Franz S. Hover

A. H. Techet, X. Zhang, M. J. Wolfgang, J. M. Kumph, F. S. Hover, D. K. P. Yue, M. S. Triantafyllou, E. J. Anderson, W. R. McGillis, M. A. Grosenbaugh; Flow control of flexible-hull vehicles, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Unmanned Untethered Submersible Technology, vol. 11, pp. 162 - 171, August 1999.

Hanumant Singh, Martin Bowen, Franz Hover, Phillip LeBas, Dana Yoerger; Intelligent docking for an autonomous ocean sampling network, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'97 Conference, pp. 1126 - 1131, September 1997.

Hanumant Singh, Josko Catipovic, Robert Eastwood, Lee Freitag, Henrich Henriksen, Franz Hover, Dana Yoerger, James G. Bellingham, Bradley A. Moran; An integrated approach to multiple AUV communications, navigation and docking, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'96 Conference, pp. 59 - 64, September 1996.

Franz S. Hover, Mark A. Grosenbaugh, Michael S. Triantafyllou; Calculation of dynamic motions and tensions in towed underwater cables, IEEE J. Oceanic Eng., vol. 19, pp. 449 - 457, July 1994.

Franz S. Hover, James B. Newman; ROV deployment design for performance and survivability, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'94 Conference, pp. 477 - 482, September 1994.

Franz S. Hover; Experiments in dynamic positioning of a towed pipe, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'93 Conference, pp. 484 - 490, October 1993.

Franz S. Hover, Dana R. Yoerger; Full-Scale Experiments in Open-Loop Positioning of a Deep Towfish, Proceedings of IEEE OCEANS'92 Conference, pp. 906 - 911, October 1992.

Franz Hover; Parametric Identification Of Deeply-Towed Vehicle Systems Using An Analytical Model And Experimental Data, Proceedings of MTS/IEEE OCEANS'89 Conference, p. 1715, September 1989.

Franz S. Hover received the B.S.M.E. degree from Ohio Northern University in 1987. He proceeded to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program in Oceanic Engineering, where he received the M.S. degree in 1989 and Sc.D. degree in 1993.

He is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. His research interests include dynamics of ocean systems and nonlinear control system design.