Aerospace
CranSEDS
CranSEDS is Cranfield University’s local chapter of UKSEDS (UK Students for the Exploration and Development of Space), made up of students who are passionate about Space Exploration and are looking to fulfil the challenge of ...
Practical experience meets academic expertise at the Unmanned & Intelligent Systems Society
Natalia is a master's student enrolled in the Autonomous Vehicles Dynamics and Control programme at Cranfield University and an active member of the Unmanned & Intelligent Systems Society. We talked with her about her work ...
My sortie with ‘aviation’s best kept secret’ at Farnborough 2018
It’s not every day that you get to go for a ride in a plane used to train flight test engineers. “We’re the best kept secret in aviation,” Joe Brown, Senior Management Pilot at the ...
Open Doors Staff Tour: National Flying Laboratory Centre
As a new starter at Cranfield, I am particularly intrigued by the many different facilities on campus, especially the airport. When I saw The National Flying Laboratory Centre (NFLC) tour advertised on the intranet, I ...
Simulating unusual flight conditions to improve safety and training
My research focuses on improving simulator technologies to reproduce unusual flight conditions which may lead to Loss Of Control In-flight when managed inappropriately. Airplane upsets, for example, such as an aerodynamic stall, can be highly ...
How do structural engineers make sure an aircraft wing can carry the weight of the entire plane? Modelling failure of metals and composites
Being able to predict the behaviour of materials is one of the key skills of a structural engineer. A structural engineer must know how to design components so that they can carry the loads in ...