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Morpheus Laboratory

An early chronophotograph (1887) by Etienne-Jules Marey of a Pelican landing

The brainchild of Dr. James Hubbard, Morpheus Lab is a dynamic research facility focused on aerospace applications of smart materials and structures. The lab has facilities at both the NASA Langley Research Center and the University of Maryland College Park, with additional offices at the National Institute of Aerospace.

Morpheus: to the ancient Greeks he was the God of Dreams. For us lucky few, Morpheus is the place where we turn dreams into reality.

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The Morpheus Mission

The Morpheus Laboratory ("Morpheus") focuses on developing disruptive aerospace technologies based on smart materials. We concentrate on finding revolutionary solutions to real-world problems, with an emphasis on simplicity of concept and elegance of design.

Morpheus intends to benefit society through the generation of scholarship in the fields of adaptive aerospace structures and smart materials. In doing so, Morpheus hopes to bring a new vitality and vision to the aerospace industry.

We at Morpheus believe that all of our experiments should be able to stand up to the rigors of actual flight, and as such we maintain a small squadron of flying testbeds for this purpose.

About Morpheus

Fundamentally, Morpheus Lab exists to support NASA Langley, its mission and its employees, while representing the University of Maryland and offering a unique and rigorous educational experience for its students in tidewater Virginia. This close relationship between the University and NASA is made possible through the auspices of the National Institute of Aerospace.

The primary lab facility for Morpheus is located at the NASA Langley Research Center. This facility is graciously provided by the Advanced Materials and Processing Branch (AMPB) of NASA Langley. We would like to thank Dr. Joycelyn Harrison, the AMPB Branch Head, for her kind support.

Contacting Morpheus

We welcome visitors, questions, and comments. Our contact information is as follows (for calls originating from nations other than the USA or Canada, precede with your country's IDD prefix, followed by country code '1'):