CCCS Seminars, 2003

A New Look at an Old Problem: Monte Carlo Simulation

Prof. B. Ross Barmish
University of Wisconsin

3:30pm, Jan. 24, 2003, 313 Bolz Hall
Reliable Control Technology Development &
Integration for Autonomous UAV Operations


Dr. James Buffington
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company

10:30pm, Tues., Feb. 25, 2003, Rm. 260 Dreese Laboratories
Centralized and Distributed Algorithms for
Dynamic Task Assignment Problems


Dr. David Castañón
Boston University

11:30am, March 10, 2003
Rm. 260 Dreese Laboratories
Technology for Future Unmanned Combat Air
Vehicle (UCAV) Concepts of Operation


Marc J. Pitarys
United States Air Force
Technical Director, Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) Program

10:30am, Tues. April 8, 2003
Rm. 260 Dreese Laboratories
Advanced Guidance and Control for
Reusable Launch Vehicles

Dr. John M. Hanson
NASA Marshall Space Center

1:00p.m., May 14, 2003
Rm. 260 Dreese Laboratories
Modeling Techniques for Control of
Cavity Flow Oscillations

Professor Clancy Rowley
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University

2:00-3:00 PM, May 23, 2004
Room 2027 Robinson Laboratory
Autonomy and Cooperation for Small UAVs

Prof. Randy Beard
Brigham Young University

10:30a.m., August 6, 2003
Rm. 259 Dreese Laboratories
Functional Gain Computations for
Distributed Parameter Systems


Dr. Jeff Borggaard
Department of Mathematics, Virginia Tech

Tuesday, September 30, at 10:30am
Rm. 260 Dreese Labs
Active Flow Control: Progress, Prospects, and Challenges

Professor Louis Cattafesta
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
University of Florida

2:00-3:00 PM, Friday, October 3, 2003, 2027 Robinson Laboratory
Flight Dynamics, Control, and Flight Guidance Issues for Airbreathing Hypersonic Vehicles

Dr. David K. Schmidt
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

10:30am, October 24, in Room 260 Dreese Laboratory