GoFly Personal Air Vehicle
GoFly VTOL Personal Air Vehicle (PAV)
Sponsors: Brad Worsham ‘88, TEES, and Army Research Laboratory
Students: Farid Saemi, David Coleman, Carl Runco, Bochan Lee, Atanu Halder, Hunter Denton, Vishaal Subramanian
Tube-Launched UAV
Aeromechanics, Flight Dynamics and Control of a Revolutionary Tube-Launched Rotorcraft
Sponsor: Army Research Laboratory
Students: Hunter Denton, Grant McCurdy, Grant Erickson
Novel UAS Configurations
Scalable Novel Configurations for UAS Applications
Sponsors: Army, Navy and NASA sponsored University of Maryland Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence
Students: Dr. Atanu Halder, Adam Kellen, Ramsay Ramsey, Chase Wiley
Robotic Hummingbird
Dynamics and Control of Hummingbird Inspired Aerial Robots
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Students: David Coleman, Xuan Yang
Amphibious UUV
A Novel Amphibious Platform with Stowable Cycloidal Propellers
Sponsor: US Naval Research Laboratory
Students: Sean McHugh, Chase Wiley, Ramsay Ramsey, Adam Kellen
Model-Based UAS Design
Model-Based Engineering for Design Space Exploration of VTOL UASs
Sponsor: Army Research Laboratory
Student: Farid Saemi
Tethered Overscene Camera
Development of a Tethered Overscene Camera
Sponsor: RSQ Systems
Students: Hunter Denton, Grant Erickson, David Coleman
UAS Conceptual Design Modeling
Conceptual Modeling of Novel Configurations for UAS Applications
Sponsors: Army, Navy and NASA sponsored University of Maryland Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence
Students: Atanu Halder, Xuan Yang
Micro Cyclocopter
Highly-Maneuverable, High-Speed, Optimized Next-Generation Micro Cyclocopter
Sponsor: Army Research Laboratory, Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) CTA
Students: Carolyn Walther, Carl Runco, Atanu Halder, Brett Himmelberg, James McElreath
Cyclocopter Gust Tolerance
Control of Cyclocopter for Aggressive Maneuvers and in Gusty Environments
Sponsor: Army Research Laboratory, Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) CTA
Student: Carl Runco
Vertical Axis Wind Turbine
Students: Makenzie Breeze, Rhett Moffett
Air/Ground Transformer Robot
Students: Morgan Harmon, Grant Erickson, Hunter Denton, Tristan White
Vision-Based Autonomous Landing
Precision autonomous approach and landing using a novel vision and imitation learning method in GPS denied environment
Students: Bochan Lee, Vishnu Saj, Keerat Singh
Helicopter Flight Dynamics Code
Development and Validation of a Comprehensive Helicopter Flight Dynamics Code
Student: Bochan Lee