{"594172":{"#nid":"594172","#data":{"type":"event","title":"AE Presents: Farhan Gandhi from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute","body":[{"value":"\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EProf. Farhan Gandhi\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERosalind and John J. Redfern Jr. \u0026lsquo;33 Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering \u0026amp; Aerospace Program Director\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ERensselaer Polytechnic Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Ch2\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026ldquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReconfigurable Vertical Lift\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/h2\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGuggenheim 442 @ 3:30 p.m.\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nShape adaptation, morphing, reconfiguration -- allow an aircraft to perform more optimally in diverse operating conditions.\u0026nbsp; Over the last decade there has been tremendous interest in application of reconfiguration to rotary-wing aircraft.\u0026nbsp; Some of the key morphing technologies such as extension of rotor blade span or rotor blade chord, large change in rotor blade twist or airfoil cross-section, concepts for high-speed, and the impact of these technologies on performance improvement, expansion of operating envelope, and the operational flexibility of the helicopter, will be discussed.\u0026nbsp; Implementing rotor blade morphing is a significant challenge due to space constraints on the rotor blade, transfer of power to the rotating system, as well as operation under large centrifugal loads.\u0026nbsp; A number of implementation methods will be presented, and future directions and applications will be discussed.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the speaker:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nFarhan Gandhi obtained his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Maryland\u0026rsquo;s Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center in 1995.\u0026nbsp; Immediately thereafter, he joined on the Aerospace faculty at Pennsylvania State University, serving as Deputy Director of the Penn State Rotorcraft Center.\u0026nbsp; In 2012 he moved to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as the Rosalind and John J. Redfern Endowed Chair in Aerospace Engineering.\u0026nbsp; In 2014, Dr. Gandhi assumed the position of Aerospace Program Director at RPI.\u0026nbsp; His research interest and activities cover the areas of rotorcraft dynamics and aeroelasticity and advanced rotary-wing configurations, multi-rotor UAVs, as well as smart\/adaptive structures.\u0026nbsp; Over the last several years, Dr. Gandhi has focused heavily on reconfiguration in vertical lift and high-speed rotorcraft, with funding from the US Army, US Navy, NY State, and Sikorsky Aircraft.\u0026nbsp; Dr. Gandhi is a Technical Fellow of the American Helicopter Society, winner of the 1998 AHS Francios Xavier Bagnoud Award and the 2007 Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award (for morphing rotors).\u0026nbsp; He is a past Chair of the AHS Dynamics and Aircraft Design TCs and currently heads the AHS Education Committee.\u0026nbsp; His research group at RPI comprises of nine PhD students, a post-doctoral research scholar, and a number of undergrad students. Dr. Gandhi is author of over 235 articles appearing in archival journals and technical conference proceedings.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"\u201cReconfigurable Vertical Lift\u201d"}],"uid":"33975","created_gmt":"2017-08-08 13:28:44","changed_gmt":"2017-10-20 18:21:45","author":"Margaret Ojala","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-11-02T16:30:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2017-11-02T17:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-11-02T17:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-11-02 20:30:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-11-02 21:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-11-02 21:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1239","name":"School of Aerospace Engineering"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"2082","name":"aerospace engineering"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}