Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2008, the department of Aeronautics and Astronautics hosted a daylong symposium and celebration, featuring faculty, alumni and colleagues.
Presentations and posters from the event are listed below.
See our photo gallery of the events, as well as a department history.
Presentations
Jan Achenbach - Northwest University
From the Sputnik Era to the Present: Adventures in Engineering Science of One AA Alum
Andy Barrows - Mercury Computer Systems
GPS, Flight Displays, and Air Traffic Control Modernization
Francis Everitt - Stanford University
Gravity Probe B, the Engineering of a Physics Experiment in Space and the Role of Students in it
Ilan Kroo - Stanford University
Sustainable Aviation
Susan Ying - Boeing
To Boldly Go....Leading Beyond the Horizon
Vance Coffman - Lockheed Martin (ret)
The F35 Lightning II
Arif Karabeyoglu - Space Propulsion Group
Hybrid Propulsion for Future Space Launch
Steve Rock - Stanford University
Robotic Exploration
Three Generations in Aerospace
William F. Ballhaus Sr. - Northrop Corp. and Beckman Instruments (ret)
William F. Ballhaus Jr. - Aerospace Corp. (ret)
William L. Ballhaus - BAE Systems
Integrated Networked Systems 2000s - Future
Penina Axelrad - University of Colorado
Challenges and Opportunities in Aerospace Education
Panel Discussion - Aerospace: The Next 25 Years
Moderator:
Brad Parkinson, Prof. Emeritus, Stanford University
Panel Members:
Turki Saud Mohammed Al-Saud, KACST
Owen Brown, DARPA
Heinz Erzberger, NASA Ames Research Center, Stanford University
Posters
Space Systems Development Lab
(Prof. Cutler)
- Emily Eelkema, Randy Lum: SSDL Ground Station Network
- Christine Purcell, Emily Eelkema: Innovation in Aerospace and Space Exploration
Hybrid Systems Lab
(Prof. Tomlin)
- Gabriel Hoffmann: Decentralized Information-Seeking Control for Mobile Sensor Networks
- Haomiao Huang: Nonlinear Programming (NLP) Trajectory Generation for Predictive Collision Avoidance
- Michael Vitus, Steven Waslander, Vijay Pradeep, Gabriel Hoffmann: Tunnel-MILP:Path Planning with Sequential Convex Polytopes
Aerospace Robotics Lab
(Prof. Rock)
- Sean Augenstein, Kiran Murthy: ROV Navigation Aids in the Midwater and Benthic Environments
- Peter Kimball, Deborah Meduna: Underwater Terrain Relative Navigation
Aero Fluid Mechanics Labs
(Prof. Cantwell)
- Kevin Lohner, Yaniv Scherson: Nitrous Oxide as a Monopropellant
- Eric Doran, Jonny Dyer, Kevin Lohner, Zach Dunn, Mark Marzoña, Evan Karlik: Peregrine Sounding Rocket Project
- Siina Haapanen: Direct Numerical Simulation of a Two-Fluid Channel Flow
- Shane Coogan, Mark Marzoña, Ben Gilliland, Sasha MacDonald, Nader Moussa, David Pinner, Arturo Zamora: Hybrid Lunar Descent Motor for Google Lunar X Prize
Structures & Composites Lab
(Prof. Chang)
Flow Physics and Computation
(Prof. Farhat)
- David Amsallem: Fast Aeroelastic Analysis of Complex Fighter Configurations Using Reduced-Order Data Bases and Manifold Algebra
- Kevin Carlberg: Enhanced Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Snapshots for Design-Oriented Reduced-Order Models
Prof. Lele's Group
- Alexander Naiman: Large Eddy Simulation and Parameterization of Aircraft Contrail Evolution
- Kenneth Franko, David Dawson, Soshi Kawai: Transition and Shock Boundary Layer Interaction in Hypersonic Flows
- Soshi Kawai: Large-Eddy Simulation of High-Speed Flows: Jet in a Supersonic Crossflow
- Jaiyoung Ryu, Arjun Sharma, William Wolf, Mohammad Shoeybi: Computational Aeroacoustics
- Johan Larsson, Eric Johnsen, Santhosh Shankar, Britton Olson, Ankit Bhagatwala: Simulations of Turbulent Flows with Strong Shock and Density Variations
HEPL
(Dr. Sun)
- Edgar Torres Matos: Science Frequency Analysis of Temperature Sensors for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA)
Aerospace Computing Lab
(Prof. Jameson)
- Dan Berkenstock: Nonlinear Shape Deformation for Aerospace Vehicle Optimization
Aerospace Design Lab
(Prof. Alonso)
Space Systems Development Lab
(Prof. Cutler)
- Julian Mann: Stanford Lunar X: Voyage to the Moon
- Ernesto Diaz: BioLaunch
- Kevin Stein: Stanford NanoSat Affordable Payload (SNAP) Solutions
- Michael Souder: Solar Sailing Nanosatellites
Gravity Probe B Project (GP-B)
(Profs. DeBra & Everitt)
- All Gravity Probe B Presenters: An Overview of the Gravity Probe B Program
- Michael Adams: Gravity Probe B Attitude & Translation Control System (ATC)
- John Conklin, Michael Salomon, Michael Dolphin, G. Mac Keiser, Alex Silbergleit, Paul Worden: Trapped Flux Mapping for Gravity Probe B
- William Bencze, David Hipkins, Tom Holmes, Sasha Buchman, Robert Brumley: Gravity Probe B Gyroscope Electrostatic Suspension System (GSS)
- Valerio Ferroni, Mike Adams, Bill Bencze, David Hipkins, John Mester, et al.: Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle
- Ivanka Pelivan, Stefanie Bremer, Tom Holmes, David Hipkins, John Mester: High Fidelity Dynamics & Control Simulation for Gravity Probe B
- Tommy Baumann, David Hipkins, John Mester: Model Based Design, Analysis, and Validation of STEP Using MLDesigner and SatLab
Aircraft Design Group
(Prof. Kroo)
- Nikhil Nigam: Control and Design of Multiple UAVs for Persistent Surveillance
- Sara Smoot: High Altitude Wind Power
- Geoffrey Bower: Aircraft and Route Network Design for Reduced Environmental Impact
- Noël Bakhtian, Michael Aftosmis: Investigation of Power Boundary Condition Placement for Axial Plume Modeling using Cart3D
GPS Lab
(Prof. Enge)
