strganac, Paul Cizmas,Lawrence Bergman (PI), Michael McFarland, Dave Cowan, Alex Vakakis,100K (4K)• Autonomous Systems Testbed for Education and Research Over InterDisciplinaryAreas, with John E. Hurtado, TSGC Higher Education Program, 2006,15K (10K)• Real-Time Near-Optimal Control for Multi-Vehicle Systems, BAA VS-06-02SpaceVehicles Directorate, AFRLKirtlandAFB,ConsortiumforAutonomousSatellite Systems (CASS), with John E. Hurtado (PI), 2006, 100K (50K)• Shape Memory Alloy for Vibration Isolation and Damping <strong>of</strong> Large-ScaleSpace Structures, with Dimitris Lagoudas (PI), Magdalini Lagoudas, AFOSR,2007-2009, 158K (68K)Teaching Evaluations• AERO211 -<strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong> Mechanics-Fall09 4.08/5, Fall08 4.02/5, Spring08 4.4/5, Spring07 4.19/5, Fall06 3.39/5• AERO660 -Nonlinear Flight Dynamics-Fall09 4.5/5, Fall08 4.94/5, Fall07 4.15/5• AERO310 -<strong>Aerospace</strong> Dynamics-Spring10 3.78/5, Spring09 4.4/5Graduate Student/Postdoc Advising• Mohhamadreza Ghasemi (PhD, 2010-)• Roozbeh Daneshvar (MS, December 2010, PhD, 2011-): Synchronization <strong>of</strong>Mechanical Oscillators: An Experimental Study• Moein Soodavi (PhD, 2011-)• Russell Trahan (PhD, 2011-)• Giovanni Giardini (co-advised PhD, May 2007), Multi-Agent Intelligent Systemfor Planetary Space Exploration•TarekElgohary(MS,August2010): NonlinearAnalysis<strong>of</strong>aTwo-DOFPiecewiseLinear Aeroelastic System• Anand Mishra (MS, May 2010, co-advisor): A Dynamical Systems ApproachTowards Modeling the Rapid Pressure Strain
• Siming Zhao (MS, August 2009): Center Manifold Analysis <strong>of</strong> the DelayedLienard Equation• Ashivni Shekhawat (MS, August 2008): Nonlinear Dynamics <strong>of</strong> HystereticOscillators• Dr. Joe Kuehl 2009-2010• Dr. Giovanni Giardini, 2008-2009• Dr. Pankaj Wahi 2006-2007Undergraduate Advising• Christian Fadul: Vibrations <strong>of</strong> Helicopter Blades, 2010-• Tim Woodbury: Dynamics <strong>of</strong> a Coupled Nonlinear System, 2010• Russell Trahan: Equilibria and Stability <strong>of</strong> Structures (2nd place winner atSRW 2010), 2009-2010• Trace Thompson: Synchronization <strong>of</strong> Oscillators, 2010-• Jonathan McClellan (USRG): Networked Control <strong>of</strong> Robots, 2009• SAE Aeroplane Design Team 2008-2009 6 students• Artificial Vision for Lunar Exploration 2008-2009 (SEI) 8 students• Teleoperation 2007-2008 (SEI) ∼10 students• AggieChopper 2007-2008 4 students• Robotic Space Exploration 2006-2007 (SEI) ∼10 studentsInvited Lectures• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Structural/Geotechnical <strong>Engineering</strong>, U. <strong>of</strong> Rome, 01/11• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanical and Process <strong>Engineering</strong>, ETH, Zurich, 09/10• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, U. Federal de Santa Maria, Brazil, 10/09• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanical <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, NMSU, 09/09• DINCON 2009, 05/09• AIAA, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M, 11/08• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M, 10/07• Johns Hopkins University, 3/2007• University <strong>of</strong> Michigan, Ann Arbor, 10/06• University <strong>of</strong> Bristol, Bristol, UK, 07/06• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> T&AM, Cornell University, 05/06• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M, 01/06• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> and Ocean <strong>Engineering</strong>, VPI, 10/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanics, Technical University <strong>of</strong> Budapest, 09/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mathematics, University <strong>of</strong> <strong>Texas</strong> at Dallas, 05/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>, Clemson University, 04/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, <strong>Texas</strong> A&M, 04/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanical and <strong>Aerospace</strong> <strong>Engineering</strong>, U. <strong>of</strong> Florida, 04/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong> and Materials Science, Duke, 04/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanical <strong>Engineering</strong>, University <strong>of</strong> Connecticut, 03/05• <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> Mechanics, Technical University <strong>of</strong> Budapest, 11/04• Rigorous Methods for Embedded System Design, UTRC, 09/04• ME&AM, University <strong>of</strong> Rhode Island, 03/04• Design <strong>of</strong> Dynamical Systems Robust to Uncertainty, UTRC, 01/04