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Education

• Post-Graduate Certificate in Safety and Accident Investigation (Air Transport), Cranfield University, 2020
• Doctor in Aerospace, Cranfield University School of Engineering, 2018
• Master of Science in Aerospace, Cranfield University School of Engineering, 2009

Biography

Dr. Marwan Maurizio Chedid is based in Singapore. Since 2016, he has been the Technical Director of his own international consultancy business focusing on certification of aerospace organizations and products, air safety and associated training.

This has been driven by a wide range of professional and academic experience in structural, flight loads, ground and flight-testing certification activities in technical departments of military and civil design, production and maintenance organizations developing a broad understanding of quality and safety management tools and the associated requirements.

He graduated with a B.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Politecnico di Milano, Italy, (1998), followed by service in the Italian Army as Officer of Alpine until 2000.

He became involved in various roles within the Technical Department and Office of Airworthiness for the Type Investigation of new general aviation aircraft, such as Vulcan Air VF600W (2000-2004), Pilatus PC-24 (2010-2014), Evektor EV-55 (2015-2017), Comac (2018) under EASA (EU), FAA (US), TCCA (CAN) and CAAC (CHN) Civil Aviation rules.

He was appointed as Certification Validation Engineer (CVE equivalent to FAA DER), System Monitoring and Certification Manager of an EASA-approved Design Organization, gaining exposure in all related civil aviation requirements, initial and continuing airworthiness, and international recognized aerospace standards, ASTM International (American Society of Testing and Materials for Aerospace and Additive Manufacturing) and ASQ (American Society for Quality). Similarly, on the military side, Defence and Military Standards became part of his knowledge.

Mainly at Marshall Aerospace, Cambridge, UK (2004-2008), under Ministry of Defence (MoD) mandatory requirements, he dealt with Continuing Airworthiness Maintenance Organisation (CAMO) challenges, such as Structural Integrity Projects leader/specialist (C-130J, Sentry E-3D and Tristar aircraft of the RAF and RAAF), where he learned the principles of Flight Loads Measurement applied through the final product design service life, and with the close interaction with QinetiQ, Farnborough, UK, (formerly the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency - DERA) as certification representatives of the UK MoD.

This experience became relevant during the Pilatus PC-9A trainer aircraft Life Extension Program and topic of his Ph.D. thesis (2018) at Cranfield University, UK, by means of data offered by the Italian Aerospace Research Centre (CIRA) on a Dropped Transonic Flight Test (DTFT) Unmanned Space Vehicle (USV) to improve the quality of the final set of loads equations by means of numerical and statistics tools, and experimental, ground and flight test techniques.

Additional to leading knowledge in this industry, he was exposed to the academic, lecturing and research world. This included collaborations with the University of Naples, "Federico Secondo," working in such areas as static and dynamic landing gear certification testing controlled by statistical methods to improve the final product quality design. While at Cranfield University, during his M.Sc. research on composite materials (2010), he served as assistant researcher and lecturer of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) at the Boeing IVHM Centre, Cranfield University.

Over the following years, he has begun focusing on eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing), LSA (Light Sport Aircraft), Light Rotorcraft and UAV, and also to the science of Aircraft Accident Investigation as a recognized ICAO Annex 13 Accident Investigator (Safety and Accident Investigation Centre at Cranfield University) and technical advisor of AAIB (Air Accident Investigation Brunch) Malaysia as platforms for his Air Safety and Flight Loads Measurement research and certification studies.

Past Teaching Experience

• Landing Gear Drop Test, Numerical and Experimental Investigations – Aircraft Structures Department Naples University Federico II – Prof. Leonardo Lecce (2000-2005)
• An Introduction to Vehicle Health Management – Boeing IVHM Integrated Vehicle Health Management Centre of Cranfield University – Prof. Ian Jennions and Dr. Stephen Hobbs (2009-2013)
• Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) DEMON Structural and Flutter Investigations – Aircraft Vehicle Design, Cranfield University – Prof. John Fielding (2008-2009)
• Unmanned Space Vehicle (USV) Polluce/Castore and Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) Campaign – Applied Mechanics Department, Cranfield University/ NSIRC, National Structural Integrity Research Centre at Brunel University London – Prof. Rade Vignjevic, Dr. Kevin Hughes (2009-2015)

Courses Taught

• SFTY 330 - Aircraft Accident Investigation
• SFTY 345 - Aviation Safety Program Management
• SFTY 375 - Propulsion Plant Investigation
• SFTY 435 - Aircraft Crash Survival Analysis and Design

Dr. Marwan Mauricio Chedid

chedidm@erau.edu

• Department of Applied Aerospace Science
• College of Aviation