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Section Board for 'Aeronautics' (52)

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Prof. Dr. Sergey Leonov
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Section Editor-in-Chief
Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 109 Hessert Lab, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Interests: experimental plasma aerodynamics; weakly ionized plasma generation; flow actuation by electrical discharges; plasma-assisted combustion; diagnostics of low-temperature plasma; hypersonics; aerothermodynamics; high-speed combustion
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Prof. Dr. Domenico Accardo
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DII—Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale Vincenzo Tecchio, 80, Naples, Italy
Interests: unmanned aircraft system; unmanned underwater vehicles; autonomous vehicles; integrated navigation systems; mems inertial sensors; data fusion; sense and avoid; collision avoidance; air traffic management; unmanned traffic management
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Prof. Dr. Gustaaf (Guus) Jacobs
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Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive (Room 306), San Diego, CA 92182, USA
Interests: high-speed flow; particle-laden flow; flow separation; flow control; computational physics; higher-order flow solvers; discontinuous Galerkin methods
Dr. Carmine Carmicino
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Università di Napoli "Federico II", Dipartimento Ingn Ind, I-80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: chemical propulsion, fluid dynamics
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Prof. Dr. Luís M.B.C. Campos

Center for Aeronautical and Space Science and Technology (CCTAE), IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa Codex, Portugal
Interests: aeroacoustics; magnetohydrodynamics; flight dynamics and performance; solar-terrestrial and stellar astrophysics; special functions and differintegration operators
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Prof. Dr. Cengiz Camci
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Turbomachinery Aero-Heat Transfer Laboratory, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, 223 Hammond Building, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Interests: fluid dynamics; turbine and compressor aerodynamics; convective heat transfer in turbomachinery; turbine cooling; design of small gas turbines for UAV/RPV applications; fluid dynamics testing of helicopter rotors
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Dr. Paul Bruce
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Department of Aeronautics, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Interests: high-speed aerodynamics; unsteady compressible flow; experimental methods; transonic/supersonic flow control; experiment/computation comparison
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Prof. Dr. Christian Breitsamter
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Chair of Aerodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Munich, 85748 Munich, Germany
Interests: aerodynamic configuration; turbulent flows and high-lift, highly agile configurations; unsteady aerodynamics and aeroelasticity; helicopter aerodynamics; rotor and propeller aerodynamics; membrane wings and fluid–structure interaction
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Prof. Dr. Chiara Bisagni
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Aerospace Structures and Computational Mechanics, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629HS Delft, The Netherlands
Interests: aerospace structures; composite structures; buckling and post-buckling; crashworthiness; damage progression in composites; fatigue
Prof. Dr. Hikaru Aono
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Department of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics, Faculty of Textile Science and Technology, Shinshu University, Nagano 386-8567, Japan
Interests: biological mechanical and aerospace engineering and science; biological flight and animal locomotion; bioinspired flapping wing aerial robots
Dr. David Anderson
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Aerospace Sciences Research Division, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Interests: autonomous systems; multi-agent & multi-resolution simulation; nonlinear control; operational analysis and flight dynamics & control
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Dr. Giuliano Allegri
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, University Walk, Clifton BS8 1TR, Bristol, UK
Interests: composite materials/structures; probabilistic aspects of material fatigue; aeroelastic design
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Dr. Rafic Ajaj
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Interests: morphing aircraft; aircraft design; adaptive/smart structures; aircraft structures; UAVs; acoustic fatigue
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Prof. Dr. Harry H. Hilton
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1. Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering, Aerospace Engineering Department, Grainger College of Engineering, 1308 W Green St, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
2. NCSA Senior Academic Lead for Computational Structural/Solid Mechanics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 104 S. Wright Street, 316 TALBOT LAB., MC-236 Urbana, IL 61801-2935, USA
Interests: viscoelasticity; nonlinear aero-viscoelasticity; creep buckling; material property characterization; failure criteria; stability & control
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Prof. Dr. Shijun Guo
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Professor of Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Center of Aeronautics, School of Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, UK
Interests: composite structures; multidisciplinary design optimization; aeroelasticity; flapping wing MAV; composite structural health monitoring
Prof. Dr. Tiegang Fang
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Professor of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
Interests: combustion; liquid atomization and spray; multiphase flow; heat and mass transfer
Dr. Erinc Erdem
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School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK and TUSAS Engine Industries (TEI), Eskisehir, TURKEY
Interests: aerothermal analysis; turbomachinery; modeling and simulation; ground testing; measurement techniques; propulsion
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Prof. Dr. Grigorios Dimitriadis
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Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Liège, 4000 Liège, Belgium
Interests: aeroelasticity; structural dynamics; system identification; nonlinear dynamics
Dr. Doni Daniel
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Department of Aerospace and Aircraft Engineering, Kingston University, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey KT1 1LQ, UK
Interests: surface coatings; high temperature materials for aerospace applications; tribology, mechanical behaviour of materials; aircraft structures; composites
Prof. Dr. Andrea Da-Ronch
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Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton SO171BJ, UK
Interests: aerodynamics; structures; aeroelasticity; model reduction; control
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Prof. Dr. Kung-Ming Chung
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Director for Aerospace Science and Technology Research Center, National Cheng Kung University, 2500 Sec. 1, Chung-Cheng S. Rd, Guiren, Tainan 711, Taiwan
Interests: aerodynamics; energy; turbulence; renewable energy; experimental fluid mechanics; convection; solar; pressure; wind; boundary layer; solar thermal; pressure transducers
Prof. Dr. Haixin Chen
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AEROLab, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering, School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Interests: computational fluid dynamics (methods and applications); aircraft aerodynamics design and optimization; turbo-machinery; industrial fluid mechanics; UAV system development
Prof. Dr. Mario Innocenti
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Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, 56122 Pisa, Italy
Interests: handling qualities; automatic control; flight control systems; aerospace guidance; astrodynamics
Prof. Dr. Hamid Hosano
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Bioelectrics Department, Institute of Pulsed Power Science & Graduate School of Science and Technology Kumamoto University, 2-39-1 Kurokami, Kumamoto 860-8555, Japan
Interests: fluid dynamics; ultrasound; shock waves; medical technology; acoustics; cavitation; biomedical engineering; biotechnology; biophysics; bioelectrics; aerodynamics; turbomachinery; gas dynamics; optics; interferometry; measurement; electrics; bubble dynamics; pulsed Power; bioelectric energy sources; renewable energy
Prof. Dr. Spiros Pantelakis
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Honorary Chairman of the European Aeronautics Science Network Association (EASN), Head of the Laboratory of Technology and Strength of Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Aeronautics, University of Patras, Panepistimioupolis Rion, 26500 Patras, Greece
Interests: aeronautical materials and structures; mechanical behaviour of materials; structural integrity; damage mechanics; experimental fracture mechanics; fatigue of aircraft materials and structures; ageing aircraft; characterization and manufacturing processes of polymers, thermosetting and thermoplastic composites; nanocomposites and nanocrystalline alloys; multifunctional and self-healing materials
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Prof. Dr. Shigeru Obayashi
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Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 9808577, Japan
Interests: aerospace engineering; multiobjective optimization; computational fluid dynamics; experimental fluid dynamics and data assimilation
Prof. Dr. Moji Moatamedi
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Department of Technology, Narvik University College, Narvik, Norway
Interests: multiphysics; fluid structure interaction; computational modelling; composite materials; aerospace structures; aerospace business and management
Prof. Dr. Dimitri Mavris
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S.P. Langley NIA Distinguished Regents Professor, Director of the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory, School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150, USA
Interests: multi-disciplinary design optimization; multi-disciplinary analysis; probabilistic design; aircraft design; propulsion design; rotorcraft; systems engineering; systems of systems and technology assessments
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Dr. Raffaello Mariani
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Department of Aeronautical and Vehicle Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden
Interests: wind tunnel testing; incompressible and compressible experimental aerodynamics; shock/vortex interaction; shock waves; compressible vortex flow
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Prof. Dr. Reda R. Mankbadi
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Aerospace Engineering Department, Daytona College of Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900, USA
Interests: turbulence; aeroacoustics; computational fluid dynamics
Prof. Dr. Mark Lowenberg
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Interests: aircraft dynamics and control; nonlinear flight dynamics; nonlinear ground/landing gear dynamics; bifurcation analysis; dynamic wind tunnel testing
Dr. Kyriakos I. Kourousis
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Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
School of Engineering, University of Limerick, V94 T9PX Limerick, Ireland
Interests: metal plasticity; low cycle fatigue; constitutive modelling; metal additive manufacturing; airworthiness
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Prof. Dr. Michael Kokkolaras
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, QC H3A 0C3, Canada
Interests: multidisciplinary design optimization of complex engineering systems; simulation-based engineering design; uncertainty quantification; optimization theory and algorithms; decomposition and coordination methods; design validation; platform-based product families; systems of systems and product-service systems; transportation (automotive and aerospace) and energy systems
Prof. Dr. Rhys Jones AC
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Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Mechatronics Engineering, Monash University Clayton, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia
Interests: ageing aircraft; composites; fatigue and failure; additive manufacturing
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Prof. Dr. Dan Zhao
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Department of Mechancial Engineering, University of Canterbury, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Interests: combustion instability; thermoacoustics; fabric drying; energy conversion; heat and mass transfer; fluid-structure interaction; aeroacoustics; aerodynamics; propulsion and energy harvesting
Prof. Dr. Xiang Zhang
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Faculty of Engineering and Computing, Coventry University, Priory Street, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK
Interests: aircraft structural integrity; durability; damage tolerance; numerical modelling of material and structural failure behaviour; life prediction methods; metallic; fibre reinforced composites; experiments
Dr. Hossein Zare-Behtash
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Aerospace Sciences Division, School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, Scotland, UK
Interests: fluid–thermal–structure interactions; nanophotonic fluid sensor, flow control; compressible flows; advanced flow diagnostics; shock physics; shock–vortex interactions; wind tunnel testing; engineering optimisation; unsteady aerodynamics; energy deposition; bio-inspired engineering; unconventional wing planforms
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Prof. Dr. Zhichun Yang
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School of Aeronautics, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
Interests: aeroelasticity; aircraft structural dynamics; structural health monitoring
Prof. Dr. Lawrence S. Ukeiley
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Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Interests: Fluid Mechanics; Experimental Methods; Turbulence; Aeroacoustics; Flow Control; Reduced Order Modeling; Bio-Inspired Low Reynolds Number Fluid Dynamics; Fluid Structure Interactions
Prof. Dr. Lance Traub
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Department of Aerospace Engineering, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott, AZ 86301, USA
Interests: experimental and theoretical aerodynamics; flow control; slender wing aerodynamics; wind tunnel testing; morphing technology and application
Prof. Dr. Kojiro Suzuki
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Department of Advanced Energy, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba 277-8561, Japan
Interests: hypersonic aerodynamics; thermo-chemical nonequilibrium flow; atmospheric entry; descent and landing; computational fluid dynamics; wind tunnel experiment; flow separation and vortices
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Prof. Dr. Robert Spall
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department, Utah State University UMC 4130, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322-4130, USA
Interests: computational fluid dynamics; vortex dynamics
Prof. Dr. Julio Soria
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Interests: fluid mechanics; turbulence; experimental fluid mechanics; direct numerical simulations
Prof. Dr. Lakshmi N Sankar
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School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 270 Ferst Drive, Atlanta, GA 30332-0150, USA
Interests: application of hybrid navier-stokes-discretized wake methods for rotors in forward flight and maneuvers; development of methodologies for modeling ice accretion with rotary wing applications; coaxial rotor CFD and aeroacoustics modeling and design; UAV propeller design; flight mechanics and control-oriented modeling for next generation on-blade and individual blade control concepts; mission adaptive rotors; surrogate models for dynamic stall and morphing rotors; reduced order modeling of ship-air wake interactions; lattice boltzmann modeling of flow control concepts; circulation control aerodynamics for efficient high-lift and cruise performance; active and passive control of vertical axis wind and tidal turbines
Prof. Dr. Hirotaka Sakaue
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Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA
Interests: pressure- and temperature-sensitive paint technique; advanced flow diagnostics by luminescent imaging; micro-fiber coating as chemical flow control; ice-phobic coating for anti- and de-icing; unsteady aerodynamics; wind tunnel testing (low-speed, transonic-speed, high-speed, and high Reynolds-number flows); two phase flows; heat transfer in hypersonic flow; fluid-thermal-structure interactions; environmental and energy engineering; biomedical and biological applications
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Prof. Dr. Roberto Sabatini
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School of Engineering, RMIT University, PO Box 71, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia
Interests: aerospace sensors and systems; cyber-physical systems; aircraft systems; avionics; spaceflight systems; air traffic management; autonomous systems; unmanned aircraft systems; defence systems; intelligent transport systems; space traffic management; sustainable aviation; navigation, guidance and control; satellite navigation; electro-optics and infrared systems; human factors and ergonomics; cognitive human–machine systems; multisensor data fusion
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Prof. Dr. Joana Rocha
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Dr, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada
Interests: aeroacoustics and acoustics; aircraft noise and community noise; turbulent-flow induced noise; experimental aeroacoustics; turbulence modeling; Bio-inspired structural design for noise reduction
Prof. Dr. Bosko Rasuo
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Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Kraljice Marije 16, 11120 Belgrade 35, Serbia
Interests: computational and experimental aerodynamics; wind tunnel technology; flow control; flight mechanics and aircraft performance; aeroacoustics; aeroelasticity; composite materials/structures and fatigue; failure analysis; crashworthiness; fluid–structure interaction; experimental fracture mechanics; fatigue of aircraft materials and structures; bio-inspired aerodynamical and structural design; UAVs; wind energy
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Prof. Dr. Huihe Qiu
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Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
Interests: flapping wing aerodynamics; bioinspired flyers; multiphase flow; heat and mass transfer
Prof. Dr. Ning Qin
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Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, Mappin Building, Mappin Street, Sheffield S1 3JD, UK
Interests: aerodynamic simulation; design and optimisation; computational fluid dynamics development and applications; flow control technologies
Dr. Rosario Pecora
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Industrial Engineering Dept.– Aerospace Division, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
Interests: smart structures; smart aircraft technologies; morphing structures; structural dynamics; vibration control; dynamic aeroelasticity; non-linear dynamics; mechanics and experimental dynamics
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