PEOPLE

Franz S. Hover

Academic Preparation:

Sc.D. in Mechanical and Oceanographic Engineering, January 1993, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
S.M. in Mechanical and Oceanographic Engineering, August 1989, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, May 1987, Ohio Northern University, Ada, OH

Appointments:

2007-present : Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Ocean Engineering
2001-2007: Principal Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1997-2001: Research Engineer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1993-1995: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Monterey Bay Aqaurium Research Institute
1992-present: Consultant: American Electronics, Woods Hole Marine Systems, Advanced Marine Technologies, Bluefin Robotics, FlatGyro, BAE Systems, Disney Imagineering, Impossible Pictures

Four Recent Publications:

Hover, F.S., and M.S. Triantafyllou, "Application of Polynomial Chaos in Stability and Control," Automatica, 46, 789-795, 2006
Beal, D.N., F.S. Hover, and M.S. Triantafyllou, "Passive Propulsion in Vortex Wakes," Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 549, 385-402, 2006
Rentschler, M.E., F.S. Hover, and C. Chryssostomidis 2006. "System Identification of Open-Loop Maneuvers Leads to Improved AUV Flight Performance," IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 31(1), 200-208
Hover, F.S., and M.S. Triantafyllou, "Dynamic Optimization with Legendre Chaos," Automatica, accepted, 2007

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