Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Research Seminar Series

Date Name Credentials Seminar Title
25 May 2021 Capt. Jack Mc Donald Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Hybrid force position control of a 4-DOF SCARA manipulator within 4 degrees orb.
17 May 2021 Mr. Luis A. Valdovinos Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Investigation of micro bubbles within liquid electrodes.
10 May 2021 Mr. Felix Chan-Ying Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Simulation & Design of a micro-hall effect thruster.
4 May 2021 Mr. Xiaoyang Zhang Ph. D. Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Gust Generation in wind Tunnel Facility & Numerical simulations of aeroclastic response to gusts.
26 April 2021 Mr. Tony Baldea Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Residual Stress influence on in-plate compressive strengh of aluminum honeycomb sandwich panels due to low velocity impact damage.
19 April 2021 2Lt Ryley Colpitts Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Characterization of Tubercles on Rotor blades.
12 April 2021 Mr. Stewart J. Reid

Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC

 Characterisation of Tubercle Effects on finite Span Wings.

29 October 2019

 Mr. Robert P. Ernst

Multi-Mission Tactical UAS Program Office Chief Engineer

NAVAIR PMA-266

Vienna, VA, USA

 Agility, Cyber and Emerging Technologies for Naval UAS
8 August 2019 Mr. William Phippen Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Random Vibration Analysis of a Lunar Rovar
30 May 2019 Mr. Nicholas Rogers Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Simulating Plasma Based Propulsion Systems for Spacecraft
7 May 2019 Mr. Curtis Kaatz Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Redesign and Evaluation of a Combustion Chamber for a Turboshaft Engine
25 April 2019 Dr. Bernard Ferrier

Engineering Manager Dynamics Interface Lab

Navair Contract Engineering - SETA, PMA 266 (USA)

 Resolving the Conflict Between Ship Design and UAV Launch and Recovery Deck Limits; the Development of Enhanced Dynamic Interface Study Tests
9 April 2019 Dr. Ross Chaudhry

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

University of Michigan (USA)

 Modeling and Analasis of Chemical Kinetics for Hypersonic Flows in Air
2 April 2019 Capt. Anthony Nagle Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Modeling Interlaminar Normal Stresses Across the Width of Curved Laminate Components and Their Impact on Delamination Initiation
11 December 2018 2Lt Alexi Levert-Beaulieu Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Euler-Based Aerodynamic Shape Optimization of Leading Edge Tubercles in Transonic Flow 
10 October 2018 Dr. John Clark

Principal Engineer and Head of Turbomachinery Research

Wright-Patterson Air Force Research Laboratory (USA)

 Effects of Downstream Vane Bowing and Asymmetry on Unsteadiness in a Transonic Turbine
12 June 2018 Dr. Jean Lemay Mechanical Engineering
Laval University		 Research in Fluid Dynamics Focussing on Renewable Energies Conducted at Laval University
23 April 2018 Mrs. Crystal Itwar-Barrett Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC

Characterizing the Dynamics of a Free Pitching Flexible Cantilever NACA0012 Airfoil at Transitional Reynolds Numbers
16 April 2018 Dr. Pierre Sullivan Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
University of Toronto

Experimental and Numerical Analysis of Low Reynolds Number Airfoils Towards Effective Design and Control
9  April 2018 Ms. Luba Goyaniuk Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 The Potential for Energy Extraction from Aeroelastic Phenomenon
23 March 2018 Mr. Tanner Rellinger

Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC

Infrared Thermographic Analysis of Aerospace CFRP Composite Sandwich Panels
12 March 2018 Dr. Mark Glauser

Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Syracuse University, USA

Low-Dimensional and Data Fusion Techniques Applied to a Supersonic Multi-Stream Single Expansion Ramp Nozzle

24 Nov 2017

 Dr. Cédric Cocaud

Sr. Perception Engineer, Autonomous Systems,
A3 by Airbus Group,
San Jose, CA, USA

Airbus Vahana - Development of a Self-Piloted Air Taxi and its Sense & Avoid System
7 Nov 2017 Dr. Chris Cotting

Flight Sciences Technical Expert
Department Head for the USAF Test Pilot School
Edwards Air Force Base, CA, USA

Adaptive Flight Control Law Algorithm to Modernize Flight Testing Techniques

31 Aug 2017

 Lt (N) Greg Clarke Graduate student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 An Investigation of the Correlation of Impact Damage Characteristics for Aluminum-Aluminum Honeycomb Sandwich Panels, Using Finite Element Analysis
29 June 2017 Mr. Joel Benotto Graduate Student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Predicting Residual Strength in Metal-Metal Honeycomb Helicopter Panels with Barely Visible Impact Damage Using Finite Element Methods
15 June 2017 Mr. Bryan Little

Graduate student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC

 Investigation of a Dual-Mode Thruster for Spacecraft Propulsion
4 May 2017 Dr. Mohammad Rouhi Research Associate
Concordia Center for Composites (CONCOM)
Concordia University		 Variable stiffness composites made by fibre steering: design, manufacturing and testing
23 March 2017 Dr. Ken Visser
 		 Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering
Clarkson University		 Aft Rotor Ducted Wind Turbines
2 March 2017 Dr. Marc LaViolette Associate Professor
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 On the History, Science, and Technology Included in the Moody Diagram
16 Feb 2017 Mr. Tyler Reyno Graduate student
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
RMC		 Surface Profiling of an Aluminum Honeycomb Composite Aircraft Panel using Eddy Current Testing
9 Feb 2017 Mr. Allan Runstedtler Research Scientist 
Natural Resources Canada		 Modeling multiphase reacting flows in energy conversion systems
6 Dec 2016 Dr. Grant Ingram Visiting Scholar at RMC Measuring Entropy Generation Rate in a Turbine Cascade
22 Nov 2016 Dr. John Cater Visiting Scholar at Queen’s University
University of Auckland (NZ)		 Modelling Extreme Wind Events in a Wind Farm using Large Eddy Simulation
18 Oct 2016 Dr. Eric Lanteigne Assistant Professor, 
(Mech Eng)
University of Ottawa		 The University of Ottawa Lighter-than-air Research Lab – a mechanical design approach to landing unmanned airships
11 Oct 2016 Dr. Annie Ross Professor and Associate Head of the Mechanical Eng.  École Polytechnique de Montréal Vibration and Acoustics Challenges in Aerospace Composite Structures
10 Aug 2016 Hamidreza Yazdani Sarvestani PhD Graduate Student - Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Concordia University Analytical Methods for Thick Composite Tubes in Helicopter Landing Gears
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