MAAT Multibody Advanced Airship for Transport

Partners on the EU FP7 Advanced Airship project: Aero Sekur Spa, Italy

Paul Stewart

Organization: Aero Sekur Spa Short name: ASKR

General Description

Aero Sekur SpA is a Small & Medium Enterprise established in Italy and part of the English group Aero Sekur Ltd since July 2007. The Company mission is to provide products and services aimed to support life and survival of people and security forces, as well as operation of aerospace, maritime and land vehicles, on the basis of proven and best mechanical, software, textile and advanced material technologies on a National and International perspective. Aero Sekur is a specialist supplier of safety systems and advanced flexible materials to the global aerospace and security markets. The company has extensive manufacturing and R&D facilities in Italy and repre- sentations worldwide. The core competency of the business is the design and development of advanced engi- neered structures using flexible materials. The Company has a considerable experience in dealing with private Customers and Governmental Organizations, calling to operate both as a main or sub contractor for complex sys- tems, having the responsibility for the supply of complete turnkey packages, including full Logistic Support and Training to final operators. Aero Sekur has a deep experience in inflatable technologies and coated multi-layer structures and has, over the years, designed, developed, qualified and produced a wide range of personal and col- lective emergency, safety and protective equipment, as well as parachutes and airships. Aero Sekur constantly undertakes research activities in specific key areas like materials technology, computer aided production man- agement, fabrication skills. The Company research, development and manufacturing areas are continually evolv- ing to meet the challenge of new designs and constant improvements in technical and performance requirements. In addition, the Company has grown together with a loyal, stable and skilful workforce.

Main related expertise

Simonetti Spallotta Roberto, B.S. Mechanical Engineering-University of Rome Tor Vergata, Licensed Engi- neer, Product Engineering Manager – Parachute Products, Inflatable Products, Flexible Fuel tanks, Chief Product Engineer – Parachute and Airdrop Systems in Aero Sekur, Project Engineer – Parachute Systems in Aero Sekur, Project Engineer – CNBR Filtration systems in Aero Sekur, Process and Logistics Analyst in TNT Logistics It- aly, US DOT – FAA Company Liaison FAR 145, Company Certifying Staff. Training in Heinrich Parachute Systems Design Course, Human Factor (Jar 145 – Amdt. 5) (GM145.A.30), EASA Part-145 (AMC; GM), ISO – 9001:2000, Materials for space applications (ESA)

Bianchi Andrea, B.S. Aerospace Engineering-University of Rome La Sapienza, Project Leader Inflatable in Aero Sekur, R&D Department – Design & Development of Emergency Installations for Helicopters – Production Engineering (EASA Part 21) Materials for space applications (ESA), Design and Prototyping of Space Inflatable Systems Materials for space applications (ESA), Company Production Engineering Manager (EASA Part21). Training in EASA Part-21 (AMC; GM) + annual recurring, ISO – 9001:2000, Project Management, Human Fac- tors in Maintenance, Simultaneous Engineering

Partners on the EU FP7 Advanced Airship project: Exponential Design Lab, Ururguay

Paul Stewart

Organization: exponential Design Lab Short name: eDL

General Description

eDL is a design, city planning, architecture, industrial, system and product design, project management and space architecture organization composed of engineers and architects. In its actual form founded in 2007 in Montevi- deo, Uruguay. It is active in advanced projects in energy conservation, power generation in buildings, vertical agriculture, decontamination systems, and advanced product ecosystems. Its capabilities include: Architectural, interior, structural, urban design; Graphic design, rendering, animation, Vehicle design, Product , system and in- dustrial design, Concept design, preliminary design and final engineering (drawings and specifications), Cost estimates and scheduling; Scheduling, Purchasing, Expediting, Project and construction management, Prototyp- ing support, Quality control, Final tests and delivery, Marketing support implementation.

Main related expertise

Arch Giorgio Gaviraghi, President and founder of eDL in the year 2007. Over 40 years of active experience as designer,projectmanagerandgeneralmanagerofdesignandconstructionorganizations. Involvedinaerospacefacility design as project manager for the Austin Company (Boeing Aeritalia, commercial wide body assembly facilities) HAI-Lockheed Westinghouse commercial and military aircraft overhauling facility in Tanagra Greece) and air- port design as responsible of Group 2A (Alitalia-Austin). For MLA New York, the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) program, designed an electromagnetic (rail gun) testing facility in Picatinny NJ US Army. Co designer of Euro Mars, Martian simulated base, Bidu Guiday Lunar base and city and several aerospace projects. Tutor of groups of high school and university students in space related projects, sponsored by NASA and similar organi- zations, and winning over 10 awards in three years , Space settlement design, Mars city, advanced aircraft, Ras- cal finalist with a lunar city project, is familiar with new and advanced concepts in space related or high tech proposals. Project management experience in major projects, (housing repair and rebuilding in seismic damaged zone), pharmaceutical, food, aerospace facilities, airport design. Vehicle design, urban car system, boats and air- planes interiors. Presented over twenty papers at space conventions , NSS; Mars Society, AIAA, ESA and others. Author science fiction book  ̳First Contact‘ Minerva Press London 2000. Member of the board Lifeboat Founda- tion.

Arch Maria Adela Gimenez, University professor and eDL co founder. Over 20 years experience in city plan- ning and advanced building design ( energy conservation, power generation from renewable, hydroponic agricul- ture and other systems. Professor at UTU Universidad del Trabajo in Montevideo. Co tutor of high school and university students for winning space related projects.

Prof. Renzo Ghio, professor of renewable power systems, electronics and information technology at UTU Universidad del Trabajo Montevideo. Over 20 years experience in advanced design and systems.

Partners on the EU FP7 Advanced Airship project: University of Bologna, Italy

Paul Stewart

Organization: University of Bologna – Department of Mechanical, Nuclear, Aeronautical Constructions (DIEM) Short name: UniBo

General Description

The University of Bologna (UniBo) Research Unit (RU) belongs to the DIEM (Department of Mechanical, Nu- clear, Aeronautical Constructions), which mainly operates in the mechanical and aerospace engineering. The aerospace engineering laboratory of the DIEM is located at the II School of Engineering of the University of Bo- logna. The Disciplinary Scientific Sectors of reference of the teachers and the researchers of the DIEM and the relative didactic and research activities are: mechanics of the flight, fluid machines, systems for the energy and the environment, mechanics applied to the machines, mechanical planning and construction of machines, sketch and Methods of the industrial engineering, technologies and systems of Workmanship, plants mechanical Indus- trialists, Industrial bioengineering, constructions and aerospace structures, physics of the nuclear reactors, fluid dynamic, plants and aerospace systems.

Main related expertise

Prof. Franco Persiani, full Professor of Aircraft Structure Design for Aerospace Engineers at the Second Fac- ulty of Engineering at the University of Bologna. His research interests focus on Design and Methods in Indus- trial Engineering and, in the last years, on the industrial development of UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems). He is president of AIDAA (National Aeronautics and Astronautics Association), member of the Scientific Committee of ICAS (International Congress on Aeronautical Sciences), and member of the trustee board of CEAS (Council of European Aerospace Society). He was member of the board of the Italian ANSV (Agenzia Nazionale Sicurezza Volo). Related publications (others related publications in attachment):

F. Persiani, F. De Crescenzio, G. Miranda, T. Bombardi M. Fabbri, F. Boscolo. (2009). 3d Obstacle Avoidance Strategies For UASS Mission Planning And Re-Planning. Journal Of Aircraft. Vol. 46 Issues 3, Pp. 832 – 846 Issn: 0021-8669. Bagassi S., De Crescenzio F., Persiani F. (2010). Design And Evaluation Of A Four-Dimensional Interface For Air Traffic Control. Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers. Part G, Journal Of Aerospace En- gineering. Vol. 224, Number 8/2010, Pp. 937 – 947 Issn: 0954-4100.

Alessandro Ceruti, PhD, assistant Professor at the Second Faculty of Engineering at the University of Bologna. His interests deal with Design Tools applied to Industrial and Aerospace Engineering. He is author or co-author of conference and journal papers related to optimization techniques and design for industrial and aerospace ap- plications. He is involved in research grants with companies working in aeronautic field. Currently he is teacher of Aircraft Drawing and Design at the Second Faculty of Engineering of the University of Bologna. He is mem- ber of the ADM (Italian Machine Design Association) and AIDAA (Italian National Aeronautics and Astronaut- ics Association).

Related publications (others related publications in attachment): A. Ceruti, F. De Crescenzio, F. Flamigni, F.Persiani. (2004). Design Of An Advanced Ground Station For Simul- taneous Control Of Multiple UAVs In A Coordinated Mission. Proceedings Of The 24th International Congress Of The Aeronautical Sciences, Yokohama – Japan. 29 August – 3 September 2004. A. Ceruti, E. Troiani. (2009). Structural Design And Manufacturing Of UAV Built With Rapid Prototyping Techniques. Proceedings Of The Xx Congresso Nazionale A.I.D.A.A, Milano (It), June 29 – July 3, 2009.

Partners on the EU FP7 Advanced Airship project: University of Lincoln

Paul Stewart

Organization: University of Lincoln UK Short name: UoL

General Description

University of Lincoln UK is a school of engineering, centre of excellence in Industrial power and energy, control and electronic/electrical engineering, engaging in world-class fundamental and applied research, collaborating with industrial partners ranging from SMEs to Multinationals.

Main related expertise

Paul Stewart, Professor of Control Engineering, Head of Engineering, Director EPSRC Network in Airport En- ergy Technologies. Stewart has competences about Electromechanical Energy Conversion: Electrical Machine Design: Permanent Magnet Brushless AC/DC motors and generators; Power optimized designs; Switched reluc- tance motors and generators; Semiconductor power electronic drives design: DC-3/phase AC conversion, active rectifiers, active filters, generator and motor controllers. DC-DC electrical converters, modelling, optimization and control; Hydrogen fuel cell system modelling and control; Energy storage systems simulation, analysis and control: batteries, flywheels, super/ultra capacitors; Electrical power systems architectures: simulation, analysis and design; CFD Turbine and propeller optimization for high altitude operation. In order to, Stewart has compe- tences in Photovoltaic. His relevant applications and Experience about Aerospace: Low carbon Airport opera- tions, Non-linear and intelligent flight control for fast jets and helicopters, More Electric Aircraft: electrical ma- chines, drives and power architectures, power optimized control; Energy scavenging and recovery, power gen- eration and electrical actuators; Power system control. Related publications (others related publications in at- tachment):

Stewart, Paul and Gladwin, D. and Parr, M. and Stewart, Jill (2007) A Multiobjective G.A./Fuzzy Logic aug- mented flight controller for an F16 aircraft. In: IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems FUZZ-IEEE 2007, 23-26 July 2007, Imperial College, London, UK. Stewart, Paul and Stone, D. A. and Fleming, P. J. (2004) Design of robust fuzzy-logic control systems by multi- objective evolutionary methods with hardware in the loop. Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 17 (3). pp. 275-284. ISSN 0952-1976

Chris Bingham, Professor of Energy Conversion at the University of Lincoln, and was previously Senior Lec- turer in The Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, The University of Sheffield, UK, where he was senior member of the Electrical Machines and Drives Research Group (EMD), specialising in advanced systems control and power systems. During his academic career, Prof. Bingham has made significant contributions to a diverse range of funded research, including researching and realising advanced control techniques and novel ac- tuation systems for the control of autonomous underwater vehicles and advanced missiles, electromechanical and electro-hydraulic aircraft flight control surfaces, magnetically-loaded carbon-fibre composite roller systems for multi-axis sheet material handling applications, active magnetic bearings for high–speed flywheel energy storage systems, high performance electromechanically actuated vibratory pile-drivers, and power optimized electrical machines and drives for the more electric aircraft.

Related publications (others related publications in attachment): Schofield, N. and Yap, H. T. and Bingham, Chris (2006) A hydrogen fuel cell – high energy dense battery hybrid energy/power source for an urban electric vehicle. International Journal of Electrical Engineering and Transpor- tation, 2 (2). pp. 25-31. ISSN 1773-9357 Schofield, N and Yap, H T and Bingham, Chris (2005) Hybrid energy sources for electric and fuel cell vehicle propulsion. In: Vehicle Power and Propulsion, 2005 IEEE Conference, 7-9 Sept 2005, USA.

Partners on the EU FP7 Advanced Airship project: Engys

Paul Stewart

Organization: Engys Ltd Short name: Engys

 

General Description

Engys specialise in the application, development and support of CFD and optimisation software for industry. En- gys is a group of engineers and software developers with more than 10 year experience each in management and delivery of CAE solutions across various industrial sectors, including automotive, aerospace, built environments, consumer products and others. Extensive experience (+10 years) in the use of OPENFOAM and many other commercial CAE codes, such as Fluent, CFX, StarCCM+, Star-CD, ANSA, ICEM-CFD, CATIA, SolidWorks, Ensight, Paraview, etc. Strong background on CFD for low speed external aerodynamics. Engys methods are fully suitable to calculate the aerodynamic response of the cruiser/feeder concept operating at low Mach numbers in low density air. Extensive experience (+8 years) in the application of multi-disciplinary optimisation tech- niques using commercial and Open Source tools (e.g. modeFRONTIER, DAKOTA), including: Design Of Ex- periments (DOE), Optimisation algorithms, Sensitivity/Statistical Analysis, Robust design and reliability design (uncertainty quantification), Surrogate and regression models for prediction and data mining, Development of a native solver in OPENFOAM for Adjunct topology and shape optimisation, including determination of surface sensitivities based on predefined objective cost functions.

Main related expertise

Paolo Geremia MSc, Paolo received his Laurea Magistrale degree in Mechanical Engineering from University of Trieste in 2002. From 2002 to 2010 Paolo worked at ESTECO Srl, developers and resellers of the multi- disciplinary optimisation code modeFRONTIER. Paolo has extensive experience in process integration, optimi- sation, meta-modelling and application of multiple CAE tools for industrial scale applications.

Dipl-Ing. Thomas Schumacher MSc, Thomas received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Technische Universität Berlin. He further received an MSc degree with distinction in Aerospace Dynamics from Cranfield University in 2002. From 2002 to 2009 Thomas carried out extensive CFD analysis for the Environ- mental Control System department at Airbus in Hamburg, including 5 years working onsite.

Dr. Andrew Jackson PhD MSc DIC, Andrew received his BEng in Aeronautical Engineering from University of Manchester, UK in 1991. He later received his Msc and PhD in Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics from the same institution in 1995. Andrew also pursued a post-doctorate from Imperial College (1999). Over the past 15 years he has been heavily involved in the fields of aerospace aerodynamics and development of CFD mesh generation methods, including extensive work for Airbus UK.