Current Research Areas
The Aviation Systems Program conducts cutting edge flight research with a
focus in the following areas:
- Fixed Wing Aircraft Performance and Stability & Control
- Airborne Science and Atmospheric Sensing
- Flight Controls and In-Flight Simulation
- Advanced Sensors and Instrumentation
- Human Factors
- Aircraft Safety
- Advanced Propulsion
- Applied Aerodynamics
Current research projects being conducted by Aviation Systems
faculty and Graduate Students include the following:
- Real-Time Integrated Vehicle Health Management and Aircraft Icing
- Development and Flight Testing of Advanced Sensors for Atmospheric Sensing
- Three-Dimensional Audio Cueing for Situational Awareness
- In-Flight Simulation of a Mars Airplane
- Development and Flight Testing of an Instrumented Fighter Pilot Helmet
- Atmospheric Sensing of Polar Mesospheric Clouds
- Novel Flow Angle Measurements
- In-Flight Simulation of Optionally Piloted Vehicles
- Dynamic Soaring
- Aircraft Crash Survivability
- Advanced Aerodynamics of Wings
- Hypersonic Stability and Control Research
- Analysis of Hypersonic Skip-Glide Trajectories for Planetary Exploration
- Hypersonic Propulsion Inlet Research
Contact Us
Stephen Corda
Program Chairman &
Associate Professor
931-393-7413
Toll Free (888) 822-UTSI (8874) - ext 37413
Brenda
Brown
Admn Coordinator
931-393-7275
Toll Free (888) 822-UTSI (8874) - ext 37275
Address inquiries to:
Aviation Systems and Flight Research
Univ. of Tn Space Institute
411 B.H. Goethert Pkwy
MS 20
Tullahoma, TN 37388
Fax: 931.393.7533
