{"id":3190,"date":"2019-04-09T19:56:46","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T00:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/?page_id=3190"},"modified":"2026-01-23T10:16:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T15:16:22","slug":"weav","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/research\/weav\/","title":{"rendered":"WEAV"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle (WEAV):\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtic.mil\/dtic\/tr\/fulltext\/u2\/a564120.pdf?\">WEAV Report<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-3536\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/weav.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/weav.png 641w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/weav-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3538\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVachievements.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"603\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVachievements.png 1493w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVachievements-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVachievements-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVachievements-768x404.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 603px) 100vw, 603px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3540\" src=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVcircular.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVcircular.png 1197w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVcircular-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVcircular-1024x454.png 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.eng.ufl.edu\/aprg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/729\/2019\/09\/WEAVcircular-768x341.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><i><b>Published Report:<\/b><\/i><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtic.mil\/dtic\/tr\/fulltext\/u2\/a564120.pdf?\">Demonstration of a Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu\/news-weav.htm\">WEAV News<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Concept of the WEAV<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We propose a vehicle which employs no moving parts and assures near instanteous response time with 360 deg maneuverability.<\/p>\n<h6><b>Goal<\/b>: Fundamental development in the plasma based flow actuation using atmospheric medium:<\/h6>\n<p>(a) to improve at least an order of magnitude in thrust generation;<\/p>\n<p>(b) to improve at least an order of magnitude in power\/weight ratio.<\/p>\n<div id=\"banner_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<h6><b>Plasma Thruster:<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>Dr. Subrata Roy<\/p>\n<p>Ryan Durscher<\/p>\n<p>Mark Riherd<\/p>\n<p>Tomas Houba<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<h6><b>Micromachining:<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>Dr. Tony Schmitz<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Blood<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<h6><b>Power Management:<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>Dr. Jenshan Lin<\/p>\n<p>Carlton Thompson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<h6><b>Microfab\/Magnetics:<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>Dr. David Arnold<\/p>\n<p>Justin Zito<\/p>\n<p>David Becker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"banner\">\n<h6><b>Flight Dynamics:<\/b><\/h6>\n<p>Dr. Rick Lind<\/p>\n<p>Dong Tran<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h6><i><b>Patents:\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/h6>\n<p>&#8220;Wingless Hovering of Micro Air Vehicle (WHOMAV),&#8221;<br \/>\n(a) <a href=\"http:\/\/cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu\/pdf\/2015\/US008960595.pdf\">United States Patent No. 8,960,595<\/a> Issued on February 24, 2015.<br \/>\n(b) <a href=\"http:\/\/cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu\/pdf\/2013\/US8382029.pdf\">United States Patent No. 8,382,029<\/a> Issued on February 26, 2013.<br \/>\n(c) Hong Kong Patent No. 1129642B Issued on June 29, 2012.<br \/>\n(d) <a href=\"http:\/\/cpdlt.mae.ufl.edu\/pdf\/2012\/26O2006-Patent.pdf\">Chinese Patent ZL200780036093.1 <\/a> Issued on October 19, 2011.<br \/>\n(e) <a href=\"https:\/\/data.epo.org\/publication-server\/rest\/v1.0\/publication-dates\/20111012\/patents\/EP2046640NWB1\/document.pdf\"> European Patent EP 2,046,640<\/a> Issued on October 12, 2011.<br \/>\n(f) National phase in Japan<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wingless Electromagnetic Air Vehicle (WEAV):\u00a0 WEAV Report Published Report: Demonstration of a Wingless Electromagnetic Air 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