Research papers

Integrated Robotics Networks with Co-optimization of Drone Placement and Air-Ground Communications

Terrestrial robots, i.e., unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), and aerial robots, i.e., unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), operate in separate spaces.

Establishing a Pathway to Greener Aviation

The burning and production of jet fuel in both commercial and regional planes at a high volume releases extreme levels of carbon emission as of its current state.

Analysis on coupling dynamic effect of human errors in aviation safety.

Human factors have increasingly been the leading cause of aircraft accidents. In most cases, human factors are not working alone, instead they are coupled with complex environment, mechanical factors, physiological and p…

A Study on Workload Assessment and Usability of Wind-Aware User Interface for Small Unmanned Aircraft System Remote Operations

This study evaluates pilots' cognitive workload and situational awareness during remote small unmanned aircraft system operations in different wind conditions.

Research on Damage Analysis of Key Parts of UAV Flight Control System

A set of hardware in the loop simulation methods based on the UAV model is proposed to create fault data, which is used to judge the parts where faults happen.

Rapid droplet leads the Liquid-Infused Slippery Surfaces more slippery

The introduction of lubricant between fluid and substrate endows the Liquid-Infused Slippery Surfaces with excellent wetting properties: low contact angle, various liquids repellency, ice-phobic and self-healing.

Dataset Generation for Drone Optimal Placement Using Machine Learning

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone is increasingly becoming a promising tool in communication system. This report explains the generation details of a dataset which will be used to designing an algorithm for the opt…

Vibration Anomaly Indicator in UAVs in presence of Wind

One of the critical factors affecting flight safety of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is the amount of vibration they are exposed during a flight.

Lessons from aviation safety: pilot monitoring, the sterile flight deck rule, and aviation-style computerised checklists in the operating room.

Commercial aviation practices including the role of the pilot monitoring, the sterile flight deck rule, and computerised checklists have direct applicability to anaesthesia care.

Reports on Toxicological Findings in Fatal Civil Aviation Accidents

Annual toxicology summary of pilots and other crew from fatal U.S. civil aviation accidents. Documents the prevalence of legal and illicit drugs, sedating antihistamines, antidepressants, cannabinoids, and other CNS-acti…

A Traffic Management Framework for On-Demand Urban Air Mobility Systems

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) offers a solution to current traffic congestion by providing on-demand air mobility in urban areas. Effective traffic management is crucial for efficient operation of UAM systems, especially for …

AeroSafety World — Fatigue Science in the Cockpit (Special Issue)

AeroSafety World magazine special issue on fatigue science in commercial aviation — biomathematical models (SAFE, FAID), commuting impacts, ultra-long-range operation patterns.

Examining the Potential of Generative Language Models for Aviation Safety Analysis: Case Study and Insights Using the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS)

This research investigates the potential application of generative language models, especially ChatGPT, in aviation safety analysis as a means to enhance the efficiency of safety analyses and accelerate the time it takes…

Physics-Based Trajectory Design for Cellular-Connected UAV in Rainy Environments Based on Deep Reinforcement Learning

Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained increasing attention due to their potential to enhance conventional UAV capabilities by leveraging existing cellular infrastructure for reliable communicatio…

A Bayesian approach on investigating Helicopter Emergency Medical Fatal Accidents

This paper analyzed the likelihood of a fatality based on various factors in Helicopter Emergency Medical Services and analyzing it through a Bayesian logistic regression.

A qualitative analysis of social and emotional perspectives of airline passengers during the COVID-19 pandemic

This paper investigated how willing participants were to fly during COVID-19, and found that their major concerns involved fear and trust issues with airlines, information, and other people.

Examining Aviation Navigation Display Symbology in Visual Search

This paper investigated whether the design of air traffic symbols affected users speed and accuracy in identification, and which features of the symbols were most effective.

Immunological and hematological outcomes following protracted low dose/low dose rate ionizing radiation and simulated microgravity

An original research article describing the adaptation of the immune and hematological systems of mice post-simulated spaceflight exposure.

Chinese hamster V79 cells’ dependence on background ionizing radiation for optimal growth

This paper shows how high-throughput RNA sequencing can explore minute changes in gene regulation, a technique now widely used in experiments designed to predict how we will respond to life in space.

Use of Augmented Reality by Older Adults

This paper discusses how proposed AR heuristics apply to the older adult population and how these heuristics can enhance the benefits of AR technology.

Using Escape Rooms for Conducting Team Research

This paper discusses how escape rooms can be used in team research and the hurdles such as standardization, creating the room, and issues in translating performance to real-world environments.

Understanding the Coupled Dynamics of Particles and Wall Turbulence

This work focuses on understanding the coupled interactions between large and heavy solid particles, on a particle bed, and a gaseous (air) carrier phase turbulent boundary layer developing over the bed.

Understanding the Coupled Interactions Between Hair-Like Micromechanoreceptors and Wall Turbulence

This research focuses on understanding the interactions between turbulent flows and long (high aspect ratio), flexible hair-like microstructures or micropillars inspired by those encountered in nature.

Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence (VLRCOE)

Ship airwakes are the unsteady turbulent flows that are generated by the earths atmospheric boundary layer (the wind colloquially) blowing over a ship.

Langrangian Wind Tunnel

Embry-Riddle is supporting industry (i.e. Global Aerospace Corp.) in the development of a novel hypersonic wind tunnel by using high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics.

Self-Sustained Flow-Acoustic Interactions in Airfoil Transitional Boundary Layers

This work carries out collaborative theoretical, experimental and numerical investigations of flow-acoustic resonant interactions in transitional airfoils which are responsible for sudden appearance of prominent acoustic…

Synthetic Jet-Based Robust MAV Flight Controller

This project conducts theoretical and high-fidelity numerical analyses of UAV robust flight controller employing synthetic-jet actuators (SJAs).

Wake Vortex Safety Analysis in the Context of UAS Integration in the NAS

This project is a collaboration with several research organizations under the supervision of FAA. The focus of the current research efforts is on developing and employing variable-fidelity prediction approaches to examin…

Jet-Airframe Interactions for Noise Suppression

The Embry-Riddle team developed a passive noise suppression technology utilizing the interactions of the airframe with the jet plume. In this technology, the flat surface of the airframe adjacent to the jet plume is modi…

Fundamental Experimental and Numerical Combustion Study of H2 Containing Fuels for Gas Turbines

This project is a University Turbine Systems research grant funded by the Department of Energy. In collaboration with the University of Central Florida, Purdue University and the University of New Mexico, Embry-Riddle wi…

Human Factors Awareness Training for FAA Aviation Safety Specialists Within Aircraft Certification and FAA Flight Standards

In this project, which is funded by the FAA, Embry-Riddle and Kent University will develop training for individuals within the FAA’s Aviation Safety Flight Standards Service who have expertise and job responsibilities re…

Modeling Plume Afterburning Shutdown With a Double-Conditioned CMC

This is an Army Sequential Phase II STTR program in collaboration with Reaction Systems Inc., University of Central Florida and Propulsion Systems Inc.

Investigation of Bio-Inspired Cylinders for Enhanced Heat Transfer

This project investigates a novel cylinder design inspired from the Harbor Seal whisker, with the goal of reducing coolant pumping power requirements while maintaining heat transfer rates in pin-fin arrays.

Mixing of a Supercritical Jet in a Supercritical Cross-Flow

This project is focused on the exploration and validation of numerical modeling techniques, for the simulation of supercritical jets in cross-flow.

Vision and Wireless-based Surveying for Intelligent OSAM Navigation (VISION)

In this project, which is a SpaceWERX Phase I STTR program with Orbital Prime, we are developing algorithms to increase autonomy of OSAM applications.

A Machine Learning Based Transfer to Predict Warhead In-Flight Behavior from Static Arena Test Data

Warhead fragmentation predictions are based on either numerical simulations or static arena tests where detonations occur in unrealistic conditions (not flying).

Novel Space Science Test via Adaptive Control and Integral Concurrent Learning Leveraging On-Orbit CubeSat Structural Identification

The objective of this work is to create the basic science underpinning the structural testing and evaluation framework and control for deployable large spacecraft.

GNC Efforts in Support of the University of Florida's Research for the NASA Instrument Incubator

The following tasks will be performed by 1 PhD student and Dr. Bevilacqua (PI at ERAU), in support of the University of Florida’s proposal for the NASA’s Instrument Incubator Program (IIP): Year 1: Drag-compensation and …

CubeSats Hosting Flexible Appendages for On-Orbit Testing of Advanced Control Algorithms

The objective of this work is to start the assembly of a CubeSat hosting specialized flexible appendages, taking inspiration from a previously designed spacecraft developed by the Advanced Autonomous Multiple Spacecraft …

Reconfigurable Guidance and Control Systems for Emerging On-Orbit Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (OSAM) Space Vehicles

Dynamic response to emergent situations is a necessity in the on-orbit servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (OSAM) field, because traditional on-orbit guidance and control (G&C) cannot respond efficiently and effective…

Demonstration of an Electrostatic Dust Shield on the Lunar Surface

This project, which is funded by NASA Kennedy Space Center, will demonstrate the capability of an electrostatic dust shield, developed by NASA/KSC engineers, to remove dust from the lens of a camera after impact on the l…

Hazard Detection and Avoidance for Lunar Landing

This project, funded by Intuitive Machines, develops and demonstrates algorithms for detecting and avoiding areas of large rocks and high slopes for a lunar lander.

Improved Image Processing for Orbit Estimation

This project, funded by Air Force Research Laboratory, seeks to improve orbit estimation methods using advanced image processing techniques applied to images from ground and space-based telescopes.

Mitigating GPS and ADS-B Risks for UAS

This project is funded under the FAA ASSURE program. Unvalidated or unavailable GPS and “ADS-B In” data poses security and safety risks to automated UAS navigation and to Detect and Avoid operations.

Shielded UAS Operations Detect and Avoid

This project is funded under the FAA ASSURE program. Certain small UAS (sUAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations, such as structural inspection, may be in close proximity to structures that are collision haza…

Development of an SE(3)-Based Rigid Body Pose Estimation Scheme for Unknown Moments of Inertia in a Spacecraft

This research project will continue the development of an special Euclidean (SE(3))- based rigid body pose estimation scheme for unknown moments of inertia in a spacecraft from the successful implementation of a Phase I …

Flexible Body Control Using Fiber Optic Sensors, Florida Space Grant Consortium

This project would build on previous research that developed the dynamics formulation and control of a rigid-flexible system. A cantilevered beam attached to a rotating central body is considered and analyzed through the…

Investigate Detect and Avoid Track Classification and Filtering

In this project, which is funded by the FAA ASSURE program, the research team consisting of The Ohio State University, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Mississippi State University, University of North Dakota and Ca…

Integrated Structural Health Sensors for Inflatable Space Habitats

Under this research project we will develop an innovative structural health monitoring system for inflatable space habitat structures by integrating nanocomposite piezoresistive sensors Inflatable structures for space ha…

Behavior of Super Alloys Subjected to Fatigue Loads Under High Temperature

This study is evaluating what initial conditions can activate cubic slip planes, then the level of accommodation and strain homogenization within the grain, and how a given initial condition affects the material behavior…