Research Projects Directory

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PI Scott Burgess
This ongoing research effort consists of accident data collection, data processing, data analysis and reporting for the US civil helicopter industry. This work is published through the International Helicopter Safety Team and US Helicopter Safety Team.

PI Jonathan Campbell
This is a line of research encompassing multiple subsystem approaches to advance in-space propulsion.

Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis is performed to determine the ideal box wing configuration for small UAS.

As part of this poject, students design develop and test various components of the Autonomous Patrol and Surveillance System (APSS). APSS is intended to be an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system.

PI Jason Newcomer

CO-I James Marion

CO-I Matthew Earnhardt
The Aviation Management Education Study (AMES) is a longitudinal effort consisting of a series of research papers covering various facets of aviation education as it pertains to managers in the field and hiring of industry professionals.

PI Brent Terwilliger

CO-I David Ison

CO-I Dennis Vincenzi
This research represents a comparative literature review to identify the best practices, methods, and concepts associated with simulation and its potential use to support unmanned system design, evaluation, analysis, and demonstration within a distributed learning environment.

CO-I Robert Walton

CO-I Constantine Koursaris
The project team will collect, analyze, document and report information on best-practices and lessons learned in managing aerospace clusters in the United States, Europe, Japan, Brazil, and other countries for the purpose of making America's aerospace clusters more competitive.

PI Cheri Marcham

CO-I Beverly Wood

CO-I Evan Floyd

CO-I Susan Arnold
This study examined whether nicotine from electronic cigarette aerosols deposits on indoor surfaces and how long it persists. Using controlled chamber experiments, the research demonstrated that nicotine readily deposits on both glass and cotton surfaces and remains detectable for several days, with substantially longer persistence on cotton materials, indicating potential for thirdhand nicotine exposure.

PI Brent Terwilliger

CO-I David Ison

CO-I Dennis Vincenzi
This study represents a longitudinal study to further the findings aof an earlier study examining UAS operator situational awareness.

PI Todd Smith
For this study, data will be collected from aircraft maintenance technicians and A&P mechanics from both private and public organizations and the military. A zero-inflated Poisson regression analysis will be completed to examine these factors. Researchers will identify risk and protective factors related to demographic variables, work exposures and organizational variables.

CO-I Justin Reed

CO-I Cheri Marcham
Internal College of Aviation funding supported a multi-year study evaluating potential particle and VOC exposure risks associated with 3-D printing operations. The work involved student collaboration and resulted in multiple peer-reviewed conference posters and presentations at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exhibition (AIHce), including a virtual presentation in 2021.

PI Todd Smith
The goal of this research in collaboration with the national firefighter mission of accident investigation is triple: