University Leadership Initiative Partner List (Round 6)
Organization Name
University of Utah
Organization POC
Ashwin Renganathan, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
ashwin.renganathan@utah.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Tennessee Space Institute
Organization POC
Pr. Paul Palies, www.utsi.edu/cparc
POC Email
ppalies@utk.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Kansas
Organization POC
Haiyang Chao, Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, https://cusl.ku.edu/Publication
POC EmailULI Round 6 Awards
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Minnesota
Organization POC
Suo Yang, Richard & Barbara Nelson Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, https://cse.umn.edu/me/suo-yang
POC Email
suo-yang@umn.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of South Florida
Organization POC
Yu Zhang, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
POC Email
yuzhang@usf.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
City University of New York
Organization POC
Roman Kezerashvili, Professor of Physics
POC Email
rkezerashvili@citytech.cuny.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Dayton
Organization POC
Jitendra Kumar, Power & Energy Division, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
POC Email
Jitendra.kumar@udri.udayton.edu Jkumar1@udayton.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Thomas Jefferson University
Organization POC
Chris Pastore, http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4272-3808, https://sites.philau.edu/pastorec/
POC Email
Chris.Pastore@Jefferson.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8, advanced textiles and composites (3d weaves, 3d braids)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Texas A&M University
Organization POC
Jean-Briac le Graverend, Associate Professor in Aerospace
POC Email
jblegraverend@tamu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Purdue University
Organization POC
Professor Nicole Key, Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
nkey@purdue.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Fans & Compressors
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
USDOT Volpe Center
Organization POC
Frank Wang
POC Email
frank.wang@dot.gov
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Washington University in St. Louis
Organization POC
Professor Ramesh K. Agarwal
POC Email
rka@wustl.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead for Topic 7 Partner for Topic 2
Organization Name
University of Central Florida (MSI)
Organization POC
Professor Kareem Ahmed
POC Email
Kareem.Ahmed@ucf.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Purdue University
Organization POC
Fabio Semperlotti
POC Email
fsemperl@purdue.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8 Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Organization POC
Cristina Riso, Assistant Professor, School of Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
criso@gatech.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
North Carolina State University
Organization POC
Dr. Venkat Narayanaswamy, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, https://tsfl.wordpress.ncsu.edu/
POC Email
vnaraya3@ncsu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of California, Irvine (MSI/HSI)
Organization POC
Jacqueline Huynh, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
huynhlj@uci.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Acoustics and flight operations of advanced Air Mobility, Vertical lift air vehicle noise modeling and validation, Electrification, Alternative Fuels, UAM integration into the NAS.
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Organization POC
Max Z. Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Industrial and Operations Engineering (courtesy), https://sites.google.com/umich.edu/lattice/home
POC Email
maxzli@umich.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Organization POC
Pavana Prabhakar, Charles G. Salmon Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering [http://mamel.engr.wisc.edu]
POC Email
pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8 Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Mississippi State University
Organization POC
Chuangchuang Sun, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering. https://sites.google.com/view/sun-research-lab/home
POC Email
csun@ae.msstate.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Arizona State University
Organization POC
Kenan Song, Assistant Professor in Manufacturing, Expertise in fibers, coatings and laminates
POC Email
kenan.song@asu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Texas Tech University
Organization POC
Victor Maldonado, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
victor.maldonado@ttu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Tufts University
Organization POC
Jason Rife, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
jason.rife@tufts.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Center for Advanced Turbomachinery and Energy Research (CATER); University of Central Florida (Minority-Serving Institution)
Organization POC
Dr. Subith Vasu, Professor
POC Email
subith@ucf.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero-Emission Aviation Gas turbine engines and propulsion systems; Fuels and Combustion; Shock tubes for hydrogen safety; Laser and optical sensors for engine and flow field characterization; Energy conversion and storage
Lead/Partner
MSI/HSI Partner
Organization Name
Tuskegee University
Organization POC
Dr. M. Javed Khan, Professor and Head, Aerospace Science Engineering Department
POC Email
mjkhan@tuskegee.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Lead/Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
Rutgers University
Organization POC
Onur Bilgen, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
o.bilgen@rutgers.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 8 Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems Shape adaptive/morphing aerospace structures, rotors, and wings, fixed-wing and multi-rotor drones, piezo-electro-aeroelastic system modeling, multidisciplinary design optimization, experimental design, testing, and system identification
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Western Michigan University
Organization POC
Peter A. Gustafson, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
peter.gustafson@wmich.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Saint Louis University
Organization POC
Srikanth Gururajan, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering, https://sites.google.com/a/slu.edu/aircraft-lab/
POC Email
Srikanth.Gururajan@slu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Clemson University
Organization POC
Joshua Tong, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
POC Email
jianhut@clemson.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organization POC
Melkior Ornik, Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
mornik@illinois.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Spirit AeroSystems
Organization POC
Kim Caldwell
POC Email
kimberly.a.caldwell@spiritaero.com
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Oklahoma State University
Organization POC
Wei Zhao, Assistant Professor, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
wzhao@okstate.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Bell Textron
Organization POC
Francis X. Govers III, Associate Technical Fellow – Autonomy
POC Email
fgovers@bellflight.com 720-917-8666 (cell)
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Ohio University
Organization POC
Chad Mourning
POC Email
mourning@ohio.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Organization POC
Dr. Zhenbo Wang, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
zwang124@utk.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation Research Interests: Control; optimization; mission planning; trajectory optimization; flight dynamics and control; multi-disciplinary design optimization; data-driven and model-based vehicle management and control; space, air, and ground vehicle systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Clark Atlanta University
Organization POC
Kishor Datta Gupta, Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber-Physical Systems
POC Email
kgupta@cau.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Utah State University
Organization POC
Juhyeong Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
juhyeong.lee@usu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
Organization POC
David Bell, Director, USRA Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS)
POC Email
dbell@usra.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Central Florida
Organization POC
Jayan Thomas, Professor of nanotechnology, Materials and Optics. http://nanoscience.ucf.edu/thomas/
POC Email
Jayan.Thomas@ucf.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Cincinnati
Organization POC
Ephraim Gutmark, Distinguished Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
POC Email
ephraim.gutmark@uc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Nevada, Reno
Organization POC
Hao Xu, Associate Professor, Department of Electrical & Biomedical Engineering
POC Email
haoxu@unr.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Colorado Boulder
Organization POC
John Farnsworth, Assistant Professor, Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences
POC Email
john.farnsworth@colorado.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Low-Speed Experimental Aerodynamic testing with a focus in Unsteady Aerodynamics and Flow Control
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
A&B Dizdarevich Consulting
Organization POC
Michael Dizdarevic
POC Email
michael@ldwaircraft.com
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Texas at Arlington (MSI/HSI)
Organization POC
Xin Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering
POC Email
xin.liu@uta.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Florida
Organization POC
Steven A. E. Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Theoretical Fluid Dynamics and Turbulence Group
POC Email
saem@ufl.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Tennessee Tech University
Organization POC
Rory Roberts, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
rroberts@tntech.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Air vehicle system integration and modeling, pressurized testing and operation of SOFCs in hybrid systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Texas at San Antonio (HSI)
Organization POC
Shrihari Sankarasubramanian, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
POC Email
Shrihari.sankarasubramanian@utsa.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Texas at Arlington
Organization POC
Paul Davidson, Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, https://lamma.uta.edu/
POC Email
paul.davidson@uta.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems, Automation/Composite
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Pennsylvania State University
Organization POC
David Hall, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
david.k.hall@psu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quite, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation Novel propulsion, power, and energy concepts; propulsion system electrification; propulsion-airframe integration
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Dayton
Organization POC
Dong Cao GE Aviation EPISCenter Professor & Associate Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
POC Email
dcao02@udayton.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicle (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Penn State University
Organization POC
Jim Coder, Department of Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
jcoder@psu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicle (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Computational and applied aerodynamics
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Tennessee State University
Organization POC
Lin Li, Professor, Dean of Engineering
POC Email
lli1@tnstate.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Connecticut
Organization POC
Seok-Woo Lee, Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, https://swlee.engr.uconn.edu/
POC Email
seok-woo.lee@uconn.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama
Organization POC
Samit Roy| Ph.D., William D. Jordan Professor, Director of Advanced Composite Materials Laboratory
POC Email
sroy@eng.ua.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama
Organization POC
Mark E. Barkey, Professor and Head, Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
POC Email
mbarkey@eng.ua.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama
Organization POC
Sameer B. Mulani
POC Email
sbmulani@eng.ua.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Arizona
Organization POC
Roberto Guzman, Professor, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering
POC Email
guzmanr@arizona.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems. Memory Polymeric Structures/Nanocomposites
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Ohio State University
Organization POC
Dr. Kevin Disotell, Research Scientist, Aerospace Research Center
POC Email
disotell.1@osu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Aeroacoustic measurements
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Miami
Organization POC
Prof. Gecheng Zha, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
gzha@miami.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) VTOL
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Ohio State University
Organization POC
Martijn IJtsma, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrated Systems Engineering, https://mijtsma.github.io
POC Email
ijtsma.1@osu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Santa Clara University
Organization POC
Mohammad Ayoubi, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
maayoubi@scu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Texas A&M University
Organization POC
Irfan Khan, Assistant Professor, https://tamug.edu/cares/
POC Email
irfankhan@tamu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
North Carolina State University
Organization POC
Ashok Gopalarathnam, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
agopalar@ncsu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Applied aerodynamics including theoretical, computational, and experimental for configuration design
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Raytheon Technologies Research Center (RTRC)
Organization POC
Wookyung Kim, Senior Principal Engineer, Aerothermal & Intelligent Systems Department
POC Email
wookyung.kim@rtx.com
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama
Organization POC
Myoungkyu Lee, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
POC Email
mklee@ua.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Organization POC
Scott R. Winter, Associate Dean for Research, College of Aviation
POC Email
scott.winter@erau.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Raytheon Technologies Research Center
Organization POC
Dr. Michael Joly, Senior Principal Engineer, Aerodynamics
POC Email
michael.joly@rtx.com
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quite, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Cincinnati
Organization POC
Vesselin Shanov, Professor of Chemical and Materials Engineering, https://ceas.uc.edu/research/centers-labs/nanoworld.html
POC Email
vesselin.shanov@uc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems Lightweight composite wires for electric power distribution
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Ohio State University
Organization POC
Matilde D’Arpino, Research Scientist, Center for Automotive Research, College of Engineering
POC Email
darpino.2@osu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Utah State University
Organization POC
Tianyi He, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
tianyi.he@usu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama
Organization POC
Jordan Larson, Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics (AEM) Director, Laboratory for Autonomy, GNC, & Estimation Research (LAGER)
POC Email
jdlarson1@eng.ua.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Utah State University
Organization POC
Nadia Kouraytem, Assistant Professor in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
nadia.kouraytem@usu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Purdue University
Organization POC
Professor Veeraraghava Raju Hasti, Ph.D. School of Mechanical Engineering, https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=140637
POC Email
vhasti@purdue.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 7: Zero-Emissions Aviation Propulsion and combustion Gas turbine engines Combustor and fuel injector design Cooling techniques Computational fluid dynamics analysis Artificial intelligence Integrated physics and data-driven models for design, analysis, and optimization
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Georgia Southern University
Organization POC
Hossein Taheri, Assistant Professor, Department of Manufacturing Engineering
POC Email
htaheri@georgiasouthern.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems Nondestructive Testing, in-situ monitoring, Additive Manufacturing, Material Characterization
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
New Mexico State University (MSI)
Organization POC
Andreas Gross, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
agross@nmsu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Organization POC
Dr. Arun Vishnu Suresh Babu, Teaching Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Science
POC Email
asures10@uncc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4) Applied aerodynamics, low-order model development, bio-inspired design
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Central Florida
Organization POC
Yuanli Bai, Associate Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department
POC Email
bai@ucf.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Iowa State University
Organization POC
Guowen Song, Professor and Noma Scott Lloyd Chair in Textiles and Clothing, Department of Apparel, Events and Hospitality Management (AESHM)/Department of Mechanical Engineering, Center for Multiphase Flow Research and Education (CoMFRE)
POC Email
gwsong@iastate.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8-Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems Personal protective technology/equipment, hazard simulation, material/equipment performance evaluation and prediction, high-performance/self-adaptive material
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Organization POC
David Hopfe
POC Email
hopfed@erau.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Texas at Arlington
Organization POC
Kamesh Subbarao, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
subbarao@uta.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Florida Institute of Technology
Organization POC
Reza Jahanbakhshi, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences
POC Email
rjahanbakhshi@fit.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Wyoming
Organization POC
Dimitri Mavriplis, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC Email
mavripl@uwyo.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Expertise: Computational fluid dynamics, applied aerodynamics, aeroacoustics, High performance computing
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Youngstown State University
Organization POC
Frank X. Li, Professor and Director, Rayen School of Engineering
POC Email
xli@ysu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance (Strategic Thrust 5)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Michigan State University
Organization POC
Woongkul (Matt) Lee, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
POC Email
leewoong@msu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Organization POC
James H. Anderson, Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer Science
POC Email
anderson@cs.unc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Wichita State University on behalf of the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR)
Organization POC
Rebeka Khajehpour, Research Engineer
POC Email
rkhajehpour@niar.wichita.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations (Strategic Thrust 1)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Cincinnati
Organization POC
Mohamad Ghulam, Ph.D. student in Aerospace Engineering
POC Email
Ghulammm@mail.uc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Great Lakes Crystal Technologies
Organization POC
Keith Evans
POC Email
evans@glcrystal.com
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Center for Air Transportation Systems Research at George Mason University
Organization POC
Lance Sherry http://catsr.ite.gmu.edu.
POC Email
lsherry@gmu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Research Interest: Digital-Twin for Airframe, Propulsion, and or Trajectory
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama
Organization POC
Jiaze He
POC Email
jhe26@eng.ua.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems, Computational ultrasound imaging-based nondestructive material evaluation
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of California, Santa Cruz (MSI/HSI)
Organization POC
Yat Li, Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
POC Email
yatli@ucsc.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Arizona State University
Organization POC
Ayan Mallik, Asst. Professor, Power Electronics (https://peacelab-asu.com/)
POC Email
ayan.mallik@asu.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft (Strategic Thrust 2)
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Kennesaw State University
Organization POC
Prof. Marwan Al-Haik
POC Email
malhaik@kennesaw.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
USDOT Volpe Center
Organization POC
Christopher Roof
POC Email
Christopher.Roof@dot.gov
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Topcoder, LLC
Organization POC
Juni Lynch; Dan Reitz
POC Email
juni.lynch@topcoder.com; dan.reitz@topcoder.com
Area(s) of Research Interest Electric Propulsion: Challenges and Opportunities Advanced control strategies and protection schemes for aircraft onboard power Effective Human-Robot Teaming to Advance Aviation Manufacturing Rapid Development of Urban Air Mobility Vehicle Concepts through Full-Configuration Multidisciplinary Design, Analysis, and Optimization Weather Intelligent Navigation Data and Models for Aviation Planning (WINDMAP) Information Fusion for Real-Time National Air Transportation System Prognostics under Uncertainty Secure and Safe Assured Autonomy (S2A2) Active Technology Project
Lead/Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Texas State University
Organization POC
Professor Togay Ozbakkaloglu, Ingram School of Engineering
POC Email
togay.oz@txstate.edu
Area(s) of Research Interest
Topic 8: Materials and Structures for Next-Generation Aerospace Systems
Lead/Partner
Lead or Partner
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