2007 Affiliates Meeting
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Programs of the 48th Annual Meeting of the Industrial Affiliates of Stanford University in Aeronautics and Astronautics
W. F. Durand Building, Hoff Conference Room (Room 450)
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
| 8:15 | Welcome and Department Overview Prof. Brian Cantwell, Department Chair Prof. Steve Rock, Director, Affiliates Program |
| 8:30 | Air Traffic Flow-Control with Strategic Airlines Steve Waslander Advisor, Prof. Claire Tomlin |
| 8:40 | Decentralized Information Seeking Control for Mobile Sensor Networks Gabriel Hoffmann Advisor, Prof. Claire Tomlin |
| 8:50 | Questions and Answers |
| 9:00 | Aircraft Landing with Integrity using Terrain-Referenced Navigation Alan Zorn Advisor, Prof. Per Enge |
| 9:10 | Investigating Ionospheric Scintillation Effects on GPS Jiwon Seo Advisor, Prof. Per Enge |
| 9:20 | Questions and Answers |
| 9:30 | Control of a Climbing Robot using Real-Time Convex Optimization Teresa Miller Advisor, Prof. Steve Rock |
| 9:40 | Real-Time Underwater Visual Mosaicking and Navigation of the USS Macon Kristof Richmond Advisor, Prof. Steve Rock |
| 9:50 | Questions and Answers |
| 10:00 | Multiscale Closed-Loop Estimation for Adaptive Optics Laurent Lessard Advisor, Prof. Sanjay Lall |
| 10:10 | Questions and Answers |
| 10:20 | Break (15 minutes) |
| 10:35 | High Fidelity Modeling and Controls Simulation for Gravity Probe Strong Sara Smoot Advisor, Prof. Matt West |
| 10:45 | Trapped Flux Mapping of the GP-strong Gyroscopes Michael Salomon Advisor, Prof. Matt West |
| 10:55 | Questions and Answers |
| 11:05 | Mapping of Trapped Magnetic Fluxons on GP-strong Gyros using a Pointwise Fluxon Model Mike Dolphin Advisor, Prof. Dan DeBra |
| 11:15 | Mass Center Determination for Gravitational Reference Sensors John Conklin Advisor, Prof. Dan DeBra |
| 11:25 | Moment of Inertia Measurement using a Five-Wire Torsion Pendulum and Optical Sensing Aaron J. Swank Advisor, Prof. Dan DeBra |
| 11:35 | Questions and Answers |
| 11:45 | Multiple Constellation GNSS RAIM for Aviation Approaches Alexandru Ene Advisor, Prof. David Powell |
| 11:55 | Questions and Answers |
| 12:05 | Lunch (Mitchell Earth Science Bldg. Patio) |
| 1:30 | Nitrous Oxide Hybrid Rocket and Monopropellant Gas Generator Kevin Lohner Advisor, Prof. Brian J. Cantwell |
| 1:40 | Questions and Answers |
| 1:50 | Gust Soaring Techniques for Small UAV's Chinmay Patel Advisor, Prof. Ilan Kroo |
| 2:00 | Aircraft Family Design Using Decomposition-Based Methods Brian Roth Advisor, Prof. Ilan Kroo |
| 2:10 | Questions and Answers |
| 2:20 | Heat Transfer Prediction in an HP Weather Vane Cascade using Large Eddy Simulations Rathakrishnan Bhaskaran Advisor, Prof. Sanjiva Lele |
| 2:30 | Role of Instability Waves in the Noise Radiation from High-Speed Jets Jaiyoung Ryu Advisor, Prof. Sanjiva Lele |
| 2:40 | Questions and Answers |
| 2:50 | Edge-Based Least Squares Methods for Compressible Flow Computations Aaron Katz Advisor, Prof. Antony Jameson |
| 3:00 | New Approaches for Computational Aerodynamics Georg May (Research Associate) Prof. Antony Jameson |
| 3:10 | Questions and Answers |
| 3:20 | Break (15 minutes) |
| 3:35 | Solar Sail Technology for Nanosats Michael Souder Advisor, Prof. James Cutler |
| 3:45 | Current Projects of the Space and Systems Development Laboratory Steven Pifko Advisor, Prof. James Cutler |
| 3:55 | Questions and Answers |
| 4:05 | A Stretchable Sensor Network for Structural Health Monitoring Applications Giulia Lanzara (Post-Doctoral Scholar) Advisor, Prof. Fu-Kuo Chang |
| 4:15 | The Development of a Spectral Shell Element for Structural Health Monitoring System Design Sungwon Ha Advisor, Prof. Fu-Kuo Chang |
| 4:25 | In-Situ Technology for Monitoring Fatigue in Bolted Joints Alexi Rakow Advisor, Prof. Fu-Kuo Chang |
| 4:35 | Questions and Answers |
| 4:45 | Life Prediction for Bonded Joints Qifeng Yu (Post-Doctoral Scholar) Advisor, Prof. Stephen Tsai |
| 4:55 | Questions and Answers |
| 5:05 | Feedback from the Affiliates |
| Adjourn | |
| 6:00 | Cocktails and Dinner at the Sheraton Palo Alto Hotel, 675 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA |