jmd99 {at} cornell.edu

I am a PhD candidate at Cornell University.

• I belong to the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and specifically in the Dynamics and Controls group.
• I research ornithopters and piezoelectric power harvesting devices in the laboratory of Prof. Ephrahim Garcia.
• I graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University at Buffalo in May of 2004.

Publications (abstracts):

• Dietl, J. M. and Garcia, E., "Stability in Ornithopter Longitudinal Flight Dynamics," Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, Vol. 31(4), pp. 1157-1163, 2008.
• Reissman, T., Dietl, J. M., and Garcia, E., "Modeling and Experimental Verification of Geometry Effects on Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters," 17th International Symposium on the Applications of Ferroelectrics, February 24-27, Santa Fe, NM, 2008, (in press).
• Dietl, J. M. and Garcia, E., "Stability in Hovering Ornithopter Flight," Smart Structures and Materials 2008: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 9-13, San Diego, CA., 2008, (in press).
• Dietl, J. M. and Garcia, E., "Ornithopter Flight Stabilization," Smart Structures and Materials 2007: Active and Passive Smart Structures and Integrated Systems, March 18-22, San Diego, CA. published in: Proc. SPIE Vol. 6525, 65250K, 2007.
• Dietl, J. M. and Garcia, E., "MEMS Power Harvesting Concepts," CanSmart International Workshop on Smart Materials and Smart Structures, October 12-13, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2006.
• Dietl, J. M., "Dynamics of Ornithopter Flight," AIAA Region I-NE Student Conference, March 31, Syracuse, NY, 2006.
• Dietl, J. M. and Garcia, E., "Kinematic Variation and Modeling for Design in Ornithoptic Flight," ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, November 5-11, Orlando, FL, 2005.