PUBLICATIONS

AVID experts are thought leaders in the air vehicle design industry. They are frequently asked to present at industry events and author a host of publications.

· COMING SOON “Preliminary and Conceptual Design of a Remotely Piloted Ducted Fan MAV” (.pdf) Brandon Stiltner, Chris Olien, and Joel Faber, December 2009

·COMING SOON “Detailed Design, Construction, and Flight Tests of a Remotely Piloted Ducted Fan MAV” (.pdf) Brandon Stiltner, Chris Olien, Joel Faber, Ryan Merritt, and Shadie Tanious, December 2009

· “A Compact Method for Modeling the Aerodynamics of Ducted Fan Vehicles” (.pdf) Osgar John Ohanian III, Paul A Gelhausen, and Daniel J. Inman, December 2009

· “Novel, Bi-Directional, Variable Camber Airfoil via Macro-Fiber Composite Actuators” (.pdf) Osgar John Ohanian III, Onur Bilgen, Kevin B. Kochersberger, and Daniel J. Inman, May 2009

· "A Design Software Suite for Flapping Wing MAVs" (.pdf) Etan Karni, Michael Johnson, and Ignacio Guerrero

· “Ducted Fan UAV Modeling and Simulation in Preliminary Design” Dr. Andy Ko, Osgar John Ohanian III, Paul A. Gelhausen

· “Evaluation of Micro Fiber Composit (MFC) Sythetic Jet Actuators” Osgar John Ohanian, Paul A. Gelhausen, and Daniel J. Inman, August 2008

· “Mass Properties in VTOL UAV Conceptual Design Software, Part I: Overview and General Algorithms” Osgar John Ohanian III, May 2005

· “Mass Properties in VTOL UAV Conceptual Design Software, Part II: Estimating Fuel Mass Properties” (.pdf) Osgar John Ohanian III, May 2005

· “A Conceptual Design Methodology for Predicting the Aerodynamics of Upper Surface Blowing on Airfoils and Wings” Ernest B. Keen, November 2004