Research Publications

Journal Publications

  • D.J.Willis, J.Peraire and J.K.White, A Combined pFFT-Multipole Tree Code, Unsteady Panel Method with Vortex Particle Wakes, International Journal of Numerical Methods in Fluids, Vol. 53, Number 8, Pages 1399-1422, March 2007. Impact Factor: 1.352.
  • J.P.Bardhan, M.D.Altman, D.J.Willis, S.M.Lippow, B.Tidor and J.K.White. Numerical Inte- gration Techniques for Curved-Element Discretizations of Molecule-Solvent Interfaces, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 127, Number 1, 014701, July 2007. 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.851.
  • S.M.Swartz, K.S.Breuer, and D.J.Willis, Aeromechanics in Aeroecology: Flight Biology in the Aerosphere, Integrative and Comparative Biology, Volume 48, Number 1, Pages 85-98, July 2008. 2014 Impact Factor: 3.023.
  • D.K.Riskin, D.J.Willis, J.-I.Diaz, T.L.Hedrick, M.Kostandov, J.Chen, D.H.Laidlaw, K.S.Breuer, and S.M.Swartz, Quantifying the complexity of bat wing kinematics, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 254, Number 3, Pages 604-615, October 2008. 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.496.
  • J.Iriarte-Diaz, D.K.Riskin, D.J.Willis, K.S.Breuer, and S.M.Swartz, Whole-body kinematics of a fruit bat reveal the influence of wing inertia on body accelerations, The Journal of Experimental Biology, Volume 214, Part 9, Pages 1546-1553, May 2011. Year Impact Factor 3.3
  • D.J.Willis, J.Bahlman, K.S.Breuer, S.M.Swartz, A Computational Study of Optimal Short Range Gliding Behavior, AIAA Journal, Volume 49, Number 12, Pages 2650-2657, December 2011. 2009 Impact Factor: 0.99.
  • P.-O.Persson, D.J.Willis, J. Peraire, Numerical Simulation of Flapping Wings using a Panel Method and a High-Order Navier-Stokes Solver, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Vol. 89, Number 10, Pages 1296-1316, March 2012. Impact Factor: 2.068.
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  • E.Favini, S.Agnihotra, S.P.Surwade, C.Niezrecki, D.J.Willis, J.Chen, E.Niemi, K.Desabrais, C.Charette, S.K.Manohar, Sensing Performance of Electrically Conductive Fabrics and Suspension Lines for Parachute Systems, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Volume 23, Number 17, Pages 1969-1986, 2012. Impact Factor:1.523.
  • H.Salehipour, and D.J.Willis, A coupled kinematics-energetics model for predicting energy efficient flapping flight, Journal of Theoretical Biology, Volume 318, Pages 173-196, February 2013. 5-Year Impact Factor: 2.496.
  • D.J.Willis, P.-O.Persson, Multiple-Fidelity Computational Framework for the Design of Efficient Flapping Wings, submitted to the AIAA Journal, 8/2013, Status: Accepted, In Press, doi: 10.2514/1.J052997. 2009 Impact Factor: 0.99.
  • D.J.Willis, Using Enriched Basis Functions for Automatically Handling Wake-Body Intersections in Source-Doublet Potential Panel Methods, Submitted to the Journal of Aircraft, 8/2013, Status: Accepted, In Press, doi: 10.2514/1.C032567. 5-Year Impact Factor: 0.70.

Conference Publications

  • D.J.Willis, J.K.White and J.Peraire, A pFFT Accelerated Linear Strength BEM Potential Solver, presented at MSM ’04 7th International Conference on Modeling and Simulation of Microsystems, March 7-11, 2004, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • D.J.Willis, J.White and J.Peraire, A pFFT Accelerated BEM Linear Strength Potential Solver, Proceedings of 5th International Symposium on Computational Technologies for Fluid/Thermal/Stress Systems with Industrial Applications, CFD for Design and Optimization, San Diego, California, 2004.
  • D.J.Willis, J.Peraire and J.K.White, FastAero - a Precorrected FFT - Fast Multipole Tree Steady and Unsteady Potential Flow Solver, presented at SMA Symposium, Singapore 2005.
  • D.J.Willis, J.Peraire and J.K.White, A Combined pFFT-Multipole Tree Code, Unsteady Panel Method with Vortex Particle Wakes, Proceedings of the 43rd AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, AIAA Paper 2005-0854, Reno, Nevada, January 2005.
  • D.J.Willis, J.Peraire, and J.K.White, A Quadratic Basis Function, Quadratic Geometry, High Order Panel Method, Proceedings of the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA-2006- 1253, Reno, Nevada, January 2006.
  • C.J.Sequeira, D.J.Willis, and J.Peraire, Comparing Aerodynamic Models for Numerical Simulation of Dynamics and Control of Aircraft, Proceedings of the 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA-2006-1254, Reno, Nevada, January 2006.
  • D.J.Willis, J.Peraire, M.Drela and J.K.White, A Numerical Exploration of Parameter De- pendence in Power Optimal Flapping Flight, Proceedings of the 24th Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA-2006-2994, San Francisco, California, June 2006.
  • S.Swartz, J.-I.Diaz, D.K.Riskin, A.Song, X.Tian, D.J.Willis, and K.S.Breuer, Wing Structure and the Aerodynamic Basis of Flight in Bats, Proceedings of the 45th AIAA Aerospace Science Meeting, Reno, Nevada, January 2007.
  • D.J.Willis, K.S.Breuer, J.Peraire. A Computational Investigation of Bio-Inspired Formation Flight and Ground Effect. Proceedings of the 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Miami, Florida, June 2007.
  • D.J.Willis, P.-O.Persson, M.Drela, K.S.Breuer, S.M.Swartz, J.Peraire. A Computational Framework for Fluid Structure Interaction in Biologically-Inspired Flapping Flight, Proceedings of the 25th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Miami, Florida, June 2007.
  • J.Chen, A.Forsberg, M.Kostandov, D.J.Willis, D.H.Laidlaw, The Effect of Using Large, High Resolution Stereoscopic Displays for Flow Visualization, International Conference on Computational Graphics and Interactive Techniques, Human Computer Interaction, Article No. 165, ACM SIGGRAPH 2007 poster.
  • D.J.Willis, E.R.Israeli, and J.Peraire, Computational Investigation and Design of Compliant Wings for Biologically Inspired Flight Vehicles, Presented at the 26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Science , ICAS, Anchorage, Alaska, September 2008.
  • D.J.Willis, P.O.Persson, E.R.Israeli, K.S.Breuer, S.M.Swartz, J. Peraire, Multifidelity Approaches for the Computational Analysis and Design of Effective Flapping Wing Vehicles, Invited Paper, Proceedings of the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, January 2008.
  • D.J.Willis, J.Bahlman, S.M.Swartz, K.S.Breuer, Energetically Optimal Flight Trajectories for Short Range Gliding Animals, Presented at the AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, San Antonio TX, June 2009.
  • D.J.Willis, P.-O.Persson, H.Salehipour, J.Peraire, A multi-fidelity framework for designing compliant flapping wings, Invited Paper presented at the Fifth European Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics ECCOMAS CFD 2010, June 14th - 17th, 2010, Lisbon, Por- tugal
  • D.J.Willis, and H.Salehipour, Preliminary Design of Three-Dimensional Flapping Wings from a Wake-Only Energetics Model, Invited Paper, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Con- ference, Toronto, Canada, August 2010.
  • H.Salehipour, and D.J.Willis, A coupled kinematics and energetics model for flapping flight, submitted and presented at the 2010 Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit in Orlando Florida, January 2010.
  • P.-O.Persson, D.J.Willis, J.Peraire The Numerical Simulation of Flapping Wings at Low Reynolds Numbers, submitted and presented at the 2010 Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit in Orlando Florida, January 2010.
  • H.Salehipour, D.J.Willis, A Novel Energetics Model for Examining Flapping Flight in Nature and Engineering, presented at the 2010 ECCOMAS CFD Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010.
  •  H.Salehipour, D.J.Willis, A Wake-Only Energetics Model for Preliminary Design of Biologically-Inspired Micro Air Vehicles, presented at AIAA-AFM, Toronto Canada, Aug, 2010.
  • E.Favini, C.Niezrecki, J.Chen, D.J.Willis, E.Niemi, and K.J.Desabrais, Review of Smart Material Technologies for Active Parachute Applications, 2010 SPIE Smart Structures and Mate- rials, Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7643, 76431O, 2010.
  • P.-O.Persson, D.J.Willis, High Fidelity Simulations of Flapping Wings Designed for Energetically Optimal Flight, presented at AIAA-ASM, Orlando, Florida, January 2011.
  • E.Karni, M.Johnson, B.Stiltner, K.Fogleman, P.Gelhausen, D.J.Willis, R.Lind, M.Patil, A Software Suite for Conceptual Design of Flapping Wing MAVs, presented at AIAA-ASM, Or- lando, Florida, January 2011.
  • E.Favini, C.Niezrecki, J.Chen, D.J.Willis, E.Niemi, S.Manohar, Sensing Performance of Electrically Conductive Parachute Fabrics, in the proceedings of and presented at AIAA-ADS, Dublin, Ireland, May, 2011.
  • D.J.Willis, Energetics Considerations in Parachute Aerodynamic Design, in the proceedings of and presented at AIAA-ADS, Dublin, Ireland, May, 2011.
  • E.Favini, C.Niezrecki, S.K.Manohar, D.J.Willis, J.Chen, E.Niemi, K.Desabrais, and C.Charette, Sensing Performance of Electrically Conductive Fabrics and Dielectric Electro Active Polymers for Parachutes, 2011 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials, Proc. SPIE 7981, 798132, 2011.
  •  D.J.Willis, Using Enriched Basis Functions for Automatically Handling Wake-Body Intersections in Source-Doublet Potential Panel Methods, in the proceedings of and presented at the 50th AIAA-ASM Meeting, January 2012.
  • M.Damplo, C.Niezrecki, D.J.Willis, J.Chen, E.Niemi, S.Agnihotra, S.K.Manohar, K.J.Desabrais, and C.Charette, Sensing of Electrically Conductive Textiles and Capacitance Sensor-Embedded Fabrics for Parachutes, 2012 SPIE Smart Structures and Materials, Proc. SPIE 8345, 83452T (2012).
  • M.Damplo, C.Niezrecki, D.J.Willis, J.Chen, E.Niemi, S.Manohar, S.Agnihotra, K.Desabrais, Investigation of Sensing Textiles for Intelligent Parachute Systems , Presented at the 22nd AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, 25 - 28 March 2013.
  • K.Desabrais, N.Rondeau; J.Fitek; P.Gibson, T.Godfrey, D.J.Willis, Investigations of Parachute Fabric Permeability Under An Unsteady Pressure Differential, Presented at the 22nd AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference, 25 - 28 March 2013.
  • D.J.Willis Pilot Study: Impact of Service and Traditional Projects on Student Motivation, Learning and Professional Perspectives, Presented at the 2013 ASEE Northeast Section Con- ference, Norwich University, VT, March 14-16, 2013.
  • D.J.Willis and P.-O.Persson, Generating LEVs on Energetically Optimal, Flapping Wing Designs by Modulating Leading Edge Angle, AIAA-Aerodynamics Conference 2013, San Diego, CA, June 2013.
  • D.J.Willis, Implementing Automatic-Wake Body Intersections for Full Aircraft Configurations in Dirichlet Panel Methods, AIAA-Aerodynamics Conference 2013, San Diego, CA, June 2013.
  • J.Vaillant, C.J.Hansen, J.Stolk, S.Johnston, S.Shina, D.J.Willis, ”Hands-On Made 4 ME: The impact of CNC technology in the early engineering curriculum”, Paper accepted for inclusion in conference proceedings, invited Poster to be presented at the NSF-Grantees special poster session, ASEE National Conference, 2014.
  • D.J.Willis, From Wakes to Wings: Using a Multi-fidelity Approach to Design Flapping Wings, Invited Paper, SPIE DSS14 Micro-Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications Conference, in session Micro Autonomous Systems Technology (MAST): Performance Bounds and Trade Space Studies, Presented May 8th 2014.


 

 

 

 

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