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Renewals 1982-2006  |  Personnel 1990-2007  |  Winning Designs 1998-2007


Period of 25 years (1982-2007) can be divided into 5 phases:

Phase-1: Development of Rotor-Specific Test Facilities

  • Rotor rigs, vacuum chamber, hover tower, composite lab
  • Visiting Profs: Akira Azuma (Tokyo University), Andre Desopper (ONERA), Omri Rand (Technion)
  • View Test Facilities

Phase-2: Consolidation of Core Rotorcraft Program

  • Gordon Leishman (Aerodynamics, 1986 )
  • Roberto Celi (Flight Mechanics, 1987 )
  • Anthony Vizzini (Composite Structures, 1986 )
  • View Courses and Winning Designs

Phase-3: Expansion into opportunity-driven programs (Smart Structures)

  • Jim Baeder (CFD, 1993 )
  • Norm Wereley (Smart Structures, 1993 )
  • Darryll Pines (Transmission and Health Monitoring, 1995 )
  • Army-URI: 5-year program, “Smart structures technology for rotorcraft” 1992-1997
  • More about Smart Structures

Phase-4: Expansion into aeroacoustics

Phase-5: Expansion into opportunity-driven programs (Micro Air Vehicles)

  • Sean Humbert (micro systems, 2006 )
  • Army-MURI: 5-year program in Micro Air Vehicles, 2004-2009
    Team Members: Australian National University, North Carolina A&T
    “Micro Hovering Air Vehicles: Revolutionary Concepts and Navigational Advancements”
  • DARPA Quieting Program: 3-year (05-08), Team Partner: Stanford
    “Advanced CFD methodology to predict vibratory loads and acoustic signatures”
  • More about MURI

Also see Chronological Events

Renewals 1982-2006  |  Personnel 1990-2007  |  Winning Designs 1998-2007

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