Static and dynamic stability of thin walled structures, piezoelectric materials, laminated composite structures, dynamic buckling of thin walled structures, multifunctional materials, technologies and structures, smart structures technologies, structural mechanics and energy harvesting using piezoelectric and pyroelectric materials.

Systems engineering, missile guidance, ballistic missile defense, optimization techniques, optimal control theory, flight dynamics and control, flexible structures dynamics and control.

Structural fatigue, crack propagation, creep; structural design and testing; fatigue and failure analysis.

Thermodynamics of pure substances connected to fuels and aerothermochemistry, their radicals and ions. Extended Third Millenium Ideal Gas and Condensed Phase Thermodynamic Database of Pure Chemical Substances for Combustion and Air-Pollution Use with updates from Active Thermochemical Tables.
Annotated Database Initiated and Built since 1972 by Alexander Burcat available at <http://burcat.technion.ac.il/dir>

Basic and Applied Heat Transfer:
Thermo-Acoustic Interaction, Conjugate Heat Transfer, Active Flow Control, Jet Impingement, Thermal Barrier Coatings.
Measurement Technique Development:
Infrared Thermography, Liquid Crystal Thermometry, Particle Image Velocimetry, Hotwire Anemometry, Laser Induced Fluorescence.
Gas Turbine Component Analysis:
Turbine Cooling and External Flows, Aero-Thermal Design of Gas Turbine Hot Gas Section, Axial and Radial Compressor/Turbine Aerodynamics.

Mechanics (strength, behavior and stability) of aerospace structures. Theory of plasticity and metal forming processes. Continuum mechanics and mathematical rheology of finite deformations. Sintered powder materials and porous solids

Theoretical fluid mechanics, flow and transport phenomena in sheared suspensions, unsteady free surface flows, hydrodynamic stability of capillary jets, interfacial phenomena, rarified gas dynamics.

Thrust vectored aircraft; Vectored jet propulsion for maximizing agility and safety; Philosophy of Physics and Mathematics.

Rocket, ramjet and scramjet propulsion, combustion, energetic materials, reacting and two-phase flows, metal and boron combustion, heat and mass transfer, bubbly flows, marine jet propulsion, hydrogen production and storage, and electric energy generation via fuel cells.

Computational solid mechanics, finite element methods, computational methods for acoustic and elastic waves, combination of analytic and numerical methods, space structures.

Reactive Flows and Spray Combustion, Numerical Methods, Fire Safety.

Flight control and flight displays for atmospheric and space flight, man-machine systems, visual perception, Operator Interface Design for controlling complex Aerospace System

Spacecraft dynamics and control, Astrodynamics, Trajectory optimization, Guidance systems, Space robotics, Optimal and adaptive control.

Astrodynamics, Satellite Dynamics, Distributed Space Systems, and Vision-Aided Navigation.

• Estimation and Control of Systems with Non Gaussian Noises
• Innovative Future Air Traffic Control Concepts
• Robust and Adaptive Flight Control Systems and Applications

• State estimation and information fusion,
• Vision-aided navigation, multiple view geometry,
• Simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM),
• Inference via graphical models,
• Multi-robot systems: distributed inference, mapping and navigation,
• Structure from motion, bundle adjustment,
• Integrated planning and perception, planning under uncertainty.

Aerodynamic theory of wings and bodies in unsteady motion. Asymptotic wing theories. Flight mechanics (theoretical and experimental). Helicopter dynamics. Basic fluid mechanics and transport phenomena. Animals aero- and hydro-dynamics.

Fundamental physics of turbulent boundary layers, in particular the organization of coherent structures and their evolution in non-equilibrium environments; model-based control techniques for turbulent drag reduction; the use of microfluidic technologies for turbulent flow control and diagnostics.

Aeroelasticity and structural dynamics, interaction with control systems,  design methods.

• Electric propulsion,
• Plasma diagnostics,
• Numerical modeling of plasmas,
• Cathodic arcs and Micro-discharges,
• Orbit and attitude control of small spacecraft,
• Plasma actuators.

Materials for Aircraft and Satellite Structures, Metal Matrix Composites for Airborne Use, Magnesium Applications for Aircraft Design, Metal Joining and Plastic Deformation Technologies, Airborne Electronic Packaging.

Propulsion (turbo-jets, turbo shaft and ramjet engine), Gas (power) turbine, Pressurized fluidized bed combustion for gas turbine operation, Atomization of liquid fuels, Combustion of liquid sprays, Low NOx combustion, Optical diagnostics in fluid mechanics and combustion systems, Blood flow.

• Aeroacoustics: vibroacoustics, vortex sound
• Fluid-structure interactions
• Rarefied and small-scale gas dynamics
• Hydrodynamic stability

Propulsion and combustion:

• Dual mode scramjet – supersonic and subsonic flame holding
• Thrusters for space application discharging a concentrated mass
• Solid Propellants
• Two-Phase Reacting Flows
• Combustion dynamics and stability of Premixed Flames
• Fuel Variability For Propulsion And Energy Production

Propulsion and combustion and related areas, including: Gel Propellants; Ramjet Engines; Supersonic Combustion; Hypergolic Ignition, Boron Combustion, Combustion of Metals; Two-phase, Turbulent, Reactive Flows; Thermodynamics.

Aeroelasticity, dynamics, aerodynamics.

Optimal estimation, information fusion and control, with application to aerospace systems. Particular interests: guidance, navigation and control (GN&C) systems; interdisciplinary aerospace systems, including structural estimation and control, and health monitoring/fault detection and isolation (FDI) systems; flow control.

Rotary-Wing Theory, Rotorcraft Aeromechanics. Anisotropic Elasticity, Composite structures. Autonomous Aerial Vehicles.

Main Interests: Computational Aeroelasticity – the study of aeroelastic phenomena using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and structural finite-elements (FE) models.

Positions available

Rotary wings, Dynamics and aeroelasticity of blades, helicopter dynamics, helicopter flight mechanics, wind turbine dynamics, propellers, structural dynamics and stability, nonlinear dynamics.

• Mechanics of Nonlinear Composites
• Active Materials
• Wave propagation
• Soft Matter
• Bio-inspired materials

Dr. Rudykh research bridges the gap between material microstructures and macroscopic properties. Stephan actively utilizes the design rules observed in nature to develop bio-inspired materials with a large variety of functionalities. Dr. Rudykh research profile includes the area of active materials for artificial muscles, actuators, sensors, and soft robotics; bio-inspired flexible armor; acoustic metamaterials; and light-weight composites with extreme mechanical properties. Dr. Rudykh uses a mix of theory, simulations and experiments involving advanced 3D printing techniques.

My research interests are in the area of guidance of vehicles, in particular missiles and unmanned aircraft, operating individually or as a team. Specific interests are:

• 1-on-1 guidance (intercept angle guidance, one & two-sided pursuit-evasion, guidance amidst obstacles)
• Cooperative guidance (3-body pursuit-evasion, n-on-1 guidance)
• Guidance integrated with task assignment, autopilot, and estimation

Head of the Cooperative Autonomous SYstems (CASY) laboratory.

• Aeroacoustics
• Unsteady Aerodynamics
• Flow and Noise

Positions Available

Spray dynamics and combustion, fluid mechanics, hypersonic viscous flow, heat transfer and ablation.

Aerodynamics, biofluid mechanics, hydrodynamics, autonomous robotics, space research.

Stress analysis, structural dynamics; static and dynamic instability of composite and metal structures – elastic and inelastic; design of advanced composite structures; stress, stability and dynamic response analyses of modern marine structures; nondestructive techniques (NDT) in structures; stress analysis, dynamic response and control of flexible large space structures (LSS); Smart intelligent structural systems; fuzzy logic control of adaptive structures.

Fluid Mechanics, Heat Transfer, CFD, Turbulent Flows, Turbulence modeling; history of the Technion, Aeronautical Engineering, Aviation.

Design, Systems Design, Active Protection for AFV

• Systems & Control Theory
• Multi-agent Systems; Networked Dynamic Systems
• Network Optimization; Combinatorial Optimization
• Graph Theory