Richard Hale
Research Interest
Composite materials and structures
Unmanned Aerial Systems
Experimental stress analysis
Laboratory
Composite Materials
Education
B.S. 1988 Iowa State University
M.S. 1991 Washington University
Ph.D. 1995 Iowa State University
Current Research Projects
Center for Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets, NSF Science & Technology Center grant-Co-PI, Air Vehicles Lead, Associate Director for Technology
EcoSAR The first P-band Digital Beamforming Polarimetric Interferometric SAR instrument to measure Ecosystem Structure, Biomass and Water, NASA IIP, Co-PI (institutional PI).
Radar Instrumentation for DC-8 for Measurements over Antarctic Ice, NASA-Co-PI, Air Vehicles Lead
NASA National Space Grant Consortium College and Fellowship Program, NASA-PI, Institutional Director
Development of a Collaborative Transportation Vehicle Prototyping Center, With Initial Application to a Low Altitude Medium Endurance UAV for Transportation Research, KU Transportation Research Center-PI
Integrated Radar Instrumentation for Deployment During the NASA 2010 Operation Ice Bridge Field Campaign to Greenland, NASA-Co-PI, Air Vehicles Lead
Measurement, Materials and Sustainable Environment Center (M2SEC), NIST, Co-I, Composite Materials Lead
Electromagnetic Environmental Concerns for Carbon-Fiber Composite Structures, Aircraft Design and Manufacturing Research Center, Co-I