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) 766-1759 | juhubbard@nianet.org | Website
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
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
Guerreiro, N., Hubbard, Jr., J.E. and Motter, M.," Non-Linear Controls Influence Functions in an Aircraft Dynamics Simulator" proceedings of the Smart Structures and Materials Conference, San Diego, CA., February 26 - March 2, 2006.
Presentations
" A Tribute to Dr. Ronald McNair: Callenger Astronaut", Murray State University - 2005
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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