Supporting Safe and Efficient Airport Operations with Human-Centred System Design By Dr Elizabeth Argyle
May 24, 2018
Dr Elizabeth Argyle is a Research Fellow with the Institute for Aerospace Technology (IAT) and is a member of the Human Factors Research Group (HFRG) at the University of Nottingham. Her recent work on this topic is discussed in more detail in an article in Cognition, Technology & Work, and she can be reached by …
Victor Thierry – The need for Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) for composite structures
About Victor Thierry I joined the University of Nottingham’s Institute for Aerospace Technology in 2016 as part of the Marie Sklodowska Curie PhD programme ‘INNOVATIVE’ to undertake a PhD, the title of which is: The application of advanced and integrated health monitoring systems to complex, composite systems for aerospace for enhanced life cycle and operational capability. …
Dr Elizabeth Argyle – First time speaker at the INFORMS Annual Meeting 2017
May 10, 2018
A little about me I’m Dr Elizabeth Argyle, Research Fellow in the Institute for Aerospace Technology University of Nottingham. Last October I had the opportunity to take my groups work on the road and travel to Houston, Texas in the United States to speak at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Institute for Operations Research …
Prof Herve Morvan from the 2017 AIAA Propulsion and Energy Forum
July 28, 2017
Prof Herve Morvan offers his insights and discusses some of the broader ideas raised by key players at the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Propulsion and Energy Conference in Atlanta, USA held 10th to 12th July 2017. The American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics hosted the Propulsion and Energy Forum and it turned out to …
Brexit and UK Aviation
March 20, 2017
Professor Herve Morvan, Director for the Institute of Aerospace Technology (IAT), discusses the concerns surrounding Brexit and suggests how the aerospace industry can navigate the way ahead by maximising opportunities in Asia and participating in key programs and networks to shape the debate and direction of travel to benefit the UK. Lord Ahmad, the Aviation …
Britain in the EU: Research and Technology, Aerospace and the Supply Chain
February 22, 2016
So, this is it. We know that Britain will be voting on staying or leaving the EU on the 23rd June this year. The debate has rapidly ramped up this weekend as a consequence of this date being set. However, to date the debate seems to have focused primarily on the incidental – for example on which politician was going to join …
There will be no need for pilots in 40 years from now: The RAeS 150th Anniversary debate, 12 Jan 2016
January 14, 2016
Tuesday 12th January 2016 marked the beginning of the celebrations in honour of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s (RAeS) 150th Anniversary. The festivities started in style, with a lively dinner and debate held at RAeS HQ at 4 Hamilton Place in London Mayfair. The motion for the evening was ’there will be no need for pilots in 40 years …
André Turcat: the test pilot who took Concorde supersonic
January 7, 2016
Herve Morvan, University of Nottingham Last year it was reported that a design for a successor to Concorde, which would fly between London and New York in one hour at more than 4.5 times the speed of sound, had been patented by Airbus. This would have been thrilling news to French test pilot André Turcat, …
Big is beautiful: why the A380 could still have a bright future
January 4, 2016
Demand for the Airbus A380 appears to have stalled, but it’s still the best Very Large Aircraft out there… The Airbus A380 is a marvel of technology; a majestic aircraft. It is beloved by passengers and it also is an environmental asset for airlines operating out of airports in built-up areas such as Heathrow with …
2015: The Year of the IAT
December 15, 2015
January 2015 started with a boom for Aerospace at Nottingham –the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) sent the conditional offer letter for funding to establish a 2-Shaft Test Facility on the eve of the Christmas holidays. On 1st April 2015 the project kicked off. The new facility to host the test cells is currently shaping …
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