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California State University--Long Beach
AANAPISIHSIResearch interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: optimization methods and applications, aircraft systems design, mathematical and surrogate modeling, aircraft geometry modeling, software integration, uncertainty quantification and propagation, flight and experimental testing
Robust Analytics, Inc.
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
ResilienX Inc.
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: productizing safety assurance solutions for highly automated and autonomous ecosystems, and leading design and development efforts for AAM ecosystems
The Pennsylvania State University
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Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: aerospace systems design
North Carolina A&T State University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
California State University Long Beach
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Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, And Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
University of Alabama
Research interests
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Delaware State University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Specifically interested in regional air mobility, AAM integration into the National Airspace System, Alternative Fuels, and Multimodal transportation system, data analytics in AAM) Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, And Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Specifically interested in planning and design of Vertiports, site selection, public acceptance, Advanced Air Mobility, AAM Infrastructure, and AAM integration with local communities) Advanced Air Mobility, Vertiport Planning and Design
Old Dominion University
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Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
University of Houston-Clear Lake (Primarily Undergraduate Institution)
MSIHSIResearch interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Research Expertise: Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing of Metal and Polymer. Fiber reinforced Composite Manufacturing – Thermoset and Thermoplastics, Ceramics Manufacturing and Characterization, Direct Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing
Oklahoma State University
Research interests
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: unsteady aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, anechoic chamber, flight noise measurements, PIV/LDV measurements, AAM design and prototyping.
The University of Texas at El Paso (R1 institution)
MSIHSIResearch interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: control systems, optimization, urban air mobility systems, electrification
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Mississippi State University
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Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
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Topic 2: Innovation in commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Expertise: Computational and Experimental heat transfer and thermal management. Design and analysis of novel heat exchangers and thermal management systems. Gas turbine cooling design and analysis.
Stanford University
Research interests
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
RTX Technology Research Center
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Expertise: Gas turbine performance modeling (NPSS and similar tools). Turbomachinery performance, design, and aerodynamics.
Honeywell Aerospace Technologies
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: human factors, automated and autonomous systems design and implementation, aircraft systems design and implementation, safety assurance, alternative fuels, ground control stations, urban air mobility
Autonomy Research Center for STEAHM (ARCS) at California State University Northridge (CSUN)
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Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)
Research interests
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Experimental Aeroacoustics and Aerodynamics, large scale facility aeroacoustic and aerodynamic testing.
University of Michigan
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Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: computational fluid dynamics, high-order methods, uncertainty quantification, error estimation, aerodynamics, reduced-order modeling
Iowa State University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Research Expertise: Metal Additive Manufacturing, Electrified Tribology (study of friction, wear, and lubrication), Gear and bearing failures under electrified conditions, Coatings, Material characterization.
CNA Corporation
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transport Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations. Info-Centric NAS. UTM Operations. UAM Operations. Research and development of concepts and innovative approaches. Secure communications, navigation, surveillance, and information infrastructure requirements and messaging exchange. Software assurance of safety critical software. Validation of cloud and edge architectures. Machine Learning (ML)/Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled NAS operations. Modeling, Simulation, Validation and Test. ML/AI computational, ML/AI experiments, and analytical tools. Safety Risk Identification and Evaluation.
Rutgers University
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Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Expertise: anomaly detection, prognostics and health management, explainable machine learning
University of Virginia
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for High-Speed Flows, High Performance Computing (HPC) for Hypersonics, Data Assimilation
Clark Atlanta University
HBCUResearch interests
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: Applied machine learning and artificial intelligence for data-driven modeling, analysis, and optimization
Boeing Research & Technology
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transport Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Florida International University
HSIResearch interests
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Applied machine learning and artificial intelligence for data-driven modeling, analysis, and optimization
Elizabeth City State University
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Research Interests: Image Processing, Computer Vision, Detection and Tracking, UAV Automation, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning.
Cleveland State University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: Development of multi-fidelity CFD and ROM frameworks for aerodynamic and thermal modeling, physics-informed ML for scalable digital twin applications, and data-driven tools for real-time flow prediction, autonomy integration, and system-level analysis in AAM and vertical lift systems.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation For traditional operations and new airspace entrants (UAS/UAM): Aircraft and weather surveillance Collision avoidance and conflict management algorithms Operations planning optimization Human-machine teaming and decision support Large-scale modeling and simulation Prototyping and flight test Cybersecurity
University of Texas at Austin
Research interests
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
University of Minnesota
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2) Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) Expertise: Multiphysics modeling and CFD simulation of turbulent reacting and multiphase flows, high-pressure liquid-fueled propulsion (based on deflagration or detonation) for high efficiency, plasma assisted combustion/reforming to mitigate thermoacoustic instability, sonic boom prediction and control, multi-fidelity digital twin for propulsion control, modeling of soot and NOx.
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations: systems engineering, aviation operations, data analysis, Advanced Air Mobility, sustainable and resilient aerospace systems Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance: Risk analysis, safety management, accident data analysis, human factors, aviation training machine learning Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation: System safety, security, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM), AAM integration into the National Airspace System (NAS)
University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK)
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Johns Hopkins University
Research interests
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Louisiana State University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: Wind tunnel testing, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Turbulence, Multi-Fidelity CFD Modeling, Physics-Informed ML for Accelerated CFD Simulations
University of Nebraska Omaha
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence applications for aviation safety enhancement and operation optimization, data-based aviation safety and risk analysis, aeronautical infrastructure resilience modeling and sustainability, uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) integration, non-towered airport operations and vicinity airspace operations, safety management systems (SMS), remote sensing and geospatial data analysis, real-time object detection and tracking, advanced air mobility (AAM)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Daytona Beach
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: aviation safety and risk modeling, uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) integration, machine learning (ML) and generative AI for safety-critical applications and human factor analysis, airport/vertiport operations and noise assessment, safety management systems (SMS), autonomous system perception and testing, real-time object detection and tracking, advanced air mobility (AAM)
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Research interests
Strategic Thrust 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Strategic Thrust 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Strategic Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Strategic Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: I am especially focused on the behavioral, technological, and infrastructure dimensions of these thrusts, with a strong emphasis on sustainable aviation ecosystems, conscious leadership, and advanced mobility solutions.
University of Oklahoma
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Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, aero-thermodynamics, high-order methods, reduced-order modeling, and GPU computing.
Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Gas turbine engines, Engine testing, Combustion, Emissions, Chemical kinetics, Fuel production, Industrial-scale testing, Jet propulsion testing, 1D modeling (NPSS), Turbomachinery, Rotor dynamics, Materials science and engineering
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Expertise: hypersonics, wind tunnel testing, optical diagnostics, experimental testing
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2) Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Expertise: CFD, turbulent flows and aerodynamics, multiphase flow, particle-laden flows, aircraft icing simulations, atomization, sprays, and phase change modeling for high-speed propulsion applications
University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Experimental, computational and analytical Aeroacoustics and unsteady Aerodynamics at high Reynolds numbers.
University of Florida
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles, Expertise in Aeroacoustics and flow control
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach Eagle Flight Research Center
Research interests
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Aerospace Systems Design and Optimization Rotary Wing Aeromechanics Flight Dynamics and Control Simplified Flight Controls Mathematical Model/Simulation Development Prototype Design, Build, and Fly Flight Control Development and Implementation (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a90ImGE6j4M)
The Innovation Laboratory, Inc.
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
California State University, Fresno (R2 institution)
MSIResearch interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
University of California, Berkeley
Research interests
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6) We have done relevant work on Vision-Guided Outdoor Flight and Obstacle Evasion via Reinforcement Learning
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2) Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Expertise: aeroelastic modeling, analysis, and simulation
Duke University
Research interests
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5) Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Stanford University
Research interests
Topic 5: In-time System-wide Safety Assurance Topic 6 Assured Autonomy of Aviation Transformation
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1) Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2) Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transport (Strategic Thrust 3) Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5) Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Advanced manufacturing of composite materials - additive manufacturing and composite fabrication; Damage and failure mechanics of architected composite materials; Design of durable and damage-tolerant composites; Life prediction of materials in multi-physics environments.
The Ohio State University
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: • Electric drive and energy storage modeling, control, and diagnostic of electro-mechanical and thermal systems for propulsion and avionics. • Design and control of electric propulsion systems integrated in aircraft and supportive infrastructures (charging station, gird interaction), lifetime analysis, economic analysis. • Commercial aircraft and advanced air mobility. • System integration and prototyping up to MW scale. • Experience in co-leading NASA ULI program.
Auburn University
Research interests
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Expertise: Metal and polymer additive manufacturing, open-architecture LPBF testbed with dual-laser and beam-shaping, advanced sensing (thermal imaging, digital image correlation, 3D scanning, etc.), and control in additive manufacturing.
Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA (R1 institution)
MSIResearch interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: Tailoring surface properties experimentally of materials for applications in energy, transportation, and manufacturing. The research areas are organized in four fields: Nanotechnology, Surface Science, Functional Coatings, and Materials under Extreme Environments (Irradiation, Plasmas, and High Temperatures).
Auburn University
Research interests
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: cooperative control, reinforcement learning, inverse reinforcement learning, distributed estimation, and UAVs
University of Alabama
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: robust adaptive control, learning-enabled control, control under constraints, safe autonomous systems, applications to aerospace systems and air mobility
M4 Engineering, Inc.
Research interests
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial High-Speed Aircraft Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Indiana University
Research interests
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation Expertise: aerospace systems design, UAS development & integration, AAM & VTOL systems, flight testing & experimental evaluation, autonomous system perception & testing, real-time object detection & tracking, multi-agent control & coordination, AI/ML integration, human-machine teaming, software & systems integration, electrification & solar-powered, rapid prototyping & technology demonstration.
University of Dayton
Research interests
High-fidelity CFD for advanced air mobility, weapons bay store separation, and propulsion integration