ONGOING ACTIVITIES

Electric and hybrid-electric aircraft design, analysis, and operations.
Design of innovative fixed-wing and rotary-wing configurations.
Strategies for electric and hybrid-electric fleet switching.
Contactless rotor flapping measurement systems.
Simulation of low-noise rotorcraft terminal trajectories.
Cockpit instrumentation for rotorcraft noise monitoring (Pilot Acoustic Indicator).
Optimal propeller design.
Rotorcraft control, dynamics, and aeroelasticity.
Comprehensive Flight Test Instrumentation (FTI) system for light aircraft.
Flight testing for the development and certification of a new ultralight aircraft.
Optimal trajectory planning for agricultural and environmental aerial missions.
Automated flight test procedures for UAVs.

FUTURE PLANS

Electric rotorcraft design and simulation.
Continuing enhancement of comprehensive rotorcraft simulation tools.
Validation of a novel formulation for airplane trim and stability through flight testing.

ERC KEYWORDS

PE81 Aerospace engineering
PE84 Computational engineering
PE71 Control engineering
PE73 Simulation engineering and modelling

FREE KEYWORDS

Aircraft design.
Electric propulsion in aviation.
Fixed-wing aircraft modelling and simulation.
Rotary-wing aircraft modelling and simulation.
Trajectory optimization.
Onboard sensor systems.
Cockpit instrumentation.
Flight testing.