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Michael Warner teaches freshman physics laboratory classes, typically geared towards students going into engineering disciplines. Warner's classes offer a hands-on application of the principles taught in lectures, and involves student interaction with a team. His courses help students to develop their skills in setting up experiments, data gathering, analyzing results, and clear report writing. 

Warner's scholarly expertise is in astronautics, how things move in outer space. His outside interests are exploring (he's been to all 50 states, 40 countries, and over 400 U.S. national park sites), hiking, road cycling, distance running, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and disc golf.

Published Work 

  • D. J. Bayley, T. J. Lawrence, M. S. Warner, “The Capstone Engineering Systems Design Process at the United States Air Force Academy,” Proceedings of the 2002 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, (2002).
  • D. J. Estep, D. H. Hodges, M. S. Warner, “Solution of a Launch Vehicle Trajectory Problem by an Adaptive Finite Element Method,” Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering, v. 190, n. 35-36, pp. 4677 – 4690 (2001).
  • D. J. Estep, D. H. Hodges, M. S. Warner, “Computational Error Estimation and Adaptive Error Control for a Finite Element Solution of Launch Vehicle Trajectory Optimization Problems,” SIAM Journal of Scientific Computing, v. 21, n. 4, pp. 1609 – 1631 (2000, electronic).
  • M. S. Warner, D. H. Hodges, “Solving Optimal Control Problems Using hp-Version Finite Elements in Time,” Journal of Guidance, Control, & Dynamics, v. 23, n. 1, pp. 86 – 94, (2000).
  • M. S. Warner, D. H. Hodges, “Treatment of Control Constraints in Finite Element Solution of Optimal Control Problems,” Journal of Guidance, Control, & Dynamics, v. 22, n. 2, pp. 358 – 360, (1999).
  • M. S. Warner, D. H. Hodges, “Solving Boundary Value Problems using hp-Version Finite Elements in Time,” Int’l Journal for Numerical Methods in Eng, v. 43, pp. 425 – 440, (1998).
  • E. M. Queen, M. S. Warner, D. D. Moerder, “Monte Carlo Simulation of Launch Site Winds at Kennedy Space Center,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, v. 31, n. 2, pp. 249 – 258, (1994).