CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Society Conference INTERNATIONAL POWERED LIFT CONFERENCE
DAY ONE - TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER
09:30 Registration & Refreshments
10:00 OPENING REMARKS Speakers: Dr Richard Markiewicz FRAeS, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles FRAeS, Cranfield University
10:10 WELCOMING REMARKS Speaker: Rear Adm Simon Henley FRAeS, President, Royal Aeronautical Society
10:20 KEYNOTE: INVENTING THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER Speaker: Dr Paul Bevilaqua, Retired Chief Engineer, Lockheed Martin Skunk Works
11:20 Networking Break
11:40 KEYNOTE TWO Speaker: Rear Adm Simon Henley FRAeS, President, Royal Aeronautical Society
12:20 KEYNOTE Speaker: Gwen Lighter, CEO, The GoFly Prize
13:00 Networking Lunch
SESSION A: F-35 DEVELOPMENTS
14:00 A.1) THE $100 BILLION EQUATION: DESIGN, COST AND THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER Speaker: Dr Michael Pryce, Lecturer in Defence Acquisition, Cranfield University
14:30 A.2) VTOL FLIGHT CONTROL FOR SAFETY AND MINIMIZED PILOT TRAINING – THE JURY’S IN? Speaker: Justin Paines, Chief Test Pilot, Joby Aviation
15:00 A.3) THE ROLE OF SIMULATION IN SUPPORT OF F-35B/QEC AIRCRAFT-SHIP INTEGRATION Speaker: Dr Steven Hodge MRAeS, Senior Simulation Engineer, BAE Systems
15:30 A.4) MODELLING THE AIRFLOW OVER THE HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION IN SUPPORT OF AIRCRAFT-SHIP INTEGRATION Speaker: Neale Watson, PhD Aerospace Engineering Student, University of Liverpool
16:00 Networking Break
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SESSION B: PROPULSION SESSION C: VTOL TECHNOLOGIES
16:30 B.1) ELECTRICAL PROPULSION C.1) CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION Speaker: Nikhil Sachdeva, Senior Consultant, Roland CHALLENGES FOR UAM VEHICLE Berger Speaker: Paul Harper, CEO, Vertical Aerospace
17:00 B.2) INITIAL DISTRIBUTED ELECTRIC VTOL DRIVE C.2) eVTOL IN THE DARK AND THE FOG TRAIN SIZING Speaker: Julian Lee, Operations Manager, Nova Systems Speaker: Adam Chase, Optimization Lead - Elevate UK Vehicles, Uber
17:30 B.3) SAFRAN HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEMS C.3) ELECTRIC AVIATION - THE VEHICLE AND Speaker: Philippe Lagarde, R&T Programme Manager, INFRASTRUCTURE CHALLENGE Safran Helicopter Engines Speaker: Darrell Swanson, Director, Swanson Aviation
18:00 DAY ONE CLOSING REMARKS Speakers: Dr Richard Markiewicz FRAeS, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles FRAeS, Cranfield University
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DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER
08:30 Registration & Refreshments
09:00 THE FUTURE OF VERTICAL LIFT AND THE EVTOL REVOLUTION Speaker: Mike Hirschberg FRAeS, Executive Director, Vertical Flight Society
10:00 KEYNOTE TWO: FUTURE OF CLEAN SKY Speaker: Andrzej Podsadowski, Project Officer - Fast Rotorcraft, CleanSky
10:30 Networking Break
SESSION D: TILTROTOR DEVELOPMENTS
11:00 D.1) A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF TILTROTOR CONFIGURATIONS Speaker: Carlo Cassinelli, Responsible Powered Lift Aerodynamics, Leonardo Helicopters
11:30 D.2) CONTROL MARGIN AWARENESS OF THE AW609 TILTROTOR UNDER ASYMMETRIC AERODYNAMIC FLIGHT CONDITIONS Speaker: Paul Edwards MRAeS, Experimental Tiltrotor Test Pilot, Leonardo Helicopters
12:00 D.3) THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF NEW METHODS FOR TILT ROTOR AIRFRAME DESIGN IN THE HIPERTILT PROJECT Speaker: David Tring, Aircraft System Integration, Leonardo Helicopters
12:30 D.4)AW609 TILTROTOR FULL SCALE FATIGUE TESTING Speaker: Jim Waterman, AW609 Airframe Structures and Systems Integrated Product Development Leader, Agusta Westland Philadelphia Corporation (AWPC)
13:00 Networking Lunch
SESSION E: ADVANCED VTOL CONFIGURATIONS SESSION F: BIO-INSPIRED
13:30 E.1) CONCURRENT APPROACH FOR CONCEPTUAL F.1) AERODYNAMIC IMAGING: MOSQUITO FLIGHT DESIGN OF A COMPOSITE JOINED-WING FOR A AND A BIO-INSPIRED SENSE-AND-AVOID SYSTEM NEW GENERATION COMPOUND HELICOPTER FOR UAS Speaker: Andrea Cini MRAeS, Senior Research Fellow, Speaker: Richard Bomphrey, Professor of Comparative University of Nottingham Biomechanics, Royal Veterinary College
14:00 E.2) PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TIME- F.2) IS PIEZOELECTRIC PROPULSION THE CORRECT TO-CONTACT AUTOROTATION CUEING SYSTEM CHOICE FOR INSECT-SCALE FLAPPING WING Speaker: Michael Jump MRAeS, Senior Lecturer VEHICLES? University of Liverpool Speaker: Mostafa Nabawy MRAeS, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, University of Manchester
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14:30 E.3)A NOVEL IDEA OF TRI-TILTROTOR HELICOPTER Speaker: Min Chen, PhD Researcher, Loughborough University
15:00 Networking Break
SESSION G: HANDLING QUALITIES SESSION H: BIO-INSPIRED
15:30 G.1) TOWARDS A SCALABLE TURBULENCE H.1) THE INSECT FLIGHT MOTOR AS A BIO- RESPONSE MODEL FOR THE SHIP-UNMANNED INSPIRED ACTUATOR FOR MICRO AIR VEHICLES HELICOPTER DYNAMIC INTERFACE Speaker: Simon Walker, Research Fellow in Speaker: Michael Jump, MRAeS, University of Biomechanics, University of Leeds Liverpool
16:00 G.2) PERFORMANCE AND HANDLING QUALITIES H.2) TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BIO- ASSESSMENT OF A DUCTED FAN CANARD e-VTOL INSPIRED ROTORS FOR EFFICIENT MICRO AIR AIRCRAFT USING FLIGHT TEST SIMULATION VEHICLES Speakers: Mike Bromfield FRAeS and Osita Ugwueze, Speaker: Dr Djamel Rezgui, Lecturer in Aerospace PhD Student, Coventry University Engineering, University of Bristol
16:30 G.3) THE ADVERSE CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE PITCH EFFECT IN A ROTOR Speaker: Hak Yoon Kim, PhD Student Hanseo University
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DAY THREE - THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER
08:30 Registration & Refreshments
SESSION I: VTOL TECHNOLOGIES SESSION J: VTOL TECHNOLOGIES
09:00 I.1) THE eOPTER, A PRACTICAL TAIL-SITTER J.1) LEONARDO ACTIVE ROTOR PROGRAMMES TO CONCEPT FOR PASSENGER EVTOL APPLICATIONS IMPROVE HELICOPTER COMFORT & PERFORMANCE Speaker: Arnaud Didey, CEO, Neoptera Speaker: Simon Stacey FRAeS, Programme & Technical Lead - Active Rotors, Leonardo Helicopters
09:30 I.2) LEADING EDGE EMBEDDED FAN AIRFOIL CONCEPT – A NEW POWERED HIGH LIFT TECHNOLOGY Speaker: Dr Thong Dang, Professor, Syracuse University, Syracuse NY, USA
10:00 I.3) CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION CHALLENGES FOR UAM VEHICLE Speaker: Seyed Mohseni, CEO, SAMAD Aerospace
Networking Break 10:30
SESSION K: ADVANCED VTOL CONFIGURATIONS
11:00 K.1) NEXT GENERATION ROTORCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES Speaker: Patrick Collins, Helicopter Technology Team Leader, DE&S, UK MoD
11:30 K.2) CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF ESTOL DEFLECTED SLIPSTREAM COMMUTER AIRCRAFT Speaker: Plamen Roglev, Director, Perum TM
12:00 K.3) KEYNOTE Speaker: Stuart Gates, Lead Technologist – Aerodynamics, Aerospace Technology Institute
12:30 DAY THREE CLOSING REMARKS Speakers: Dr Richard Markiewicz FRAeS, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles FRAeS, Cranfield University
12:40 Networking Lunch
13:15 TECHNICAL VISIT TO HELICOPTER MUSEUM - WESTON SUPER MARE
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