Aerospace Faculty
Profile
Dr. James E. Hubbard, Jr.
Langley Distinguished Professor
National Istitute of Aerospace (NIA)
Research in Morphing Airframe Architecture, Airfoils, and Missile control surfaces, Engine Inlet Shape control, Closed Loop Flow Control using Conformal Sensors and Synthetic Jets.
(757) 325-6830 | juhubbard@nianet.org | Personal Website
Aditional Emails:
jhubbar2@umd.edu
jhubbard@nianet.org
Education
B.S. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
Publications
Tian-Bing Xu, Nelson Guerreiro, James Hubbard, Jin Ho Kang, Cheol Park, and Joycelyn Harrison, "One-dimensional contact mode interdigitated center of pressure sensor," APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 94, 233503, 2009.
Hubbard, Jr., J.E., "Dynamic Shape Control of a Morphing Airfoil Using Spatially Distributed Transducers," submitted for review, AIAA Journal of Guidance and Control, 2004
Keats-Pullen, D., Hubbard, Jr. ,J.E. and Guerreiro, N.M., "Spatial Weighting of Smart Materials for Real-Time Measurment of Aerodynamic Forces," submitted for publication in Journal of Smart Materials and Structures
Articles in conference proceedings
2009
Billingsley, D.D., Hubbard, Jr., J.E., “Passive Wing Morphing for Improved Lift in Flapping Wing Ornithopters,” AIAA Student Conference Region I-MA, April 2007. [Won Third Prize in “Undergraduate Best Paper/Presentation” category]
Billingsley, D., Slipher, G., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J., “Testing of a Passively Morphing Ornithopter Wing,” AIAA Paper No. 2009-1828.
Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “Identification and Inclusion of Ornithopter Actuator Models,” submitted to AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2009.
Grauer, J., Conroy, J.E., Hubbard, J., Humbert, J., Pines, D., “Field Calibration of Inertial Measurement Units for Miniature Unmanned Aircraft,” AIAA Paper No. 2009-2064.
Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter,” AIAA Paper No. 2009-727.
2008* Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr.,
“Flight Testing of a Model Aircraft with Trailing-Edge Flaps Optimized for Lift Distribution Control,”
Abstract submitted to: AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. Status: Abstract accepted.
* Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr.,
“Pressure Port Placement for Lift Distribution Measurement on a Model Aircraft with Optimized Trailing-Edge Flaps,”
Abstract submitted to: 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. Status: Abstract Under Review.
* Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr.,
“Trailing Edge Flap Optimization for Lift Distribution Control,”
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2008-328, Reno, NV, January 2008.
* Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Pines, D.,
“System Identification and Model Comparison of a Rotary-Wing Micro Air Vehicle.”
Abstract submitted to: 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-21 Jun 2008. Status: Abstract accepted.
* Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Development of a Sensor Suite for a Flapping-Wing UAV Platform.”
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2008-224, Reno, NV, January 2008.
* Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.S.,
"Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Membrane Wing Shapes Used for Simple Aerodynamic Modeling,"
Abstract submitted to: 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-21 Jun 2008. Status: Abstract Accepted.
* Slipher, Geoff A. and Hubbard, James E.,
“E-Jet Performance Using Higher Order Modes,”
Submitted to the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Applied Aerodynamics Topic, 7-10 January 2008. Status: in conference proceedings.
* Slipher, Geoff A.,
“Resonating Electroactive Polymer Membranes (EAPs) as an Efficient and Inexpensive Actuation Method for Low Speed Active Flow Control,”
Poster presented at GRID 2008 conference at the University of Maryland, April 2008. [Won First Prize Award of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation category]
* Billingsley, D.D., Hubbard, Jr., J.E.,
“Passive Wing Morphing for Improved Lift in Flapping Wing Ornithopters,”
AIAA Student Conference Region I-MA, April 2007. [Won Third Prize in “Undergraduate Best Paper/Presentation” category]
* Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
“Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Control Derivatives,”
AIAA Student Conference Region I-MA, April 2007.
* Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E.,
"Characterization of an Ornithopter Wing"
AIAA Region I Young Professional, Student and Education Conference, November 2, 2007.
* Motter, M.A., High, J.W., Guerreiro, N.M., Chambers, R.S., Howard. K.D.,
“A Turbine-powered UAV Controls Testbed,”
AIAA Infotech@Aerospace 2007 Conference and Exhibit, Rohnert Park, California, May, 2007.
* Nickless, B. J., Su, J., Xu, T. B., Hubbard, J. E. Jr,
“A Computational Method for Materials Selection in a Hybrid Actuation System,”
Proceedings of SPIE, 6529, 2007.
* Slipher, Geoff A.,
“Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet Actuator, ‘E-Jet,’”
Poster presented at GRID 2007 conference at the University of Maryland, April 2007. [Won First Prize Award of Excellence in Advances in Technology and Biotechnology category]
* Slipher, Geoff A. and Hubbard, James E.,
"Description and Characterization of an Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet Actuator,"
Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices (EAPAD) 2007. Edited by Bar-Cohen, Yoseph. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6524, pp. 65240I, 2007.
* Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., J.E., Motter, M.A.,
“Non-linear controls influence functions in an aircraft dynamics simulator,”
SPIE International Symposia on Smart Structures & Materials/NDE, San Diego,CA, February 2006.
* Grauer, Jared;
"Fire-Fly: Autonomous Ornithopter Project,"
Poster presented at the 6th Annual Red Raider Mini-Symposium, Lubbock, Texas, November 2006.
* Hubbard, J.E.,
“Dynamic Shape Control of a Morphing Airfoil Using Spatially Distributed Transducers,”
AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 612-616, June, 2006.
* Motter, M.A., Logan, M.J., French, M.L., Guerreiro, N.M.,
”Simulation to Flight Test for a UAV Controls Testbed,”
AIAA-2006-3305, 25th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conference, San Francisco, California, June 5-8, 2006.
* Slipher, Geoff and Hubbard, James E.,
"Predicting Power Requirements and Performance of a Flapping Wing Artificial Muscle Actuator,"
AIAA Region I-MA Conference, March, 2006.
* Ugrina, S. and Flatau, A.
“Geometry Parameters Effects Study on the Synthetic Jet Actuator Flow Field”
16th International Conference of Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October, 2005.
* Ugrina, S. and Flatau, A.
“Flow Field Measurements of Synthetic Jets Made with Thunder Actuators”
35th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, June, 2005.
Peer-Reviewed Journals
Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “Inertial Measurements from Flight Data of a Flapping-Wing Ornithopter,” AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 32, no. 1, p326-331.
Grauer, J, Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J., Pines, D., “System Identification of a Miniature Helicopter,” submitted to AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter,” submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E., “Spatial Method Applied to Trailing-Edge Flap Optimization for use in Lift Distribution Control,” Submitted to the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics on January 29, 2008. Tracking Number 36904. Status: Accepted for publication, Nov. 2007.
Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.S., "Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Membrane Wing Shapes Used for Simple Aerodynamic Modeling," submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
Keats-Pullen, D., Hubbard, J.E., Guerreiro, N., “Spatial Weighting of Smart Materials for Real-Time Measurement of Aerodynamic Forces,” Submitted for publication to: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Ref. JIMSS-05-127. Status: Accepted, waiting for publication.
Sitaraman, J., Roget, B., Harmon, R., Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J., Humbert, J., “A Computational Study of Flexible Wing Ornithopter Flight,” submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, J.E., “Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet (“E-JET”) Performance Using Higher Order Membrane Modes,” Submitted to AIAA Journal on January 28, 2008. Status: Revision request received January 2009, being revised.
Presentations
"A Tribute to Dr. Ronald McNair: Callenger Astronaut", Murray State University - 2005
IP Disclosures
- US 2007/0252035 A1, Unmanned Vehicle, James. E. Hubbard, Jr. Nov. 1, 2007
- United States patent application 60/828,880, 10/10/2006,
“Electroactive Polymer-Based Synthetic Jet Actuator Design,”
on behalf of G.A. Slipher, J.E. Hubbard, and A.B. Flatau. - United States patent application, October, 2007,
“Biologically-Inspired Visually Implemented Blending in a Local Environment (B-InVisIBLE) Active Camouflage.”
Invention disclosure submitted to Office of Technology Commercialization on behalf of G.A. Slipher. Reference number: PS-2007-070.
Planned Works
Billingsley, D.D., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Inertial Measurement Correction and Autonomous Terrain Mapping by a Single Camera.” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Spring 2009.
Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Conformal Aerodynamic Sensors Design and Preliminary Testing,” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Fall 2009.
Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Open-loop Flight Testing of a Lift Distribution Control Algorithm Implementing an Optimally Sized Set of Wing Trailing Edge Effectors,” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Fall 2009.
Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Structural Airfoil Morphing Example and Optimal Actuator Placement Algorithm Using Spatial Transform Methods,” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: Fall 2009.
Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Flight Testing of Conformal Aerodynamic Sensors and Real-Time Measurements of a UAV’s Lift Distribution,” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: 2010.
Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Closed-loop Control of a UAV’s Lift Distribution for Improved Performance,” Conference/Journal: to be determined. Expected completion: 2009.
Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Membrane Excitation and Control Using Periodic Application of Electric Fields” planned submission for Spring, 2009.
Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Multiphysics Modeling of a Self Exciting Viscoelastic Composite Membrane” planned submission for Summer, 2009.
Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Electronic Power and Control Design for an Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet” planned submission for Summer, 2009.
Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, Jr., James E., “Design and Operation of an Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet” planned submission for Fall, 2009.
Patents
Patient Monitoring System Employing Array of Forces Sensors on a Bedsheet or Similar Substrate”: U.S. Patent Number 6,546,813 B2, April 15, 2003.
In-Shoe Remote Telemetry Gait Analysis System”: U.S. Patent Number 6,360,597 B1, March 2002.
Sensor System and Method for Measuring Time-Varying Stress Patterns Over the Surface of a Body”: U.S. Patent Number 6,223,606 May 1, 2001.
Scientific and Professional Membership
New England Board of Higher Education Minority Mentors Program
Sigma Xi Honor Society
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
American Helicopter Association
National Technical Society
National Society of Black Engineers
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
AIAA Aeroacoustics Sub-Committee
Honors And Awards
February 2002 Black Engineer of the Year President’s Award
Featured in book, Technology and the Dream, MIT Press, January 2001
Awarded “The Key to the City” of Hometown, Danville, Virginia, June 2000 (Lifetime Achievements and Community Service)
Career Research in Smart Structures Highlighted in 2001 edition of SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Smart Structures “Milestone Series of Selected Reprints: Collections of outstanding papers from the world literature on optical and opto-electronic science, engineering, and technology”.
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