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2025
Aagren, T., Ruan, A., Malpica, C., Withrow-Maser, S., Meyn, L., "In-flight System Identification of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter," Presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2025. Download
Aagren, T., Peters, N., Ruan, A., "RotorWake Modeling for Mars Rotorcraft using the Viscous Vortex Particle Method," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20–22, 2025. Download
Bekemeyer,P, Hariharan,N, Wissink, A, Cornelius, J., "Introduction of Applied Aerodynamics Surrogate Modeling Benchmark Cases" Presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2025. Download
Caudle, D., Singh, R., Malpica, C., Nadell, S., Berger, T., and Suh, P., "Development and Integration of Flight Dynamics Models for Study of eVTOL Aircraft in the NASA Vertical Motion Simulator" Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum & Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20–22, 2025 Download
Conley, S., Russell, C., Kallstrom, K., Shirazi, D., Pereyra, C., and Wright, S., "Multirotor Test Bed Second Wind Tunnel Entry Data Report" NASA/TM–20250004795 Download
Cornelius, J., Peters, N., Aagren, T., and Lugo, D., "PALMO: An OVERFLOW Machine Learning Airfoil Performance Database," Presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2025. Download
Cornelius, J., "PALMO: An OVERFLOW Machine Learning Airfoil Performance Database, Version 1.0, NACA 4-Series," NASA/TM—20240014546. Download
Cornelius, J., Peters, N., Aires, J., Aagren, T., Lugo, D., Comer, A., Miles, Z., "Long-Range Mars Rotorcraft Design Optimization using Machine Learning," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, USA, May 20-22, 2025. Download
Cornelius, J., "Hover Validation and Acoustic Baseline (HVAB) Rotor Blade C81 Table Generation," NASA/TM—20250006213. Download
Kaweesa, D, Bowman, J., "Structural Analysis of Load-Bearing Components in Mars Science Helicopter," NASA/TM−20250000605. Download
Kaweesa, D, Bowman, J., "Structural Analysis of Load-Bearing Components in Mars Science Helicopter," Presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, Florida, January 6-10, 2025. Download
Koning, W.J.F., Dominguez, M., Johnson, W., "Mars Science Helicopter Rotor Geometry," NASA/TM– 20240013701, February 2025. Download or Download Spreadsheet
Koning, W., Perez Perez, N., Cummings, H., Romander, E., Johnson, W., "Rotor Design for Mars Helicopters: Overcoming Aerodynamic Challenges for Future Mars Exploration," Virtual Tech Talk Presented by the Arizona Chapter of VFS International, Tuesday March 18, 2025. Download
Koning, W., Perez Perez, N., Cummings, H., Romander, E., Johnson, W., "Advancing Aerodynamics: Coupled Airfoil and Rotor Performance Optimization for Mars Applications," 2025 AIAA SciTech Forum and Exposition, Orlando, Fl, January 6, 2025. Download
Kottapalli, S. and Boyd, D., "Follow-on Study on the Applicability of Fly Neighborly Noise Recommendations to UAM Quadrotors in Steady Maneuvers ," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20-22, 2025. Download
Kopardekar, P., Mitra, A., Young, L., Johnson, M., Cozby, H., Fichera, N., Hinkel, J., Kent H., Saadi, J., Stancliff, M., Wong, J., Miller, A., Brubaker, E., "Building Resilience in Aviation: Economic Impacts of Disasters and Future Adaptations" Presented at the AIAA Aviation Forum, Las Vegas, NV, July, 2025. Download
Peters, N. and Shirazi, D., "On the Application of an Actuator Line Model for Rotorcraft Outwash Predictions," Presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2025. Download
Peters, N., Pereyra, C., "RotorGen: A Simplified Structured Grid Generation Program for High-Fidelity Rotor CFD Simulation" AIAA 2024 Overset Grid SymposiumDayton Ohio, October 7-10, 2024. Download presentation
Peters, N., "RotLES: A Rotorcraft-based Lattice Boltzmann LES code for Rapid Analysis and Design Space Exploration" NASA/TM–20250007146 Download
Ruan, A., Aagren, T., "Flight Dynamics Prediction for Scaled Mars Rotorcraft" Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20–22, 2025 Download
Sahragard-Monfared,G., Cavazos, I., Estrada, J.G., Hall, D., Maadarani, S., Myat, M., "Airfoil Table Generation Comparison Utilizing XFOIL and UNS2D Flow Solvers" Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, USA, Feb. 4-6, 2025. Download
Sahragard-Monfared,G., Bowman,J., Koning, W., Johnson, W., "Effects of Solidity, Number of Blades, and Chord Distribution on Rotor Performance in a Martian Environment," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum & Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20-22, 2025. Download
Schatzman,N., Weist,L., Bain,J., and Thai,A., "Acoustic Testing of the Joby Aviation Propeller in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex 40- by 80-Foot Wind Tunnel," Presented at the AIAA SciTech Forum, Orlando, FL, Jan. 2025. Download
Schmitz, S., Cornelius, J., Allred, G., Palacios, J., Heisler, R., Juliano, B., Perrotta, G., Ruiz, F., "NASA Dragonfly Mission - Coaxial Rotor Test and CFD Prediction," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, USA, May 20-22, 2025. Download
Shirazi., D., Kaweesa, D., "Multi Modular-Rotorcraft: An Advanced Multi-Functional and Multi-Purpose Rotorcraft," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20-22, 2025. Download
Shirazi., D., Peters, N., Russell, C., Conley, S., Kallstrom, K., Oereyra, C., Wright, S., Mills, J., "Leveraging Modeling and Sensitivity Studies for Improving Aerodynamic Predictions for Multirotor Aircraft," Presented at the Vertical Flight Society’s 81st Annual Forum and Technology Display, Virginia Beach, VA, USA, May 20-22, 2025. Download
Young, L.A., "A Future for Rotorcraft that Engages with New Application Domains," Presented at Transformative Vertical Flight 2025, 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 4-6, 2025. Download
Young, L.A., "Building Enhanced Resilience into Aviation," Presented at Transformative Vertical Flight 2025, 11th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, February 4-6, 2025. Download
Young, L.A., "A Transportation and Habitation System Architecture Enabled by Multi-Modality Mobility Platforms," NASA/TM–20250006811. Download