Teaching
Year 4 Capstone students in final preparations for their entry to the IMechE UAS Design Challenge Aerospace Engineering Capstone Design
To demonstrate their grasp of the more fundamental material taught on the course, students are challenged to bring these ideas and concepts together, generally in teams, to design and analyse whole or part aircraft configurations. This develops from Year 1 (model glider design), Year 2 (simple General Aviation aircraft design), Year 3 (Conceptual Design supported by industrial engineering methods) to the final Year 4 Capstone Design Project (design of a more complex air vehicle through to demonstration in either hardware (UAV) or simulation (larger scale aircraft or rotorcraft).
Rendering of a typical Year 3 Aircraft Design assessment Aerospace Engineering Design 3
In year 3 I bring together elements of the course that the students undertake and link these topics into the practicalities of designing a full size aircraft.
Year 3 Design Project - Entry to the BMFA Payload Challenge 3: Weight (a/c came 3rd in an international field) Aerospace Year 3 CDIO Projects
In year 3 I run a series of linked individual projects related to small unmanned aerial systems design. These are based in the practice of Conceive-Design-Implement-Operate (see http://cdio.org/) where students 'learn by doing'. This culminates with the students entering one of the British Model Flying Association's Payload Challenge competitions. University of Liverpool students usually finish with a podium place in an international field.
Modules for 2024-25
AEROSPACE CAPSTONE GROUP DESIGN PROJECT
Module code: AERO420
Role: Module Co-ordinator
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING DESIGN 3
Module code: AERO321
Role: Module Co-ordinator
FLIGHT DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
Module code: AERO317
Role: Teaching
Supervised Theses
- Biologically Inspired Guidance for Autonomous Systems
- DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL METHODS FOR THE PREDICTION AND REAL-TIME DETECTION OF ADVERSE PILOT-VEHICLE INTERACTIONS
- EMPOWERING THE FRONT-SEAT PASSENGER: DESIGN AND EXPERIENCE PROTOTYPING OF LUXURY INFOTAINMENT SYSTEMS THROUGH VR SIMULATION
- Optical Tau Guidance of Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Optical Tau theory : current and future roles in fixed-wing flight operations
- Prediction, detection, and observation of rotorcraft pilot coupling
- Taming the autogyro: will the autogyro ever be truly domesticated?