Rick Lind Associate Professor Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering University of Florida ricklind@ufl.edu 352.392.6745

Resume

Publications

Programs

• Center for Micro Air Vehicles
• Center for Morphing Control
• Center for Vision-Based Autonomous Flight

Projects

• Robust Control of Flight Vehicles
  • Trajectory Planning for Efficient Sensing
  • Path Planning for Optimal Mapping
  • Vision-Based State Estimation Relative to Dynamic Environments
  • State Estimation using Optic Flow
  • Autonomous Control using Vision-Based Feedback
  • Flight Dynamics and Control of a UAV with Control Surface Shaping
  • Roll Control for Micro Air Vehicles using Active Wing Morphing
  • Control of Aerothermoelastic Effects in Hypersonic Vehicles
  • Control of Supercavitating Underwater Vehicles
  • Control of F-15 with Actuator Failures
• Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity
  • Structural Dynamics of Pylon-Store Coupling
  • Flight Test Tools to Predict Flutter
  • Volterra Kernels to Model Nonlinear Aeroelasticity
  • Health Monitoring of Bones
• Recent Projects

Funding

2008-2009	AFOSR	Phenomenological Approach to Adaptive Flight Control of Agile MAVs	(PI)
2008-2009	AFOSR	Micro Air Vehicle Tether Recovery Appartus (MAVTRAP)
2007-2011	AFOSR	Biologically-Inspired, Anisotropic Flexible Wing for Optimal Flapping Flight
2007-2009	NASA	Multi-Loop Adaptive Control of Hypersonic Vehicles	(PI)
2007-2008	ONR	Region Mapping using Path Planning to Optimize Sensor Quality	(PI)
2006-2009	AFOSR	Research Institute for Autonomous Precision-Guided Systems
2006-2007	NASA	Integrated Sensing and Control of Aeroelastic Deformations	(PI)
2006-2007	AFRL	Electroactive Polymers for Active Control of MAV	(PI)
2006-2007	UF	Integrated Situational Awareness System
2005-2007	NASA	Robust Control using Vision Feedback in Uncertain Environments	(PI)
2003-2007	AFOSR	Vision-Based Control of Agile Autonomous MAV in Urban Environments	(PI)
2004-2005	AFOSR	A Virtual Environment for Visualization Technologies	(PI)
2003-2004	NASA	Robust Aeroservoelastic Toolbox for Nonlinear Data-Based Modeling	(PI)
2003-2004	NASA	Novel System Identification Tools for Multiresolution Analysis of Flight Data
2003-2004	AFRL	Modeling, Control of Testing of MAVs
2003-2004	AFOSR	A Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Facility for Vision-Based Control
2001-2004	NASA	Flexible-Wing Micro Air Vehicles

Consulting

2007-2008	AFRL	Flutterometer Testing for F22	(task order)
2008	Avid	Design Software Suite for Flapping-Wing MAVs	(SBIR Phase I/II)
2006-2009	Zona	Parameter-Varying Estimation Toolbox	(SBIR Phase I/II)
2006-2009	DRA	Power Line Urban Sentry	(SBIR Phase I/II)
2005-2008	Zona	Model Updating Nonlinear System Identification Toolbox	(SBIR Phase I/II)
2001	Boeing	Flutterometer Testing for 767-400	(task order)

Teaching

• University of Florida

  EAS 4400	Stability and Control of Aircraft
  EAS 4700	Aerospace Design I
  EAS 4710	Aerospace Design II
  EAS 5938	Multivariable Control of Aircraft
  EAS 6935	Graduate Seminar
  EML 5311	Control System Theory
  EML 6934	Robust Control Synthesis

• Professional Short Courses

  Vision-Based Control for Autonomous Vehicles

  Technologies for Micro Air Vehicles in Urban Battlefields

  Robust Aeroservoelastic Stability Analysis

  State of the Art Practices in Aeroelasticity

  Wavelets for Analysis of Dynamic Systems

Research Group

• Previous Members
  

  Judson Babcock	PhD in 2013
  Ryan Carter	PhD in 2012
  Brian Roberts	PhD in 2012
  Robert Love	PhD in 2011
  Daniel Grant	PhD in 2011
  Baron Johnson	PhD in 2011
  Sanketh Bhat	PhD in 2010
  Crystal Pasiliao	PhD in 2009
  Sean Regisford	PhD in 2008
  Ryan Causey	PhD in 2007
  Joe Kehoe	PhD in 2007
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	PhD in 2007
  Adam Watkins	PhD in 2007
  Anukul Goel	PhD in 2005
  Anand Jammulamadaka	PhD in 2005

• Current Members

  George Armanious	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 05/2018)
  Eric Duron	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 12/2015)
  Ryan Hurley	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 12/2015)
  Stephen Sorley	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 05/2015)
  Jay Northington	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 05/2015)
  Abraham Pachikara	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 12/2014)
  Ahmed Jorge	graduate student &emsp &emsp (Ph.D. anticipated in 08/2014)

• Awards

  Ryan Carter	Best Student Paper at 2012 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics
  Baron Johnson	Best Student Paper at 2009 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics
  Brian Roberts	NSF Award for Asia/Pacific Research Institute
  Daniel Grant	Best Student Paper at 2006 AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	Best Paper in Session at 2006 IEEE American Control Conference
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	Best Paper at 2004 AIAA Southeast Region Student Paper Conference
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	Best Paper at 2003 AIAA National Student Paper Conference
  Rob Eick	Best Paper at 2003 UF MAE Student Paper Conference
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	Best Paper at 2003 UF MAE Student Design Conference
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	Best Paper at 2003 AIAA Southeast Region Student Paper Conference
  Rob Eick	Best Paper at 2002 UF MAE Student Paper Conference
  Mujahid Abdulrahim	Best Paper at 2002 UF MAE Student Design Conference

• Fellowships and Scholarships

  Abe Pachikara	National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2010-2013
  Ahmed Jorge	NASA Graduate Student Research Program 2010-2013
  Abe Pachikara	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2009-2013
  Stephen Sorley	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2008-2012
  Dong Tran	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2008-2012
  Abe Pachikara	EADS/Airbus NA Scholarship 2007
  Abe Pachikara	C. Addison Pound Scholarship 2007
  Kim Wright	Women in Aviation : Delta Airlines Scholarship 2007
  Dan Grant	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011
  Baron Johnson	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011
  Robert Love	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011
  Brian Roberts	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2007-2011
  Amanda Roderick	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2004-2008
  Ryan Causey	NASA GSRP Fellowship 2004-2007
  Rob Eick	University of Florida Alumni Fellowship 2002-2006

• Internships

  Kim Wright	NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2007
  Ashley Jurekovic	NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2007
  Robert Ruff	NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2007
  Andrew Simon	Harris 2007
  Joe Kehoe	Naval Surface Warfare Center 2006
  Adam Watkins	Naval Surface Warfare Center 2006
  Joe Kehoe	Naval Surface Warfare Center 2005
  Ryan Causey	Air Force Research Laboratory 2004
  Rob Eick	NASA Dryden Flight Research Center 2002

Information

Campus Details Email : ricklind@ufl.edu Phone : (352) 392-6745 Fax : (352) 392-7303 Office : 324 Aerospace Building Lab : 321 Aerospace Building

Mailing Address University of Florida Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 231 Aerospace Building Gainesville, FL 32611