LABORATÓRIO DE NOVOS CONCEITOS EM AERONÁUTICA

LNCA(Laboratory of New Concepts in Aeronautics)

ITA / IEAAeronautical Engineering Division

600 students (120 per year) Strong selection Almost 80 applicants/place Full time scholarship Full time dedication Strict academic requirements Spread all over the world

ITA is one of the best engineering schools in Brazil

UNDERGRADUATEUNDERGRADUATE

Fundamental Course (2 years)Mathematics – Physics – Chemistry - Humanities

Aerospace

Engineering Aeronautical

Engineering Civil

Engineering Computer

Engineering Electronics

Engineering Mechanical

Engineering

•Navigation and Guidance

• Propulsion and Aerodynamics

• Electronics for Space Applications

•Structures and Buildings • Geotechnics

• Water Resourcesand EnvironmentalSanitation

• Air Transportation

•Software and Information Systems

• Computing Systems

•Computing Methodologies

• Computation Theory

•Aerodynamics

• Structures

• Propulsion

• Flight Mechanics

•Design

• Energy

•Design

•Management and Decision Support

•Turbomachinary

•Mechatronics

•Applied Electronics • Microwave Circuitry

• Systems Control

• Telecom munications

Course duration: 5-year - Bachelor's of Engineering

Aeronautical Engineering Aeronautical Engineering

Aerodynamics

Flight Mechanics

Design

Propulsion

Structures

DepartmentsDepartments LaboratoriesLaboratories

Center of Small Aircraft Development

Laboratory of Aeronautical Engineering

Laboratory of Combustion,Propulsion and Energy

Laboratory of Aerospace Structures

Aerospace Systems*Aerospace Systems*

* embryo department

GRADUATE ACTIVITIESGRADUATE ACTIVITIES

ITA & the Future

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• Mandate from upper level Brazilian government to duplicate the number of undergraduate students

• More than 500 students would be able to enter ITA each year. The duplication will not jeopardize excellence

• Expansion will require student accommodation, new laboratories, reviewing classroom facilities, adopting teaching aid techniques and planning new courses.

• ITA will require:• 200 new faculty positions in the years to come.• Visiting professors and post doc recruiting

• DUPLICATION: OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSFORM ITA - Major challenges considering expanding with growth: Increased cooperation with industry, research and education

institutions; Internationalization and globalization without losing identity; New requirement profiles in engineering education; Alignment with strategic areas: aerospace, defense and main

technological challenges in Brazil.

ITA ITA && THE FUTURE THE FUTURE

A High Level Research OrientationA High Level Research Orientation and Support Management Group and Support Management Group

SUPPORT ON ITA´s TRANSFORMATION New cooperation; Internationalization; Engineering education modernization; Technological challenges in Brazil and around the world.

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Motivation & InspirationMotivation & Inspiration

• Visionary concepts in aeronautics– Technological challenges– higher energetic efficiency and lower environmental impact

• Industry needs: Demand from the aviation future, guiding R&D towards ecological demands and related affairs (economic, social and political) : – International Civil Aviation Organization – ICAO (Environmental Report– Horizon 2020 (The EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation)– CleanSky (Single European Sky environmental objectives)– NASA/FAA NextGen Programs

• Academia: fertile substract– plurality of knowledge, multidisciplinary, training and contact with people– Environment-oriented engineering education

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LNCA Vision & MissionLNCA Vision & Mission• Research orientation: Based on a proposed core competency

of the lab application of modeling and simulation methodologies – Development of new flight physics oriented methodologies for new

aerospace design concepts.• Opportunity for redefining engineering at ITA innovation for

environmental sustainability, as a relevant theme– Investment in creation, innovation and entrepreneurship within the

academic environment– Identification of research opportunities and needs from the productive

sector.• Beneficiaries : Aerospace and Defense, as well as

Undergraduate and Graduate programs at ITA and associate partners.

StrategyStrategy• Innovative laboratory with the primary goal of being a

"think thank" driven by the aeronautical needs • Identification of the aviation scenario in the future.• Different knowledge areas in a single place, economic

and socio-political affairs, environmental, systems engineering, flight physics modeling and simulation, computational sciences, virtual reality

• Multidisciplinary approach - futuristic scenarios as input conditions for the modeling and simulation of an aerospace system to be designed for the future

ModelingModeling and Simulation Framework and Simulation Framework• Tools for engineering conceptual design;

– Design oriented, open source, numerical models– Collaborative development with other design oriented tools

• Refined solutions per request – academic research from low to high fidelity modeling and analysis:– Experimental database for validation investment on supporting

experimental facilities

• Structuring projects primarily on FLIGHT PHYSICS oriented research:– Structures and Materials– Propulsion and Systems Integration– Flight Mechanics and Control– Aerodynamics and Noise

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Surrogate /ROM (NL)

Surrogate /ROM (NL)

Industry Regional Benefits(Aerospace & Defense)

Academic FormationR&D Orientation

Industry Regional Benefits(Aerospace & Defense)

Academic FormationR&D Orientation

ExperimentsSupp. Labs

ExperimentsSupp. Labs

The Laboratory at ITAThe Laboratory at ITA• Supporting labs

– Laboratory of Aeronautical Engineering– Laboratory of Aerospace Structures– Center of Small Aircraft Development– Laboratory of Combustion, Propulsion and

Energy

• Associate Programs – Professional Master in Aviation Safety and

Continuing Airworthiness

– Professional Master Program in Aeronautical Engineering

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Aeronautical

Mechanics

Civil

Comp. Sc.

Fund.

Electronic

Leading Division

Associate Divisions

Knowledge base at ITAKnowledge base at ITA• Division of Mechanical EngineeringDivision of Mechanical Engineering: Market Intelligence, rapid : Market Intelligence, rapid

prototyping, propulsive systems, robotics and mechatronics systems, prototyping, propulsive systems, robotics and mechatronics systems, • Division of Electronic EngineeringDivision of Electronic Engineering: dynamic simulation and control : dynamic simulation and control

systems, integration of aeronautical systems.systems, integration of aeronautical systems.• Division of Computer SciencesDivision of Computer Sciences: simulation and distributed processing, : simulation and distributed processing,

software engineering, virtual reality.software engineering, virtual reality.• Division of Civil EngineeringDivision of Civil Engineering: aviation economy, environmental : aviation economy, environmental

economics, architecture and energy efficiency of airport facilities, aircraft economics, architecture and energy efficiency of airport facilities, aircraft climatology, environmental impacts: aeronautical pollutants, economic-climatology, environmental impacts: aeronautical pollutants, economic-ecological modeling, environmental modeling.ecological modeling, environmental modeling.

• Division of Fundamental Sciences Division of Fundamental Sciences : Applied chemistry to combustion of : Applied chemistry to combustion of energetic materials. energetic materials.