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Hubbard, Jr., James E.

Hubbard, Jr., James E.

Glenn L. Martin Institute Professor
Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor
Professor Emeritus
Aerospace Engineering
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EDUCATION

  • B.S. , Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
  • M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)
  • Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • International Society for Optics And Photonics (SPIE) Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award, 2016
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Fellow, 2015
  • February 2002 Black Engineer of the Year President’s Award
  • Featured in book, Technology and the Dream, MIT Press, January 2001
  • Awarded “The Key to the City” of Hometown, Danville, Virginia, June 2000 (Lifetime Achievements and Community Service)
  • Career Research in Smart Structures Highlighted in 2001 edition of SPIE, The International Society for Optical Engineering, Smart Structures “Milestone Series of Selected Reprints: Collections of outstanding papers from the world literature on optical and opto-electronic science, engineering, and technology”.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • New England Board of Higher Education Minority Mentors Program
  • Sigma Xi Honor Society
  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • American Helicopter Association
  • National Technical Society
  • National Society of Black Engineers
  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • AIAA Aeroacoustics Sub-Committee

Research in Morphing Airframe Architecture, Airfoils, and Missile control surfaces.

Journal Articles

  • Tian-Bing Xu, Nelson Guerreiro, James Hubbard, Jin Ho Kang, Cheol Park, and Joycelyn Harrison, "One-dimensional contact mode interdigitated center of pressure sensor", APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS 94, 233503, 2009.
  • Hubbard, J.E., “Dynamic Shape Control of a Morphing Airfoil Using Spatially Distributed Transducers”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 612-616, 2006

Submitted Journal Articles

  • Hubbard, Jr., J.E., "Dynamic Shape Control of a Morphing Airfoil Using Spatially Distributed Transducers," submitted for review, AIAA Journal of Guidance and Control, 2004
  • Keats-Pullen, D., Hubbard, Jr. ,J.E. and Guerreiro, N.M., "Spatial Weighting of Smart Materials for Real-Time Measurment of Aerodynamic Forces," submitted for publication in Journal of Smart Materials and Structures

Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “Inertial Measurements from Flight Data of a Flapping-Wing Ornithopter”, AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, vol. 32, no. 1, p326-331.

Submitted Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Grauer, J, Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J., Pines, D., “System Identification of a Miniature Helicopter”, submitted to AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
  • Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter”, submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
  • Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, J.E., “Spatial Method Applied to Trailing-Edge Flap Optimization for use in Lift Distribution Control”, Submitted to the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics on January 29, 2008. Tracking Number 36904. Status: Accepted for publication, Nov. 2007.
  • Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.S., "Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Membrane Wing Shapes Used for Simple Aerodynamic Modeling", submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
  • Keats-Pullen, D., Hubbard, J.E., Guerreiro, N., “Spatial Weighting of Smart Materials for Real-Time Measurement of Aerodynamic Forces”, Submitted for publication to: Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Ref. JIMSS-05-127. Status: Accepted, waiting for publication.
  • Sitaraman, J., Roget, B., Harmon, R., Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J., Humbert, J., “A Computational Study of Flexible Wing Ornithopter Flight”, submitted to the AIAA Journal of Aircraft.
  • Slipher, G.A., Hubbard, J.E., “Electroactive Polymer Synthetic Jet (“E-JET”) Performance Using Higher Order Membrane Modes”, Submitted to AIAA Journal on January 28, 2008. Status: Revision request received January 2009, being revised.

Conference Proceedings

  • Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “Identification and Inclusion of Ornithopter Actuator Models”, submitted to AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2009.
  • Grauer, J., Conroy, J.E., Hubbard, J., Humbert, J., Pines, D., “Field Calibration of Inertial Measurement Units for Miniature Unmanned Aircraft”, AIAA Paper No. 2009-2064.
  • Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter”, AIAA Paper No. 2009-727.
  • Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., “Flight Testing of a Model Aircraft with Trailing-Edge Flaps Optimized for Lift Distribution Control”, Abstract submitted to: AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference and Exhibit, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. Status: Abstract accepted.
  • Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., “Trailing Edge Flap Optimization for Lift Distribution Control”, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2008-328, Reno, NV, January 2008.
  • Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “Development of a Sensor Suite for a Flapping-Wing UAV Platform”, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, AIAA-2008-224, Reno, NV, January 2008.
  • Slipher, Geoff A., “Resonating Electroactive Polymer Membranes (EAPs) as an Efficient and Inexpensive Actuation Method for Low Speed Active Flow Control”, Poster presented at GRID 2008 conference at the University of Maryland, April 2008. [Won First Prize Award of Excellence in Modeling and Simulation category]
  • Billingsley, D.D., Hubbard, Jr., J.E., “Passive Wing Morphing for Improved Lift in Flapping Wing Ornithopters,” AIAA Student Conference Region I-MA, April 2007. [Won Third Prize in “Undergraduate Best Paper/Presentation” category]

Submitted Conference Proceedings

  • Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., “Identification and Inclusion of Ornithopter Actuator Models”, submitted to AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference 2009.
  • Guerreiro, N.M., Hubbard, Jr., “Pressure Port Placement for Lift Distribution Measurement on a Model Aircraft with Optimized Trailing-Edge Flaps”, Abstract submitted to: 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, August 2008. Status: Abstract Under Review.
  • Grauer, J., Conroy, J., Hubbard, J.E., Pines, D., “System Identification and Model Comparison of a Rotary-Wing Micro Air Vehicle”, Abstract submitted to: 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-21 Jun 2008. Status: Abstract accepted.
  • Harmon, R.L., Grauer, J., Hubbard, J.E., Humbert, J.S., "Experimental Determination of Ornithopter Membrane Wing Shapes Used for Simple Aerodynamic Modeling", Abstract submitted to: 26th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 18-21 Jun 2008. Status: Abstract Accepted.
  • Slipher, Geoff A. and Hubbard, James E., “E-Jet Performance Using Higher Order Modes”, Submitted to the 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, Applied Aerodynamics Topic, 7-10 January 2008. Status: in conference proceedings.

Presentations

  • "A Tribute to Dr. Ronald McNair: Callenger Astronaut", Murray State University - 2005

Patents

  • Patient Monitoring System Employing Array of Forces Sensors on a Bedsheet or Similar Substrate”: U.S. Patent Number 6,546,813 B2, April 15, 2003.
  • In-Shoe Remote Telemetry Gait Analysis System”: U.S. Patent Number 6,360,597 B1, March 2002. Sensor System and Method for Measuring
  • Time-Varying Stress Patterns Over the Surface of a Body”: U.S. Patent Number 6,223,606 May 1, 2001.

Alumna Rose Weinstein Receives NASA Early Career Achievement Medal

Award recognizes her contributions to NASA Langley’s flight vehicle dynamics research and digital transformation activities.

Hubbard to be Inducted as Hagler Institute Faculty Fellow

Dr. James E. Hubbard, Jr. is one of seven 2017–18 Faculty Fellows of the Hagler Institute for Advanced Study.

Four UMD Aerospace Engineering Students Named Penton Aviation Week Network’s 20 Twenties

Free, Kumar, Ng and Weinstein recognized as tomorrow’s engineering leaders.

Hubbard Elected to the National Academy of Engineering

Joins 23 other Clark-affiliated faculty

Hubbard Named SPIE 2016 Smart Structures and Materials Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient

Aerospace Engineering Professor recognized for contributions to the field of smart structures and materials.

Three Aerospace Engineering Faculty Receive 2015 DURIP Awards

Laurence, Hubbard and Yu receive over $1.2 million in combined funding through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP).

Hubbard Named ASME Fellow

Aerospace Engineering Samuel P. Langley Distinguished Professor James E. Hubbard, Jr. named an ASME Fellow.

Hubbard and Wissa Collaborators on ASME Best Paper in Structures

Professor James E. Hubbard, Jr. and Aerospace Engineering Alumna Aimy Wissa (Ph.D., '14) collaborate on winning ASME paper.

Hubbard Chosen for HistoryMakers Oral History Collection

Aerospace Professor James E. Hubbard, Jr. chosen for inclusion in HistoryMakers African American oral history collection.

U-Md. Morpheus Lab Establishes Alexander Brown Center for Adaptive Technology

The New Center Memorializes Alexander Brown in its Efforts to Innovate

Hubbard, Grauer Contribute to New Book on Morphing Aircraft

Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures published by Wiley.

Hubbard Publishes New Book

James Hubbard, Jr., publishes new structures text.

James Hubbard Awarded Morphing Wing Grant

Air Force supports development of passively morphing wing for increased lift, agility.

$11 Million for Hubbard "Sky Walker" UAV

DARPA to fund James Hubbard's unmanned aeronautical vehicle (UAV).

National Academy of Engineering (NAE)

  • Elected in 2016 for advances in the modelling, design, analyses, and application of adaptive structures.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)

  • Fellow