Transport Systems
Mahdi’s Mustang Project
Mahdi is a recent Motorsport Engineering graduate at Cranfield University, who is now working as a Research Assistant here at the university. Find out about the Ford Mustang project that he recently worked on, and ...
Motorsport MSc puts students in pole position
After a hectic two months studying his Advanced Motorsport Engineering MSc, Carlos Soteras Escamez reflects back on the exams, endless days at the library, and exciting trips and visits that have taken place so far ...
Cheshire to Cranfield via Barcelona: combining my love of aviation and psychology
I grew up around 20 minutes away from Liverpool airport and as a kid I became fascinated with planes and plane spotting. This fascination grew as I watched documentaries like Air Accident Investigation but when ...
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 ...
Managing air transport through times of uncertainty and change: what’s new?
As we head towards the end of 2017, the air transport industry can start to look back on another year characterised by change and uncertainty. While some of these problems were undoubtedly self-inflicted, including United ...
The Autonomous Vehicle battle between AI and its application in the real world
Performance artist James Bridle caused a flurry of interest - and delight - with his video clip “Autonomous trap 001”. In the film, a white circle is made on a side road using salt, a full circle on ...