We are delighted to welcome Dr Zhaohui Cen who has recently arrived to work with Prof Paul Stewart on the EU FP7 Transport ACHEON Project. Dr Cen joins the project from the UAE University where he was researching into Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In 2005, 2007 and 2011, he received BSc, MSc and Ph.D […]
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PhotoVoltaic Array comparative research on the MAAT Airship project
Tim Smith is currently carrying out back to back comparative experimental testing of a variety of Photovoltaic or solar arrays. As part of the FP7 MAAT Airship programme, Prof Paul Stewart is leading the Energy Systems Workpackage. As part of this, we are looking at the integration of PVs into a closed Hydrogen based energy […]
EU FP7 ACHEON Project WP5 Technology Evaluation progress update
The purpose of Work Package 5, Technology Evaluation, is to provide a detailed verification of ACHEON’s technology against both traditional and innovative future aircraft configurations. The key objective is to identify the advantages that the ACHEON technology brings with its advanced propulsive concept in all aspects of the aircrafts operations and its environmental impact. It […]
A review of thrust-vectoring in support of a V/STOL non-moving mechanical propulsion system
Central European Journal of Engineering September 2013, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp 374-388 A review of thrust-vectoring in support of a V/STOL non-moving mechanical propulsion system José C. Páscoa, Antonio Dumas, Michele Trancossi, Paul Stewart, Dean Vucinic Abstract The advantages associated to Vertical Short-Take-Off and Landing (V/STOL) have been demonstrated since the early days of […]
EU MAAT, ACHEON and CROP projects workshop presentation by Jose Pascoa
José Páscoa participated in the Workshop (https://www.facebook.com/clusterdem) organized by Organized by ITS Portugal ((http://www.its-portugal.eu/) on 13 July 2013.