Publications

Journal Articles

48. Hughes, M., Gopalarathnam, A., Bryant, M., “Modulation and Annihilation of Aeroelastic Limit Cycle Oscillations Using a Variable Frequency Disturbance Generator,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 61, No. 4, 2023.

47. Vadlamannati, A., Herbert, D., Naik, K., Bryant, S., Mook, M., Leonard, Z., Abney, A., Beknalkar, S., Bryant, M., Vermillion, C., Granlund, K., Mazzoleni, A., “Pool-Based Tow System for Testing Tethered Hydrokinetic Devices Being Developed to Harvest Energy from Ocean Currents,” Marine Technology Society Journal, Vol. 50, No. 1, 2023.

46. Elfering, K., Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Mazzoleni, A., Bryant, M., Granlund, K. , “Blade Element Momentum Theory for a Skewed Coaxial Turbine,” Ocean Engineering, Vol. 269, 113555, 2023.

45. Suresh Babu, A. V., Narsipur, S., Bryant, M., and Gopalarathnam, A. “Leading-edge-vortex tailoring on unsteady airfoils using an inverse aerodynamic approach,” Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34, 057107, 2022.

44. Duan, E., Bryant, M., “Implications of spatially constrained bipennate topology on fluidic artificial muscle bundle actuation,” Actuators, Vol. 11, No. 3, 82, 2022.

43. Abney, A., Reed, J., Naik, K., Bryant, S., Herbert, D., Leonard, Z., Vadlamannati, A., Mook, M., Beknalkar, S., Alvarez, M., Granlund, K., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., Fathy, H., Vermillion, C., “Autonomous Closed-Loop Experimental Characterization and Dynamic Model Validation of a Scaled Underwater Kite,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 144, No. 7, 071005, 2022.

42. Mazzoleni, N., Kim, J. Y., Bryant, M., “Motor unit buckling in variable recruitment fluidic artificial muscle bundles: implications and mitigations,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 31, No. 3, 035004, 2022.

41. Vemula, D., Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., Bryant, M., “Design, Analysis, and Validation of an Orderly Recruitment Valve for Bio-inspired Fluidic Artificial Muscles”, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 17, No. 2, 026001, 2022.

40. Weisler, W. A., Waghela, R., Granlund, K., and Bryant, M., “Finite wing lift during water-to-air transition,” Physical Review Fluids, Vol. 6, No. 5, 054002, 2021.

39. Suresh Babu, A. V., Medina, A., Rockwood, M., Bryant, M., and Gopalarathnam, A., “Theoretical and Experimental Investigation of an Unsteady Airfoil in the Presence of External Flow Disturbances,” Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 921, A21, 2021.

38. Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Elfering, K., Bryant, M., Granlund, K., Mazzoleni, A., “Modeling, Simulation, and Equilibrium Analysis of Tethered Coaxial Dual-Rotor Ocean Current Turbines,” Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 243, Sept., 113929, 2021.

37. Atay, S., Jenkins, T. J., Bryant, M., and Buckner, G. D., “Control and Control Allocation for Bi-Modal, Rotary Wing, Rolling-Flying Vehicles,” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 13, No. 5, 050904, 2021.

36. Jenkins, T. J., Atay, S., Buckner, G. D., and Bryant, M., “Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimal Design of a Rolling-Flying Vehicle,” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 13, No. 5, 050907, 2021.

35. Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., Bryant, M., “Modeling of Resistive Forces and Buckling Behavior in Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundles,” Actuators, Vol. 10, No. 3, 2021.

34. Atay, S., Bryant, M., and Buckner, G. D., “The Spherical Rolling-Flying Vehicle: Dynamic Modeling and Control System Design,” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 15, No. 5, 050901, 2021.

33. Kirschmeier, B., Pash, G., Gianikos, Z., Medina, A., Gopalarathnam, A., and Bryant, M., “Aeroelastic inverse: Estimation of aerodynamic loads during large amplitude limit cycle oscillations,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 98, 2020.

32. Kirschmeier, B., Gianikos, Z., Gopalarathnam, A., and Bryant, M., “Amplitude Annihilation in Wake-Influenced Aeroelastic Limit Cycle Oscillations,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 58, No. 9, 2020.

31. Atay, S., Buckner, G. D., and Bryant, M., “Dynamic Modeling for Bi-Modal, Rotary Wing, Rolling-Flying Vehicles,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement and Control, Vol. 142, No. 11, 111003, 2020.

30. Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Elfering, K., Bryant, M., Granlund, K., Mazzoleni, A., “Experimental Analysis of Dual Coaxial Turbines in Skew,” Ocean Engineering, Vol. 215, 107877, 2020.

29. Jenkins, T. J., Bryant, M., “Pennate Actuators: Force, Contraction, and Stiffness,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 15, No. 4, 2020.

28. Weisler, W., Miller, S., Jernigan, S., Buckner, G., and Bryant, M., “Design and Testing of a Centrifugal Fluidic Device for Populating Microarrays of Spheroid Cancer Cell Cultures,” Journal of Biological Engineering, Vol. 14, No. 7, 2020.

27. Gianikos, Z., Kirschmeier, B., Gopalarathnam, A. and Bryant, M., “Limit Cycle Characterization of an Aeroelastic Wing in a Bluff Body Wake” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 95, 2020.

26. Atay, S., Jenkins, T. J., Buckner, G. D., and Bryant, M., “Energetic Analysis and Optimization of a Bi-Modal Rolling-Flying Vehicle,” International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Vol. 4, 2020.

25. Chatterjee, P., and Bryant, M., “ Analysis of tension-tunable clamped–clamped piezoelectric beams for harvesting energy from wind and vibration,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 30, No. 16, Jul. 2019.

24. Stewart, W., Weisler, W., Anderson, M., Bryant, M., Peters, K., “Dynamic Modeling of Passively Draining Structures for Aerial-Aquatic Unmanned Vehicles,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. 45, No. 3, July 2020

23. Khatri, D.N., Chatterjee, P., Metoyer, R., Mazzoleni, A.P., Bryant, M. and Granlund,K. O, “Dual-Actuator Disc Theory for Turbines in Yaw,” AIAA Journal, pp. 1–5, Jan. 2019.

22. Chapman, E., Jenkins, T., and Bryant, M. “Design and Analysis of Electrohydraulic Pressure Systems for Variable Recruitment in Fluidic Artificial Muscles,” Smart Mater. Struct., Vol. 27, No. 10, 2018.

21. Stewart, W., Weisler, W., MacLeod, M., Powers, T., Defreitas, A., Gritter, R., Anderson, M., Peters, K., Gopalarathnam, A., Bryant, M., “Design and Demonstration of a Seabird-Inspired Fixed-Wing Hybrid UAV-UUV System,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics (In Press 2018).

20. Chapman, E., and Bryant, M., “Bioinspired passive variable recruitment of fluidic artificial muscles”, Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, 2018.

19. Waghela, R., Bryant, M., and Wu, F., “Control Design in Cyber-Physical Fluid-Structure Interaction Experiments”, Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 82, 2018.

18. Chatterjee, P. M. and Bryant, M., “Aeroelastic-photovoltaic ribbons for integrated wind and solar energy harvesting ,” Smart Mater. Struct, Vol. 27, No. 8, 2018.

17. Stewart, W., Weisler, W., MacLeod, M., Powers, T., Defreitas, A., Gritter, R., Anderson, M., Peters. K., Gopalarathnam, A., Bryant, M., “Design and demonstration of a seabird-inspired fixed-wing hybrid UAV-UUV system”, Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, Vol. 13, No. 5, 2018.

16. Kirschmeier, B., and Bryant, M., “Experimental investigation of wake-induced aeroelastic limit cycle oscillations in tandem wings,” Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 81, p 309-324, Aug 2018.

15. Weisler, W., Stewart, W., Anderson, M. B., Peters, K., Gopalarathnam, A., and Bryant, M., “Testing and Characterization of a Fixed Wing Cross-Domain Unmanned Vehicle Operating in Aerial and Underwater Environments,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 2017.

14. Chapman, E. M., Jenkins, T. E., and Bryant, M., “Modeling and Analysis of a Meso-Hydraulic Climbing Robot with Artificial Muscle Actuation,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 12, No. 6, 2017.

13. Chipka, J. B., Meller, M. A., Volkov, A., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Linear Dynamometer Testing of Hydraulic Artificial Muscles with Variable Recruitment,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 28, No. 15, 2017.

12. Meller, M., Chipka, J., Volkov, A., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Improving Actuation Efficiency Through Variable Recruitment Hydraulic McKibben Muscles: Modeling, Orderly Recruitment Control, and Experiments,” Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 11, No. 6, 2016.

11. Jenkins, T., Chapman, E., and Bryant, M., “Bio-inspired online variable recruitment control of fluidic artificial muscles,” Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 25 No. 12, 2016.

10. Macleod, M., and Bryant, M., “Dynamic Modeling, Analysis, and Testing of a Variable Buoyancy System for Unmanned Multi-Domain Vehicles,” IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2017.

9. Chatterjee, P. and Bryant, M., “Structural modelling of a compliant flexure flow energy harvester,” Smart Mater. Struct. 24 094007, 2016.

8. Meller, M. A., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Reconsidering the McKibben Muscle: Energetics, Operating Fluid, and Bladder Material,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol 25, Issue 18, pp. 2276 – 2293, 2014.

7. Gómez, J., Matthew Bryant and Ephrahim Garcia. “Unsteady Aerodynamics in Ornithopter Flight.” Smart Structures (2013).

6. Bryant, M., Meller, M., and Garcia, E., “Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscles: Modeling and Experiments,” Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Vol. 23, 2014.

5. Bryant, M., Gomez, J. C., and Garcia, E., “Reduced Order Aerodynamic Modeling of Flapping Wing Energy Harvesting at Low Reynolds Number,” AIAA Journal, Vol. 51, No. 12, 2013.

4. Shafer, M. W., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Designing Maximum Power Output into   Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters,” Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Vol. 21, 2012.

3. Bryant, M., Mahtani, R. L., and Garcia, E., “Wake Synergies Enhance Performance in Aeroelastic Vibration Energy Harvesting,” Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 23, pp. 1131-1141, 2012.

2. Bryant, M., Wolff, E., and Garcia, E., “Aeroelastic Flutter Energy Harvester Design: The Sensitivity of the Driving Instability to System Parameters,” Smart Materials and Structures Journal, Vol. 20, 2011.

1. Bryant, M. and Garcia, E., “Modeling and Testing of a Novel Aeroelastic Flutter Energy Harvester,”ASME Journal of Vibrations and Acoustics, Vol. 133, 011010, 2011.

Conference Proceedings

2023

64. Lynch, R., Beknalkar, S., Lynch, J., Bryant, M., “Comparing Neural Network Architectures and Implementations to Determine Efficacy on Conversion of Satellite Images to Digital Elevation Maps,” Proc. IEEE MOST 2023, May 17-19, Detroit, MI, 2023.

63. McGuire, C. M., and Bryant, M., “Design and Integration of a Hydroelastic Solver in a Dynamic Model of a Scaled Underwater Kite,” Proceedings SEM IMAC-XLI, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2023, Feb. 13-16, Austin, TX, 2023.

62. Hughes, M. T., Hall, D., Gopalarathnam, A., and Bryant, M., “Toward Active Control of Limit Cycle Oscillations in an Aeroelastic Wing Using a Variable Frequency Flow Disturbance Generator,” Proceedings SEM IMAC-XLI, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2023, Feb. 13-16, Austin, TX, 2023.

2022

61. Williams, V. O., Bryant, S., Agrawal, S., Mazzoleni, A. P., Granlund, K., Ramaprabhu, P., Bryant, M., “Characterization of the Steady-State Operating Conditions of Tethered Coaxial Turbines,” Proc. IEEE OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads, VA, USA, 2022.

60. Agrawal, A., Williams, V. O., Tong, X., Hassan, M., Muglia, M., Bryant, M., Granlund, K., Ramaprabhu, P., Mazzoleni, A. P., “Demonstration of a Towed Coaxial Turbine Subscale Prototype for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting in Skew,” Proc. IEEE OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Hampton Roads, VA, USA, 2022.

59. Metoyer, R., Bryant, M., Granlund, K. and Mazzoleni, A., “Increased Energy Conversion with a Horizontal Axis Turbine in Translation,” Proc. IEEE OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Oct.17-20, Hampton Roads, VA, USA, 2022.

58. Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., Ramaprabhu, P. and Granlund, K., “Analytical wake model for coaxial dual-rotor turbines,” Proc. IEEE OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Oct.17-20, Hampton Roads, VA, USA, 2022.

57. Duan, E., and Bryant, M., “Effects of Pennate Angle on FAM Bundle Hydraulic Efficiency for Robot Arm Motion,” Proc. ASME 2022 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, Virtual, Sept. 12-14, Dearborn, MI, 2022.

56. Kim, J. K., and Bryant, M., “Implications of Resistive Force on Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundle State Transition,” Proc. ASME 2022 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, Virtual, Sept. 12-14, Dearborn, MI, 2022.

55. Jenkins, M., Suresh Babu, A. V., Bryant, M., Gopalarathnam, A., “A Computational Study of Vortical Wakes behind Oscillating Cylinder-Splitter-Plate Gust Generators,” Proc. AIAA Aviation Forum, June 27 – July 1, Chicago, IL, 2022.

54. Leonard, Z., Bryant, S., Naik, K., Abney, A., Herbert, D., Fathy, H., Granlund, K., Mazzoleni, A., Bryant, M., and Vermillion, C., “Sensor Fusion Observer Design and Experimental Validation for an Underwater Kite,” Proc. 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), June 8-10, Atlanta, GA, 2022.

53. Mazzoleni, N., Kim, J. Y., and Bryant, M., “Control of a dynamic load emulator for hardware-in-the-loop testing of fluidic artificial muscle bundles,” Proc. SPIE 12041, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XII, April 20, Long Beach, CA, 2022.

52. Hart, R., Duan, E., Bryant, M., “Experimental investigation of boundary condition effects in bipennate fluidic artificial muscle bundles,” Proc. SPIE 12041, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XII, April 20, Long Beach, CA, 2022.

51. Lee, Y. T., Suresh Babu, A. V., Bryant, M., and Gopalarathnam, A., “State Variable Form of Unsteady Airfoil Aerodynamics with Vortex Shedding,” Proc. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, 2022.

50. Jenkins, M., Suresh Babu, A. V., Lee, Y. T., Bryant, M., and Gopalarathnam, A., “Leading-Edge Suction and Effective Angle of Attack on an Airfoil Encountering Vortical Disturbances,” Proc. AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum, San Diego, CA, 2022.

2021

49. Hughes, M., Mook, M., Jenkins, M., SureshBabu, A. V., Gopalarathnam, A., Bryant, M., “Flow Disturbance Generators Based on Oscillating Cylinders with Attached Splitter Plates,” Proc. ASME 2021 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Virtual.

48. Hughes, M., Gopalarathnam, A., Bryant, M., “Toward On-Demand Modulation and Annihilation of Aeroelastic Limit Cycle Oscillations with Dynamic Upstream Disturbance Generator,” Online Symposium on Aeroelasticity, Fluid-Structure Interaction, and Vibrations.

47. Duan, E. and Bryant, M., “Design of Pennate Topology Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundles Under Spatial Constraints,” Proc. ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, Virtual, Sept. 14-15, 2021.

46. Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., and Bryant, M., “Free strain gradient reversal of a variable recruitment fluidic artificial muscle bundle,” Proc. SPIE 11586, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication XI, March 22, Online Only (due to COVID-19), 2021.

2020

45. Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., Vemula, D., and Bryant, M., “Development and Demonstration of an Orderly Recruitment Valve for Fluidic Artificial Muscles,” Proc. ASME 2020 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 14-16, Online Only (due to COVID-19), 2020.

44. Atay, S., Bryant, M., and Buckner, G., “Real-Time Power Optimization of a Bi-Modal Rolling-Flying Vehicle via Extremum Seeking Control,” in American Control Conference, 2020.

43. Chatterjee, P., Jenkins, M., Suresh Babu, A. V., Medina, A., Gopalarathnam, A., and Bryant, M., “Tailored Bluff Body Motion for Generating Desired Wake Structures,” AIAA Aviation Forum, June 15-19, Online Only (due to COVID-19), 2020.

42. Mazzoleni, N., Kim, J. Y., and Bryant, M., “The Effect of Resistive Forces in Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundles: A Configuration Study,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, April 27 – May 8, Online Only (due to COVID-19), 2020.

41. Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., Bryant, M., “Mechanics of Inactive Fluidic Artificial Muscles for Variable Recruitment Bundles,” Proceedings of the 38th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2020, Feb. 10-13, Houston, TX, 2020.

2019

40. Jenkins, T., and Bryant, M., “Variable stiffness soft robotics using pennate muscle architecture,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 3-7, Denver, CO, 2019.

39. Mazzoleni, N., and Bryant, M., “Toward synergistic performance of integrated wind-solar hybrid energy harvesting structures,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 3-7, Denver, CO, 2019.

38. Vemula, D., and Bryant, M., “Bio-inspired orderly recruitment valve for fluidic artificial muscles,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 3-7, Denver, CO, 2019.

2018

37. Chapman, E. M., and Bryant, M., “Bio-inspired Passive Variable Recruitment of Fluidic Artificial Muscles,” Proc. SPIE 10593, Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication VIII, 105930Y, March 27, Denver, CO, 2018.

36. Gianikos, Z. N., Kirschmeier, B., and Bryant, M., “Limit Cycle Characterization of an Aeroelastic Airfoil in the Wake of an Upstream Bluff Body”, 2018 Applied Aerodynamics Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-3485)

2017

35. Waghela, R., and Bryant, M., “Control Design for High-Fidelity Cyber-Physical Systems With Applications to Experimental Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies,” Proc. ASME 2017 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures, and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 18-20, Snowbird, UT, 2017.

34. Kirschmeier, B., Summerour, J., and Bryant, M., “Experimental investigation of low aspect ratio, large amplitude, aeroelastic energy harvesting systems,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 25-29, Portland, OR, 2017.

33. Chatterjee, P., Mazzoleni, N., and Bryant, M., “Experimental investigation of flow induced limit cycle oscillations in a tensioned ribbon,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 25-29, Portland, OR, 2017.

2016

32. Chapman, E. M., Jenkins, T. E., and Bryant, M., “Parametric Study of a Fluidic Artificial Muscle Actuated Electrohydraulic System,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 28-30, Stowe, VT, 2016.

31. MacLeod, M., and Bryant, M., “Variable buoyancy system for unmanned multi-domain vehicles,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, April 15, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.

30. Kirschmeier, B., and Bryant, M., “Toward efficient aeroelastic energy harvesting through limit cycle shaping.” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, April 15, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.

29. Jenkins, T., Chapman, E., and Bryant, M., “Control approach development for variable recruitment artificial muscles,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, April 15, Las Vegas, NV, 2016.

28. Chatterjee, P. and Bryant, M. 2016 “Aeroelastic modelling of a Piezo-solar tensioned energy harvesting ribbon,” Spie vol 9431, ed G Park p 979914.

2015

27. E. Chapman, M. MacLeod, and M. Bryant, “Electrohydraulic modeling of a fluidic artificial muscle actuation system for robot locomotion,” in Proc. ASME SMASIS 2015, Colorado Springs, CO, Sept. 21-23, 2015.

26. Chatterjee, P., Bryant, M., “Transfer Matrix Modeling of a Tensioned Piezo-Solar Hybrid Energy Harvesting Ribbon,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 8-12, San Diego, CA, 2015.

25. Kirschmeier, B., Bryant, M., “Soap film flow visualization investigation of oscillating wing energy harvesters,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 8-12, San Diego, CA, 2015.

2014

24. Chatterjee, P., Bryant, M., “Design of a Compliant Flexure Joint for Use a Flow Energy Harvester,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 8-10, Newport, RI, 2014.

23. Chatterjee, P., Bryant, M., “Fluid Elastic Energy Harvester with a Compliant Flexure Joint,” 17th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, June 15 – 20, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 2014.

22. Bryant, M., Fitzgerald, J., Miller, S., Saltzman, J., Kim, S., Lin, Y., and Garcia, E., “Climbing Robot Actuated by Meso-Hydraulic Artificial Muscles,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 9-13, San Diego, CA, 2014.

21. Bryant, M., Pizzonia, M., Mehallow, M., and Garcia, E., “Energy Harvesting for Self-Powered Aerostructure Actuation,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 9-13, San Diego, CA, 2014.

2013

20. Bryant, M., Meller, M., and Garcia, E., “Toward Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscles,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 16-18, Snowbird, UT, No. 3136, 2013.

19. Meller, M., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Hydraulic Artificial Muscle Actuators,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 16-18, Snowbird, UT, No. 3136, 2013.

18. Bryant, M., Schlichting A.D., and Garcia, E., “Investigating Synchronized Switching in Aeroelastic Flutter Energy Harvesting,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 10-14, San Diego, CA, 2013.

17. Gomez, J.C., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Unsteady Aerodynamics in Ornithopter Flight,” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Bioinspiration, Biomimetics, and Bioreplication, March 10-14, San Diego, CA, 2013.

2012

16. Bryant, M., Tse, R., and Garcia, E., “Investigation of Host Structure Compliance in Aeroelastic Energy Harvesting,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems,Sept. 19-21, Stone Mountain, GA, 2012.

15. Shafer, M.W., Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “A Practical Power Maximization Design Guide for Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Inspired by Avian Bio-loggers,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 19-21, Stone Mountain, GA, 2012.

14. Garcia, E., Shafer, M.W., Bryant, M., Schlichting, A., and Kogan, B., “Insight and      applications in energy harvesting from bullets to birds,” Proc. 4th International Conference on Smart Materials and Structronic Systems, Invited Presentation, June 10-14, Montecatini Terme, Italy, 2012.

13. Bryant, M., Shafer, M.W., and Garcia, E., “Power and efficiency analysis of a flapping wing wind energy harvester” Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 11-15, San Diego, CA, 2012.

2011

12. Bryant, M., Mahtani, R.L., and Garcia, E., “Synergistic Wake Interactions in Aeroelastic Flutter Vibration Energy Harvester Arrays,” Proc. of ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 18-21, Scottsdale, AZ, 2011.

11. Garcia, E., Bryant, M., Gomez, J., Hurst, A., “Wings and Wind: Some Thoughts on Bio-inspired Systems,” US-Korea Summit on Science and Engineering, Aug. 10-14, Park City, UT, 2011.

10. Bryant, M., and Garcia, E., “Toward Optimal Configuration of Aeroelastic Flutter Energy Harvesting Arrays,” Proc. of EuroMech Colloquium 530, Structural Control and Energy Harvesting, July 25-27, Bristol, U.K., 2011.

9. Bryant, M., Wolff, E., Garcia, E. “Parametric design study of an aeroelastic flutter energy harvester,”Proc. SPIE Conference on Smart Structures and Materials: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 6-10, San Diego, CA, 2011.

2010

8.   Bryant, M., Isenberg, M., and Garcia, E. “Investigation of Wake Effects in Aeroelastic Flutter Vibration Energy Harvesting,” Proc. ASME Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, Sept. 28 – Oct. 1, Philadelphia, PA, 2010.

7.   Bryant, M. and Garcia, E. “Modeling and Parameter Optimization of an Aeroelastic Flutter Energy Harvester,” Proceedings of the 16th US National Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, June 27 – July 2, State College, PA, 2010.

6.   Fang, A., Bryant, M., Garcia, E. “Energy Harvesting and Embedded RF Wireless Sensor Systems for Helicopter Blades,” Proc. of the American Helicopter Society Forum 66, May 11-13, Phoenix, AZ, 2010.

5.  Bryant, M., Fang, A., Garcia, E. “Self-powered smart blade: Helicopter blade energy harvesting,” Smart Structures and Materials 2010: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 7-11, San Diego, CA. Published in: Proc. SPIE Vol. 7645, 2010.

4.   Fang, A., Bryant, M., Garcia, E. “Self-powered smart blade: helicopter blade power extraction and conditioning for on-blade RF wireless embedded sensor systems,” Smart Structures and Materials 2010: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 7-11, San Diego, CA. Published in: Proc. SPIE Vol. 7645, 2010.

2009

3.   Fang, A., Bryant, M., Garcia, E. “Energy Harvesting and Embedded RF Wireless Sensor Systems for Helicopter Blades,” Proceedings of the CanSmart International Workshop on Smart Materials and Smart Structures, October 22-23, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 2009.

2.   Bryant, M., Garcia, E., “Energy Harvesting: A Key to Wireless Sensor Nodes,” Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Smart Materials and Nanotechnology in Engineering, July 8-11, Weihai, China, 2009.

1.   Bryant, M. and Garcia, E., “Development of an Aeroelastic Vibration Power Harvester,” Smart Structures and Materials 2009: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems III, San Diego, CA. published in: Proc. SPIE Vol. 7288, 2009.