Darren J. Hartl PhD
Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M
Will present a talk titled:
Investigation, Analysis, and Design of Multifunctional Materials and Aerospace Structures
Abstract: The MAESTRO Lab focuses on the development of novel aerospace material and structural concepts that provide multi-physical and multifunctional responses. Laboratory investigations focus on fully three-dimensional surface deformation, strain, and thermal fields as measured on adaptive aerospace structures in flow environment or thermal environments, as well as acoustic measurements considering adaptive structures for aeroacoustic noise reduction. Integrated augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) environments allow experiential immersion into the complex data sets generated during such experiments and allow straightforward and intuitive comparison between computational mechanics results and laboratory test data. This talk will review the numerous research efforts currently being pursued by students and staff working with Dr. Darren Hartl in the context of the MAESTRO Lab, including new shape memory alloy concepts, new design approaches for multifunctional mechanisms, new tools for modeling complex nonlinear deformations in morphing structures and skins, and important new findings regarding the national goal of quiet overland supersonic flight as supported by NASA.
Date: April 16, 2021
Start Time: 4:30 pm
Zoom: https://clarkson.zoom.us/j/98943528473?pwd=Z2VSekJ6THF1YWo2c1ZNWE05SmVJUT09
Meeting ID: 989 4352 8473
Passcode: 293416
Bio: Darren J. Hartl (Ph.D. 2009, Texas A&M Aerospace Engineering) is an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M. His work bridges the topics of multifunctional material systems and their integration into self-adapting aerospace platforms. Before his return to academia, Dr. Hartl’s odyssey took him to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), where he researched liquid metal reconfigurable antennas and developed genetic programming methods for adaptive structures design. Dr. Hartl has 19 years of experience working with shape shifting materials and morphing structures and has co-authored over 190 technical publications on the topics of active materials modeling, testing and integration into self-adapting systems. He has served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures and as the Chair of both the ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Branch and the AIAA Adaptive Structures Technical Committee. Dr. Hartl was also selected as the 2016 recipient of the ASME Gary Anderson Early Achievement Award for his contributions to the active material and adaptive structures communities.
