JAE Best Papers: Topics on Recent Advances in Civil and Aerospace Systems - I

The Journal of Aerospace Engineering promotes the implementation and development of space and aerospace technologies and their transfer to other civil engineering applications. Each year, the journal’s editors consider all the papers published in the journal in the previous year and nominate papers to receive the Best Paper Award. The winning paper is announced on the journal webpage and can be downloaded free of charge for the following 12 months. We are pleased to have presentations from the corresponding authors of seven recent papers that have earned the Best Paper Award from our journal.

Moderators

• Wieslaw Binenda, Ph.D., F. ASCE; University of Akron, Akron, OH
• Robert Moses,  NASA, Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA

Speakers

• Karen E. Jackson, PhD, Senior Research Engineer, Structural Dynamics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
• Ting-Hua Yi, A.M.ASCE, Professor, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
• Quingli (Barbara) Dai, M.ASCE, Professor, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• Masoud Yekani Fard, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Presentations

Simulating the Response of a Composite Honeycomb Energy Absorber: Part 1. Dynamic Crushing of DEA Components and Multi-Terrain Impacts

Authors/Presenters

• Karen E. Jackson, PhD, Senior Research Engineer, Structural Dynamics Branch, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
• E. L. Fasanella, NIA, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA
• M. A. Polanco, Eagle Technologies, LLC, Hampton, VA

Modal Identification by Eigensystem Realization Algorithm Through Moving Data

Authors/Presenters

• Chun-Xu Qu, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
• Ting-Hua Yi, Ph.D., Professor, A.M.ASCE, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
• Yu-Zheng Zhou, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
• Hong-Nan Li, Ph.D., F.ASCE, Professor, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian  China
• Yu-Feng Zhang, Ph.D., State Key Laboratory on Safety and Health of In-Service Long-Span Bridges, JSTI Group, Nanjing, China

Design and Simulation of Active External Trailing-Edge Flaps for Wind Turbine Blades on Load Reduction

Authors/Presenters

• Xiao Sun, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• Qingli Dai, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
• Muraleekrishnan Menon, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI
• Fernando Ponta, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI

Multiscale Characterization of Polymers and Interphase Behavior in Composite and Nanocomposites

Authors/Presenters

• Masoud Yekani Fard, Ph.D., Research Scientist, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Yingtao Liu, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
• Aditi Chattopadhyay, Ph.D., Professor, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ