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Dr. James HubbardThe vision of Dr. James E. Hubbard Jr., Morpheus Laboratory is a dynamic research facility focused on aerospace applications of smart materials and adaptive structures. Morpheus Lab has primary research facilities at NASA Langley Research Center, and secondary facilities at the University of Maryland, College Park. Office space is located at the National Institute of Aerospace. We gratefully acknowledge the lab spaces provided to us by the Advanced Materials and Processing and Structural Dynamics Branches of NASA Langley Research center.

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NIA AIAA Conference April, 2007
From L to R: Robyn, Geoff, Dr. Hubbard, Nelson, and Ben during the NIA-hosted AIAA Region I-MA student conference, April 2007.

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AIAA Seattle

April 2009: Dr. Hubbard and Jared Grauer present morpheus research papers at the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Seattle WA, April 6 - April 9, 2009: "Testing of a Passively Morphing Ornithopter Wing" and "Field Calibration of Inertial Measurement Units for Miniature Unmanned Aircraft." View a complete list of publications here.

   
Aimy Wissa January 2009: Morpheus Lab welcomes new graduate student researcher Aimy Wissa.  Aimy will be conducting research focused on optimizing the performance of our ornithopter wings. Welcome Aimy!
   
Jared Grauer

January 2009: Jared Grauer and Dr. Hubbard attend and present a paper titled ""A Multibody Model of an Ornithopter" at the AIAA Aerospace Sciences conference in Florida. 

 

   

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