Upcoming Speakers
Seminar 2/25/2021: Roshan Thomas Eapen
P.h.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Texas A&M University
Come listen to Roshan Thomas Eapen on Thursday, February 25th for this week’s seminars titled Dynamical Systems: Concepts, Techniques, and Applications Planning. The seminar will go from 3:00 – 4:00 pm on Zoom with discussions afterwards.
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Eapen SS Spring 21
Seminar 2/18/2021: Riley Fitzgerald
P.h.D. Candidate and Draper Fellow in Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Come listen to Riley Fitzgerald on Thursday, February 18th for this week’s seminars titled Efficient Navigation for Low-Energy Lunar Transfers Planning. The seminar will go from 3:00 – 4:00 pm on Zoom with discussions afterwards.
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Fitzgerald SS Spring 21
Seminar 2/11/2021: Hao Chen
P.h.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
Come listen to Hao Chen on Thursday, February 11th for this week’s seminars titled Space Logistics and Multi-Mission Space Campaign Planning. The seminar will go from 3:00 – 4:00 pm on Zoom with discussions afterwards.
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Chen SS Spring 21
Seminar 3/5/2020: Dr. Sanjiv Singh
CEO Near Earth Autonomy
Consulting Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
Come listen to Sanjiv Singh on Thursday, February 27th for this week’s seminar titled An Autonomy Stack for Aerial Vehicles. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:20pm in 220 Hammond.
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Sanjiv Singh SS Spring 20
Seminar 2/27/2020: Dr. David Spencer
Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University
Come listen to David Spencer on Thursday, February 27th for this week’s seminar titled Wicked Hard Astrodynamics Problems for Moon/Mars Exploration Missions. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:20pm in 220 Hammond.
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David Spencer SS Spring 20
Seminar 2/20/2020: Jacqueline Thomas
P.h.D. Candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Come listen to Jacqueline Thomas on Thursday, February 20th for this week’s seminar titled Systems Analysis of Community Noise Impacts of Advanced Flight Procedures for Conventional and Hybrid Electric Aircraft. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:20pm in 220 Hammond.
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Jacqueline Thomas SS Spring 20
Seminar 2/13/2020: ARCC
The Autonomous Robotics Competition Club
Come listen to Rachel Axten, Wen-Yu Chien, Jacob Crouse, Oliver Dunbabin, Vankatakrishnan Iyer, Kalki Sharma, and Vidullan Surendran on Thursday, February 13th for this week’s seminar titled Lessons Learned and Current Status of Flying Robot Competitions. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:20pm in 220 Hammond.
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ARCC SS Spring 20
Seminar 2/6/2020: Dr. Eric Paterson
Rolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor
Department Head of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Interim Executive Director, Hume Center for National Security and Technology Virginia Tech
Come listen to Eric Paterson on Thursday, February 6th for this week’s seminar titled CFD is Dead, Long Live CFD!. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:20pm in 220 Hammond.
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Eric Paterson SS Spring 20
Seminar 1/23/2020: Keerti Prakash
P.h.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University
Come listen to Keerti Prakash on Thursday, January 22nd for one of this week’s seminars titled Damping of Composite Beams with Carbon Nanotube Interlayers for Rotorcraft Blade Application. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:20pm in 220 Hammond.
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Keerti Prakash SS Spring 20
Seminar 1/23/2020: Jingyao Dai
P.h.D. Candidate in Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University
Come listen to Jingyao Dai on Thursday, January 22nd for one of this week’s seminars titled Toughening of Boron Carbide Composites with Hierarchical Microstructuring. Refreshments will begin at 3:00pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:50pm in 220 Hammond.
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Jingyao Dai SS Spring 20
Seminar 1/16/2020: Dr. Chris Rahn
J. Lee Everett Professor and Associate Dean for
Innovation, Penn State University
Come listen to Chris Rahn on Thursday, January 16th for this week’s seminar titled Battery Systems Engineering Enabling Mobility and Grid Independence. Refreshments will begin at 2:45pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 3:05pm in 220 Hammond.
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Chris Rahn SS Spring 20
Seminar 12/11/2019: Dr. Mark Miller
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University
Come listen to Mark Miller on Wednesday, December 11th for this week’s seminar titled Exploring the Aerodynamics of Large Rotating Systems with High Pressure Experiments. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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Mark Miller SS Fall 19
Seminar 12/4/2019: Dr. René van Paassen
Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology
Come listen to René van Paassen on Wednesday, December 4th for this week’s seminar titled Engineering Feeling; Human Perception of Manipulator Dynamics. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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Rene van Paassen SS Fall 19
Seminar 11/20/2019: Dr. Al Brand
Sr. Technical Fellow for Flight Technology, Bell
Come listen to Al Brand on Wednesday, November 20th for this week’s seminar titled The Technology of Vertical Lift. Note that this seminar will start at 2:30pm in 026 Hosler Building.
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Seminar 11/13/2019: Monique McClain
Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University
Come listen to Monique McClain on Wednesday, November 13th for this week’s seminar titled Additive Manufacturing of Viscous Materials: Development and Characterization of 3D Printed Energetic and Composite Structures. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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Monique McClain SS Fall 19
Seminar 11/6/2019: Dr. Alejandra Uranga
Assistant Professor of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Southern California
Come listen to Alejandra Uranga on Wednesday, November 6th for this week’s seminar titled Boundary Layer Ingestion for Transport Aircraft: Power Balance, Wind Tunnel Tests, and Analysis Framework. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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Alejandra Uranga SS Fall 19
Seminar 10/30/2019: Dr. Daning Huang
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Penn State University
Come listen to Daning Huang on Wednesday, October 30th for this week’s seminar titled Computational Discovery of Hypersonic Aerothermoelastic Scaling Laws. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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Daning Huang SS Fall 19
Seminar 10/24/2019: Dr. Sonia Hernandez
Mission Design and Navigation Specialist, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Come listen to Sonia Hernandez on Thursday, October 24th for one this week’s seminars titled Navigating Spacecraft Through the Giant Planets (and a Few Other Space Mission Ideas…). Note that this seminar will start at 2:00pm in 135 Reber Building.
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Sonia Hernandez SS Fall 19
Seminar 10/23/2019: Dr. Phillip J. Ansell
Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana Champain
Come listen to Phillip Ansell on Wednesday, October 23rd for one this week’s seminars titled Distributed Electric Propulsion for Advanced Air Vehicle Technology. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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Phil Ansell SS Fall 19
Seminar 10/16/2019: Dr. David Hall
Propulsion Group Manager, Aurora Flight Sciences
Come listen to David Hall on Wednesday, October 16th for this week’s seminar titled Developments in Boundary Layer Ingesting Propulsion for Transport Aircraft. Refreshments will begin at 4:15pm in the Aero Cafe (225 Hammond), and the Seminar will begin at 4:40pm in 220 Hammond.
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David Hall SS Fall 19