CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Society Conference INTERNATIONAL POWER LIFT CONFERENCE DAY ONE - TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER 09:30 Registration & Refreshments 10:00 OPENING REMARKS Speakers: Dr Richard Markiewicz, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles, 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 THE FUTURE OF VERTICLE LIFT Speaker: Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, AHS 13:00 Networking Lunch SESSION A1: F-35 DEVELOPMENTS 14:00 A.1) THE $100 BILLION EQUATION: DESIGN, COST AND THE JOINT STRIKE FIGHTER Speaker: Michael Pryce MRAeS, 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 www.aerosociety.com/IPLC18 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Society Conference INTERNATIONAL POWER LIFT CONFERENCE DAY ONE - TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER SESSION B: PROPULSION SESSION C: REGULATION AND SAFETY 16:30 B.1) ELECTRICAL PROPULSION C.1) CERTIFICATION AND REGULATION Speaker: Nikhil Sachdeva, Senior Consultant, Roland CHALLENGES FOR UAM VEHICLE Berger Speaker: Seyed Mohseni, CEO, SAMAD 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, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles, Cranfield University www.aerosociety.com/IPLC18 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Society Conference INTERNATIONAL POWER LIFT CONFERENCE DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 08:30 Registration & Refreshments 09:00 THE ELECTRIC VTOL REVOLUTION Speaker: Mike Hirschberg, Executive Director, AHS 09:30 KEYNOTE Speaker: TBC, ATI 10:00 KEYNOTE TWO Speaker: TBC, GoFly 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: TBC, Leonardo Helicopters 12:30 D.4)THE CONVERSION CORRIDOR OF TILT-ROTOR AIRCRAFT Speaker: Wesley Appleton, PhD Researcher, University of Manchester Networking Lunch SESSION E: ADVANCED ATOL CONFIGURATIONS SESSION F: BIO-INSPIRED 13:00 E.1) CONCURRENT APPROACH FOR CONCEPTUAL F.1) ENERGETICS OF FLAPPING FLIGHT IN DESIGN OF A COMPOSITE JOINED-WING FOR A UNSTEADY WINDS NEW GENERATION COMPOUND HELICOPTER Speaker: Sridhar Ravi, PhD Reseracher, RMIT University Speaker: Nikhil Sachdeva, Senior Consultant Roland Berger www.aerosociety.com/IPLC18 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Society Conference INTERNATIONAL POWER LIFT CONFERENCE DAY TWO - WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER 15:00 E.2) PROGRESS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TIME- F.2) IS PIEZOELECTRIC PROPULSION THE TO-CONTACT AUTOROTATION CUEING SYSTEM CORRECT CHOICE FOR INSECT-SCALE FLAPPING Speaker: Michael Jump MRAeS, Senior Lecturer WING VEHICLES? University of Liverpool Speaker: Mostafa Nabawy MRAeS, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, University of Manchester 15:30 E.3) TBC F.3) AERODYNAMIC IMAGING: MOSQUITO FLIGHT AND A BIO-INSPIRED SENSE-AND-AVOID SYSTEM FOR UAS Speaker: Richard Bomphrey, Professor of Comparative Biomechanics, Royal Veterinary College 16:00 Networking Break SESSION G: HANDLING QUALITIES SESSION H: BIO-INSPIRED 16:30 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 17:00 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, PhD Student, University of PhD Student, Coventry University Bristol G.3) THE ADVERSE CYCLIC AND COLLECTIVE 17:30 PITCH EFFECT IN A ROTOR H.3) TBC Speaker: Hak Yoon Kim, PhD StudentHanseo University 18:00 DAY TWO CLOSING REMARKS Speakers: Dr Richard Markiewicz, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles, Cranfield University www.aerosociety.com/IPLC18 CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Society Conference INTERNATIONAL POWER LIFT CONFERENCE DAY THREE - THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER 08:30 Registration & Refreshments SESSION I: ADVANCED VTOL CONFIGURATIONS SESSION J: PROPELLER PERFORMANCE 09:00 I.1) THE eOPTER, A PRACTICAL TAIL-SITTER J.1) EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF A TWO- CONCEPT FOR PASSENGER EVTOL APPLICATIONS BLADED PROPELLER AT INCIDENCE Speaker: Arnaud Didley, CEO, Neoptera Speaker: Angel Zarev, PhD Researcher, University of Glasgow 09:30 I.2) LEADING EDGE EMBEDDED FAN AIRFOIL J.2) COMPREHENSIVE WIND TUNNEL TESTS FOR A CONCEPT – A NEW POWERED HIGH LIFT GENERIC FAN-IN-WING CONFIGURATION TECHNOLOGY Speaker: Naipei (Peter) Bi, Sea-Based Aviation and Speaker: Dr Thong Dang, Professor, Syracuse Aeromechanics Branch US Navy University, Syracuse NY, USA 10:00 I.3) TECHNICAL LIMITATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES J.3) LEONARDO ACTIVE ROTOR PROGRAMMES TO OF VTOL AIRCRAFT IMPROVE HELICOPTER COMFORT & PERFORMANCE Speaker: Seyed Mohseni, CEO, SAMAD Aerospace Speaker: Simon Stacey FRAeS, Programme & Technical Lead - Actoive Rotors, Leonardo Helicopters 10:30 Networking Break SESSION K: ADVANCED VTOL CONFIGURATIONS 11:00 K.1) NEXT GENERATION ROTORCRAFT TECHNOLOGIES Speaker: Patrick Collins, Science Gateway to Helicopers OC, DE&S, UK MoD K.2) CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF ESTOL DEFLECTED SLIPSTREAM COMMUTER AIRCRAFT 11:30 Speaker: Plamen Roglev, Director, Perum TM K.3) TBC 12:00 Speaker: TBC, GoFly DAY THREE CLOSING REMARKS 12:30 Speakers: Dr Richard Markiewicz, Dstl and Prof Kevin Knowles, Cranfield University Networking Lunch 12:40 TECHNICAL VISIT TO ROLLS ROYCE AND BRISTOL MUSEUM 13:15 www.aerosociety.com/IPLC18.