• Professor, Mechanical Engineering
  • Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr. '45 Chair I Professor
  • University Distinguished Professor
  • Member, National Academy of Engineering
  • Permanent Member, Hagler Institute for Advanced Study
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James Hubbard Jr.

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1982
  • M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1979
  • B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - 1977

Research Interests

    • Smart or adaptive structures
    • Real-time shape control of both structures and optical systems
    • Space/time filter design for control of distributed parameter systems
    • Morphing aircraft
    • Multi-rotor drone aircraft control
    • Autonomous vehicles and associated systems
    • Quantum decision making and cognition for human-robot teaming
    • Human-machine interface and brain-computer interface

Awards & Honors

  • ASME Adaptive Structures and Materials Systems Award - 2022
  • Fellow, National Academy of Inventors - 2021
  • Fellow, International Society for Optics and Photonics - 2019
  • Member, Texas Academy of Medicine, Science and Engineering - 2018
  • Fellow, Hagler Institute for Advanced Studies - 2017
  • Lifetime Member, National Academy of Engineers - 2016
  • SPIE Lifetime Achievement Award - 2016
  • Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers - 2015
  • Fellow American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Fellow - 2012
  • Black Engineer of the Year President’s Award - 2002

Selected Publications

  • DIAS, J. N. and HUBBARD Jr., J. E. “Spatial Control of Spanwise Lift Distribution for Gust Alleviation”, AIAA Scitech 2019, (AIAA 2019-0108), doi: 10.2514/6.2019-0108
  • DIAS, J. N. and HUBBARD Jr., J. E. “Modal Identification of Aerodynamic Models for Spanwise Lift Distribution Control.” Journal of Aircraft (2020), pp 1-14, doi: 10.2514/1.C035710
  • Cunningham, M. A., Hubbard Jr., J. E., “Open-Loop Linear Model Identification of a Multirotor Vehicle with Active Feedback Control,” Journal of Aircraft, Accepted for Publication, Apr. 2020.
  • Mondragon, J. M., and Hubbard, J. E., " Mode Switching Phenomenon on Variable Cant Angle Wingletted Wings", AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, January 2020.
  • Weinstein, R., and Hubbard, J. E, “Global Aerodynamic Modeling Using Automated Local Model Networks in Real Time,” AIAA 2020-0762, AIAA Atmospheric Flight Mechanics Conference, Orlando, FL, January 2020.
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