Ephrahim Garcia
Biography
Dr. Garcia is interested in several areas of dynamics and controls, especially sensors and actuators involving smart materials.
Current Projects
- Perching Aircraft Mechanisms and Controls
- Design of a High-Efficiency Flapping Wing Micro-Air Vehicle
- System Characterization of Micro-Scale Sensors and Actuators
- Design of Reconfigurable Macro-Scale Morphing Aircraft Mechanisms
- DARPA Grand Challenge Autonomous Vehicle Team
- Distributed Intelligence in Small Robotic Swarms
- Electrochemistry and Implementation of Fuel Cell Technology for Avionics
- Smart Material Actuators and Sensors
- Visiting Scientist with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Selected Publications
- . 2011. "Modeling and Testing of a Novel Aeroelastic Flutter Energy Harvester." Journal of Vibration and Acoustics 133.
- . 2010. "A Timoshenko Beam Model for Cantilevered Piezoelectric Engery Harvesters." Smart Materials and Structures 19 (5).
- . 2010. "Beam Shape Optimization for Power Harvesting." Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structues 21 (6): 633-646.
- . 2010. "Bat-Inspired Wing Aerodynamics and Optimization." Journal of Aircraft 47 (1): 323-328.
- . 2010. "Changes in Aerodynamics Due to the Morphing on the Hyperellptical Cambered Span (HECS) Wing." Smart Materials and Structures 19 (2).
Selected Awards and Honors
- Abe M. Zarem Advisor Award in Aeronautics (AIAA) 2010
- Merrill Presidential Scholar Advisor Recognition 2010
- Merrill Presidential Scholar Advisor Recognition 2008
- ASEE Air Force Summer Faculty Fellow, Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio 2006
- Dennis G. Sheppard Teaching Award (Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering) 2006
