Stephen A. Whitmore

• A base drag reduction experiment on the X-33 Linear Aerospike SR-71 Experiment (LASRE) flight program
• A dynamic response model for pressure sensors in continuum and high Knudsen number flows with large temperature gradients
• Air data position-error calibration using state reconstruction techniques
• An optimal deconvolution method for reconstructing pneumatically distorted near-field sonic boom pressure measurements
• Compensating for pneumatic distortion in pressure sensing devices
• Design and calibration of the X-33 flush airdata sensing (FADS) system
• Development of a closed-loop strap down attitude system for an ultrahigh altitude flight experiment
• Development of a pneumatic high-angle-of-attack flush airdata sensing (HI-FADS) system
• Failure detection and fault management techniques for a pneumatic high-angle-of-attack flush airdata sensing (HI-FADS) system
• Formulation and implementation of nonstationary adaptive estimation algorithm with applications to air-data reconstruction
• In-flight demonstration of a Real-Time Flush Airdata Sensing (RT-FADS) system
• Measurement uncertainty and a feasibility study of a flush airdata system for a hypersonic flight experiment