• To develop advanced zero-net mass-flux (ZNMF) actuators and validated design tools for active flow control applications
• To improve on the current state of art lumped element model

Aram, E., Mittal, R., and Cattafesta, L., "Toward Simple Boundary Condition Representations of Zero-Net Mass-Flux Actuators in Grazing Flow," AIAA Paper 2009-4018, 39th AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference, San Antonio, TX, June 2009. (Abstract)

Agashe, J., Arnold, D.P., and Cattafesta, L., "Development of Compact Electrodynamic Zero-Net Mass-Flux Actuators ," 47th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, AIAA Paper 2009-1308, January 2009. (Abstract)

Raju, R., Mittal, R., and Cattafesta, L., "Dynamics of Airfoil Separation Control Using Zero-Net Mass-Flux Forcing," AIAA Journal, Vol. 46, No. 12, pp. 3103-3115, December 2008. (Abstract)

Agashe, J., Sheplak, M., Arnold, D.P., and Cattafesta, L., "MEMS-based actuators for flow-control applications," IUTAM Symposium on Flow Control and MEMS, IUTAM Bookseries, Vol. 7, Morrison, J.F.; Birch, D.M.; Lavoie, P. (Eds.), pp. 25-32, 2008. (Abstract)

Cattafesta, L., Arnold, D.P., and Sheplak, M., "Measurement needs and challenges for the characterization of flow control actuators," 25th AIAA Aerodynamic Measurement Technology and Ground Testing Conf., San Francisco, CA, June 2006.