Flight Science
Research activities in the area of flight science and vehicle dynamics are varied. Current topics of interest include airfoil design and analysis; low Reynolds number aerodynamics; aircraft drag reduction; winglets and planform optimization for induced drag minimization, force, and moment prediction for aircraft flight control; dynamic stall, helicopter aerodynamics and performance prediction; and helicopter rotor blade/airframe interference.
Key Faculty:
Specializations:
- Flight Vehicle Aerodynamics
- Aircraft Stability and Control
- Aircraft Operations
- Flight Mechanics
- V/STOL Aircraft
- Aircraft and Rotorcraft Flight Dynamics
Research Areas
- Aeroacoustics
- Air-breathing Propulsion
- Astrodynamics
- Autonomous Flight and UAVs
- Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics
- Flight Science
- Multifunctional Structures and Nanomaterials
- Rotorcraft Engineering
- Space Propulsion and Plasmas
- Structural Dynamics and Adaptive Structures
- Vehicle Dynamics and Control
- Vehicle Systems Engineering
- Wind Energy