Dept of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Email: Frederick Harmon
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 2005
M.S., Electrical Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, 1996
B.S., Electrical Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ, 1992
Registered Professional Engineer (PE) in New Hampshire (can be transferred to other states)
Hybrid-electric aircraft; hybrid-electric vehicles; clean and renewable energy (wind energy, solar energy, fuel cells, biofuels, biodiesel); control design and theory; optimal control; nonlinear control; cooperative control; intelligent control (fuzzy logic, neural networks); bio-inspired control; biomimetics; sensor fusion; integrated avionics; flight testing
Hybrid-Electric Aircraft/Fuel Cell-Powered Aircraft/Conceptual Design
Clean and Renewable Energy (wind/solar/biofuels/biodiesel)
Control Theory and Design/Optimal Control/Nonlinear Control/Intelligent Control
Biomimetics/Bio-Inspired Control
Sensor Fusion/Integrated Avionics
Journal Articles:
Smith, A.L., and Harmon, F.G., “UAS Collision Avoidance Algorithm Based on an Aggregate Collision Cone Approach," ASCE's Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp. 463-477, October 2011.
Harmon, F.G., Branam, R.D., and Sandlin, D.E., “Achieving the Air Force’s Energy Vision,” Air and Space Power Journal, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 34-40, spring 2011.
Harmon, F.G., Frank, A. A., and Chattot, J.J., “Conceptual Design and Simulation of a Small Hybrid-Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,” Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 43, No. 5, pp. 1490-1498, September – October 2006.
Harmon, F.G., Frank, A.A., and Joshi, S.S., “The Control of a Parallel Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System for a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Using a CMAC Neural Network," Neural Networks, Vol. 18, pp. 772-780, 2005.
Conference Papers:
Cottrill, G.C., and Harmon, F.G., “Hybrid Gauss Pseudospectral and Generalized Polynomial Chaos Algorithm to Solve Stochastic Trajectory Optimization Problems," presented at AIAA’s Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA-2011-6572, Portland, OR, 8-11 August 2011.
Cottrill, G.C., and Harmon, F.G., "Hybrid Gauss Pseudospectral and Generalized Polynomial Chaos Algorithm to Solve Stochastic Optimal Control Problems," Proceedings of IASTED Control and Applications, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 1-3 June 2011.
Cahoon, T., and Harmon, F., "Airborne Wind Energy: Implementation and Design for the US Air Force,“ presented at AIAA’s 9th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, AIAA-2011-6154, San Diego, CA, 31 July – 3 August 2011.
Greiser, C.M., Mengistu, I.H., Rotramel, T.A., and Harmon, F.G., "Testing of a Parallel Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System for Use in a Small Remotely-Piloted Aircraft," presented at AIAA's 9th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, AIAA-2011-5903, San Diego, CA, 31 July – 3 August 2011.
Pederson, D.J., and Harmon, F.G., "Conceptual Design Tool to Analyze Electrochemically-Powered Micro Air Vehicles," presented at AIAA's9th Annual International Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, AIAA-2011-5979, San Diego, CA, 31 July – 3 August 2011.
Hiserote, R., and Harmon, F., “Analysis of Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems,” presented at AIAA’s 8th International Energy Conversion Conference, AIAA-2010-6687, Nashville, TN, 25-28 July 2010.
Hrad, P., andHarmon, F., “Conceptual Design Tool for Hybrid-Electric Fuel Cell Powered MAV Propulsion,” presented at AIAA’s 8th International Energy Conversion Conference, AIAA-2010-6688, Nashville, TN, 25-28 July 2010 (received award for best student paper in Aerospace Power Systems).
Smith, A.L., and Harmon, F.G., “UAS Collision Avoidance Algorithm Minimizing Impact on Route Surveillance,” presented at AIAA’s Guidance, Navigation, and Control Conference, AIAA-2009-6179, Chicago, IL, 10-13 August 2009.
Turan, M., Canfield, R.A., and Harmon, F.G., “Tools for Conceptual Design and Engineering Analysis of Micro Air Vehicles,” presented at the 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA-2009-38, Orlando, FL, 5-8 January 2009.
Harmon, F.G., Frank, A.A, and Chattot, J.J., “Parallel Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System for an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," presented at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems North America 2004 Symposium, Anaheim, CA, 3-5 August 2004 (received award for best technical paper).
Harmon, F.G., Frank, A.A.,and Joshi, S.S., “Application of a CMAC Neural Network to the Control of a Parallel Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System for a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle,' Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Montreal, Canada, pp. 355-360, 31 July – 4 August 2005.
Harmon, F.G.,and Terzuoli, A.J., “Application of a Finite-Volume Time-Domain Maxwell Equation Solver to Three-Dimensional Objects,' presented at AIAA 28th Plasmadynamics and Lasers Conference, AIAA-97-2357, Atlanta, GA, 23-25 June 1997.
Harmon, F.G. and Terzouli, A.J., “Application of a Finite-Volume Time-Domain Method to Three-Dimensional Objects,” Digest of the 1997 IEEE/APS International Symposium, Montreal, Canada, pp. 102-105, 13-18 July 1997.
Harmon, F.G., and Terzuoli, A.J., “Application of a Finite-Volume Time-Domain Technique to Three-Dimensional Objects,” PIERS: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium Proceedings, Cambridge, MA, p. 184, 7-11 July 1997.
Harmon, F.G., and Terzouli, A.J., “Application of a Finite-Volume Time-Domain Technique to Three-Dimensional Objects,” Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Review of Progress in Applied Computational Electromagnetics, Monterey, CA, pp. 374-381, 17-21 March 1997.
Other:
Harmon, F.G., “Ph.D. Dissertation: Neural Network Control of a Parallel Hybrid-Electric Propulsion System for a Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle," Dept. of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California-Davis, Davis, CA, 2005.
Contributor: Burke, Andrew, Marshall Miller, “Ultracapacitor and Fuel Cell Applications,” 20th Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS-20): Powering Sustainable Transportation Proceedings, Long Beach, CA, 15-19 November 2003.
Harmon, F.G., “M.S. Thesis: Application of a Finite-Volume Time-Domain Maxwell Equation Solver to Three-Dimensional Objects,“ Graduate School of Engineering, Air Force Institute of Technology, AFIT/GE/ENG/96D-06, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, December 1996.