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November 2009: Morpheus Lab retires our first active ornithopter flight test platform, "Trinity." After five years of faithful service, hundreds of successful experimental flight tests and bench tests, and a few rough landings Trinity is ready to retire in style to a static display in the NIA lobby.
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October 2009: Morpheus Lab was pleased to host Mr. John Miller, Director of the U.S. Army Research Lab (ARL), and his distinguished party for a tour of our facilities and discussions of our research progress. We enjoyed the technical discussions over a pizza lunch with Director Miller and his ARL staff.
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September 2009: Dr. Hubbard was the keynote speaker at the 2009 ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures & Intelligent Systems, September 21-23, in Oxnard, California. He spoke on the future of the U.S. Aerospace Industry, and reclaiming our technological leadership.
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June 2009: Dr. Frances ("Fran") Kelly, former director of U.S. Navy Education Programs, tours Morpheus Lab after delivering her lecture on “The Implications of the Internet and E-Learning for Changes in American Society” at NIA, (lecture).
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May, 2007: We are excited to announce our newest member, Tyler
Guerreiro. Mom and
Dad are very pleased. We expect Tyler to contribute ideas toward our disruptive technologies just as soon as his big brother, Nathan, lets him play at the computer. |
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April, 2009: Dr. Hubbard and Jared Grauer present morpheus research papers at the AIAA Infotech@Aerospace Conference, Seattle, WA: "Testing of a Passively Morphing Ornithopter Wing" and "Field Calibration of Inertial Measurement Units for Miniature Unmanned Aircraft." |
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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! |
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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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November 2008: Ben Nickless successfully defended his thesis titled "Modeling and control of piezoelectric flextensional actuators." The defense took place on campus. Congratulations Ben! |
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August, 2008: Robyn Harmon defended her Master's thesis titled "Aerodynamic Modeling of a Flapping Membrane Wing Using Motion Tracking Experiments." The defense took place on the College Park campus. Congratulatons Robyn! |
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August, 2008: Morpheus Lab's Jared Grauer, Nelson Guerreiro, and Robyn Harmon presented their research at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics conference in Honolulu. |
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July, 2008: Dr. Bundy, who is heading the ARL's new effort on microsystem mechanics, was treated to a full day tour, including an ornithopter flight demo. |
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July, 2008: Alex Brown joined us at the National Institute of Aerospace as a full time Graduate Research Assistant in the MS program. Welcome Alex! |
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June, 2008: Morpheus Post-Doctoral researcher, Dr. Sandra Ugrina, was awarded the esteemed L'Oreal Fellowship for Women In Science. The award ceremony was held in New York City. |
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June, 2008: Three members of Morpheus Lab (Nelson Guerreiro, Ryan Hubbard, and Geoff Slipher) along with members of the Newport News Park Radio Control Club (NNPRCC) host the Denbigh Baptist Christian School for a fun day of flying outdoors.
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June, 2008: Morpheus Lab says farewell to a valued member of the team, Mollie
Buechel. Mollie recently received her BA in English from the University of
Illinois, Springfield. Mollie we wish all the best for you and your family. |
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May, 2008: Dr. Hubbard's early seminal work on actively damping of structures, performed while he was at MIT, was cited for its historical significance in the Spring 2008 Adaptive Structures and Material Systems newsletter (pdf, see page 7). |
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May, 2008: Ryan Hubbard is on assignment to Morpheus Lab for the summer from Virginia Tech. |
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April, 2008: The 42 students from Danville, VA enjoy a full day with us touring NASA and the Virginia Air and Space Museum in Hampton. |
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April, 2008: Geoffrey Slipher was awarded the First Place Award of Excellence for Research in the Area of Modeling and Simulation on April 17th, 2008 at the GRID 2008. Geoff also won the First Place Award of Excellence for Advances in Technology and Biotechnology at GRID 2007. |
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August, 2007: Morpheus Lab is excited to welcome its newest member, Nathan
Guerreiro, into the world. Nathan was born on August 4, 2007. His Mom and
Dad, Veronica and Nelson, are very happy. We expect amazing ideas to be
forthcoming from this little fellow shortly, just as soon as he can talk. |
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