Organization Name
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organization POC
Professor Jason Merret and Rodra Hascaryo
POC E-mail
merret@illinois.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topics 1, 2, 4, and 5
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Hampton University (MSI/HBCU)
Organization POC
Otsebele Nare, Associate Professor, Electrical & Computer Engineering
POC E-mail
otsebele.nare@hamptonu.edu
Area 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/Partner
Organization Name
Boeing Research & Technology
Organization POC
Abdollah Khodadoust
POC E-mail
abdollah.khodadoust@boeing.com
Area 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
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
The Longbow Group
Organization POC
Marco Sterk, President, Unmanned Systems Research and Technology Center (USRTC) at Fort Monroe, Va
POC E-mail
msterk@thelongbowgroup.com
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Miami
Organization POC
Gecheng Zha
POC E-mail
gzha@miami.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of South Carolina
Organization POC
Kristen (Garcia) Booth (Underrep Faculty), Assistant Professor in EE, Power Electronics and Systems
POC E-mail
KB72@mailbox.sc.edu
Area of Research Interest
Strategic Thrust 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead Partner
Partner/Lead
Organization Name
Lockheed Martin
Organization POC
Michael Haro
POC E-mail
michael.haro@lmco.com
Area of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation. Collaboration (i.e., industry advisor/review) focused on specific challenges of mutual importance to both NASA and Lockheed Martin (e.g., high energy density storage technologies)
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Central Florida (Minority Serving Institution)
Organization POC
Felipe A. C. Viana, Assistant Professor
POC E-mail
viana@ucf.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
DEVCOM – Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD-21005
Organization POC
Dr Rajneesh Singh
POC E-mail
rajneesh.k.singh.civ@mail.mil
Area of Research Interest
Strategic Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles, Collaborations focused on specific challenges of mutual importance to both NASA and Army
Lead Partner
Collaborator, https://www.arl.army.mil/opencampus
Organization Name
Oregon State University
Organization POC
Prof. Yue Cao, Electrical Engineering (power electronics and systems)
POC E-mail
yue.cao@oregonstate.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles.
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation.
Prof. Cao has significant experiences with the propulsion system of eVTOL UAV’s and electric aircraft. He was previously employed by and is currently collaborating with Amazon Prime Air. He specializes in power electronics and motor drives to improve energy efficiency and system reliability, including control and hardware designs, such as fault-tolerant motors and inverters. He has also developed UAV and MEA multi-physical power systems modeling and optimization design tool. Prof. Cao received MS/PhD from UIUC (Urbana-Champaign) and BS from UT-Knoxville. He has been a PI or co-PI for DOE ARPA-E, DOE EERE, Grainger Foundation, etc. Prof. Cao is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification overseeing UAV/MEA related submissions and leading this effort in IEEE Power Electronics Society TC11 – Aerospace Power Committee. Oregon State University offers geographical diversity in the Pacific Northwest and access to local Aerospace related industry. OSU owns a 750 kW lab capable of a variety of tests.
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Arizona State University
Organization POC
Timothy Takahashi, Professor of Practice, Aerospace Engineering
POC E-mail
ttakahas@asu.edu
Area of Research Interest
Takeoff & Landing, Enroute Performance, Regulatory Compliance of Emerging Technologies (Topic 1, 2 and/or 3 )
Lead Partner
Organization Name
University of Nevada Reno
Organization POC
Poria Fajri, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
POC E-mail
pfajri@unr.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
Oklahoma State University
Organization POC
Ryan Paul, Assistant Professor
POC E-mail ryan.paul@okstate.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 3, Topic 5, Topic 6
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
ATA Engineering, Inc.
Organization POC
Parthiv Shah
POC E-mail
parthiv.shah@ata-e.com
Area 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)
Technical Fields of interest
- Multiphysics (coupled fluid-thermal-structural-material) analysis tools and methods
- High resolution acoustic measurement methods
- Quiet descent/approach methods and technologies
- Propulsion and turbomachinery technologies
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Organization POC
Matt Edwards, Assistant Group Leader, Air Traffic Control Mission Area, Surveillance Systems Group https://www.ll.mit.edu/r-d/air-traffic-control
POC E-mail
matthew.edwards@ll.mit.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
For traditional operations and new airspace entrants (UAS/UAM):
- Aircraft and weather surveillance
- Collision avoidance and conflict management algorithms
- Operations planning optimization
- Human-machine teaming and decision support
- Large-scale modeling and simulation
- Prototyping and flight test
- Cybersecurity
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
The Pennsylvania State University
Organization POC
David Hall, Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
POC E-mail
david.k.hall@psu.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Aircraft propulsion, propulsion-airframe integration, turbomachinery, electrification, alternative energy, design optimization
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
Georgia Institute of Technology
Organization POC
Nian Liu, Assistant Professor, School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
POC E-mail
nian.liu@chbe.gatech.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles (Strategic Thrust 4)
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead Partner
Both
Organization Name
University of California, Irvine (MSI/HSI)
Organization POC
Jacqueline Thomas, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
POC E-mail
Thomasj1@uci.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports
Topic 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Urban Air Mobility, Vertical lift air vehicle noise modeling and validation, Electrification, UAM integration into the NAS, Acoustics and flight operations
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of Alabama in Huntsville
Organization POC
Konstantinos Kanistras, Assistant Professor in the Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department https://aafc.uah.edu/
POC E-mail
Konstantinos.Kanistras@uah.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3)
Applied Aerodynamics, Active/Passive Flow control, Aircraft Performance, Aircraft Stability and Control. Wind Tunnel Testing, PIV testing, UAV flight testing.
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Central Florida (Minority-Serving Institution)
Organization POC
Dr. Subith Vasu, Associate Professor
POC E-mail
subith@ucf.edu
Area 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 waves; Laser and optical sensors for engine and flow field characterization; Energy conversion and storage
Lead Partner
MSI/HSI
Partner
Organization Name
Mississippi State University
Organization POC
Omid Askari, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC E-mail
askari@me.msstate.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topics 3 and 7
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
California Institute of Technology
Organization POC
Soon-Jo Chung, Bren Professor of Aerospace and Control and Dynamical Systems
POC E-mail
sjchung@caltech.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topics 4, 5, and 6
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
CSU Monterey Bay
Organization POC
Robert Dahlgren, Ph.D.
POC E-mail
rdahlgren@soe.ucsc.edu
Area of Research Interest
Aeronautical, optical, electrical, sensor and mechanical engineering applied to interdisciplinary hardware: e.g. optical gyroscopes, interferometric sensors, fault tolerant systems, electromagnetic interference/immunity, aircraft propulsion, deicing and safety systems. UAS payload integration and remote sensing instrument design for the study of Earth science, natural hazards, the biosphere and geophysics. Modeling, simulation and interdisciplinary tradeoff analyses; hardware modularity, standardization, and multi-source agreements. Testing including interoperability, environmental, accelerated reliability, optical, rock mechanics, radiation, cryogenic, EMI/EMC/ESD, and wind tunnel.
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of Central Florida
Organization POC
Felipe A. C. Viana, Assistant Professor
POC E-mail
viana@ucf.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
Washington University in St. Louis
Organization POC
Prof. Ramesh K. Agarwal
POC E-mail
rka@wustl.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of Minnesota
Organization POC
Suo Yang, Richard & Barbara Nelson Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
POC E-mail
suo-yang@umn.edu
Area 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
Partner
Organization Name
University of Tennessee Space Institute
Organization POC
Paul P. Palies
POC E-mail
ppalies@utk.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports (Strategic Thrust 3) and
Topic 7: Zero Emission Aviation
Lead Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Organization POC
Apoorva Bajaj, Innovation Manager, CASA Engineering Research Center, UMass Amherst
POC E-mail
bajaj@ecs.umass.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Parallax Advanced Research
Organization POC
Matt Bush, Director, Strategic Development
POC E-mail
Matt.bush@parallaxresearch.org
Area of Research Interest
Strategic Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Strategic Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Strategic Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Florida State University
Organization POC
Gian Carlo Montanari, Research Faculty III, The Center for Advanced Power Systems (CAPS)
POC E-mail
gmontanari@fsu.edu
Area of Research Interest
Strategic Thrust 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft
Strategic Thrust 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports
Strategic Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Organization POC
Peter Webley, Research Associate Professor
POC E-mail
pwwebley@alaska.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topic 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation (Strategic Thrust 6)
Unmanned Aircraft System Anti-/Deicing; Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS); UAS integration into U.S. National Airspace System; Large and Small UAS Operations; Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) UAS; UAS Traffic Management (UTM); Detect and Avoid (DAA) Technologies.
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of Cincinnati
Organization POC
Dr. Kelly Cohen, Interim Department Head and Professor, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
POC E-mail
cohenky@ucmail.uc.edu
Area of Research Interest
Strategic Thrust 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
Strategic Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Strategic Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Strategic Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Lead or Partner
Organization Name
Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company
Organization POC
Jessica Edmonds, PhD
POC E-mail
edmonds.jessica@aurora.aero
Area of Research Interest
Topics 1, 3, 4, 5, 6. Cybersecurity, V&V, System Integration, Aviation Security, Certifiability, Robust AI, Swarm Autonomy, Manned Unmanned Teaming, Urban Air Mobility, NAS Integration, Detect and Avoid
Lead Partner
Partner
Organization Name
Tuskegee University
Organization POC
Sam Salehian, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering Department
POC E-mail
ssalehian@tuskegee.edu
Area of Research Interest
Strategic Thrust 2: Innovation in Commercial Supersonic Aircraft
Strategic Thrust 3: Ultra-Efficient Subsonic Transports
Strategic Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Lead Partner
–
Organization Name
University of California, Berkeley
Organization POC
Susan Shaheen, Professor
Adam Cohen, Researcher
POC E-mail
sshaheen@berkeley.edu
apcohen@berkeley.edu
Area of Research Interest
Public Perception/Societal Acceptance of UAM, VTOL, Electrification, and Autonomous Aviation
Topics 1, 4, 5, 7
Topic 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
Topic 4: Civil Aircraft that Incorporate Vertical Lift Capability
Topic 5: Transition to Alternative Propulsion and Energy
Topic 7: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organization POC
Melkior Ornik, Aerospace Engineering
POC E-mail
mornik@illinois.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance, Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Both
Organization Name
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Organization POC
Naira Hovakimyan Professor, Mechanical Science and Engineering
POC E-mail
nhovakim@illinois.edu
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 4: Safe, Quiet, and Affordable Vertical Lift Air Vehicles
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Lead/Partner
Organization Name
University of Central Florida (MSI/HSI)
Organization POC
Adan Vela, Assistant Professor, Industrial Engineering
POC E-mail
adan.vela@ucf.edu
Area of Research Interest
Topics 1, 4, 5, 6
Lead Partner
MSI/HSI Partner
Organization Name
Noblis
Organization POC
Andy Lacher, Director Aerospace Systems Research Center
POC E-mail
Andy.Lacher@noblis.org
Georgie.Brophy@noblis.org
Area of Research Interest
Thrust 1: Safe, Efficient Growth in Global Operations
Thrust 5: In-Time System-Wide Safety Assurance
Thrust 6: Assured Autonomy for Aviation Transformation
Lead Partner
Partner
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