Current Research

• Stability of damaged or distressed dynamic systems; flight testing
• Autonomous precision landing, aerodynamic decelerators
• Simulation of whole human spine under hyper- or hypo-gravitational loads;  long  duration spaceflight effects on human spine
• Nonlinear formulations for flexible systems: Biomechanics of soft and hard tissue, solar sailcraft
• Novel transfinite finite element formulations for steep gradients and flow-structure interactions
• Radiation shielding optimization for space habitats
• Slosh dynamics: experiments in flexible containers, high fidelity computational simulations
• Acoustics/vibrations noise control