Current Projects

CIMSS integrates smart materials and structures into the solutions of a variety of engineering problems spanning most industries and agencies. Our current focus is on structural health monitoring, smart rotors, bio inspired systems, vibration, flexible satellites and morphing uninhabited aircraft.

Active Control Inceptors Using Smart Material Motion Control

Bilayer Lipid Membranes

Carbon Fiber Composite Membrane-wing Autonomous Micro-air-vehicles

Dynamic Modeling of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators

Impedance-based structural health monitoring

Inflatable, Rigidizable Space Structures

Innovative Space-Based Antenna Technology

Monte Carlo Simulation of High Strain Ionomeric

The MORPHEUS Aircraft

Optical Membrane Dynamics and Shape Control Using Electrostatic Actuators

Power Harvesting

Structural Health Monitoring Systems for Detection of Permanent Damage

Structural Mechanics and Control for Adaptive Optics Using Piezoelectic Materials