{"426901":{"#nid":"426901","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Look who\u0027s talking @GT-AE","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EYou don\u0027t have to be enrolled at GT-AE to be swept up by our mission.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn the two weeks leading up to Thanksgiving break, the School of Aerospace Engineering\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cem\u003Ehas hosted talks by no fewer than 12 experts, researchers, and leaders in the field of aerospace engineering.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr. Dewey H.\u0026nbsp;Hodges, the AHS\u0026nbsp;2014 Nikolsky Lecturer, will give his talk on Friday, Nov. 21 in Guggenheim 442. Light refreshments at noon. Lecture at 1 p.m.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWe often provide refreshments at these talks, but the real treat is the discussion these speakers spark.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECheck out the line-up below -- complete with links to the speakers\u0027 presentation notes and abstracts.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAnd if you haven\u0027t already attended one of these free, public\u0026nbsp; talks, make some time for the ones that remain.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday, November 21\u003C\/strong\u003E, our very own Dr. Dewey H. Hodges will deliver the prestigious Alexander Nikolsky Distinguished Lecture, entitled \u0022Unified Approach for Accurate and Efficient Modeling of Composite Rotor Blade Dynamics.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1568#Nikolsky\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EFind out more.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAlso on\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EFriday\u003C\/strong\u003E, Georgia Tech alumnus James R. Johnson, the chief engineer behind Lockheed Martin\u0027s C-130 aircraft, will headline a\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1439\u0022\u003ECareer Night Seminar\u003C\/a\u003E, hosted by the School of Aerospace Engineering Student Advisory Council (SAESAC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003ELockheed Martin\u0027s James Johnson will talk to students about career options Friday at 3 p.m.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIf you want a peak at the future of aerospace engineering, you are invited to\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Friday\u0027s\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1563\u0022\u003EAE\u0026nbsp;Brown Bag Lunch\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Eseries -- the last one of the year --\u0026nbsp; featuring research presentations by two top-notch graduate students. Tyler Anderson will present \u0022The Development of a Low-Cost Platform for Reentry Measurement and Payload Recovery\u0022 and Matthew Miller will present \u0022EVA Decision Support for Astronauts.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn Thursday morning,\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003ENovember 20\u003C\/strong\u003E, the School will host a presentation by ETH Zurich professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1554\u0022\u003EDr. Andres F. Arrieta.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;His talk, \u0022Novel Functionalities by Designing Structural Nonlinearity\u0022 will explore the design of multi-stable elements embedded within larger systems to augment and create novel behavior.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOn\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EThursday night,\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;the Georgia Tech Chapter of AHS and the GT Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence will present\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1567\u0022\u003EDr. William Lewis\u003C\/a\u003E, who will give an\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022200\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00225\u0022 align=\u0022right\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u003Cem\u003EDr. William Lewis will give his talk on Thursday at 6:30 pm in the Clary Theatre. A 5:30 reception is also open to the public.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eupdate on the \u0022Army Aviation-led Joint Multi-Role Rotorcraft (JMR) Technology Demonstration Program and Future Vertical Lift (FVL) Program. That talk will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Clary Theatre.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENov. 10-14:\u0026nbsp;Guest speakers every day\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp\u003ELast week, the line-up of speakers was no less impressive. If you missed the speakers, take a moment to check out the links to their presentations, below.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENov. 11 Dr. Margaret Wooldridge\u003C\/strong\u003E, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan, gave a talk,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/woodridge6.pdf\u0022\u003E\u0022Flavor Matters:\u0026nbsp;The Compositional Effects of Fuels.\u003C\/a\u003E\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENov. 12\u0026nbsp; Dr. Mark Rosekind,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Emember of the Nataional Transportation Safety Board, gave a talk on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ntsb.gov\/doclib\/speeches\/rosekind\/Rosekind_141112.pdf\u0022\u003Eimproving air safety\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENov. 13\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003ESyracuse University faculty\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;Dr. Ben Akih-Kumgeh\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;presented\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/img\/11-13Ben_Akih_Seminar_GeorgiaTech2.pdf\u0022\u003E\u0022Toward Improved Understanding and Prediction of Forced and Auto-ignition of Transportation Fuels\u0022\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENov. 14\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;GT-AE\u0026nbsp;graduate students\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/ae.gatech.edu\/node\/1558\u0022\u003ENathaniel Prestridge and Anthony Gray\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Eheadlined the Brown Bag Lunch Series.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ENov. 10 Dr. Kathryn Weiss,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003Ecognitive engineer\u0026nbsp;for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), gave a talk, \u0022Mars 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0: The Evolution of Flight Software on the Red Planet.\u0022\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EPresentation notes for this exclusive talk were not released for public consumption.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the 2014 Alexander A. Nikolsky Lecture\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEndowed by the American Helicopter Society, the Nikolsky lecture is a much-coveted career honor -- one that Dewey Hodges shares with four other AE faculty: Charles Crawford, Robin Gray, Daniel Schrage, and Bob Loewy.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022I don\u0027t think that there are too many universities that have had this many Nikolsky lecturers,\u0022 said Hodges who has given the talk at nine locales -- including Beijing Chinia and Soeul, South Korea - since receiving the honor in May 2014.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022And, for me, it was one of the most memorable experiences of my [45-year] career.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHodges\u0027 talk looks at how to achieve accuracy comparable to that of 3D finite element analysis but with a significant savings in computational effort.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The vehicle for this approach is a mathematical technique called the variational asymptotic method (VAM). I\u0026nbsp;will summarize the modeling approach and presents some of the key equations of the resulting models.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EExamples illustrating the accuracy and efficiency of the approach will be presented.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWhen his year-long Nikolsky lectureship ends, Hodges hopes to follow-up on relationships he built up with new colleagues in South Korea--- possibly leading to some collaborative research on the High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) aircraft, an area he specializes in.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ctable width=\u0022500\u0022 border=\u00220\u0022 cellspacing=\u00221\u0022 cellpadding=\u00221\u0022\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd\u003E\u0026nbsp;Dr. Margaret Wooldridge is seen here with AE\u0026nbsp;Chair Dr. Vigor Yang and AE Prof. Ben Zinn after delivering her lecture, \u0022Flavor Matters:\u0026nbsp;The Compositional Effects of Fuels.\u0022 Check out this\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/117948618@N08\/sets\/72157647014734363\/\u0022\u003Eslideshow\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;of the other speakers from the week of\u0026nbsp;Nov. 10.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Aerospace Engineering has hosted talks by no fewer than 12 experts, researchers, and leaders in the field of aerospace engineering."}],"uid":"27456","created_gmt":"2015-07-21 13:33:56","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:12","author":"Britanny Grace","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2014-11-18T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"},{"id":"136081","name":"Andres Arrieta"},{"id":"127101","name":"Dewey Hodges"},{"id":"136061","name":"James R. 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