Aerospace Science and Technology

Integrated Members

Afzal Suleman
218417324
Main interests:
Aerospace Engineering, Aircraft Design, Space Engineering, Flight Testing, Computational and Experimental Mechanics
Alain de Souza
218419034
Main interests:
Aerospace systemsSatellites and Other Aerospace DevicesAttitude and Orbit Control SystemRockets Propulsion SystemsFlight Dynamics and ControlMultidisciplinary Design OptimizationModeling, Identification and Control of Aerospace SystemsHybrid-Electric PropulsionUnmanned Aerial Systems
Fernando Lau
Filipa Moleiro
218417030
Main interests:
? Smart multilayered composite structures;? Functionally graded material structures;? Layerwise mixed finite element modelling;? Hygro-thermo-electro-elastic modelling;? Multiobjective structural optimization;? Vibration control;? Noise attenuation;? Aeroelastic control;? Structural health monitoring;? Piezoelectric energy harvesting.
Frederico Afonso
218419468
Main interests:
Multidisciplinary Design Optimization; Aircraft Design; Aeroelasticity; Unmanned Aerial Systems; Aerodynamics; Structural Dynamics; Hybrid-Electric Propulsion; Aerospace Design
J.M.M. Sousa
218417320
Main interests:
Low-Reynolds-number aerodynamicsMeshless methodsPiezoelectric energy harvestingTransition prediction and flow control in aeronauticsSustainable aviation fuelsAirborne wind energy
L M B C Campos
218417267
Main interests:
AeroacousticsFlight DynamicsAiracraft Design and IntegrationAir Traffic ManagementMagnetohydrodynamicasSolar-terrestrial physicsFractional CalculusSpecial functionsDifferential equationsPopulation problems
Mário Rui Melício da Conceição
P. J. S. Gil
218417196
Main interests:
Orbital Mechanics; Space Mission Analysis and Design; Space Systems Engineering
Paulo Oliveira
218418053
Main interests:
Mechatronic Systems, Robotic Autonomous Vehicles, Estimation, Sensor Fusion, Guidance, Navigation, and Control Systems

Collaborators

A. Fonseca
00351218417029
Main interests:
AeronauticsFlight test instrumentation and flight test techniques, namely:flight dynamics evaluation;operational evaluation of flight navigation systems, including satellite navigation systems;evaluation of flight loads in Structural Health Monitoring projects;flutter assessment?Flight simulation techniques and applicationsInstrumentation systems for several applications, namely the instrumentation of a aero acoustic wind tunnel
Filipe Szolnoky Ramos Pinto Cunha
João Manuel Gonçalves de Sousa Oliveira
Joaquim Manuel Guerreiro Marques
916518183
Main interests:
? Estabilidade e controlo de voo de configurações não convencionais: Asa Voadora e Cauda em V. ? Avaliação do Risco de Colisão entre Aviões: aplicação à separação de aviões em voo.? Esteira de Vórtices: aplicação à separação de Aviões à descolagem e/ou à aterragem.
Pedro da Graça Tavares Álvares Serrão
218417029
Main interests:
Aeroacoustics, Air Traffic Management, Aircraft Performance, Musical Acoustics

PhD Students

Iara Figueiras
João L. Monteiro
Vasco Coelho