Nonlinear Beam Theory (Principal Investigator),
Structures Task 1 under the Center of Excellence for Rotary Wing Aircraft
Technology (Daniel P. Schrage, Director), sponsored by the U.S. Army Research
Office, Jan. 15, 1988 - Jan 14, 1993.
Unsteady Aerodynamics for Rotor Aeroelasticity (Co-Principal Investigator with
David A. Peters), Aeroelasticity Task 1 under the Center of Excellence for
Rotary Wing Aircraft Technology (Daniel P. Schrage, Director), sponsored by the
U.S. Army Research Office, Jan. 15, 1988 - Jan 14, 1993.
Improved Calculation of the Floquet Transition Matrix
from Space-Time Finite Elements Based on a Mixed Variational
Principle (Principal Investigator), sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Office,
Short Term Innovative Research Program, July 1, 1988 - Dec. 31, 1988.
Symbolic Computation Laboratory (Principal Investigator), sponsored by the U.S.
Army Research Office, Department of Defense University Research Instrumentation
Program, administered by the Office of Naval Research,
Oct. 1, 1988 - Sept. 30, 1989.
MH-53H/J Aeroelastic Modeling and Vibrations (Co-Principal Investigator with
David A. Peters), task under Investigation of Maximum Gross Weights and
Operating Restrictions for the MH-53H and MH-53J Helicopters (Daniel P.
Schrage, Director), sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Warner-Robbins ALC, Oct. 1,
1988 - June 30, 1989.
Optimal Guidance Law Development for an Advanced Launch System (Co-Principal
Investigator with A. J. Calise),
sponsored by NASA Langley Research Center, Dec. 1, 1988 - Mar. 30, 1992.
Stability of Elastically Tailored Rotor Systems (Co-Principal Investigator with
Lawrence W. Rehfield),
sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Office, Dec. 1, 1988 - Sept. 30, 1992.
Development of Space-Time Finite Elements for Nonlinear Transient Response of
Flexible Structures (Co-Principal Investigator with D.A. Peters), sponsored by
the National Science Foundation, Nov. 15, 1989 - Apr. 30, 1993.
Modeling of Composite Beams and Plates for Static and Dynamic Analysis.
Sponsored by the U.S. Army Aerostructures
Directorate, Langley Research Center, Jan. 16, 1990 -
Mar. 15, 1993.
Development of an hp-Version
Finite Element Method for Computational Optimal Control, sponsored by NASA
Langley Research Center, Apr. 1, 1992 - Nov. 1, 1994.
Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Composite Beams Including Edge-Zone Behavior
(Co-Principal Investigator with V. L. Berdichevsky),
Structures and Materials Task 1 under the Center of Excellence for Rotorcraft
Technology (Daniel P. Schrage, Director), sponsored by the U.S. Army Research
Office, Nov. 1, 1992 - Oct. 31, 1995.
Composite Rotor Blade Aeroelasticity with Three-Dimensional Aerodynamics
(Co-Principal Investigator with D. A. Peters), Rotorcraft Dynamics and
Aeroelasticity Task 2 under the Center of Excellence for Rotorcraft Technology
(Daniel P. Schrage, Director), sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Office, Nov.
1, 1992 - Oct. 31, 1995.
ARO Augmentation Grant for Equipment (Co-Principal Investigator with V. L. Berdichevsky), Structures and Materials Task 1 under the
Center of Excellence for Rotorcraft Technology (Daniel P. Schrage, Director),
sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Office, Sept. 1993.
Thin-Walled Composite Beams with Optimum Couplings (Co-Principal Investigator
with E. A. Armanios, V. L. Berdichevsky,
N. Komerath, and M. Kamat),
Task RSI-2 under Augmentation Grant for the Center of Excellence for Rotorcraft
Technology (Daniel P. Schrage, Director), sponsored by the U.S. Army Research
Office, Apr. 15, 1994 - Sept. 1996.
Sectional Analysis of Composite Rotor Blades Accounting for Realistic Blade
Design, Task RSI-4 under Augmentation Grant for the Center of Excellence for
Rotorcraft Technology (Daniel P. Schrage, Director), sponsored by the U.S. Army
Research Office, Apr. 15, 1994 - Sept. 1996.
Aeroelastic Stability of Closed-Cell Composite Wings, NASA Graduate Student
Research Program, July 1 - Dec. 31, 1994.
Aeromechanics - CFD-CSD Interface Methods (Co-Principal Investigator with M. J.
Smith), sponsored by Wright Labs, U.S. Air Force, Sept. 14, 1994 - Mar. 13,
1996.
Research in Structural Dynamics (Co-Principal Investigator
with V. L. Berdichevsky), sponsored by the U.S. Air
Force Office of Scientific Research, Sept. 1, 1994 - August 31, 1997.
Finite Element and Analytical Cross-Sectional Analysis of Composite Rotor
Blades for Nonclassical Beam Formulations (Task 5.1
of a grant to the Center of Excellence of Rotorcraft Technology), Sponsored by
the National Rotorcraft Technology Center, Jan. 1, 1996 - Dec. 31, 2000.
Aeroservoelasticity of Composite-Winged Aircraft
(Co-Principal Investigator with C. Cesnik and M. J.
Smith), Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Oct. 1,
1997 - Dec. 31, 2000.
Computational and Experimental Studies of Horizontal Axis Wind-Turbine Systems, sponsored by the National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Oct. 1, 1998 - Sept 12, 1999.
Multi-Flexible-Body Analysis for Application to Wind-Turbine Control Design,
sponsored by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, over four years, Sept.
13, 1999 - Sept. 30, 2003.
Comprehensive Aeromechanical Analysis Using Integrated Analysis Tools
(Co-Principal Investigator with O. A. Bauchau and J.
I. Craig), sponsored by the Rotorcraft Industry
Technology Association, over 2 years, Jan. 5, 2000 - Mar. 31, 2002.
A New Approach to Aeroelastic Response, Stability, and Loads of Missiles and
Projectiles, sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Office, over 3 years, June 19,
2000 - Mar. 18, 2004.
Multibody Approach to the Dynamic Analysis of Space
Structures with Actuated Components (Co-Principal Investigator with O. A. Bauchau), sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Office of
Scientific Research, over 3 years Dec. 20, 2000 - Dec. 19, 2003.
Composite Beam Cross-Sectional Optimization (Co-Principal Investigator with V. Volovoi), Task 5.3 of a grant to the Center of Excellence
of Rotorcraft Technology, sponsored by the National Rotorcraft Technology
Center, over five years, Jan. 1, 2001 - present.
Aeromechanical Analysis Tools for Advanced Design (Co-Principal Investigator
with O. A. Bauchau and J. I. Craig), sponsored by the
Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association, over 2 years, Apr. 1, 2002 - Sept.
30, 2004.
Development and Validation of Accurate and
Efficient Cross-Sectional Analysis Tools (Co-Principal Investigator with O. A. Bauchau, J. I. Craig, and V. V. Volovoi),
sponsored by the Rotorcraft Industry Technology Association, over 3 years, Apr.
1, 2004 - present.
A Computational Method to Evaluate the
Non-linear Aeroelastic Behavior of High Aspect Ratio Wings of Long Endurance
(HARLE) Aircraft (Co-Principal Investigator with M. J. Smith), sponsored by the
National Institute of Aerospace, NASA Langley Research Center, over 1 year, May
18, 2004 - May 17, 2005.
Advanced Models for Nonlinear Thermo-Mechanical
Analysis of Deep, Layered Shells (Co-Principal Investigator with O. A. Bauchau), sponsored by the National Institute of Aerospace,
NASA Langley Research Center, over 1 year, May18, 2004 - May 17, 2005.
Nonlinear Aero-Servo-Elastic Modeling of HALE
Aircraft (Co-Principal Investigator with M. J. Patil
of Virginia Tech), sponsored by NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, over 1
year, Aug. 1, 2005 - Dec. 31, 2007.
Rotor Blade Cross-sectional Analysis and Design,
task on Heliplane Demonstrator Aircraft, sponsored by
DARPA, over 15 months, Nov. 4, 2005 - Mar. 22, 2007.
Efficient High-fidelity Multi-Physics Tools for
Smart Blade Analysis and Design (Co-Principal Investigator with W. Yu of Utah
State and V. V. Volovoi), Task 9 of a grant to the
Georgia Tech Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence, sponsored by the U.S.
Army, over five years, July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2011.
Control of Vibration Transmission and Interior
Noise Radiation of Composite Shells with Embedded Passive and Active
Periodicity (Co-Principal Investigator with Massimo Ruzzene
and Ken Cunefare), NASA Langley Research Center, over
three years, Jan. 1, 2007 - Dec. 31, 2009.
Nonlinear Aeroelastic Trim and Stability
Analysis Tool (Co-Principal Investigator with Mayuresh
Patil of Virginia Tech), sponsored by NASA Dryden,
over 18 months, June 1, 2008 - Dec. 31, 2009.
Fan/Blade Case Coincidence Study,
sponsored by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Aug. 29, 2008 - May 31, 2009.
Rotor Trim and Stability Analysis,
sponsored by Bell Helicopter Textron, Oct. 9, 2008 - Dec. 31, 2009.
Treatment of the Edge
Zone of Plates and Shells, (A task of Multi-Scale Structural Health Monitoring
Approach for Damage Detection, Jennifer Michaels Project Director), sponsored
by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, Jan. 15, 2009 - present.
KC-135 Aeroelasticity Modeling Support,
sponsored by U.S. Air Force through Georgia Tech Research Institute, June 1 -
Aug. 31, 2009.
VABS Enabled Design Environment for Efficient
High-Fidelity Composite Rotor Blade and Wing Section Design (teamed with ADI,
Inc. and Wenbin Yu of Utah State), SBIR Phase II
sponsored by the U.S. Army, Oct. 20, 2009 - Oct. 19, 2011.
Mission Adaptive Rotor (Lakshmi Sankar, Proj. Dir.), sponsored by DARPA through the Boeing Company, Mesa,
Arizona, July 1, 2010 - October 31, 2011.
Structural Support for AVELA High Efficiency
Aircraft, sponsored by the U.S. Air Force through Bihrle
Applied Research, Hampton, Virginia, Nov. 15, 2010 – June 30, 2012.
Next-Generation VABS
for More Realistic Modeling of Composite Blades (Co-Principal
Investigator with W. Yu of Utah State), Task 1 of a grant to the Georgia Tech
Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence, sponsored by the U.S. Army, Sept.
1, 2011 - Aug. 31, 2016.
Collaborative Research in the Mathematical,
Computational and Experimental Modeling of the Multidisciplinary Dynamics of
Fluid-Structure Interaction, sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Oct.
1, 2011 - Sept. 30, 2013.
Design and Implementation of Active Controls for
Gust Load Alleviation and Flutter Suppression for a HALE Aircraft, sponsored by
Bihrle Applied Research, Hampton, Virginia, Aug. 15 –
Dec. 31, 2012.
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