Speakers List for Spring Quarter 2016-2017

Apr 5th, No Speaker
Apr 12th, D.J. Taylor, US Army Aviation Development Directorate
Apr 19th, Paul Wynns, Argon ST
Apr 26th, Gregor Veble Mikić, Joby Aviation
May 3rd, Chris Silva, NASA Ames
May 10th, Cameron Robertson and Todd Reichart, KittyHawk/Aerovelo
May 17th, Siggy Zerweckh, Google
May 24th, TBA
May 31st, Carl Dietrich, Terrafugia
June 6th, No Speaker

Speakers List for Spring Quarter 2015-2016

Mar 30th, No Speaker
Apr 6th, Dr. Carlos Ilario da Silva, Embraer,
Apr 13th, Dr. Matt Hutchison, Aurora Flight Sciences
Apr 20nd, No Speaker
Apr 27th, Gregory Brown, Pilot and Personal Aircraft Designer
May 4th, Dr. Cetin Kiris, NASA Ames
May 11th, Matt Culbreth, Scaled Composites
May 18th, Alec Proudfoot, DaSH
May 25th, Chris Forette, Transition Robotics
June 1st, Dr. Robert Ormiston, US Army Aeroflightdynamics Directorate

Speakers List for Spring Quarter 2014-2015

Apr 1st, No Speaker
Apr 8th, Kevin Reynolds and Robert Dahlgren, NASA Ames Research Center, The Opportunities and Challenges Associated With 3D Printing Aircraft Systems
Apr 15th, No Speaker
Apr 22nd, Shishir Pandya, Research Scientist in the Applied Modeling and Simulation Branch at NASA Ames Research Center, The D8 aircraft: An Aerodynamics Study of Boundary Layer and Wake Ingestion Benefit.
Apr 29th, Jeff Housman, Research Scientist in the Applied Modeling and Simulation Branch at NASA Ames Research Center, Computational Studies for Sonic Boom Prediction.
May 6th, David Lentink, Mechanical Engineering Professor at Stanford University, In vivo recording of aerodynamic force with an aerodynamic force platform: from drones to birds.
May 13th, Francisco Palacios, The Boeing Company, Arrive Before Leaving, The Challenge of Supersonic Aircraft Design.
May 20th, Wyatt Sadler, Project Manager at the AeroVironment's (AV) Advanced Design Group, A Brief History of AeroVironment's Non-Fossil-Fueled Developmental Aircraft.
May 27th, Alex Stoll and JoeBen Bevirt, Joby Aviation, Personal Electric VTOL Aircraft.
June 3rd, Bryan Lung, The Boeing Company

Speakers List for Spring Quarter 2013-2014

Apr 2nd, Kevin Reynolds, Aerospace Engineer in the Intelligent Systems Division, NASA Ames Research Center. "Toward Mission Adaptive Aircraft: Wing Shaping Concepts Using Distributed Propulsion"
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Apr 9th, Benjamin Tigner, Director for Integrated Systems, Karem Aircraft. "Innovative Vertical Lift: Optimum Speed Tiltrotor (OSTR) Technology"
Apr 16th, Michael Buonanno, Lockheed Martin, "Overview of the Lockheed Martin N+2 Supersonic Validations Program"
Apr 23rd, Michael Dudley, Director, NASA Aeronautics Research Institute, "Why Promising Aircraft Designs are Not Always Successful"
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Apr 30th, Edward Whalen, Research and Technology Program Manager, The Boeing Company, "Active Flow Control(AFC): AFC Rudder Application Development"
May 7th, Alec Proudfoot, Chief Designer of the DaSH Human Powered Airplane, Proudfoot Design, "The DaSH Project -- Building a 'Simple' Human Powered Airplane"
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May 14th, Blaine Rawdon, The Boeing Company, Technical Fellow for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, "Gossamer Condor to Solar Challenger - Human and Solar Powered Airplanes, 1976-1981".
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May 21st, Bob Parks and Zach Hazen, The Chicken Whisperers, "Breaking the FlugTag World Record"
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May 28th, Dr. John C. Vassberg, Boeing Technical Fellow and Lead Engineer/Aerodynamicist, Advanced Concepts Design Center, Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Paper Airplanes of McDonnell Douglas".
Jun 4th, TBD

Speakers List for Spring Quarter 2012-2013

Apr 3rd, David Bertucci, Deputy Project Engineer and Design Engineer & Ben Diachun, Vice President of Engineering, Scaled Composites. "Getting to First Flight"
Apr 10th, Dr. Darrell Nakawaki, Control Systems Engineer, General Atomics-Aerospace Systems Inc. "Automatic Takeoff and Landing System and Impacts Upon Aircraft Design"
Apr 17th, Pedro Meneses, Aerospace Engineering Department Chair, GalapagosUAV - Universidad San Francisco de Quito. "Engineering Applied to Conservation"
Apr 24th, Dr. Stephen Smith, Aerospace Research Engineer, NASA Ames, "The Design of the ARES Mars Scout Aircraft"
May 1st, Dr. Robert Boyd, Program Manager - Hybrid Aircraft, Lockheed Martin ADP (Skunk Works). "Hybrid Aircraft: Revolutionary Cargo Transport Efficiency."
May 8th,Peter Sturdza, Senior Laminar Flow Design Engineer, Aerion. "Design Evolution of the Aerion Supersonic Business Jet."
May 15th, Dr. Kevin Bowcutt, Chief Scientist for Hypersonics, The Boeing Company. "Advancing the Promise of Hypersonics Through Flight Testing."
May 22nd, Dr. Henry Won, Aeromechanical Engineer in the Unmanned Aerial Systems Department, AeroVironment. "Multi-Disciplinary Design Optimization Practices for Small Unmanned Air Vehicles."
May 29th, Steve Weiner, Director, Engineering Sciences & Kevin Bredenbeck, Director of Flight Operations and Chief Pilot, Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.
Jun 5th, Dr. Joshua Frommer, The Boeing Company. "Design of the Boeing 737 MAX."

Speakers List for 2011-2012

04th Apr, Siegfried Zerweckh, Chief Aerodynamicist, General Atomics ASI
11th Apr, Arthur Bryson, Recipient of the Guggenheim Medal (2009), Stanford
18th Apr, Einar Enevoldson, Experimental Test Pilot / Director of the Perlan Project
25th Apr, Jack Langelaan, Winner of Green Flight Challenge, Penn State University
02nd May, Tom Speer, Aero & Sail Project Leader, America's Cup Oracle Racing
09th May, John Whittenbury, UCAS-D Engineering Manager, Northrop Grumman
16th May, Torres Gabriel, Director of Project Engineering, Aerovironment Inc
23th May, Jim Salmon, Lead Engineer for Future Concepts, Boeing Commercials
30th May, Bob Parks, co-designer of Daedalus, Zee.Aero
06th Jun, Matt Stinemetze/Ben Diachun, Program Manager/VP of Engineering, Scaled Composites

Speakers List for 2010-2011

30th Mar, Alan Brown, Chief Engineer of F117, Retired Director of Eng. at Lockheed
06th Apr, Blaine Rawdon, Technical Fellow, Boeing Company
13th Apr, Damon Vander Lind, Chief Engineer, Makani Power
20th Apr, Tad McGeer, President, Aerovel Corporation
27th Apr, Michael Drake, Technical Fellow, Boeing Company
04th May, Karl Klingebiel, AeroMechanical Engineer, Aerovironment
11th May, Mark Page, Chief Scientist, Swift Engineering
18th May, Rob McDonald, Professor, NASA Langley
25th May, Mark Drela, Professor, MIT
01st Jun, Michimasa Fujino, President & Chief Designer of Hondajet, Honda Aircraft

General Information on AA294 Seminar

Case Studies in Aircraft Design - Spring 2013

Seminar series on aircraft design by researchers and industry professionals. AA294 is a unique graduate level seminar course that aims to give students a practical perspective on aircraft design from the practitioners and experts in the field. The presentations take the form of technically rigorous briefings and program reviews on real-world projects and historically significant aircraft.

Time and Venue

Seminars are scheduled on Wednesday afternoon in the Spring quarter, from April through June.

Time: 3:45pm - 5:15pm, Every Wednesday
Venue: Room 300-300

Class Requirement

Registration for credit is optional and may be repeated for credit. To receive credit, students must attend at least 80% of the seminars and sign an attendance sheet. Additional credit may be applied with an optional research paper.

Intended Audience

All people interested are welcome to attend individual seminars. Most talks are intended for a general audience who is interested in aircraft design. Undergraduate students may take the course for credit or audit.

Further Information

Please contact Professor Antony Jameson

Office	(650) 725-6208
Fax	(650) 723-1685
Email	jameson@baboon.stanford.edu
Homepage	http://aero-comlab.stanford.edu/jameson/

Teaching Assistant Emilio Botero

ebotero@stanford.edu

Teaching Assistant David Manosalvas

Mobile	(630) 234-6953
Email	deman@stanford.edu

AA294 Seminar : Case Studies in Aircraft Design

Aeronautics and Astronautics Department, Stanford University, Spring Quarter, 2016-2017.