EASN Interest Groups (IGs)
With the aim to act complementary to the industry and to the research establishments, the EASN Interest Groups will be based on the ACARE/ASTERA Taxonomy. On the basis of this taxonomy, EASN has defined the following areas of interest:
| Area of Interest | Established Interest Groups | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flight PhysicsTopics of the Area: Computational Fluid Dynamics Unsteady Aerodynamics Aeronautical Propulsion Integration Airflow control High Lift Devices Wing Design Aerodynamics of External and Removable items Wind tunnel Testing/Technology Wind tunnel Measuring Techniques Computational Acoustics External Noise Prediction | 1.2 Intake Aerodynamics and Integration IG Leader:David Macmanus IG leader email: d.g.macmanus@cranfield.ac.uk |
| 2 | AerostructuresTopics of the Area: Metallic Materials & basic processes Non-Metallic Materials & basic processes Composite Materials & basic processes Advanced Manufacturing Processes & Technologies Structural Analysis and Design Aero-elasticity Buckling, Vibrations and Acoustics Smart Materials and Structures Structures behaviour and Material Testing Internal Noise prediction Helicopter Aero-acoustics Noise Reduction Acoustic Measurements and Test Technology Aircraft Security | 2.2 Crashwothiness and Structural Impact for Commercial Aircraft IG Leader:Robert Mines IG leader email: r.mines@liverpool.ac.uk 2.3 Damage Tolerance of Welded Aerostructures IG Leader:Alexis Kermanidis IG leader email: akermanidis@mie.uth.gr 2.4 Increased Exploitation of Composites IG Leader:George Labeas IG leader email: labeas@mech.upatras.gr 2.5 Surface engineering treatments IG Leader:Chris Rodopoulos IG leader email: rodopoul@mech.upatras.gr 2.6 Increased Exploitation of Metallic Airframe Materials IG Leader:Elke Hombergsmeier IG leader email: elke.Hombergsmeier@eads.net |
| 3 | PropulsionTopics of the Area: Performance Turbomachinery / Propulsion Aerodynamics Combustion Air-breathing propulsion Heat Transfer Nozzles, Vectored Thrust, Reheat Engine Controls Infra-red and Radar Signature Control Auxiliary Power Unit Fuels and Lubricants Test Bench Calibration Engine Health Monitoring Experimental Facilities and Measurement Techniques Computational methods Emissions pollution | 3.1 Manufacturing Processes and Technologies of Aero-Engines IG Leader:Professor Nabil Gindy IG leader email: Nabil.Gindy@nottingham.ac.uk 3.2 Simulation of engine monitoring & testing IG Leader:Kyriakos Papailiou IG leader email: kpapail@ltt.ntua.gr 3.5 New Concepts of Aeronautical Engines IG Leader:Iskender GOKALP IG leader email: Gokalp@cnrs-orleans.fr |
| 4 | Aircraft Avionics, Systems and EquipmentTopics of the Area: Avionics Cockpit Systems, Visualisation & Display Systems Navigation / Flight Management / Autoland Warning System Electronics & Microelectronics for on-board systems Sensors integration Flight Data/Flight Recording Communications Systems Identification Avionics Integration Optics - Optronics - Lasers - Image processing and data fusion Electronic Library System Aircraft health and usage monitoring system Smart maintenance systems Lighting systems Aircraft Security Electrical Power Generation & Distribution Pneumatic systems Hydraulic power generation & distribution Passenger and freight systems Environmental control System Water and waste systems Fuel systems Landing gear and braking systems Fire protection systems | |
| 5 | Flight MechanicsTopics of the Area: Open-loop Aircraft Stability Analysis Flight control system Aircraft Performance Analysis Optimisation of Aircraft Performance System Failure and Damage Analysis Environmental Hazard Analysis | |
| 6 | Integrated Design and ValidationTopics of the Area: Methods and IT tools for Collaborative Product & Process Engineering On-board systems engineering Environmental and EM compliance engineering process Flight/ Ground Tests Life-cycle Integration System Certification Fault Tolerant Systems Hazard Analysis Safety modelling Air Safety Data analysis System reliability Security / Risk analysis Aeronautical Software Engineering Advanced information processing Collaborative Decision Making Simulator environments & Virtual reality Decision Support Systems Information management & Knowledge management (Methods & tools) Autonomous operation Development of operational research methods & tools Development of synthetic environment & virtual reality tools Aircraft Performance Assessment Airport Performance Assessment Business modelling Numerical Models (including Fast Time Simulation) Real Time Simulators General Purpose Equipment Reference Data for R&D Use and live/RT data Use Methodology Large scale validation Experiments Large scale validation Platforms | 6.1 Life Cycle Management (LMC)-Aeronautics IG Leader:Dimitrios Mourtzis IG leader email: mourtzis@lms.mech.upatras.gr 6.2 Light Aircraft Design & Optimisation IG Leader:Zdobyslaw Goraj IG leader email: goraj@meil.pw.edu.pl |
| 7 | Air Traffic ManagementTopics of the Area: Overall ATM Airspace Management Flow and Capacity Management Validation Communications Technology Navigation Systems Surveillance Systems ATM automated support Airport Traffic Management Airport Operations Airline Operations Meteorological R&D Management and Co-ordination Maintenance specific_arealing | 7.1 Airports and Future Airport Concept IG Leader:Antonin Kazda IG leader email: Antonin.Kazda@fdepas.utc.sk |
| 8 | AirportsTopics of the Area: Security Equipment Crisis management Airport External Safety Airport Security | no available interest groups in this area |
| 9 | Human FactorsTopics of the Area: Human Factors Integration, Man-machine Interface Human Information Processing Human Performance specific_arealing & Enhancement Selection & Training Human Survivability, Protection and Stress Effects Human Element in Security | 9.1 Human Factors Integration IG Leader:Volker Mellert IG leader email: volker.mellert@uni-oldenburg.de |
| 10 | Innovative Concepts and ScenariosTopics of the Area: Scenarios analysis Unconventional configurations and new aircraft concepts Breakthrough technologies | 10.1 Pioneer Nanomaterials for Aerospace Applications IG Leader:Prof. Franco Rustichelli IG leader email: f.rustichelli@univpm.it |
