Research Activities

Current Projects

• "Physics-Based Analysis of Future Air Vehicle Concepts Using a Fully Nonlinear Aeroelastic Methodology"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Paul Cizmas
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2006


• "A New Concept For Flutter Suppression Based On Nonlinear Energy Pumping"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Lawrence A. Bergman, D. Michael McFarland, Alexander F. Vakakis
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Submitted by the Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering; University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
  • Oct. 2003 - Sept. 2006


• Integrated Multidisciplinary Design and Analysis Curriculum for High Performance Structures
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Dimitris Lagoudas, Othon Rediniotis, John Valasek, and John Whitcomb
  • National Science Foundation
  • Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2004

Previous Projects

• "Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of Internal Resonances, and Related Behavior, in Nonlinear Aeroelastic Systems"
  • PI: Thomas Strganac
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Oct. 1999 - Oct. 2003


• Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Appointment
  • PI: Thomas Strganac
  • United States Air Force Research Laboratories (AFRL- Wright Patterson AFB)
  • July 2002 - June 2003


• "Fluid - Structure - Control Interaction : Theories and Experiments"
  • PI: Thomas Strganac
  • National Science Foundation CAREER Award (replaces the NSF Young Investigator program)
  • Sept. 1995-May 2001


• "A Computational and Experimental Investigation of Transient Nonlinear Viscous Aeroelastic Effects in Fixed-Wing Vehicles"
  • PI: Thomas Strganac
  • STTR - Phase I, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, STTR with CFD Research Corporation
  • Oct. 1999 - Jan. 2000


• "Multiresolution and Time-Frequency Characterizations of Nonlinear Dynamics in Aeroelastic and Aeroservoelastic Systems"
  • PI: Thomas Strganac
  • NASA - Dryden Flight Research Center
  • Apr. 1997 - Mar. 1999


• "Nonlinear Viscoelastic Characteristics of Balloon Materials Using Dynamic Mechanical Methods"
  • PI: Thomas Strganac
  • NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Oct. 1993 - Mar. 1998


• "Wavelet - Galerkin Methods and Multiresolution Analysis in Computational Mechanics
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Andrew Kurdila
  • NASA - Langley Research Center
  • May 1994 - May 1997


• "Control Design for Evolutionary Structural Systems"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Andrew Kurdila
  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Sept. 1992 - Aug. 1993


• "The Investigation of Polymeric Materials Exposed to the Low Earth Orbit Environment"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Alan Letton
  • NASA - Langley Research Center
  • June 1991 - May 1993


• "The Investigation of Balloon Materials Exposed to the Low Earth Orbit Environment"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Alan Letton
  • NASA - Goddard Space Flight Center
  • Nov. 1990 - Sept. 1993


• "Aerodynamic Evaluation of the C-130H Aircraft Radomes and Vertical Stabilizer Antenna Installations"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Donald Ward
  • Rockwell International
  • Aug. 1990 - Feb. 1991


• "Aerodynamic Analysis of the C-141B Aircraft Fairings"
  • Co-PIs: Thomas Strganac, Oran Nicks, and Donald Wardd
  • Rockwell International
  • July - Aug. 1990