Learning Modules for Bird and Airplane Morphing

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Learning Modules for Bird and Airplane
Morphing Monique Garcia-Corkern CIS 4914
Senior Project Wednesday, March 22, 2006
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Summary

• Motivation
• Center for Morphing Control desires informative
  website to display their work. They do not have
  time to create it themselves
• The desire to learn more about website design
• Problem
• Develop interactive, user-friendly learning
  modules online in order to teach the basics of
  flight morphing for both birds and airplanes
• Solution
• Combine general information about airplane and
  bird morphing with the Center for Morphing
  Controls progress and results in order to inform
  the public Using Dreamweaver

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Literature Sources

• Hoover, Aaron. Airborne drones, mimicking
  gulls, alter wing shape for agility. University
  of Florida News. 23 August 2005. University of
  Florida. 16 February 2006 lthttp//news.ufl.edu/
  2005/08/23/morphing-planes/gt.
• Source describes aspects of micro air vehicle
  project, potential benefits, and progress that
  has been made
• Ramel, G. Bird Flight. Flight in Birds. 11
  November 2005. Earth-Life Web Productions. 23
  January 2006 lthttp//www.earthlife.net/birds/fligh
  t.htmlgt.
• Source describes the mechanics of bird flight
  (lift, weight, thrust, and drag)
• Weiss, Peter. Wings of Change Shape-shifting
  aircraft may ply future skyways. Science News
  Online. 6 December 2003. Science Service. 28
  January 2006 lthttp//www.sciencenews.org/articles
  /20031206/bob9.aspgt.
• Source describes mechanics of airplane morphing
  and different types of morphing that can be
  implemented

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Literature Sources

• The Dynamics of Airplane Flight. About.
  2006. The New York Times Company. 1 March 2006
  lthttp//inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blai
  rplanedynamics.htmgt.
• Source describes the mechanics of airplane
  flight (lift, weight, thrust, and drag)
• The Parts of an Airplane. About. 2006. The
  New York Times Company. 1 March 2006
  lthttp//inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blai
  rplaneparts.htmgt.
• Source describes airplane parts and their
  functions during flight

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Work Performed

• Write-Up of Learning Modules About Birds
• Basics of Bird Flight
• Basics on Bird Morphing During Flight
• Write-Up of Learning Modules About Airplanes
• Basics of Airplane Flight
• Basics on Airplane Morphing During Flight
• Basic Layout of Webpages
• Small Portions of Code for Webpages
• Portions of the Final Report

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Work to Complete

• Final Draft of Learning Module Content
• Finish Coding Webpages
• Combine Learning Module Content With the
  Webpages
• Test Webpages
• Final Report

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Basic Webpage Layouts
Main Page
Bird Page
Menu Area

• Information About Center for Morphing Control
• Introduction to MAVs

• Link to Bird Flight Information
• Link to Bird Morphing Information

This standard menu will be placed on every webpage
Airplane Page
Contact Page
Source Page

• Link to Airplane Flight Information
• Link to Airplane Morphing Information

Contact Information for the Center for Morphing
Control
Source Citations for the Information in the
Learning Modules