22 Oct 2014 Leading Canada Aerospace Engineering Education

22 Oct 2014 Leading Canada: Aerospace Engineering Education and Research at Carleton University CARIC & OCE 15 Jan 2015 Daniel Feszty, Ph. D, PEng Director of Aerospace Research Unit

Carleton University Canadian leader in aerospace education & research - many “firsts” in the field: - 1988: first “Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering” program in Canada - 1992: first team-based final year project in aerospace engineering - largest undergraduate aerospace program in Canada (125 students/year) Stream A: Aerodynamics, Stream B: Structures Stream C: Avionics Stream D: Space - largest graduate aerospace population in Canada (80 graduate students) - first undergraduate course on rotorcraft in Canada - first Whirl Tower facilit(ies) in Canada - first American Helicopter Society student chapter in Canada (20 students) - etc, etc. 2

- concentrates aerospace researchers at Carleton University - created to enhance visibility of Aerospace Research at Carleton University - 30+ faculty members + more than 80 research students - among largest aerospace research centres in the academia in Canada http: //www. carletonaerospace. org/ 3

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S. Sjolander M. Yaras H. Sarawannamooto T. Kaya J. Etele E. Ellery J. Rocha P. Liu M. Martinez J. Laliberte M. Ahmadi P. Straznicky C. Scaini C. Rans J. Goldak A. Artemev H. Saari F. Nitzsche D. Feszty R. Langlois F. Afagh E. Matida C. Merrett gas turbine aerodynamics – passive flow control gas turbine aerodynamics – separation bubbles, transition gas turbine engines, aerodynamics spacecraft design and heat transfer rocket-based combined cycle engines, UAV quadcopters space robotics and rovers aerospace acoustics and noise control health monitoring and diagnostics active fibre composites, health monitoring composite materials, UAV aircraft aerospace robotics and control UAV aircraft, composites, structures avionics, UAV aircraft composite materials casting and welding of aerospace materials FEM modeling of active fibre composistes high temperature materials for gas turbines rotorcraft vibration and noise control, aeroelasticity rotorcraft vibration and noise control, aerodynamics helicopter – ship interaction, dynamics, simulators helicopter – ship interaction, structures rotorcraft BVI, aerodynamics of particulate matters aeroservoelasticity 5

Carleton. Aerospace Some of the interdisciplinary research expertise OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR UAV’s School of Information Technology Whitehead INSECT FLIGHT / MICRO AIR VEHICLES Department of Biology Dawson PILOT LOAD / COGNITIVE SCIENCE Department of Psychology Systems & Computer Engineering - Intelligent systems Herdman 6

Research Facilities 7

Research Facilities Wind Tunnels - 7 wind tunnels, covering wide range in size and speed new 1. 25 million wind tunnel currently under construction 8

Research Facilities Water Channel - allows testing at higher Reynolds numbers 9

Other research strengths (highlights) UAV aircraft design and testing The Carleton UAV project has 12 years history and aims to build UAV aircraft for geomagnetic survey for Ottawa-based Sanders Geophysics Ltd. You. Tube Geo. Surv II Corvus UAS 10

Other research strengths (highlights) Pratt & Whitney PT 6 Gas Turbine 11

- 4 unique research strengths Space Robotics Flight simulation Rotorcraft research - - - unique in Canada CRC Mars Rover: CSA largest in Canada 7 simulators cross-disciplinary unique in Canada vibration, noise, MAV only undergraduate Intelligent Aircraft - next big thing big data management SNG: Langis Roy 12

- 4 unique research strengths Space Robotics Flight simulation Rotorcraft research - - - unique in Canada CRC Mars Rover: CSA largest in Canada 7 simulators cross-disciplinary unique in Canada vibration, noise, MAV only undergraduate Intelligent Aircraft - next big thing big data management SNG: Langis Roy 13

Space Robotics & systems Satellite laboratory 14

Space Robotics & systems Satellite laboratory 15

Space Robotics & systems Planetary rover & spacecraft Mars rover built at Carleton University by Prof. Ellery’s team in collaboration with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). Rocket-based combined cycle engine concept developed by Prof. Etele, which is to be tested by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA) 16

- 4 unique research strengths Space Robotics Flight simulation Rotorcraft research - - - unique in Canada CRC Mars Rover: CSA largest in Canada 7 simulators cross-disciplinary unique in Canada vibration, noise, MAV only undergraduate Intelligent Aircraft - next big thing big data management SNG: Langis Roy 17

Flight Simulators 18

Flight Simulators CH-146 Griffon Cessna Sensics hekmet mounted system CF-18 Broad-angle display system Face. LAB eyetracking system UAV test bed 19

Flight Simulators Carleton University Simulator Project (CUSP) This 6 -degree of freedom simulator will allow reproducing 360 degree roll maneuvers in a ground-based environment. 20

Flight Simulators Carleton University Simulator Project (CUSP) This 6 -degree of freedom simulator will allow reproducing 360 degree roll maneuvers in a ground-based environment. 21

- 4 unique research strengths Space Robotics Flight simulation Rotorcraft research - - - unique in Canada CRC Mars Rover: CSA largest in Canada 7 simulators cross-disciplinary unique in Canada vibration, noise, MAV only undergraduate Intelligent Aircraft - next big thing big data management SNG: Langis Roy 22

Rotorcraft Research Carleton Whirl Tower Facility Discovery Channel – Daily Planet 10 April 2013 You. Tube Video High RPM facility Low RPM facility (helicopter – shipboard interaction testing) The Carleton Whirl Tower facility is the only such facility in Canada. It allows centrifugal testing of scaled helicopter rotors with actively controlled systems for vibration and noise control. 23

Rotorcraft Research Active Pitch Link: first in world Fan: mimics vibration from forward flight

Rotorcraft Research Scaled blade design: dynamic similarity Scaled blade FEM design, manufacturing, instrumentation and testing (first in Canada)

Rotorcraft Research Blade manufacturing

Rotorcraft Research Scaled rotor designed and manufacturing: first in Canada

Summary - Carleton. Aerospace: - oldest and largest aerospace educational program in Canada (~580 students) largest aerospace academic research centre in Canada (30 professors) builds upon Carleton’s track record (1 st) in aerospace research & education unique historic strengths in: Space Robotics, Flight Simulations, Rotorcraft Leading new area: intelligent aircraft www. carletonaerospace. org 28