Research Projects Directory

PI Richard Stansbury
For this project, Embry-Riddle faculty and students are collaborating with Terminal Velocity Aerospace as a subcontractor a project funded by NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate.

PI Massood Towhidnejad

CO-I Richard Stansbury
For this project, Embry-Riddle faculty and students are collaborating with the sponsor, the FAA Office of Commercial Space Transportation, and the MITRE Corporation to produce an ADS-B technology capable of supporting the tracking of commercial space operations of sounding rockets and reusable launch vehicles.

PI Jonathan Campbell
This is a line of research encompassing multiple subsystem approaches to advance in-space propulsion.

Aerial Robotics Research

PI Woong Yeol Joe
Dr. Joe W. Yeol is dedicated to robotics research in general applications and holds particular interest in Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV) and Dynamics and Control research working with students.

Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) analysis is performed to determine the ideal box wing configuration for small UAS.

Tom Gally in Aerospace Engineering recently completed a NASA faculty fellowship at NASA Langley. His efforts were primarily focused on coupling aerodynamic simulation with structural behavior.

PI Vladimir Golubev
The project conducted in collaboration with WPAFB and Eglin AFB AFRL scientists over the past 8 years employs DOD HPC and ERAU computer facilities to conduct high-fidelity, low-Reynolds, aeroelastic gust-airfoil interaction studies to model unsteady responses and their control for small UAVs operating, e.g., in highly unsteady urban canyons.

Air Sea Interaction

PI Shahrdad Sajjadi

CO-I Ciprian Mancas

CO-I Frederique Drullion

CO-I Harihar Khanal
Many studies have been conducted on air-sea interactions. However, their main focus is on the dynamics of air-sea interactions of turbulent wind over non-linear unsteady waves. This project is in collaboration with University College London and the Trinity College, University of Cambridge.

PI Hui Wang

CO-I Edward Mummert
As demand for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations increases, it is vital to understand its effects on air traffic controllers and the safety of the national airspace system. This study’s primary purpose is to determine how UAVs that operate in controlled airspace would influence air traffic controllers’ occupational stress and performance. In a within-subject experimental research design, 24 participants sampled from a university’s undergraduate Air Traffic Management (ATM) program completed three different air traffic control (ATC) scenarios on an en-route ATC simulation system. The degree of UAV automation and control were varied in each scenario. The participants’ stress levels, performance, and workload were measured with both objective and subjective measurements. Within-subjects ANOVA tests showed significant effects on the participants’ stress level, performance, and workload when automated UAVs were present in the scenario. Participants experienced increased workload, the highest level of stress, and carried out the worst performance when with controllable UAVs in the airspace. These findings can inform UAV integration into controlled airspace and future research into UAV automation and control and ATC management.

PI Massoud Bazargan
Airlines today employ various strategies to cut costs and become lean and efficient.

PI Mark Sensmeier
Mark Sensmeier of Aerospace Engineering has spent multiple summers at NASA Langley working in a variety of areas. Currently, he and his student team are working on optimization ideas for aircraft design.

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