Flight Dynamics and Control Research Laboratory

Development and implementation of guidance, navigation, and control systems for a variety of aerospace vehicles, as well as research on a broad range of topics focused on flight dynamics, are performed in the Flight Dynamics and Control Research Laboratory (FDCRL).

Faculty and student researchers in the FDCRL are focusing much of their current research on intelligent, adaptive, and bio-inspired methodologies to improve aviation safety and increase the autonomy of unmanned robotic systems. Several unmanned research platforms in the FDCRL are equipped with the necessary avionics units to provide powerful, portable, and flexible rapid prototyping capabilities to aid in the effective development, flight testing, and demonstration of GNC systems.

Some exciting research topics currently being investigated in the FDCRL include:

• Fault-Tolerant Flight Control Systems
• Bio-Inspired Adaptive Control
• Artificial Intelligence
• Space Exploration Robotic Systems
• Guidance, Navigation, and Control of Unmanned and Autonomous Systems

The space supports undergraduate and graduate research projects throughout the College of Engineering.

Equipment

• Virtual and Augemented Reality hardware and software with two TV displays
• Five Standard Workstations
• 4 Standard Computers
• 3 T-7600 Workstations
• Aero Quanser Module
• Cockpit with screen and stick
• Seversl vision and LIDAR sensors
• Co-Robot Uncrewed Ground Vehicle
• Fleet of quad rotors and fixed-wing uncrewed vehicles