Stanford University Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
 

 

Affiliates Meeting

Tues. and Wed., April 27 and 28, 2004

PROGRAM OF THE 45th ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
INDUSTRIAL AFFILIATES OF STANFORD UNIVERSITY
IN AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS


W. F. Durand Building, Hoff Conference Room (Room 450)


Tuesday, April 27, 2004

 8:15

Welcome and Department Overview
      Prof. Brian Cantwell, Dept. Chair
      Prof. Steve Rock, Dir. Affiliates Program

 
 8:30 Autonomous Free-Climbing Robot Tim Bretl Rock
 8:40 Robust Centimeter-Level Mars Rover Navigation using a Self-Calibrating Pseudolite Array Masayoshi Matsuoka Rock
 8:50 Autonomous High-Precision Local Navigation for Underwater Vehicles Kristof Richmond Rock
 9:00 Questions and Answers    
 9:10 Ionospheric Considerations for Wide Area GPS Augmentation Systems Seebany Datta-Barua Enge
 9:20
Doppler-Aided Tracking Loops and a Software Receiver Test-Bed for JPALS Tsung-Yu Chiou Enge
 9:25 Questions and Answers  
 9:40 New Challenges in Mathematically Modeling Biological Signaling Networks Keith Amonlirdviman Tomlin
 9:50 Inference of Models for Tracking Stochastic Hybrid Systems Hamsa Balakrishnan Tomlin
10:00 Distributed Optimization for Cooperative Agents: Application to Formation Flight Robin Raffard Tomlin
10:10 Flight Test Results of the Stanford Dragonfly UAV's Jung Soon Jang Tomlin
10:20 Questions and Answers  
10:30 Break (15 minutes)  
10:45 Topology-Independent Stability of Interconnected Systems Randy Cogill Lall
10:55 Maximum Lifetime Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks Ritesh Madan Lall
11:05 Global Stability of Network Congestion Control Matthew Peet Lall
11:15 Optimal Control of Communicating Vehicles Michael Rotkowitz Lall
11:25 Questions and Answers  
11:35 Loran: A GPS Alternative for Aircraft Navigation Lee Boyce

Powell

11:45 Questions and Answers  
11:55 Lunch (Patio - Mitchell Building)  
 1:00 Diagnostic Imaging for Structural Health Monitoring James Rose Chang
 1:10 Embedded Sensor Systems for Fatigue Crack Monitoring Alexi Rakow Chang
 1:20 Questions and Answers    
 1:30 Wireless Gastric Endocapsule Zsolt Kiraly Springer
 1:40 Questions and Answers    
 1:50 Conceptual Aircraft Design for the Environment Nicolas Antoine Kroo
 2:00 Computational Investigation of Miniature Trailing Edge Control Surfaces Hak-Tae Lee Kroo
 2:10 Questions and Answers  
 2:20 Flow Field Characterization in a Hybrid Rocket Siina Haapanen Cantwell
 2:30 Questions and Answers    
 2:40 Quakesat: Low Cost University/Commercial Nanosatellite Collaboration Allen Lorenz, Tom Bleier, & Eric Tapio Twiggs
 2:50 A Framework for Robust Space Communication Systems Built on Recovery Oriented Design Principles James Cutler Twiggs
 3:00 MAST: Multi-Application Survival Tether Nick Harrison Twiggs
 3:10 Questions and Answers    
 3:20 Break (15 minutes)    
 3:35 An Orbit Thurster Calibration for Gravity Probe-B   DeBra
 3:45 Quiet Hydraulic Actuators for the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Observatory (LIGO) Corwin Hardham DeBra
 3:55 Poly-phase FIR Complimentary Filters for Control Systems Wensheng Hua DeBra
 4:05 Gravitational Self-Attraction Analysis for LISA Aaron Swank DeBra
 4:15 Questions and Answers    
  ADJOURN    

 

Wednesday, April 28, 2004

 8:30 Continental Breakfast with Students (Résumé book and fellowship students)    
 9:40 Numerical Simulation of Aircraft Wake-Engine Exhaust Interaction Anup Shirgaonkar Lele
 9:50 The Prediction of Jet Noise using Large-Eddy Simulation Daniel J. Bodony
Monchi Liu
Lele
10:00 Numerical Simulation of Turbine Blade Leading-Edge Heat-Transfer in a Turbulent Flow Ioulia Iourokina
Zhongmin Xiong
Lele
10:10 Questions and Answers  
10:20 Supersonic Low-Boom Aircraft Design Seongim Choi Alonso
10:30 Aerodynamic Issues in Hard Disk Drives Andre Chan Alonso
10:40 Multi-Disciplinary Optimization for a New Family of Low-Cost Launch Vehicles Michael Colonno Alonso
10:50 High-Fidelity Aeroelastic Simulation Pradipta Sahu Alonso
11:00 Questions and Answers  
11:10 Break (15 minutes)    
11:25 Aero-Structural Wing Planform Optimization Kasidit Leoviriyakit Jameson
11:35 Recent Progress Toward a High-Flexibilitty Computational Tool for Applied Aerodynamics Georg May Jameson
11:45 Analysis of Minimum Wave Drag Profiles for Supersonic Flow: Can We Improve on Results from Linear Theory Karthik Palaniappan Jameson
11:55 Questions and Answers    
  ADJOURN    


 

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