Design considerations for a micro aerial vehicle aerodynamic characterization facility at the University of Florida research and engineering education facility

This paper describes the design considerations for a proposed aerodynamic characterization facility (ACF) for micro aerial vehicles (MAVs). This is a collaborative effort between the Air Force Research Laboratory Munitions Directorate (AFRL/MN) and the University of Florida Research and Engineering Education Facility (UF/REEF). The ACF is expected to provide a capability for the characterization of the aerodynamic performance of future MAVs. This includes the ability to gather the data necessary to devise control strategies as well as the potential to investigate aerodynamic 'problem areas' or specific failings. Since it is likely that future MAVs will incorporate advanced control strategies, the facility must enable researchers to critically assess such novel methods. Furthermore, the aerodynamic issues should not be seen (and tested) in isolation, but rather the facility should be able to also provide information on structural responses (such as aeroelasticity) as well as integration issues (say, thrust integration or sensor integration). Therefore the mission for the proposed facility ranges form fairly basic investigations of individual technical issues encountered by MAVs (for example an evaluation of wing shapes or control effectiveness) all the way to testing a fully integrated vehicle in a flight configuration for performance evaluation throughout the mission envelope.

Students at University of Michigan do research in the electrical engineering laboratory in the College of Engineering

Shown recording data are, left to right, John P. Vajda, Milwaukee WI, and James A. Lovell, Grand Rapids, MI. graduate students in electrical engineering.

Careers in engineering a guidance publication from the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana.

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The College of Engineering and Engineering Experiment Station of the University of Illinois. A pictorial description.

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Honor awards convocation, College of Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Engineering outlook - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, College of Engineering.

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A summary of the senior employment interview program conducted in the College of Engineering at the University of Illinois during the year ...

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Memoirs of the College of Engineering, Kyushu Imperial University = Kyūshū Teikoku Daigaku Kōgakubu kiyō.

Description based on: vol. 1, no. 2 (1915).

The University of Michigan College of Engineering : a photographic history celebrating 150 years /

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Memoirs of the College of Engineering, Kyoto Imperial University = Kyōto Teikoku Daigaku Kōgaku Daigaku kiyō.

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[College of Engineering (University of Michigan) publications].

Also contains brochures, directories, manuals, and programs from various College of Engineering student organizations such as the Society of Women Engineers and Tau Beta Pi.

Interview with Dr. J. Patrick O'Leary, the Founding Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

A series of interviews with the founding deans of Florida Interanational University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine conducted on April 6, 2011 by Bohyun Kim, the Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University Medical Library. This audio recording is the interview with Dr. J. Patrick O'Leary, the Founding Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, and the format of the audio file is MP3.

Interview with Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, the Founding Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

A series of interviews with the founding deans of Florida Interanational University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine conducted on April 6, 2011 by Bohyun Kim, the Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University Medical Library. This audio recording is the interview with Dr. Joe Leigh Simpson, the Founding Executive Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, and the format of the audio file is MP3.

Interview with Dr. John Rock, the Founding Dean of Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine

A series of interviews with the founding deans of Florida Interanational University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine conducted on April 6, 2011 by Bohyun Kim, the Digital Access Librarian at Florida International University Medical Library. This audio recording is the interview with Dr. John Rock, the Founding Dean of Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University and the format of the audio file is MP3.