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Book Chapters

3. Wickenheiser, A.M., 2011, "Analysis of Energy Harvesting Using Frequency Up-Conversion by Analytic Approximations," Small-Scazle Energy Harvesting ed. Lallart, M., InTech, Croatia.

2. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., 2012, "Optimal Trajectory Control of Morphing Aircraft in Perching Maneuvers," Morphing Aerospace Vehicles and Structures ed. Valasek, J., Wiley, New York.

1. Wickenheiser, A.M., 2011, "Distributed-Parameter Modeling of Energy Harvesting Structures with Discontinuities," Advances in Piezoelectric Transducers ed. Ebrahimi, F., InTech, Croatia.

Journal Articles

14. Reissman, T., Wickenheiser, A., and Garcia, E., "Generalized Solutions of Piezoelectric Vibration-Based Energy Harvesting Structures Using an Electromechanical Transfer Matrix Method," Journal of Vibration and Acoustics Vol. 138, 041001, 2016. (pdf)

13. Wickenheiser, A.M., "Model Reduction in Stochastic Vibration Energy Harvesting Using Compressive Sampling," Smart Materials and Structures Vol. 22, 094029, 2013. (pdf)

12. Wickenheiser, A.M., "Eigensolution of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters with Geometric Discontinuities: Analytical Modeling and Validation," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 729-744, 2013. (pdf)

11. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Extended, Nonlinear Lifting-Line Method for Aerodynamic Modeling of Reconfigurable Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft Vol. 48, No. 5, pp. 1812-1817, 2011. (pdf)

10. Wickenheiser, A.M., "Design Optimization of Linear and Non-Linear Cantilevered Energy Harvesters for Broadband Vibrations," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures Vol. 22 No. 11, pp. 1213-1225, 2011. (pdf)

9. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Power Optimization of Vibration Energy Harvesters Utilizing Passive and Active Circuits," Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 21, No. 13, pp. 1343-1361, 2010. (pdf)

8. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Broadband Vibration-Based Energy Harvesting Improvement Through Frequency Up-Conversion by Magnetic Rectfication," Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 19, No. 6, 065020, 2010. (pdf)

7. Dietl, J.M., Wickenheiser, A.M., and Garcia, E., "A Timoshenko Beam Model for Cantilevered Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters," Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 19, No. 5, 055018, 2010. (pdf)

6. Wickenheiser, A.M., Reissman, T., Wu, W.J., and Garcia, E., "Modeling the Effects of Electromechanical Coupling on Energy Storage Through Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting," IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 400-411, 2010. (pdf)

5. Wu, W., Wickenheiser, A., Reissman, T., and Garcia, E., "Modeling and Experimental Verification of Synchronized Discharging Techniques for Boosting Power Harvesting from Piezoelectric Transducers," Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 18, No. 5, 055012, 2009. (pdf)

4. Wickenheiser, A. and Garcia, E., "Conceptual Design Considerations for Microwave- and Solar-Powered Fuel-less Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 510-519, 2009. (pdf)

3. Wickenheiser, A. and Garcia, E., "Optimization of Perching Maneuvers Through Vehicle Morphing," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 31, No. 4, pp. 815-823, 2008. (pdf)

2. Wickenheiser, A. and Garcia, E., "Aerodynamic Modeling of Morphing Wings Using an Extended Lifting-Line Analysis," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 44, No. 1, pp. 10-16, 2007. (pdf)

1. Wickenheiser, A. and Garcia, E., "Longitudinal Dynamics of a Perching Aircraft," Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 1386-1392, 2006. (pdf)


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Conference Papers

37. Crandall, K.L., Whitehead, C., Dong, S., and Wickenheiser, A., "Using Abstraction for Swarm Control of a Parent System", IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), May 16-21, Stockholm, Sweden, pp. 5344-5349, 2016. (pdf)

36. Dhruv, A., Blower, C.J., and Wickenheiser, A.M., "A three dimensional unsteady iterative panel method with vortex particle wakes and boundary layer model for bioinspired multi-body wings", Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9429, March 8-12, San Diego, CA, 2015. (pdf)

35. Olympio, R.B., Donahue, J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Theoretical and Experimental Analysis of Frequency Up-Conversion Energy Harvesters Under Human-Generated Vibrations", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2014-7674, September 8-10, Newport, RI, 2014. (pdf)

34. Dhruv, A., Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A., "A Three Dimensional Iterative Panel Method for Bio-Inspired Multi-Body Wings", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2014-7634, September 8-10, Newport, RI, 2014. (pdf)

33. Paxson, B. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Design Considerations for Small-scale Wind Energy Harvesters Driven by Broadband Vortex-induced Vibrations", Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9055, March 9-13, San Diego, CA, 2014. (pdf)

32. Blower, C. J., Dhruv, A., and Wickenheiser, A. M. , "A Two-dimensional Iterative Panel Method and Boundary Layer Model for Bio-inspired Multi-body Wings", Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 9055, March 9-13, San Diego, CA, 2014. (pdf)

31. Wickenheiser, A., "Modeling Impact-Based Vibration Energy Harvesting with Application to Frequency Up-Conversion", 24th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 7-9, Aruba, 2013. (pdf)

30. Patel, A. P. and Wickenheiser, A., "Towards Frequency-Independent Vibration-Based Energy Harvesting using Frequency Up-Conversion and Power Analysis", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2013-3076, September 19-21, Snowbird, UT, 2013. (pdf)

29. Blower, C. and Wickenheiser, A. , "The Validation of a Generalized Aerodynamic Model for a Multi-Body Bio-Inspired Wing", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2013-3075, September 19-21, Snowbird, UT, 2013. (pdf)

28. Cole, K. and Wickenheiser, A., "Impact of Wind Disturbances on Vehicle Station Keeping and Trajectory Following", AIAA Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) Conference, AIAA 2013-4865, August 19-21, Boston, MA, 2013. (pdf)

27. Wickenheiser, A.M., "Model Reduction of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Subject to Band-Limited, Stochastic Base Excitation", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2012-7995, September 19-21, Stone Mountain, GA, 2012. (pdf)

26. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "The Variations in Active Panel Location and Number for a Bioinspired Aircraft Gust Alleviation System", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2012-7994, September 19-21, Stone Mountain, GA, 2012. (pdf)

25. Blower, C.J., Lee, W. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "The Development of a Closed-loop Flight Controller with Panel Method Integration for Gust Alleviation Using Biomimetic Feathers on Aircraft Wings", Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8339, March 11-15, San Diego, CA, 2012. (pdf)

24. Anderson, B. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Performance Analysis of Frequency Up-Converting Energy Harvesters for Human Locomotion", Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 8341, March 11-15, San Diego, CA, 2012. (pdf)

23. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "The Development of a Closed-loop Flight Controller for Localized Flow Control and Gust Alleviation Using Biomimetic Feathers on Aircraft Wings", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2011-5109, September 18-21, Pheonix, AZ, 2011. (pdf)

22. Sivadas, V. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Small-Scale Wind Energy Harvesting from Flow-induced Vibrations", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2011-5106, September 18-21, Pheonix, AZ, 2011. (pdf)

21. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Reissman, T., "Generalized Eigensolution to Piecewise Continuous Distributed-Parameter Models of Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Using the Transfer Matrix Method", ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2011-5107, September 18-21, Pheonix, AZ, 2011. (pdf)

20. Sivadas, V. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "A Study of Several Vortex-Induced Vibration Techniques for Piezoelectric Wind Energy Harvesting," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7977, March 6-10, San Diego, CA, 2011. (pdf)

19. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Two-Dimensional Localized Flow Control Using Distributed, Biomimetic Feather Structures: A Comparative Study," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7975, March 6-10, San Diego, CA, 2011. (pdf)

18. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Biomimetic Feather Structures for Localized Flow Control and Gust Alleviation on Aircraft Wings," 21st International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 3-6, State College, PA, 2010. (pdf)

17. Wickenheiser, A.M., "Broadband and Low Frequency Vibration-Based Energy Harvesting Improvement Through Magnetically Induced Frequency Up-Conversion," ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2010-3821, September 29-October 1, Philadelphia, PA, 2010. (pdf)

16. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Design of Energy Harvesting Systems for Harnessing Vibrational Motion from Human and Vehicular Motion," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7645, March 7-11, San Diego, CA, 2010. (pdf)

15. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Combined Power Harvesting from AC and DC Sources," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 7288, 728816, March 8-12, San Diego, CA, 2009. (pdf)

14. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "The Effects of Shape Reconfiguration on Morphing Aircraft in Perching Maneuvers," ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2008-650, pp. 691-698, October 28-30, Ellicott City, MD, 2008. (pdf)

13. Hurst, A.C., Wickenheiser, A.M., and Garcia, E., "Estimation and Control of a Bio-Inspired Morphing Aircraft," ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS2008-522, pp. 611-616, October 28-30, Ellicott City, MD, 2008.

12. Wickenheiser, A.M., Reissman, T., Garcia, E., and Wu, W.J., "The Effects of Electromechanical Coupling on Transient Charging Behavior in Piezoelectric Power Harvesting," CanSmart International Workshop on Smart Materials and Smart Structures, October 23-24, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2008. (pdf)

11. Wickenheiser, A.M., Reissman, T., Garcia, E., and Wu, W.J., "A Study of the Transient Charging Behavior of Several Approaches to Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting," 19th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 6-9, Ascona, Switzerland, 2008. (pdf)

10. Hurst, A.C., Wickenheiser, A.M., and Garcia, E., "Localization and Perching Maneuver Tracking for a Morphing UAV," Position Localization and Navigation Symposium, May 5-8, Monterey, CA, 2008. (pdf)

9. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Mission Performance of a Solar- and Microwave-Powered Aircraft," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6928, 692802, March 10-13, San Diego, CA, 2008. (pdf)

8. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Dynamic Wind Tunnel Testing of Perching Maneuvers," 18th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 3-5, Ottowa, ON, Canada, 2007. (pdf)

7. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Perching Aerodynamics and Trajectory Optimization," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6525, 65250O, March 18-22, San Diego, CA, 2007. (pdf)

6. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Perching Trajectory Optimization Through Aircraft Morphing," CanSmart International Workshop on Smart Materials and Smart Structures, October 12-13, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2006. (pdf)

5. Wickenheiser, A.M. Garcia, E., and Waszak, M., "Longitudinal Dynamics of a Perching Aircraft Concept," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5764, pp. 192-202, March 6-10, San Diego, CA, 2005. (pdf)

4. Manzo, J., Garcia, E., Wickenheiser, A.M. and Horner, G., "Design of a Shape-Memory Alloy Actuated Macro-Scale Morphing Aircraft Mechanism," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5764, pp. 232-240, March 6-10, San Diego, CA, 2005. (pdf)

3. Wickenheiser, A.M. and Garcia, E., "Modeling and Control of Morphing Air Vehicles," 15th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, October 25-27, Bar Harbor, ME, 2004. (pdf)

2. Manzo, J., Garcia, E., Wickenheiser, A.M. and Horner, G., "Adaptive Structural Systems and Compliant Skin Technology of Morphing Aircraft Structures," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5390, pp. 225-234, March 14-17, San Diego, 2004. (pdf)

1. Wickenheiser, A.M., Garcia, E., and Waszak, M., "Evaluation of Bio-Inspired Morphing Concepts with Regard to Aircraft Dynamics and Performance," Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 5390, pp. 202-211, March 14-17, San Diego, 2004. (pdf)


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Poster Exhibits

24. Whitehead, C., Crandall, K., Dong, S., and Wickenheiser, A., "Method for Evaluating Abstract Swarm Control of a Parent System," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 24, 2016.

23. Schur, R., and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Energy-Aware Path Planning for Mobile Robots," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 24, 2016.

22. Lyman, C., Kramer, E., Schur, R., and Wickenheiser, A., "Energy Independent Path Planning Robot," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 24, 2016.

21. Crandall, K., Whitehead, C., Dong, S., and Wickenheiser, A., "Control of a Parent System Through Abstraction of a Swarm," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 24, 2016.

20. Cole, K. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Reactive Trajectory Generation in an Unknown Environment," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 24, 2016.

19. Wickenheiser, A.M., "Bio-inspired Flight Control Using a Distributed Array of Multifunctional Flaps," Gordon Research Conference on Multifunctional Materials and Structures, Ventura, CA, February 4, 2016.

18. Schur, R., Crandall, K., and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Battery Monitoring and Recharging in RRTs for Autonomous Mobile Robots in Extended Duration Missions," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2015.

17. Lyons, A., Scott, A., Schur, R., and Wickenheiser, A., "Energy Scavenging Mobile Mapping Robot," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2015.

16. Drown, P., Cole, K., and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Aerodynamic Analysis of Quadrotor Propeller Blades," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2015.

15. Dhruv, A., Blower, C.J., and Wickenheiser, A.M., "A Viscous-Inviscid Flow Solver for Bio-Inspired Morphing Wings," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2015.

14. Cole, K. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Distributed Vehicle Control for Disturbance Rejection, Vehicle Retasking, and Re-configurable Formations," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2015.

13. Blower, C.J., Dhruv, A., and Wickenheiser, A., "A 3D Iterative Panel Method and Boundary Layer Model for a Bioinspired Multi-Body Wing," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2014.

12. Kirschmeier, B., Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A., "Analysis and Development of Gust Alleviation System for a Bio-Inspired Wing," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2014.

11. Cho, M.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Development of Fluid Structure Interaction Model for a Biologically Inspired Wing," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 19, 2014.

10. Cole, K. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Gust Compensation for Aircraft Leader-Follower Configuration," ARCS Foundation Scholarship Reception, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, October 17, 2013.

9. Cole, K. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Impact of Wind Disturbances on Vehicle Station Keeping and Trajectory Following," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 20, 2013.

8. Caldwell, K., Kirschmeier, B., Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A., "Analysis of Flow Separation Over 2D Airfoil for Gust Alleviation System," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 20, 2013.

7. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A., "The Development of a Bio-Inspired Gust Allevation System and Maneuverability Enhancement (GAMES) using a Multi-Body Panel method & Integrated Boundary Layer Method," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 20, 2013.

6. Cole, K. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Multivehicle Formation Flight Control Over Open Water," ARCS Foundation Scholarship Reception, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, October 18, 2012.

5. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "The Development of a Biomimetic Gust Alleviation System Closed-Loop Flight Controller With An Integrated Panel Method," Research Days, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, March 29, 2012.

4. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "The Development of a Biomimetic Gust Alleviation System Closed-Loop Flight Controller With An Integrated Panel Method," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 27, 2012.

3. Hurley, S.A., Barsky, D., Metropoulos, K., Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "The Development of an Experimental Gust Alleviation System Model for Wind Tunnel Simulation and Analysis," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 27, 2012.

2. Chan, K., Guidoboni, J., Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Gust Alleviation System: Design of Piezoelectric Mechanisms," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 27, 2012.

1. Blower, C.J. and Wickenheiser, A.M., "Biomimetic Feather Structures for Localized Flow Control and Gust Alleviation on Aircraft Wings," School of Engineering and Applied Science: Research and Development Showcase, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, February 28, 2011.


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