Aerospace has become a main strategic research focus for the Faculty of Engineering at McGill University. An overview of professors' research profiles is available in: McGill Aerospace Researchers
McGill is currently organizing it’s research activities to become a main center for aerospace research, expanding on the already existing programs. Nearly 30 professors within the Faculty currently pursue research programs that are related to aerospace, covering a wide range of fields, from electronics to manufacturing and materials. Research in collaboration with industry, other universities and research centers is quickly expanding, especially in the context of CRIAQ – Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (www.criaq.aero) – projects.
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Vibration of shell structures, vibration and stability of structures in composite and FGM materials, nonlinear vibrations, fluid-structure interaction, flutter, experimental vibration testing | |
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Design and control of robotic mechanical systems at large as well as their mechanical components, such as drives and sensors | |
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Combusion and energy systems, aerodynamics and fluid mechanics | |
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Alternative Fuels Laboratory: combustion of liquid biofuels (biojet, biodiesel, butanol) for automotive/aerospace transport, laser and optical diagnostics, super-adiabatic combustion for high-efficiency, low emissions applications, metal-water reactions for hydrogen production | |
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Nanomaterials, Spark Plasma Consolidation, Dynamic Consolidation, Powder Milling and Processing, Advanced Pulsed Welding Processes | |
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Robust industrial process control, theory and applications of H-infinity control, industrial process control, model validation, fuzzy logic control, manufacturing execution systems | |
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Coatings, Tribology, Mechanical Properties, Micro-electromechanical Systems | |
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Optimization and control of unsteady fluid flows with applications to drag reduction, lift enhancement, heat and mass transfer optimization, mixing enhancement in laminar and turbulent flows. | |
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Micro and nano sensors, harsh environment sensing, wireless sensors | |
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Control and estimation techniques for mechanical, aerospace, and robotic systems | |
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Development of state-of-the-art methods for Computational Fluid Dynamics and their application to multidisciplinary engineering problems that involve fluid flows in the aerospace and wind engineering sectors. Applications include all regimes of steady-unsteady flows over aircraft, rotorcraft, in gas turbines, in-flight icing, fluid-structure interaction, conjugate heat transfer and multidisciplinary optimization problems. | |
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Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, coherent structures and transport, aerodynamic separation and flow control | |
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Linking transport models with air quality models for the evaluation of population exposure to transport emissions: active research program in the simulatuion of traffic, emissions, and near-road air quality. | |
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Composite processing, process modeling, nanocomposites, carbon nanotubes, composite characterization | |
| Ram Jakhu | Law and policy of space applications, government (national) regulation of space activities, telecommunications, and space business. |
| In-Ho Jung | Mg alloys (creep and sheet); themodynamic modeling/solidification and diffusion modeling for metallic systems; high-temperature chemical reaction experiments--pyrometallurgy and recycling; computer-aided process optimization and materials design |
| Michael Kokkolaras | Simulation-based, multidisciplinary approach to optimal design to account for interactions and possible conflicts. Rigorous methodologies for coordination-based design optimiation of multiple system components, objectives and disciplines, appropriate uncertainty modeling and validation of obtained design |
| Jozsef Kovecses | Dynamics: computational methods, simulation and analysis of multibody and mechatronic systems, dynamics of interacting mechanical systems. Robotics: modeling, analysis and design of space robotic systems and operations, dynamics and identification of robots |
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Combustion and energy systems, aerodynamics and fluid mechanics | |
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Experimental aerodynamics, wingtip vortex, dynamic-stall flow control, blade-vortex interaction, laser/optics flow diagnostics | |
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Vibration of aerospace structures undergoing unilateral contact and friction conditions | |
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Aerospace structures, composite materials, design, analysis, manufacturing, testing | |
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Subsonic Aerodynamics and Low Reynolds Number Flows, High Speed Aerodynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics, Computational Aerodynamics, Fluid-Structure Interaction and Flow-Induced Vibrations | |
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Satellite dynamics and space robotics: formation flight of satellites, both free-flying and tethered; study of the dynamics and control of multi-body spacecraft located in the vicinity of the Sun-Earth Lagrangian points; dynamics of spacecraft near asteroids; study of the space elevator; space manipulator-assisted capture of satellites | |
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Aeroacoustics, flow-induced sound and vibrations, thermoacoustics, computational fluid dynamics, jet noise | |
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Turbulence, turbulent mixing, heat transfer | |
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Development of computer architecture and design automation techniques that efficiently address computer system dependability, with particular focus on silicon system manufacturability, safety-critical systems, and the mitigation and prevention of permanent component failure | |
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Computational Aerodynamics, Adjoint Methods, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical Methods, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Unsteady Flows, Wind Turbines, Aircraft Design | |
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Aircraft dynamics and control, airships, tethered systems | |
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Cellular materials, design optimization of composite structures, multiscale mechanics and design of hybrid materials | |
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Light metals (aluminum, magnesium) for transport applications; sheet, extrusions, casting; creep resistance, creep testing; ignition resistant magnesium alloys. Casting and foundry services, selection of light alloys, alloy development. | |
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Fiber optics, Optical communications, Optoelectronics, RF electronics | |
| Peter Radziszewski | Terestrial mining: issues on mechanical equipment modelling, design and improvement, wear, energy efficiency and instrumentation. Space mining activities as a means to not only explore mining in a larger context but also provide an opportunity to provoke innovation in the terrestrial mining industry. |
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Dynamics, control, robotic systems, space robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles, legged robots | |
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Modeling and simulations of the mechanics and physics of nanoscale materials | |
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Air-breathing propulsion, inlet and nozzles, numerical modelling | |
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Product lifecycle management, new product development, process management, manufacturing, machining | |
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Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanocomposites, sensors, energy harvesting, aerospace and automotive applications | |
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High temperature deformation processing to control the final microstructure and mechanical properties of steels and metal-matrix composites; high temperature deformation and fracture of steels; processing and properties of biomaterials | |
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Analysis and optimization of avionics systems design, especially model-based design flow for safety-critical systems. | |
| Yaoyao Fiona Zhao | Design and Manufacturing; Engineering and Design for Sustainability, Manufacturing Informatics: manufacturing information technologies for the integration of design, manufacturing processes, and sustainability assessment |