TUSKEGEE. 31st March, Aerospace Science Engineering Department ENGINEERING

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1 TM 31st March, 2016 Dr. M. Javed Khan Professor and Head Aerospace Science Engineering Department

2 OVERVIEW! Independent and state-related institution of higher education! The academic programs are organized into five colleges and two schools! The curricula for these colleges and schools currently offer over 50 degrees including 39 Bachelor's, 13 Master's, 3 Doctor's of Philosophy: Materials Science and Engineering, Integrative Bio- Sciences, Interdisciplinary Pathobiology and the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.! Tuskegee enrolls more than 3,000 students and employs approximately 900 faculty and support personnel.! Physical facilities include more than 5,000 acres of forestry and a campus on which sits more than 100 major buildings and structures.

3 College of Engineering! Four ABET accredited engineering programs: Aerospace, Chemical, Electrical, and Mechanical! Only HBCU with an accredited Aerospace Engineering program! #1 producer of African American Ph.D. in Materials Sciences and Engineering (MSE) 30 to date! #1 producer of African American women in U.S. academics (top ten in engineering talent production)! Top ten producer of African American engineers in the nation! Historic producer of flag rank officers for US Military: AROTC; NROTC; AFROTC.! Graduates: ~ 100/ year; ~ 15% enter graduate school

4 ! Facilities Aerospace Science Engineering! 2ft x 3ft low speed wind tunnel with loads and pressure data acquisition! 15in x 20in water tunnel! Volumetric PIV system! 6-node cluster! Magnetic characterization test facility! Research Areas! Experimental flow field characterization of vortex dominated flows! CFD high speed flows! MHD! Magnetic characterization of cubesat hardware

5 TUSKEGEE Preliminary Experiments - Setup High-precision Facility Magnetometers on a 2DOF Platform Mock-up Cubesat Setup 3 Orthogonal Electromagnetic Coils Inset - Magnet Coil Test Facility Showing the 3 Orthogonal Electromagnet Coils Facility Magnetometers on a 1DOF Composite Pedestal Manual Rotary Platform (Stone) Rotary Platform for Mapping the Magnetic Field in a 360 deg plane A Sliding System to Facilitate Nulling of the Ambient Magnetic Field (a) (b) Experimental Setup (a) Magnet Coil Test NASA Goddard (b) Billingsley Aerospace

6 Magnetic Characterization (a) Without Permanent Magnet (b) With Permanent Magnet Experimental Results - 2U CubeSat Magnetic Map, Magnetic Center and Magnetic Dipole

7 Aerospace Science Engineering - CFD

8 Material Science & Engineering Research Areas Processing, synthesizing, characterization and modeling of advanced materials that have applications ranging from Aerospace, defense, drug delivery, health care, marine, off-shore and pharmacy, among others. Currently focus is on: Synthesis of nanoparticles Morphological characterization through optical, scanning and transmission electron microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy Mechanical, thermo-mechancial characterization Environmental effects like temperature, moisture, UV radiation Processing of fiber reinforced composites using carbon, glass, kevlar and natural fibers Synthesis and characterization of polymers Dynamic testing at low and high velocity, and high strain rates Ultrasonic and thermography nondestructive evaluation

9 QUESTIONS