Events
SEMS Seminar Series: Prof Anastasios Kokkalis, Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd
| Date: | Wednesday 4 December 2024 14:00 - 15:00 |
| Location: | SEMS Seminar Room |
Dear all,
We are delighted to invite you to attend a talk by Prof Anastasios Kokkalis from Hybrid Air Vehicles Ltd as part of SEMS seminar series.
This talk will be entitled “Hybrid Air Vehicles: Rethinking the Skies”.
he event explores the role that Airlander’s hybrid aircraft technology plays in delivering a new category in aviation. With the potential to make air services more efficient, more available, more equitable and more sustainable. Airlander connects the unconnected, overcoming bottlenecks in today’s transport systems, delivering new economic opportunities in underserved places, and breaking the link between air services and emissions.
The talk will cover the Head of Flight Science’s and Simulations vision and strategic direction for the flight science team. With insights into the design, construction, and testing of flight science experiments and digital prototypes will outline how these efforts contribute to HAV’s goals for an environmentally friendly aircraft.
The Hybrid Air Vehicles plans to build Airlander 10 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire and will create over 1,200 jobs and a new green aerospace cluster for the region.
Anastasios is the Head of Flight Sciences and Simulation at HAV.
His team is responsible for the aerodynamic design, aerodynamic loads and performance assessment of the Airlander 10 aircraft; this includes the use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), wind tunnel testing and flight simulations. Anastasios has over 40 years of experience in a variety of roles in the fields of aerodynamic design, wind tunnel testing, CFD analysis, aerodynamic noise, and icing. Over the span of his career, he worked on both civil (A350XWB, A380) and military (Eurofighter, A400M, Lynx and EH101) aircraft projects in a variety of engineering and management positions for companies such as Airbus, Leonardo (ex-Westland Helicopters Ltd), BAe Systems and QinetiQ and as a senior academic at institutions such as CITY University(London), Hellenic Air Force Academy (HAFA), and Cranfield University. He holds a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Fluid Dynamics and a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Aerodynamics.
The seminar will be in person at SEMS Seminar Room on Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 14:00 - 15:00. This will be followed by a network event coffee/biscuits are served.
We look forward to seeing you all there.
| People: | Ahmed ISMAIL Sergey KARABASOV |
| Research Centres: | Intelligent Transport Bioengineering Sustainable Engineering Research in Engineering and Materials Education |