Civil aerial refueling is a futuristic concept that was proposed for reducing the environmental impact and improving the efficiency of
Modern weapon systems used on high-performance aircraft have complex electronic assemblies, optical components and sensitive mechanisms that are required to
Composite materials take a large part in the aerospace industry, and keep getting ever more dominant in air-borne structures. There
A morphing or adapting aircraft is a term used to define an airplane that enables mid-flight geometry change, in order
There are two main approaches to design autopilot and guidance systems: “Single-Loop” and “Two-Loop”. In the “Single-Loop” approach there is
The push towards lighter and more efficient aircraft structures has led to modern aircraft configurations that are more elastic than
The research examines the idea of using hypergolic ignition in a hybrid motor. The main advantages of the hybrid motor
In this talk, we will present our research on cooperative optimal defensive strategies in multiple-vehicle engagements. Specifically, we consider the
The generation of monodisperse tracer particles is a crucial element of particle image velocimetry (PIV) flow measurements, but most commercially
The use of composite materials in engineering applications requiring peak performance and superior reliability is growing rapidly. Failure of these
Boundary layer control by blowing enabled early combat jet airplanes to operate from shorter runways by increasing their lift coefficient
The talk will present an overview of the research activities on Electric Propulsion (EP) and other low temperature plasma technologies
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are known to be advantageous for many applications in security, monitoring of natural risks of environment,
Differential Games for pursuit evasion problems have been investigated for many years. Differential games, with linear state equations and quadratic
Hybrid rocket systems have the potential to high performance and wide operational capabilities, as well as throttling and shutdown. An
Solar radiation pressure (SRP) is a caused by photons transferring their momentum to the satellite. The magnitudes of atmospheric drag
Solid propellants comprised of aluminum and water show high theoretical energetic performance and are considered environmentally friendly, since the burning
Most sharks are heavier than the water they swim in and therefore must generate hydrodynamic lift to compensate for the
Gel fuels are non-Newtonian fluids with a yield stress. In the absence of sufficient shear stress, the gel has a
Maximum Conditional Probability Stochastic Controller for Linear Systems with Additive Cauchy Noises
The majority of practical estimation and control solutions are based on system models with additive Gaussian noises. Gaussian distribution, being
Rapid development of additive technologies expands new horizons in the field of soft robotic¹ design. These technologies are new, which
The ramjet is an air-breathing propulsion engine, which relies on the ram effect for compressing the entering air, thus, eliminating
Propulsion and combustion scientists and engineers have been fighting combustion instabilities in solid and liquid rockets and in air-breathing propulsion
Airfoil noise is a dominant component in the acoustic signature of a wide variety of aerodynamic systems. In line with
Following a short overview of my recent work on the modelling of the electromechanical response of liquid metal embedded elastomers
