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Rick LindAssociate Professor |
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Robust Control of Flight Vehicles
- Trajectory Planning for Efficient Sensing
- Path Planning for Optimal Mapping
- Vision-Based State Estimation Relative to Dynamic Environments
- State Estimation using Optic Flow
- Autonomous Control using Vision-Based Feedback
- Flight Dynamics and Control of a UAV with Control Surface Shaping
- Roll Control for Micro Air Vehicles using Active Wing Morphing
- Control of Aerothermoelastic Effects in Hypersonic Vehicles
- Control of Supercavitating Underwater Vehicles
- Control of F-15 with Actuator Failures
- Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
- Recent Projects
Funding
2007-2011 AFOSR Biologically-Inspired, Anisotropic Flexible Wing for Optimal Flapping Flight 2007-2009 NASA Multi-Loop Adaptive Control of Hypersonic Vehicles (PI) 2007-2008 ONR Region Mapping using Path Planning to Optimize Sensor Quality (PI) 2006-2009 AFOSR Research Institute for Autonomous Precision-Guided Systems 2006-2007 NASA Integrated Sensing and Control of Aeroelastic Deformations (PI) 2006-2007 AFRL Electroactive Polymers for Active Control of MAV (PI) 2006-2007 UF Integrated Situational Awareness System 2005-2007 NASA Robust Control using Vision Feedback in Uncertain Environments (PI) 2003-2007 AFOSR Vision-Based Control of Agile Autonomous MAV in Urban Environments (PI) 2004-2005 AFOSR A Virtual Environment for Visualization Technologies (PI) 2003-2004 NASA Robust Aeroservoelastic Toolbox for Nonlinear Data-Based Modeling (PI) 2003-2004 NASA Novel System Identification Tools for Multiresolution Analysis of Flight Data 2003-2004 AFRL Modeling, Control of Testing of MAVs 2003-2004 AFOSR A Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Facility for Vision-Based Control 2001-2004 NASA Flexible-Wing Micro Air Vehicles
Consulting
2007-2008 AFRL Flutterometer Testing for F22 (task order) 2008 Avid Design Software Suite for Flapping-Wing MAVs (SBIR Phase I) 2006-2009 Zona Parameter-Varying Estimation Toolbox (SBIR Phase I/II) 2006-2009 DRA Power Line Urban Sentry (SBIR Phase I/II) 2005-2008 Zona Model Updating Nonlinear System Identification Toolbox (SBIR Phase I/II) 2001 Boeing Flutterometer Testing for 767-400 (task order)
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University of Florida
EAS 4400 Stability and Control of Aircraft EAS 5938 Multivariable Control of Aircraft EAS 6935 Graduate Seminar EML 5311 Control System Theory EML 6934 Robust Control Synthesis -
Professional Short Courses
Vision-Based Control for Autonomous Vehicles Technologies for Micro Air Vehicles in Urban Battlefields Robust Aeroservoelastic Stability Analysis State of the Art Practices in Aeroelasticity Wavelets for Analysis of Dynamic Systems
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Previous Members
Ryan Causey PhD in 2007 Joe Kehoe PhD in 2007 Mujahid Abdulrahim PhD in 2007 Adam Watkins PhD in 2007 -
Current Members
Joe Kehoe post-doctoral associate Animesh Chakravarth post-doctoral associate Sean Regisford graduate student Crystal Pasiliao graduate student Dan Grant graduate student Sanketh Bhat graduate student Robert Love graduate student Brian Roberts graduate student Baron Johnson graduate student Ryan Hurley graduate student Dong Tran graduate student David Eaton graduate student Paul Wilson graduate student Eric Duron graduate student Aaron Wright graduate student Ed Daughtery graduate student Kim Wright undergraduate student Michele Ditto undergraduate student Abe Pachikara undergraduate student Adam Edtrand undergraduate student Ashley Jurekovic undergraduate student Chris McBryde undergraduate student Andrew Simon undergraduate student Sebastien Michel visitor from Institute Superieur de Technologies (France) -
Awards
Daniel Grant Best Student Paper at 2006 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Mujahid Abdulrahim Best Paper in Session at 2006 IEEE American Control Conference Mujahid Abdulrahim Best Paper at 2004 AIAA Southeast Region Student Paper Conference Mujahid Abdulrahim Best Paper at 2003 AIAA National Student Paper Conference Rob Eick Best Paper at 2003 UF MAE Student Paper Conference Mujahid Abdulrahim Best Paper at 2003 UF MAE Student Design Conference Mujahid Abdulrahim Best Paper at 2003 AIAA Southeast Region Student Paper Conference Rob Eick Best Paper at 2002 UF MAE Student Paper Conference Mujahid Abdulrahim Best Paper at 2002 UF MAE Student Design Conference -
Fellowships and Scholarships
Dong Tran University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2008-2012 Abe Pachikara EADS/Airbus NA Scholarship 2007 Abe Pachikara C. Addison Pound Scholarship 2007 Kim Wright Women in Aviation : Delta Airlines Scholarship 2007 Dan Grant University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011 Baron Johnson University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011 Robert Love University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011 Brian Roberts University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011 Amanda Roderick University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2004-2008 Ryan Causey NASA GSRP Fellowship 2004-2007 Rob Eick University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2002-2006 -
Internships
Kim Wright NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2007 Ashley Jurekovic NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2007 Robert Ruff NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2007 Andrew Simon Harris 2007 Joe Kehoe Naval Surface Warfare Center 2006 Adam Watkins Naval Surface Warfare Center 2006 Joe Kehoe Naval Surface Warfare Center 2005 Ryan Causey Air Force Research Laboratory 2004 Rob Eick NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2002
Information
Campus Details Email : ricklind@ufl.edu
Phone : (352) 392-6745
Fax : (352) 392-7303
Office : 324 Aerospace Building
Lab : 321 Aerospace Building
Mailing Address University of Florida
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
231 Aerospace Building
Gainesville, FL 32611