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Command Communications and Control
  • PI Timothy Wilson

  • Research is proposed to survey the status of Command, Communication, and Control technologies and approaches for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
Composite Wind Turbine Blade
  • PI Sathya Gangadharan

  • The world's primary energy needs are projected to grow by 56% between 2005 and 2030, by an average annual rate of 1.8% per year (International Energy Agency, 2012). Energy policy has confirmed the improvement of the environment sustainability of energy as a primary objective also though increasing use of renewable sources (Increasing Wind Energy's contribution to U.S. Electricity supply, 2008).
Computational Benchmarking Gas Turbine Cooling Geometries
  • PI Mark Ricklick

    CO-I Royce Fernandes

    CO-I Yash Mehta

    CO-I Simon Martinez

    CO-I Bhushan Upalkar

  • The accuracy of the simulation of gas turbine component temperatures relies heavily on the selection of appropriate modeling parameters.  The focus of this project is the research and development of these parameters, through the comparison to experimental data-sets. 

Computational Optimization & Experimental Validation of Gas Turbine Cooling Configurations
  • PI Mark Ricklick

  • Optimization techniques have recently matured to the point that they can be routinely utilized in the design process, particularly when coupled with Computer Aided Engineering tools. With respect to gas turbine cooling design methods, optimization tools allow the engineer to develop configurations which promote high levels of heat removal, while minimizing parasitic losses.
Cost Optimization Modeling for Airport Capacity Expansion Problems in Metropolitan Areas
  • PI Woo Jin Choi

    CO-I Dothang Truong

  • The purpose of this research was to develop a cost optimization model to identify an optimal solution to expand airport capacity in metropolitan areas in consideration of demand uncertainties. The study first analyzed four airport capacity expansion cases from different regions of the world to identify possible solutions to expand airport capacity and key cost functions which are highly related to airport capacity problems. Using mixedinteger nonlinear programming (MINLP), a deterministic optimization model was developed with the inclusion of six cost functions: capital cost, operation cost, delay cost, noise cost, operation readiness, and airport transfer (ORAT) cost, and passenger access cost. These six cost functions can be used to consider a possible trade-off between airport capacity and congestion and address multiple stakeholders’ cost concerns.

Creating Connections: Bed bugs to UAV Swarms
  • PI Bryan Watson

  • The overarching goal of our research is to advance our understanding of bed bug behavior and use this understanding to improve performance of aerospace swarms.
Critical Fora Discussing U.S.-Japan Space Security Cooperation
  • PI Elisabeth Murray

  • The proposed project aims to bring together leading American and Japanese space security experts with students and faculty from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) for a dialogue on the current state of space security and the potential for cooperation between Japan and the United States.
Cross-Scale Wave Coupling Processes in Kelvin-Helmholtz Structures
  • PI Heidi Nykyri

  • Project investigates cross-scale wave coupling processes and their role on ion heating, mixing and diffusion.
CubeSats Hosting Flexible Appendages for On-Orbit Testing of Advanced Control Algorithms
  • PI Riccardo Bevilacqua

  • ​The objective of this work is to start the assembly of a CubeSat hosting specialized flexible appendages, taking inspiration from a previously designed spacecraft developed by the Advanced Autonomous Multiple Spacecraft (ADAMUS).
CyberCorps Scholarship for Service: High-skilled Workforce Development for the Aviation and Aerospace Cybersecurity Domains
  • PI Omar Ochoa

    CO-I Keith Garfield

    CO-I Laxima Niure Kandel

    CO-I Krishna Sampigethaya

  • This project promotes workforce development in this vital sector by building on undergraduate and graduate cybersecurity programs at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), where both ERAU campuses (Daytona Beach, FL and Prescott, AZ) have a history of collaborative education and research activities within the aviation and aerospace cybersecurity domain. 

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Daily Weathercasts
  • PI Louis McNally

  • Each day, television and radio weathercasts are prepared and delivered to various radio and television outlets, providing students with real-world experience for their resumes.
Data Communications Human Factors Air Traffic Control Implications on Preferential Treatment Service for Equipage Scenarios Across the NAS
  • PI Elizabeth Blickensderfer

  • The goal of this project is to investigate and validate Data Communications (Data comm.) concepts and generate requirements for acquisition.