Team

Team

Team

Roeland De Breuker

Project leader, Morphing structures, Aeroelasticity

Jurij Sodja

Supervisor, Experimental methods, Design integration

Roger Groves

Supervisor, Fibre optic sensing

Sherry Wang

Supervisor, Nonlinear control
 

Sybrand van der Zwaag

Supervisor, Materials
 

Nakash Nazeer

PhD researcher, Fibre optic sensing
 

Tigran Mkhoyan

PhD researcher, SmartX Alpha architect, Visual sensing, Data-driven control

Vincent Stuber

PhD researcher, Piezoelectric sensing and actuation
 

Iren Mkhoyan

MSc student, Aeroelastic system identification

Nisarg Thakrar

MSc student, Technology integration

Publications

Demonstrators

SmartX Alpha morphing design

Mkhoyan, T., Thakrar, N. R., De Breuker, R., & Sodja, J. (2020, September). Design of a smart morphing wing using integrated and distributed trailing edge camber morphing. In Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems, American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

Manufacturing and validation

Mkhoyan, T., Thakrar, N. R., De Breuker, R., & Sodja, J. (2021). Design and Development of a Seamless Smart Morphing Wing Using Distributed Trailing Edge Camber Morphing for Active Control. In AIAA Scitech 2021 Forum (p. 0477).

Load alleviation simulations

Submitted for review

MSc Theses

N. Thakrar, Design and Analysis of a Distributed TRIC concept Seamless Smart Morphing Wing

Awards

Winner of the Best Student Hardware Competition presented at the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems conference, 15 September 2020, Virtual Conference.
Runner up of the Best Student Paper Competition presented at the ASME Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems conference, 15 September 2020, Virtual Conference.