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Research Projects

The diagram below shows the primary foci of the Willis Lab. For more information on these and other projects, please contact us directly:

Some specific projects currently underway include:

• Fast Wind Turbine Computational Aerodynamics Analysis (NSF-I/UCRC Funded Project)
  • Viscous-inviscid interaction (M.DiPaola)
  • Advanced Wake Modeling (J.Bevan)
• Ripstop Nylon Permeability (US Army NSRDEC - ORISE Funded)
  • Time dependent permability behavior (N. Rondeau)
  • Microscopy to record weave mechanics (J. Maldonado, B. Collins-Smoot).
• Motivation & CNC Technology in the Classroom (NSF Funded)
  • Setting up and deploying a CNC Laboratory (J. Vaillant)
• Flapping wings and Micro Aerial Vehicles
  • Cyber-physical fluid dynamics (CPFD) of flexible wings (R.Gowda)
  • Determining LEV formation boundaries in 2D (and 3D) (J.Maldonado)