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Accident Research and Analysis with the US Helicopter Safety Team, Joint Helicopter Implementation Data Analysis Team

  • PI Scott Burgess

  • This ongoing research effort consists of accident data collection, data processing, data analysis and reporting for the US civil helicopter industry. This work is published through the International Helicopter Safety Team and US Helicopter Safety Team.
Advanced Space Propulsion Systems

  • PI Jonathan Campbell

  • This is a line of research encompassing multiple subsystem approaches to advance in-space propulsion.​
Aerodynamic Analysis of Box Wing Configuration for Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)
  • Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis is performed to determine the ideal box wing configuration for small UAS.
Application of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) to Support Disaster Response and Recovery Efforts

  • PI Brent Terwilliger

    CO-I David Ison

    CO-I Dennis Vincenzi

  • This continuing research project features detailed examination of legal, procedural, and technological requirements, advancements, and constraints affecting how UAS can best be applied to support disaster response and recovery efforts. Through review of evolving UAS regulatory requirements, best practices, technological advancements, and comparison to conventional means, alternative methods may be identifiable to augment and improve emergency response efforts. Better understanding the complexities of the response environment and available options, will better support future actions.

Autonomous Patrol and Surveillance (APSS) system
  • As part of this poject, students design develop and test various components of the Autonomous Patrol and Surveillance System (APSS). APSS is intended to be an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system.
Aviation Management Education Study (AMES)

  • PI Jason Newcomer

    CO-I James Marion

    CO-I Matthew Earnhardt

  • The Aviation Management Education Study (AMES) is a longitudinal effort consisting of a series of research papers covering various facets of aviation education as it pertains to managers in the field and hiring of industry professionals.

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Considerations for the Development and Deployment of an Unmanned Systems Simulation Framework

  • PI Brent Terwilliger

    CO-I David Ison

    CO-I Dennis Vincenzi

  • This research represents a comparative literature review to identify the best practices, methods, and concepts associated with simulation and its potential use to support unmanned system design, evaluation, analysis, and demonstration within a distributed learning environment.

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Developing and 3D Printing sUAS Fixed-Wing Aircraft for Educational Use

  • PI Joseph Cerreta

    CO-I David Thirtyacre

    CO-I Scott Burgess

  • The capability of commercial off-the-shelf 3D printers has increased rapidly over the past few years, and the ability to design, print and assemble sUAS could save academic institution resources and provide students excellent training.
Developing and Managing 21st Century Aerospace Cluster

  • CO-I Robert Walton

    CO-I Constantine Koursaris

  • The project team will collect, analyze, document and report information on best-practices and lessons learned in managing aerospace clusters in the United States, Europe, Japan, Brazil, and other countries for the purpose of making America's aerospace clusters more competitive.

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E-cigarette nicotine deposition and persistence on glass and cotton surfaces

  • PI Cheri Marcham

    CO-I Beverly Wood

    CO-I Evan Floyd

    CO-I Susan Arnold

  • This study examined whether nicotine from electronic cigarette aerosols deposits on indoor surfaces and how long it persists. Using controlled chamber experiments, the research demonstrated that nicotine readily deposits on both glass and cotton surfaces and remains detectable for several days, with substantially longer persistence on cotton materials, indicating potential for thirdhand nicotine exposure.
Effects of Visual Interaction on Unmanned Aircraft Operator Situational Awareness in a Dynamic Simulated Environment

  • PI Brent Terwilliger

    CO-I David Ison

    CO-I Dennis Vincenzi

  • This study represents a longitudinal study to further the findings aof an earlier study examining UAS operator situational awareness.
Epidemiology of Low Back Injuries in Aircratft Technicians and Mechanics

  • PI Todd Smith

  • For this study, data will be collected from aircraft maintenance technicians and A&P mechanics from both private and public organizations and the military. A zero-inflated Poisson regression analysis will be completed to examine these factors. Researchers will identify risk and protective factors related to demographic variables, work exposures and organizational variables.