Computational Multi-physics Systems Laboratory | Virginia Tech

Computational Multi-physics Systems Laboratory was established at Virginia Tech since August 2008. The primary research areas are as follows:

Material Characterization

1. Full-field strain measurements
2. Online stochastic characterization of composites
3. Online damage prediction of composites

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) and Non-Destructive Evaluation (NDE)

1. Stochastic defect identification under sensor uncertainties
2. Hybrid SHM/NDE method for defect identification
3. Hybrid material/geometry method for micro-crack identification

Bayesian Robotics

1. Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
2. Robotic monitoring of indoor environments
3. Autonomous Bayesian search and tracking (SAT)
4. Cooperative search, tracking, localization and mapping (STLAM)
5. Platform- and hardware-in-the-loop simulator (PHILS)
6. Non-line-of-sight localization

Autonomous Vehicles

1. Autonomous mini ground vehicles
2. Autonomous rotary-wing MAVs (MAVSTAR): Drs. Furukawa and Mak are the founders of MAVSTAR project
3. Large unmanned ground vehicles
4. Visualization of flapping-wing MAVs