Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Dr. Akif Bolukbasi, senior technical fellow at Boeing. Dr. Bolukbasi is an internationally recognized expert in aircraft crash safety and impact dynamics. His technical knowledge spans multiple disciplines including structures and materials, dynamics, biomechanics, test and evaluation, subsystem design and integration, information technology, and computational methods. He was a program manager and principal investigator for over 20 IR&D, CR&D, and IAD projects. He was also instrumental in technology transition from R&D activities into Boeing products and is an accomplished author, presenting over 20 technical papers at industry conferences and been published in several industry journals.
He was one of the founding engineers of Simula, Inc., a small technology company specializing in aircraft structural crashworthiness and ballistic armor. He has been recognized for many accolades, including the AHS Jensen Award (2011) “Boeing Active Crash Protection System Development”, and served as the Technical Chairman of the 62nd AHS Forum, and currently serves as an Advisory Board Member of ASU Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Dept.
In this video, he lectures about aircraft crashworthiness and holds a question and answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Dr. Inderjit Chopra, distinguished university professor, Alfred Gessow professor of aerospace engineering and director of the Alfred Gessow Rotorcraft Center at the University of Maryland. Dr. Chopra received his Sc.D. (Aero & Astro) from MIT in 1977 and joined NASA Ames/Stanford University Joint Institute of Aeronautics & Acoustics before joining the University Maryland as a faculty member in 1981. He has worked on various fundamental problems related to aeromechanics of helicopters including aeroelastic stability, active vibration control, composite blades, rotor head health monitoring, aeroelastic optimization, smart structures, micro air vehicles, and comprehensive aeromechanics analyses. He has been the principal investigator of six major research programs, served as associate editor major journals like the International Journal of Micro Air Vehicle (2013-cont.), and been a part of the advisory board of five journals. Chopra earned a number of prestigious awards, including the 2012 AHS Igor Sikorsky International Trophy and 2016 ASME Spirit of St. Louis Aviation Medal. He has been a member of the Army Science Board (1997-2002), NASA (NRC) Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board (2007-12) and NASA (NRC) Research and Technology Roundtable Board (2011-15). He is a Fellow of AIAA, a Fellow of AHS, a Fellow of ASME, a Fellow of Aero Society of India, and an Honorary Fellow of AHS.
In this session, he lectures about the challenges and opportunities associated with small UAS and delivery drones, and holds a question and answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Richard Golaszewski, partner and executive vice president of GRA Incorporated. Golaszewski has also conducted a number of assessments of technology development programs and written on the economics of aeronautical research and technology investments for NASA and other organizations. He was a member for the Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board of the National Academies for six years, and was named a Lifetime National Associate of the National Academy of Sciences in 2003 for his significant pro bono involvement in its aerospace and air transportation activities. Golaszewski received a B.S. in Accounting (magna cum laude) from LaSalle College and an M.P.A. in Public Sector Management and Finance from the Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania. He was a military officer and helicopter pilot from 1967 to 1972.
In this session, he lectures about assessing new vehicle concepts and the demand for air travel, and holds a question and answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Lori Hoberman, founder of the Hoberman Law Group and co-founder of Mojiva Inc. Hoberman is a well-known force in the New York City venture community. As a lawyer and mentor, she advises entrepreneurs and their investors on how to build successful businesses and strategically guides them through the emerging, later stages and exits of their companies. Hoberman also works with clients in a range of industries, including software, mobile, biotechnology, AI, fintech, insurtech, fashion, e-commerce, consumer products and advertising. Additionally, she counsels angel and institutional investors in their investments and in the formation of investment funds.
Hoberman also co-founded mobile advertising company, Mojiva Inc., and is an angel investor. She is a frequent speaker and media resource on entrepreneurialism. She is a mentor to 37 Angels, serves as an advisor to the Queens College Tech Incubator and formerly chaired the NYC Chapter of the MIT Enterprise Forum. After years of running the venture practices in several New York City law firms, Hoberman launched The Hoberman Law Group in the fall of 2014.
In this session, she lectures about starting up effectively and holds a question-and-answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Nick Methven, senior vice president of underwriting at Global Aerospace. Methven has been at the organization for almost 16 years. He earned his MBA from the University of Delaware in 2004 and is an expert in insurance nuances.
In his lecture, he talks about tackling the challenges of procuring insurance and holds a question and answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Damon Henry, CEO of Asylon, a drone infrastructure company. Henry has been involved in the RC/drone industry for 15 years. After graduating from MIT, he went on to graduate from GE’s Operations Management Leadership Program (OMLP) where he ran several military manufacturing lines for aircraft including V-22 and P-3. While in these positions, Damon received his Green Belt in Lean Six Sigma and manufacturing resource planning. His most recent endeavors involved structural and payload design for advanced rotorcraft and small UAVs at the Boeing Company.
In this session, he lectures about building drones and holds a question-and-answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Dr. Shane Arnott, director of Boeing Phantom Works International and senior technical fellow at Boeing Defense, Space & Security. As Director of Boeing Phantom Works International, Dr. Shane Arnott is responsible for the Phantom Works international presence in Australia, the United Kingdom, Korea, India, and Saudi Arabia. The Phantom Works mission is to engage customers to understand their needs, and the development of resulting prototypes of new products and systems. Arnott is a Senior Technical Fellow with Boeing, recognised as being within the top 0.1 per cent of Boeing engineers, and is the international spokesperson for the fellowship. Arnott has been with the company since 1997. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours (First Class) and a PhD in Systems Engineering.
In this session, he lectures about modeling and simulation, and holds a question-and-answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Helen Grenier, founder of CyPhy Works, a company that builds flying robots for military and industrial applications. In 1990, she co-founded iRobot Corporation and served as President and Chairman until 2008. iRobot Corporation is the most successful mobile robot company in the world with more than 15 million Roomba™ vacuuming robots delivered to date. Recently Endeavor Robotics was spun out of iRobot to focus on the military market with the PackBot™ and SUGV™ tactical mobile robots.
In this session, she lectures about robotics and holds a question-and-answer session. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Dr. Marilyn Smith, professor at the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aerospace Engineering and associate director at the Vertical Lift Research Center of Excellence.
Smith performs research in the areas of non-linear computational aeroelasticity (using CFD) and the integrated multidisciplinary areas of unsteady aerodynamics and acoustic/fluid/structure interactions across rotating and fixed wing vehicles and systems. Her recent research also includes award-winning development of nonlinear reduced-order models for design and modeling and simulation. Her research sponsors include all branches of the DoD, NASA, DoE, ARO, ONR, and NSF, as well as industry.
In her lecture, Smith provides insight on rotary-wing aerodynamics analysis and answers questions about the topic. If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
Editor’s Note: Over the next two years, we’ll be hosting a series of GoFly Master Lectures where industry experts share advice, insights, and answer questions from anyone interested in participating in the GoFly Prize.
For the latest in our series of “Master Lectures,” we welcome Drs. Mark Yim, Bruce Kothmann, and Vijay Kuma, members of the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics.
Dr. Mark Yim is a Professor in the Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department at the University of Pennsylvania. His group designs and builds small flying robots, self-assembling structures, modular self-reconfigurable robots. Recently, his work has followed a theme of simplicity and low cost. His other research interests include product design, reactive art and architecture, origami, snake locomotion, urban search and rescue and mobile manipulation.
Dr. Bruce Kothmann is a Senior Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Engineering and Applied Science. He received the 2012 Provost’s Award for Teaching Excellence. He is an avid user of laboratory and interactive teaching spaces.
Dr. Vijay Kumar is the Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania’s Departments of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, Computer and Information Science, and Electrical and Systems Engineering. His group works on creating autonomous ground and aerial robots, designing bio-inspired algorithms for collective behaviors, and on robot swarms. Kumar is a fellow of ASME and IEEE and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.
In this Master Lecture, the three discuss ways to think outside the box in regards to novel rotor/vehicle technologies, control for near-hover configurations and handling qualities, and the role of autonomy in human controlled flight.
If you have follow-up questions, check out current discussions on the GoFly forum or start your own thread!
