Willem Anemaat

Willem A. J. Anemaat is president and co-founder of Design, Analysis and Research Corporation (DARcorporation), an aeronautical engineering and prototype development company. DARcorporation specializes in airplane design and engineering consulting services, wind and water tunnel testing and design and testing of wind energy devices. Anemaat is the software architect for the Advanced Aircraft Analysis (AAA) software, an airplane preliminary design and analysis tool. He has been actively involved with more than 400 airplane design projects and has run many subsonic wind tunnel tests for clients. Anemaat has more than 30 publications in the field of airplane design and analysis. He is the recipient of the SAE 2010 Forest R. McFarland Award, an AIAA Associate Fellow and an associate editor for the AIAA Journal of Aircraft. Anemaat is Vice-Chair of the AIAA Aircraft Design Technical Committee. Anemaat holds an M.S.A.E. degree from the Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands and a Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from The University of Kansas.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Conceptual Design of Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Andrew Appleton

Andrew Appleton, CD M.Sc. is a consultant in human factors engineering and human systems integration engineering. He served 26 years in the Canadian Forces, including 15 years as a commissioned officer. While with the Canadian Forces, Andrew obtained his B.Sc. from St. Mary's University and his Master of Science in Ergonomics/Human Factors from Loughborough University (UK). Andrew retired from the Canadian Forces in January 2009. He then served as a human factors consultant at CAE Professional Services Canada Inc., where he applied his skills to the Halifax Class Modernization Project for the Canadian Navy, and the Canadian Air Force/Navy Maritime Helicopter Project. In 2012, Andrew formed his own consultancy company, AJ Appleton Consulting Inc. He is currently a Senior Aerospace Engineer in the Project Management Office for the Royal Canadian Air Force's Medium Heavy-Lift Helicopter (PMO MHLH).

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Application of Human Factors Engineering to the Life Cycle Management of Aeronautical Products and Systems

Thomas Cash

Tom Cash has been involved in the test and evaluation world since graduating from college. He has supported all levels of testing, ranging from laboratory workbench technical testing through major system operational testing for the U.S. Army, Air Force, and Navy. He has written specification documents for distributed simulation systems, authored and conducted various system validation and verification plans and conducted those tests, and co-authored Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) documents. He has supported the operational testing of various seeker, radar, and low observable systems. He spent almost 13 years as the Senior Test Lead for the Army's Utility Helicopters Program Office and provided airworthiness testing and analysis support for the many items to be installed on or operated from the H-60 family of aircraft. He has also been a Principal Systems Engineer with Sierra Nevada Corporation and the Systems Engineer for the Army's AMRDEC Degraded Visual Environment Aviation Systems Integration Facility (ASIF) working on various aspects of the Army's Degraded Visual Environment (DVE) system.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: MIL-STD Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations

George Cusimano

George Cusimano is the co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Vector LLC aviation consulting services. He is a flight test engineer and educator with more than 40 years of experience in research, development, and test of important leading edge technologies. He has flight-tested complex systems, such as the F-117, B-2, X-33 (single stage to orbit prototype), DarkStar UAV and X-35 (Joint Strike Fighter prototype). In addition to multiple postings as a flight test engineer, George was: the Director of Test and Evaluation for the F-117 System Program Office; the Chief of Flight Test Engineering for the B-2 Combined Test Force; the Deputy Director of the Joint STARS Combined Test Force; and the Director of Flight Test at the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works. George has also taught at the National Test Pilot School and has served as a Technical Advisor to the United States Air Force. He retired from the United States Air Force as a colonel after 24 years of service. George holds a B.S. in mechanical engineering and an M.S. in industrial engineering from Arizona State University. He is a graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School and a Fellow of the Society of Flight Test Engineers.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Flight Test Principles and Practices

Travis L. Dahna

Travis Dahna is the Principal member and Electrical Systems and Equipment DER for TD Aerospace, LLC, a professional aerospace engineering design and certification company based in Kansas. He started his career over 25 years ago as an avionics technician and troubleshooter in the United States Navy, where he served with distinction and was honorably discharged. As a Gulf War Veteran, Mr. Dahna joined the civilian aviation sector where he has worked on, designed, and certified a wide variety of new products and articles for the last 20 years. He has held positions as a senior electrical engineer for a large aircraft manufacturer and served as the Certification Coordinator for all the factory owned service/modification centers in the United States, providing all interface with the geographic FAA Aircraft Certification Offices for all standard certification STC projects. Following his time at the aircraft manufacturer, he assisted in the development of an STC ODA for a consulting company and held the position as the Principal Certification Engineer, while also training as an alternate ODA administrator.

He has been actively involved in several hundred certification projects, ranging from TC, STC, PMA, and Major Alterations. In addition to duties as a consultant DER (14 CFR Part 23 and 25), including major alterations, he holds positions as a unit member on several TC and STC Organization Designation Authorizations (ODA). Mr. Dahna's combination of practical experience, analytical knowledge, and in-depth certification experience brings a unique and viable approach to aircraft certification in an uncomplicated yet thorough manner.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: FAA Type Certification Plan Development

Mark Ewing

Mark S. Ewing is former chairman of the aerospace engineering department and is currently the director of the Flight Research Laboratory at the University of Kansas. Previously, he served as a senior research engineer in the structures division at Wright Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and as an associate professor of engineering mechanics at the U.S. Air Force Academy. His research interests include structural vibrations and structural acoustics, especially as related to fiber-reinforced composites. Ewing is a past recipient of the University of Kansas School of Engineering Outstanding Educator Award. He holds a B.S. in engineering mechanics from the U.S. Air Force Academy, an M.S. in mechanical engineering and a Ph.D. in engineering mechanics, both from Ohio State University.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Aircraft Structures: Analysis and Design

Michael H. Jenkins

Mike Jenkins brings over thirty years' experience in the aerospace industry, having worked for several major original equipment manufacturers and as an independent aerospace consultant. He is an FAA DER with authority in 14 CFR Part 25 certification regulations. He specializes in mechanical systems including flight controls, doors, and hydraulics including system definition, requirements, architecture design and layout, and monitoring for traditional mechanical, electro-mechanical, hydro-mechanical, and fly-by-wire systems. He has extensive experience in sizing and performance analyses, design, schematics, testing, and failure mode and effects for power control units and actuators.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Flight Control and Hydraulic Systems

Greg Lewis

Greg Lewis is an aeronautical engineer and test pilot with 46 years of experience in flight testing of both military and civil aircraft. He retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years, serving initially as a fighter pilot in F-4's, including a combat tour in Southeast Asia (SEA). After returning from SEA, Greg spent the rest of his military career in flight test of fighter aircraft, including the F-4, the F-16 and a research version of the F-15, implementing thrust vectoring and inflight reversing. After leaving the Air Force, Greg joined the National Test Pilot School (NTPS), teaching academics as well as serving as a flight instructor in aircraft ranging from gliders to supersonic aircraft. In addition to instructing, Greg served in leadership positions, including Chief Flight Test Instructor, Chief of Academics and Head of Training. Greg also is an FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER), flight testing new and modified civilian aircraft for certification. Over his career, he accumulated over 10,000 hrs in 126 different aircraft. Greg holds a B.S. and M.S in aero/astro engineering from MIT. He is a graduate of the USAF Test Pilot School and a Fellow and Past-President of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

2023 Aerospace Short Course Flight Test Principles and Practices

Jose Mora-Vargas

Jose Mora-Vargas currently works as an independent consultant for companies holding delegated organization status. He retired in November, 2017 as the Lead ODA Administrator at Associated Air Center, a Standard Aero Completion Center located in Dallas, TX. For several years, he has been an FAA designee, initially as a DER. Since 1976, he has worked for several OEMs, including Embraer, Bombardier, General Dynamics, Honda Aircraft, and Associated Air Center. During his professional career, he held positions as Program Manager, FAA Designee, Certification Engineer, DAS/ODA Administrator, and Certification Director. He has a MSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica (ITA) from Brazil, and a MSc degree in Business/Management Aeronautical Sciences from Embry-Riddle University (Florida).

2023 Aerospace Short Course:  Cabin Safety and Crashworthiness of Aircraft Cabin Interiors

Dennis Philpot

Mr. Philpot began his career in the aerospace industry at the Rocketdyne Division of Rockwell International in 1983, immediately after completed his bachelor?s degree in Mechanical Engineering at Oregon State University, Corvallis. During his nearly 14 years at Rocketdyne, Mr. Philpot was involved in several diverse programs, including the Space Shuttle Main Engines (SSME), the National Aerospace Plane (NASP) and the International Space Station; also, during his employment at Rocketdyne Mr. Philpot completed his master?s degree in Applied Mechanics at California State University, Northridge.During the late 1990?s Mr. Philpot became involved with performing advanced fighter aircraft structural analysis on both the F/A 18 E/F program for Northrop Grumman and the Joint Strike Fighter for Lockheed-Martin Skunk Works. He also served as a principal structural analyst on two launch systems? the Kistler reusable launch system and the Delta IV EELV developed by the Boeing Company.Currently, Mr. Philpot is the Airframe IPT Technical Lead for the AARGM ER EMD program; in that role he leads or oversees all of the technical/analytical aspects of hardware design development and works with the design team to help ensure that all aspects of the product meet requirements. Mr. Philpot has held many roles in missile development, including Section Head for mechanical analysis, Test Director for the AARGM Environmental Qualification Testing, Mechanical Analysis Lead AARGM missile integration on the Tornado aircraft for the Italian Airforce, IPT Lead for AARGM ER FEDA Program Aerodynamics, Modeling & Simulation, Mechanical Design and Internal Loads and Static Strength Analysis, MSST Mechanical Analysis Lead, Structural Dynamics Lead and Technical Advisor to the Jordan Multirole Combat Aircraft JLG & JMCA Programs, Technical Lead on the Hyper-Velocity Projectile (HVP) Program, based out of Plymouth, MN, Structural Analysis SME for all advanced (SAP) programs that require that skill set at Northrop Grumman, Advanced Weapons Division.An internationally-recognized expert in aerospace structural analysis, Mr. Philpot has been teaching post-graduate courses on Stress Analysis and Structural Dynamics in the greater Los Angeles area, Seattle, WA, Orlando, FL, and on-site at The Boeing Company, Northrop-Grumman, NASA-Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, NASA-Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX, NASA-Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, FL, Hill Air Force Base in Ogden, UT, the Holloman Air Force Base near Alamogordo, NM, Eglin Air Force Base in Fort Walton Beach, FL, Aviation and Missile Research, Development, Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, AL and at ST Aerospace in Singapore. At the 50th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Mr. Philpot was honored to present a special two-day seminar on Structural Dynamics in Mechanical Design at the Palm Springs Convention Center/Wyndham Palm Springs. The public courses are very international in nature, attracting students from Austria, South Korea, New Zealand, Brazil, Turkey, The Netherlands, China, South Africa, Japan, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Mexico and, of course, the United States of America. Mr. Philpot holds two US Patents and is a licensed Professional Engineer in the State of California.

2023 Aerospace Short Course:  Stress Analysis for Aerospace Structures

Kevin Renew

Kevin Renew has over 20 years of military aviation experience. He served eight years in the Army as a Black Hawk helicopter maintainer and technical inspector. He has supported and executed all levels of testing, ranging from bench-level laboratory testing through major system operational testing for the Army, as well has other U.S. government agencies. As a government contractor, he supported the Redstone Technical Test Center (RTTC) and the Army's Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), executing system-level testing of multiple aircraft platforms. He has worked has a Senior Test Lead and Project Manager supporting the U.S. Army's Utility Helicopters Program Office for over 10 years, where he provided airworthiness test and evaluation support for numerous components and systems to be installed on various H-60 helicopter platforms. He is currently a Lead Test Engineer with PeopleTec Corporation supporting the Utility Helicopters Program Office Modifications and Other Government Agencies (OGA) Division.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: MIL-STD Qualification: Purpose, Testing and Design Considerations

Josh Sementi

Dr. Josh Sementi has 20 years of applied aeroelasticity and aircraft loads experience including both analysis and testing on Part 23 and 25 aircraft. Josh is also an FAA Consultant Loads DER with full approval authority for both Part 23 and Part 25 Static and Dynamic Loads. This experience has included developing aerodynamic models, structural models, and aero-structural splines for certification loads and flutter analysis as well as validating the models against flight loads survey and flight flutter testing measurements. This analysis has been performed in a variety of tools from classical beam theory methods to complete aircraft FEM based aeroelastic models. During his career Dr. Sementi has developed certification dynamic and static flight loads for over 25 STC's or STC amendments ranging from radomes and other minor modifications to blended and split scimitar winglets on a variety of Boeing aircraft. In addition to Structural Loads, Josh has extensive flight flutter test experience, as well as aircraft vibration environment development. Prior to working at TLG, Josh was a Senior Loads Engineer at Aviation Partners Boeing.

2023 Aerospace Short Course:  Aircraft Structural Loads: Criteria, Analysis and Validation

C. Bruce Stephens

C. Bruce Stephens is an HIRF/Lightning/EWIS ODA UM/AR at the Boeing Company and a consultant DER at his company, Stephens Aviation, with a wealth of experience in High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) and Lightning protection of Aircraft. Stephens retired from Hawker Beechcraft after 28 years of service. He has HIRF/Lightning experience on both Part 23 and Part 25 including composite aircraft. Stephens is working with the Boeing Team to develop EWIS requirements and means of compliance on several aircraft projects. Stephens is a Six-Sigma/Lean Master Black Belt consultant, developing implementation and training materials, and teaches at a number of universities, including Webster University and Southwestern College. He has an executive M.B.A. and M.S. in Management from Friends University and a B.S. in Industrial Technology from Wichita State University.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Electromagnetic Effects Aircraft Level Testing and FAA Requirements

Darren Stout

Darren Stout is an EME/HIRF/Lightning ODA UM/AR at the Boeing Company. Darren has a wealth of experience in Electromagnetic Effects (EME), High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF), lightning effects, p-static effects, and transmitting personal electronic devices, RTCA/DO-160, MIL-STD-461, along with extensive experience in laboratory and aircraft testing. His experience is a result of over 30 combined years as an Electrical and EME engineer with Boeing, Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs), FAA, and BancTec. He also served six years in the United States Air Force as a B-52 navigator, instructor navigator, and radar navigator (bombardier), directing and performing higher headquarters missions including aircraft, systems, and munitions testing, and is a Desert Storm veteran. He has a BSEE degree in electrical engineering (lasers, fiber optics, and antenna arrays) from the University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, is an iNARTE certified EMC Engineer, and is a Level 2 Certified TEMPEST Professional.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Aircraft Lightning: Requirements, Component Testing, Aircraft Testing and Certification

Ray Taghavi

Dr. Ray Taghavi is "John E. and Winifred E. Sharp Professor" & Associate Chair of the Aerospace Engineering Department at the University of Kansas. He teaches and conducts research in jet propulsion, rocket propulsion, aircraft reciprocating engines, fluid mechanics, aircraft aerodynamics, and advanced experimental techniques. Before joining the KU Faculty in 1991, he was a research engineer at NASA John Glenn Research Center, conducting experimental research on supersonic jet noise reduction techniques, acoustic excitation of free shear layers, and stability and control of swirling flows. He is the co-inventor and patent holder for a "supersonic vortex generator" and a "Novel Air Data Sensor with Power Scavenge System" for subsonic aircraft. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics & Astronautics (AIAA). Dr. Taghavi has been the recipient of the Abe M. Zarem Educator Award from AIAA, the Ralph R. Teetor Educational Award from SAE, the John E. and Winifred E. Sharp Award from the KU School of Engineering (twice), Henry E. Gould Award from the KU School of Engineering, and is a four-time winner of the Aerospace Engineering Outstanding Educator Award from the graduating seniors of the department. Dr. Taghavi has received his Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1988.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: Propulsion Systems for UAVs and General Aviation Aircraft

John Tigue

John Tigue is a private consultant in aircraft certification. He has 22 years of experience in domestic and international certification with the FAA, along with 21 years of certification experience in the aircraft industry. Mr. Tigue served as Manager of the FAA Engine and Propeller Standards Staff, Manager of the FAA Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office, Assistant Manager of the FAA Small Airplane Directorate and Senior FAA Aviation Advisor to Indonesia. In industry, he served as the Director, Airworthiness and Certification for Raytheon Aircraft and the Compliance Administrator for Gulfstream ODA. Mr. Tigue's experience includes certification and continued airworthiness of aircraft engines and propellers, rotorcraft, small airplanes, transport airplanes and hot air balloons including FAA validation of international engines and transport airplanes. His accomplishments include being named a Raytheon Engineering Fellow, chairing the AIA/GAMA working group for type certification conformity and representing Raytheon Aircraft as a member of the FAA-Industry Certification Process Improvement (CPI) team. Mr. Tigue holds a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Auburn University, a Master of Science in Air Transportation from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master of Arts in National Security and Strategic Studies from the United States Naval War College and a Master of Business Administration from Wichita State University.

2023 Aerospace Short Course: FAA Aircraft Certification and Airworthiness Approvals