Matthew Bryant

Analysis and Experimental Validation of a Low-Complexity Enhanced Orientation-Based Controller for Tethered Energy-Harvesting Systems

Fine, J. B., Newell, P., Govindarajan, K., McGuire, C., Paris, P., Matthias, G., … Vermillion, C. (2025, April 28). IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 4.

Fused portfolio optimization for harnessing marine renewable energy resources

Maceda, M., Miller, R., Faria, V. A. D., Bryant, M., Vermillion, C., & Queiroz, A. R. (2025, December 12). Energy.

Model-Based Control Allocation During State Transitions of a Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundle

Kim, J. Y., & Bryant, M. (2025, May 8). Actuators, Vol. 14.

Optimal Cyclic Control of a Structurally Constrained Morphing Energy-Harvesting Kite Using an Experimentally Validated Simulation Model

Fine, J. B., McGuire, C. M., Williams, V. O., Jenkins, M., McDaniel, H., Keele, M., … Vermillion, C. (2025, January 9). IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 1.

Strain Amplification via Helically Braided Fiber Reinforced Sleeve for Soft Material Energy Harvesting

Duan, E., Jaseem, S. A., Kim, J. Y., Dickey, M. D., & Bryant, M. (2025, March 19). Advanced Materials Technologies.

A low-order modeling approach for analyzing the performance of coaxial, counter-rotating ocean current turbines: The equivalent single rotor model

Karpinski, J., Ramm, C., Razi, P., Granlund, K., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A. P., & Ramaprabhu, P. (2024, December 29). Renewable Energy, Vol. 241.

Algorithm for Locomotion Mode Selection, Energy Estimation and Path Planning for a Multi-terrain Screw-Propelled Vehicle for Arctic Exploration

Beknalkar, S., Bryant, M., & Mazzoleni, A. (2024, July 15). 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Vol. 7, pp. 1462–1467.

Demonstration and Dynamic Model Validation of Underwater Locomotion of a Submersible Screw-Propelled Vehicle

Beknalkar, S., Bishop, R., Bryant, M., & Mazzoleni, A. (2024, September 23). OCEANS 2024 - Halifax.

Design, Prototyping, and Experimentation of a Dual Helical Drive Vehicle for Underwater Exploration

Bishop, R., Wright, J., Beknalkar, S., Juarez-Vera, R., Yount, K., Stimach, M., … Mazzoleni, A. (2024, September 23). OCEANS 2024 - Halifax.

Development and Modal Characterization of a Scaled Underwater Kite Wing

McGuire, C. M., & Bryant, M. (2024, October 9). River Publishers EBooks, pp. 27–36.

Experimental Validation of an Iterative Learning-Based Flight Trajectory Optimizer for an Underwater Kite

Reed, J., Naik, K., Abney, A., Herbert, D., Fine, J., Vadlamannati, A., … Vermillion, C. (2024, February 12). IEEE Transactions on Control Systems Technology, Vol. 32, pp. 1240–1253.

Genetic algorithm-based optimal design for fluidic artificial muscle (FAM) bundles

Duan, E., & Bryant, M. (2024, November 21). Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 20.

Hardware-in-the-loop dynamic load emulation of robotic systems actuated by fluidic artificial muscles

Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2024, April 25). Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures.

Implications of Structural and Buoyancy Constraints on the Design of Marine Hydrokinetic Energy-Harvesting Kites

Maceda, M., Bryant, M., & Vermillion, C. (2024, September 23). OCEANS 2024 - Halifax.

Investigation of the tradeoffs between tracking performance and energetics in heterogeneous variable recruitment fluidic artificial muscle bundles

Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2024, July 17). Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 19, p. 056010.

Marine Hydrokinetic Farm Optimization for Coaxial Dual-Rotor Turbines

Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., Ramaprabhu, P., & Granlund, K. (2024, July 22). IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering.

Radially-azimuthally discretized blade-element momentum theory for skewed coaxial turbines

Williams, V. O., Agrawal, S., Granlund, K., Mazzoleni, A. P., & Bryant, M. (2024, December 6). Ocean Engineering, Vol. 12.

Technoeconomic optimization of coaxial hydrokinetic turbines

Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., & Granlund, K. (2024, December 10). Renewable Energy, Vol. 239.

Underwater Dynamics, Controls and Trajectory Tracking of an Amphibious Screw-propelled Vehicle for Arctic Exploration

Beknalkar, S., Bryant, M., Darbha, S., & Mazzoleni, A. (2024, July 15). 2024 IEEE International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), Vol. 10, pp. 1353–1358.

Utilizing Machine Learning to Predict Limit Cycle Oscillation Characteristics in Aeroelastic Wing

Hall, D. A., Lynch, R. W., Hughes, M. T., Bryant, M., & Gopalarathnam, A. (2024, January 4). AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum.

Variable-Stiffness Power Take-Off System for Broadband Ocean Wave Energy Point Absorbers

Mabe, O., McGuire, C., Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2024, September 9). ASME 2024 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.

A Dynamic Model for Underwater Propulsion of an Amphibious Rover Developed From Kane’s Method

Donohue, B., Beknalkar, S., Bryant, M., & Mazzoleni, A. (2023, October 29). Volume 6: Dynamics, Vibration, and Control.

Aeroelastic Limit Cycle Oscillation Analysis of Two Geometrically Identical Wings with Differing Mass Properties

Sites, E., & Bryant, M. (2023, January 1). 2023 Regional Student Conferences.

Blade element momentum theory for a skewed coaxial turbine

Elfering, K., Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Mazzoleni, A., Bryant, M., & Granlund, K. (2023, January 3). Ocean Engineering, Vol. 269, p. 113555.

Correction: Duan, E.; Bryant, M. Implications of Spatially Constrained Bipennate Topology on Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundle Actuation. Actuators 2022, 11, 82

Duan, E., & Bryant, M. (2023, February 13). Actuators, Vol. 12.

Design and Construction of a Terrestrial Testing Rig for Experimental Characterization of Multi-Terrain Screw-Propelled Vehicle Dynamics

Lynch, R., Beknalkar, S., Bishop, R., Crow, A., Donohue, B., Pacheco-Cay, C., … Bryant, M. (2023, October 29). Volume 6: Dynamics, Vibration, and Control.

Design and Integration of a Hydroelastic Solver in the Dynamic Model of a Scaled Marine Hydrokinetic Kite

McGuire, C. M., & Bryant, M. (2023, September 30). River Publishers EBooks, pp. 97–106.

Design, Prototyping, and Experiments Using Small-Scale Helical Drive Rover for Multi-Terrain Exploration

Vadlamannati, A., Beknalkar, S., Best, D., Bryant, M., & Mazzoleni, A. (2023, October 29). Volume 6: Dynamics, Vibration, and Control.

Electrohydraulic System Analysis of Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundles With Interaction Effects

Kim, J. Y., & Bryant, M. (2023, November 18). Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 146.

Modeling Underwater Propulsion of a Helical Drive Using Computational Fluid Dynamics for an Amphibious Rover

Donohue, B., Beknalkar, S., Bishop, R., Bryant, M., & Mazzoleni, A. (2023, October 29). Volume 6: Dynamics, Vibration, and Control.

Modeling and Analysis of Terrestrial Locomotion Dynamics of Helical Drive-Propelled Multi-Terrain Vehicles

Beknalkar, S., Varanwal, A., Lynch, R., Bryant, M., & Mazzoleni, A. (2023, October 29). Volume 6: Dynamics, Vibration, and Control.

Modulation and Annihilation of Aeroelastic Limit-Cycle Oscillations Using a Variable-Frequency Disturbance Generator

Hughes, M. T., Gopalarathnam, A., & Bryant, M. (2023, February 13). AIAA Journal, Vol. 61, pp. 1447–1461.

Numerical Study of Circular-Cylinder Disturbance Generators with Rigid Splitter Plates

Jenkins, M., Babu, A. V. S., Bryant, M., & Gopalarathnam, A. (2023, November 3). AIAA Journal, Vol. 10.

Optimal Cyclic Control of a Structurally Constrained Span-Morphing Underwater Kite in a Spatiotemporally Varying Flow

Fine, J. B., McGuire, C. M., Reed, J., Bryant, M., & Vermillion, C. (2023, May 31). 2023 American Control Conference (ACC), pp. 2084–2090.

Pool-Based Tow System for Testing Tethered Hydrokinetic Devices Being Developed to Harvest Energy From Ocean Currents

Vadlamannati, A., Herbert, D., Naik, K., Bryant, S., Mook, M., Leonard, Z., … Mazzoleni, A. (2023, February 27). Marine Technology Society Journal.

Toward Active Control of Limit Cycle Oscillations in an Aeroelastic Wing Using a Variable Frequency Flow Disturbance Generator

Hughes, M. T., Hall, D., Gopalarathnam, A., & Bryant, M. (2023, October 13). River Publishers EBooks, pp. 205–213.

Analytical wake model for coaxial dual-rotor turbines

Hassan, M., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A., Ramaprabhu, P., & Granlund, K. (2022, October 17). OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Vol. 1, pp. 1–7.

Autonomous Closed-Loop Experimental Characterization and Dynamic Model Validation of a Scaled Underwater Kite

Abney, A., Reed, J., Naik, K., Bryant, S., Herbert, D., Leonard, Z., … Vermillion, C. (2022, March 19). Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 7.

Characterization of the Steady-State Operating Conditions of Tethered Coaxial Turbines

Williams, V. O., Bryant, S., Agrawal, S., Mazzoleni, A. P., Granlund, K., Ramaprabhu, P., & Bryant, M. (2022, October 17). OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Vol. 10, pp. 1–10.

Control of a dynamic load emulator for hardware-in-the-loop testing of fluidic artificial muscle bundles

Mazzoleni, N., Kim, J. Y., & Bryant, M. J. (2022, April 20). BIOINSPIRATION, BIOMIMETICS, AND BIOREPLICATION XII, Vol. 12041.

Demonstration of a Towed Coaxial Turbine Subscale Prototype for Hydrokinetic Energy Harvesting in Skew

Agrawal, S., Williams, V. O., Tong, X., Hassan, M., Muglia, M., Bryant, M., … Mazzoleni, A. P. (2022, October 17). OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Vol. 10, pp. 1–8.

Experimental investigation of boundary condition effects in bipennate fluidic artificial muscle bundles

Hart, R., Duan, E., & Bryant, M. J. (2022, April 20). BIOINSPIRATION, BIOMIMETICS, AND BIOREPLICATION XII, Vol. 12041.

Implications of Spatially Constrained Bipennate Topology on Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundle Actuation

Duan, E., & Bryant, M. (2022, March 9). Actuators, Vol. 11.

Increased Energy Conversion with a Horizontal Axis Turbine in Translation

Metoyer, R., Bryant, M., Granlundt, K., & Mazzoleni, A. (2022, October 17). OCEANS 2022, Hampton Roads, Vol. 3, pp. 1–10.

Leading-edge-vortex tailoring on unsteady airfoils using an inverse aerodynamic approach

Babu, A. V. S., Narsipur, S., Bryant, M., & Gopalarathnam, A. (2022, May 1). Physics of Fluids, Vol. 34.

Motor unit buckling in variable recruitment fluidic artificial muscle bundles: implications and mitigations

Mazzoleni, N., Kim, J. Y., & Bryant, M. (2022, January 10). Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 31.

Sensor Fusion Observer Design and Experimental Validation for an Underwater Kite

Leonard, Z., Bryant, S., Naik, K., Abney, A., Herbert, D., Fathy, H., … Vermillion, C. (2022, June 8). 2022 American Control Conference (ACC), Vol. 50, pp. 3114–3119.

Control and Control Allocation for Bimodal, Rotary Wing, Rolling–Flying Vehicles

Atay, S., Bryant, M., & Buckner, G. (2021, April 27). Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 13.

Design of Pennate Topology Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundles Under Spatial Constraints

Duan, E., & Bryant, M. (2021, September 14). ASME 2021 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.

Design, analysis, and validation of an orderly recruitment valve for bio-inspired fluidic artificial muscles

Vemula, D., Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2021, December 15). Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 17.

Finite wing lift during water-to-air transition

Weisler, W. A., Waghela, R., Granlund, K., & Bryant, M. (2021, May 12). Physical Review Fluids, Vol. 6.

Free strain gradient reversal of a variable recruitment fluidic artificial muscle bundle

Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2021, March 19). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 11586.

Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimal Design of a Rolling-Flying Vehicle

Jenkins, T., Atay, S., Buckner, G., & Bryant, M. (2021, April 7). Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 13.

Modeling of Resistive Forces and Buckling Behavior in Variable Recruitment Fluidic Artificial Muscle Bundles

Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2021, February 26). Actuators.

Modeling, simulation, and equilibrium analysis of tethered coaxial dual-rotor ocean current turbines

Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Elfering, K., Bryant, M., Granlund, K., & Mazzoleni, A. (2021, June 15). Energy Conversion and Management, Vol. 9, p. 113929.

The Spherical Rolling-Flying Vehicle: Dynamic Modeling and Control System Design

Atay, S., Bryant, M., & Buckner, G. (2021, April 9). Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, Vol. 13.

Theoretical and experimental investigation of an unsteady airfoil in the presence of external flow disturbances

SureshBabu, A. V., Medina, A., Rockwood, M., Bryant, M., & Gopalarathnam, A. (2021, July 1). Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol. 921.

Aeroelastic inverse: Estimation of aerodynamic loads during large amplitude limit cycle oscillations

Kirschmeier, B., Pash, G., Gianikos, Z., Medina, A., Gopalarathnam, A., & Bryant, M. (2020, September 16). Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 98.

Amplitude Annihilation in Wake-Influenced Aeroelastic Limit-Cycle Oscillations

Kirschmeier, B. A., Gianikos, Z., Gopalarathnam, A., & Bryant, M. (2020, July 17). AIAA Journal, Vol. 58, pp. 4117–4127.

Design and testing of a centrifugal fluidic device for populating microarrays of spheroid cancer cell cultures

Weisler, W., Miller, S., Jernigan, S., Buckner, G., & Bryant, M. (2020, March 12). Journal of Biological Engineering, Vol. 14.

Development and Demonstration of an Orderly Recruitment Valve for Fluidic Artificial Muscles

Kim, J. Y., Mazzoleni, N., Vemula, D., & Bryant, M. (2020, September 15). ASME 2020 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems.

Development and demonstration of an orderly recruitment valve for fluidic artificial muscles

ASME 2020 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2020.

Dynamic Modeling for Bi-Modal, Rotary Wing, Rolling-Flying Vehicles

Atay, S., Buckner, G., & Bryant, M. (2020, July 2). Journal of Dynamic Systems Measurement and Control, Vol. 142.

Energetic analysis and optimization of a bi-modal rolling-flying vehicle

Atay, S., Jenkins, T., Buckner, G., & Bryant, M. (2020, March 1). International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications, Vol. 4, pp. 3–20.

Experimental analysis of dual coaxial turbines in skew

Metoyer, R., Chatterjee, P., Elfering, K., Bryant, M., Granlund, K., & Mazzoleni, A. (2020, August 8). Ocean Engineering, Vol. 215, p. 107877.

Limit cycle characterization of an aeroelastic wing in a bluff body wake

Gianikos, Z. N., Kirschmeier, B. A., Gopalarathnam, A., & Bryant, M. (2020, April 18). Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 95.

Pennate actuators: force, contraction and stiffness

Jenkins, T., & Bryant, M. (2020, April 2). Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 15.

Real-Time Power Optimization of a Bi-Modal Rolling-Flying Vehicle via Extremum Seeking Control

Atay, S., Bryant, M., & Buckner, G. (2020, July 1). Proceedings of the American Control Conference, pp. 5114–5118.

Tailored Bluff Body Motion for Generating Desired Wake Structures

Chatterjee, P., Jenkins, M., Babu, A. V. S., Medina, A., Gopalarathnam, A., & Bryant, M. (2020, June 8). AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM.

The effect of resistive forces in variable recruitment fluidic artificial muscle bundles: a configuration study

Mazzoleni, N., Kim, J. Y., & Bryant, M. (2020, April 24). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 11374.

Analysis of tension-tunable clamped–clamped piezoelectric beams for harvesting energy from wind and vibration

Chatterjee, P., & Bryant, M. (2019, July 23). Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 30, pp. 2405–2420.

Bio-inspired orderly recruitment valve for fluidic artificial muscles

Vemula, D., & Bryant, M. (2019, March 13). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 10965.

Dual-Actuator Disc Theory for Turbines in Yaw

Khatri, D. N., Chatterjee, P., Metoyer, R., Mazzoleni, A. P., Bryant, M., & Granlund, K. O. (2019, January 23). AIAA Journal, Vol. 57, pp. 2204–2208.

Dynamic Modeling of Passively Draining Structures for Aerial–Aquatic Unmanned Vehicles

Stewart, W., Weisler, W., Anderson, M., Bryant, M., & Peters, K. (2019, March 19). IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, Vol. 45, pp. 840–850.

Toward synergistic performance of integrated solar-wind hybrid energy harvesting structures

Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2019, March 21). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 10967.

Variable stiffness soft robotics using pennate muscle architecture

Jenkins, T. E., & Bryant, M. (2019, March 13). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 10965.

Aeroelastic-photovoltaic ribbons for integrated wind and solar energy harvesting

Chatterjee, P., & Bryant, M. (2018, June 11). Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 27.

Bio-inspired passive variable recruitment of fluidic artificial muscles

Chapman, E., & Bryant, M. (2018, March 27). Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, Vol. 10593.

Bioinspired passive variable recruitment of fluidic artificial muscles

Chapman, E. M., & Bryant, M. (2018, July 9). Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 29, pp. 3067–3081.

Control design in cyber-physical fluid–structure interaction experiments

Waghela, R., Bryant, M., & Wu, F. (2018, July 7). Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 82, pp. 86–100.

Design and analysis of electrohydraulic pressure systems for variable recruitment in fluidic artificial muscles

Chapman, E. M., Jenkins, T., & Bryant, M. (2018, August 21). Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 27.

Design and demonstration of a seabird-inspired fixed-wing hybrid UAV-UUV system

Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 13(5), 056013.

Development and analysis of non-conventional elastomer infused composite artificial muscles

International SAMPE Technical Conference, 2018-May. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85050392757&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Experimental investigation of wake-induced aeroelastic limit cycle oscillations in tandem wings

Kirschmeier, B., & Bryant, M. (2018, May 29). Journal of Fluids and Structures, Vol. 81, pp. 309–324.

Integrating Model-Based Systems Engineering and Uncertainty Quantification to Design Optimum Aircraft Test Campaigns

Gianikos, Z. N., Kirschmeier, B. A., & Bryant, M. (2018, June 24). 2018 Applied Aerodynamics Conference.

Investigation of a Novel Approach for Ocean Current Power Generation: The Inclined-Axis Coaxial Turbine

Khatri, D. N., Chatterjee, P., Metoyer, R., Bryant, M., Mazzoleni, A. P., & Granlund, K. O. (2018, October 1). OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, OCEAN 2018.

Model-based feedforward and cascade control of hydraulic McKibben muscles

Meller, M., Kogan, B., Bryant, M., & Garcia, E. (2018, March 25). Sensors and Actuators A Physical, Vol. 275, pp. 88–98.

Control Design for High-Fidelity Cyber-Physical Systems With Applications to Experimental Fluid-Structure Interaction Studies

Waghela, R., & Bryant, M. (2017, September 18). ASME 2017 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, SMASIS 2017, Vol. 2.

Experimental investigation of flow induced limit cycle oscillations in a tensioned ribbon

Chatterjee, P., Mazzoleni, N., & Bryant, M. (2017, April 11). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10164.

Experimental investigation of low aspect ratio, large amplitude, aeroelastic energy harvesting systems

Kirschmeier, B., Summerour, J., & Bryant, M. (2017, April 11). Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10164.

Linear dynamometer testing of hydraulic artificial muscles with variable recruitment

Chipka, J., Meller, M. A., Volkov, A., Bryant, M., & Garcia, E. (2017, January 12). Journal of Intelligent Material Systems and Structures, Vol. 28, pp. 2051–2063.

Modeling and analysis of a meso-hydraulic climbing robot with artificial muscle actuation

Chapman, E. M., Jenkins, T. E., & Bryant, M. (2017, July 10). Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, Vol. 12.

Testing and Characterization of a Fixed Wing Cross-Domain Unmanned Vehicle Operating in Aerial and Underwater Environments

IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 43(4), 969–982.