Research
Rotorcraft Engineering
Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence
Faculty
- Edward C. Smith, Director (Aerospace Engineering)
- Kenneth S. Brentner, Deputy Director of Adiminstration (Aerospace Engineering)
- Farhan Gandhi, Deputy Director of Educational Programs (Aerospace Engineering)
- Joseph Horn, Associate Director (Aerospace Engineering)
- Charles Bakis (Engineering Science & Mechanics)
- Cengiz Camci (Aerospace Engineering)
- Gary Koopmann (Mechanical Engineering)
- Mark D. Maughmer (Aerospace Engineering)
- Kevin Koudela (Applied Research Lab)
- Robert Kunz (Applied Research Lab)
- George Lesieutre (Aerospace Engineering)
- Lyle N. Long, (Aerospace Engineering)
- Barnes McCormick (Aerospace Engineering)
- Dennis McLaughlin (Aerospace Engineering)
- Eriec Mockensturm (Mechanical Engineering)
- Philip Morris (Aerospace Engineering)
- Joseph Rose (Engineering Design & Manufacturing)
- Mark Schulz (NCA&T)
Activities
Activities in the Rotorcraft Engineering Program involve research and development in many key areas of rotocraft. More information on Rotorcraft activities can be found at the VLRCOE website Projects include the following:
- Aeromechanical Analysis
- Active-Passive Rotor System
- Shipboard Dynamic Interface Operations
- Coupled Rotor-Drivetrain Failure and Fault Signatures
- Active Control of Driveshaft-Airframe Vibration
- Active Aeromechanical Stability Augmentation
- Elastomeric Dampers and Bearings
- Adaptive High Damping Flexbeams
- Adaptive MR FLuid Lag Dampers
- Rotor Design and Control for Blade Vortex Interaction
- Computational Aeroacoustics and Wake Modeling
- Elastically Tailored Composite Rotor Blades
- Gurney Flaps for Rotor Blades
- Fan-in-Fin Computations