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Transformative Vertical Flight 2022 Agenda

January 25–27, 2022 All times given in US Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)

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Badge Pick-up Hours: Monday, January 24, 2022: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm (Gateway Foyer) Tuesday, January 25, 2022: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm (Gateway Foyer)

Transformative Vertical Flight Gateway Ballroom Opening Plenary and eVTOL Symposium Online Q&A: Please go to bit.ly/tvf2022 to ask and vote on questions for the speakers during the Opening Plenary and the eVTOL Symposium. While you are there, please take a minute to answer a few survey questions about what part of the industry you’re in, your research priorities, and potential interest in NASA tools and/or collaboration! Government Plenary Moderator: Colin Theodore, NASA

(8:00 – 10:00)

Welcome and Introductions Davis Hackenberg, NASA Jaakko Karras, NASA JPL COL Jay Hopkins, US Army, Chief of Staff, FVL CFT (v) Col Nathan Diller, USAF, Director, AFWERX (v) Steve Bradford, FAA (v)

Industry Plenary Moderator: Mike Hirschberg, VFS

(10:30 – 12:00)

Jonathan Hartman, Sikorsky, Lockheed Martin Co. (v) Diana Marina Cooper, Supernal Dan Dalton, Wisk (sponsor) (v) Eric Ferreira Da Silva, Airbus (v)

eVTOL Symposium Gateway Ballroom – Pine/Fir Scaling up to AAM Moderator: Anna Cavolowsky, NASA

(1:30 – 3:00) Paul Stith, Black & Veatch (sponsor) Dana Jensen, US Air Force (invited) Alan Davis, i5 Services (sponsor) Vivek Saxena, Advisory Aerospace (v) Dave Stepanek, Bristow Group

eVTOL Industry Updates Moderator: Guy Norris, Aviation Week

(3:30 – 5:00) Kyle Clark, BETA Technologies (invited) Simon Briceno, Jaunt (sponsor) Craig Smith, Overair (sponsor) Tim Williams, Vertical Aerospace

(5:00 – 5:15) Certification and Event Updates from Europe and China, Willi Tacke, Flying Pages GmbH

Wednesday, January 26, 2022: Badge Pick-up Hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm (Gateway Foyer) Standards Development Moderator: Christine Bernat, GAMA

(8:00 – 10:00) Jonathan Archer, SAE International Rex Alexander, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Yolanka Wulff, Community Air Mobility Initiative Tom Gunnarson, ASTM International Al Lawless, E-VTOL Flight Test Council (v)

Modeling and Simulation Moderator: Ajay Sehgal, KBR, Inc.

(10:30 – 12:00) Todd Quackenbush, Continuum Dynamics Vivek Ahuja, Research in Flight (sponsor) Mischa Pollack, Collier Aerospace Ron du Val, Advanced Rotorcraft Technology (sponsor) (v)

Advanced Manufacturing Moderator: Bill Bihlman, Aerolytics

(1:30 – 3:00) Stacy Biel/Jeff Cross, Toray (sponsor) Eric Smith, RE:Build (sponsor) Jonathan Sourkes, Victrex (sponsor) Robert Yancey, Hexcel (sponsor)

Diversity in the Workforce, with Women and Drones Moderator: Clint Harper, Urban Movement Labs

(3:30 – 5:00) Mike Hirschberg, VFS Ricky Robinson, Wisk (sponsor) Danielle McLean, Happy Takeoff Dawn Zoldi, P3 Tech Consulting Anita Sengupta, Hydroplane (v)

Thursday, January 27, 2022: Badge Pick-up Hours: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm (Gateway Foyer) Cross Agency / Industry Working Groups Moderator: Carl Russell, NASA

(8:00 – 10:00) Justin Littell, NASA / Joseph Pellettiere, FAA (v) Stephen Rizzi / Doug Boyd, NASA (v) Anna Cavolowsky, NASA Davis Hackenberg, NASA Johnny Doo, International Vehicle Research, Inc.

Enabling Electric Propulsion Systems Moderator: Tony Mumford, Overair

(10:30 – 12:00) Jia Xu, Honeywell (sponsor) Scott Drennan, Electric Power Systems (EPS) Vance Hilderman, AFuzion (sponsor) Colin Wilson, Empirical Systems Aerospace (ESAero)

Hydrogen-Electric VTOL (H2eVTOL) Moderator: Danielle McLean, Happy Takeoff

(1:15 – 2:45) Anubhav Datta, University of Maryland Anita Sengupta, Hydroplane (v) John Piasecki, Piasecki Aircraft Dave Edlund, Element 1 Thomas Jones, PlugPower

eVTOL Industry Updates Moderator: Ken Swartz, Aeromedia Communications

(3:15 – 4:45) Dave Merrill, Elroy Air John Alton, CAE (sponsor) Arturo Garcia-Alonso, Avports Darrell Swanson, Swanson Aviation Consultancy (v) Arnaud Coville / Sylvain Alarie, Volocopter

(4:45 – 5:00) Event Wrap-up, Carl Russell, NASA, and Buvana Jayaraman, US Army DEVCOM AvMC

(v) = virtual (remote) presentation (also in red text)

Networking Breaks: Tuesday: 10:00 – 10:30am Gateway Foyer Lunch 12:00 – 1:30pm Bayshore Foyer 3:00 – 3:30pm Bayshore Foyer Reception 5:30 – 6:30pm Bayshore Foyer Wednesday: 10:00 – 10:30am Bayshore Foyer Lunch 12:00 – 1:30pm Bayshore Foyer 3:00 – 3:30pm Bayshore Foyer Thursday: 10:00 – 10:30am Bayshore Foyer Lunch 12:00 – 1:15pm Bayshore Foyer 2:45 – 3:15pm Bayshore Foyer

Aeromechanics Technical Paper Presentations Tuesday, January 25, 2022: Badge Pick-up Hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm (Gateway Foyer)

Aeromechanics 1 Gateway Ballroom – Cedar Aeromechanics 2 Gateway Ballroom – Oak Urban Air Mobility Session 1 - Chair: Dr. Andrew Wissink, US Army DEVCOM AvMC eVTOL 1 - Chair: Dr. Todd Quackenbush, Continuum Dynamics

(1:30 – 2:00) Conceptual Design of a Tiltduct Reference Vehicle for Urban Air Mobility Siena Whiteside and Beau Pollard, NASA Langley

Characterization and Analysis of Lithium Sulfur Batteries for Electric VTOL Aircraft Emily Fisler and Anubhav Datta, UMD

(2:00 – 2:30) Conceptual Design of Tiltrotor Aircraft for Urban Air Mobility Michael Radotich, NASA Ames Research Center

Minimum of Electric Propulsion Units (EPUs) for Fail-Safe Air-Taxi Vehicles Fuyuan Chang, FSC Engineering Inc.

(2:30 – 3:00) Aeroelastic Analysis of an Urban Air Mobility Rotor in Forward Edgewise Flight Stephen J. Wright, NASA Ames

Advanced High Speed Rotorcraft - Chair: Dr. Rajneesh Singh, ARL Wakes and Airfoils - Chair: Dr. Juergen Rauleder, Georgia Tech

(3:30 – 4:00) Optimum Speed Tiltrotor, Recent Testing and Applications Thomas Berger, Paul Parcell, David Weinstein, Karem Aircraft

Comparison of the CHARM Predictions of the Multirotor Test Bed with Wind Tunnel Experimental Results, Dorsa Shirazi, NASA Ames Research Center

(4:00 – 4:30) Variations in Thrust Sharing for Torque-Balanced Lift-Offset Coaxial Rotors Jimmy Ho, Hyeonsoo Yeo, US Army DEVCOM AvMC

RABBIT: A Rapid Low Fidelity BVI Prediction Tool – Comparison and Validation using the NASA RVLT Toolchain Lauren Weist, Natasha Schatzman, NASA Ames

(4:30 – 5:00)

Detailed Structural Design for the Co-Axial Compound Rotorcraft Based on the Physics-Based Approach SunHoo Park, ByeongUk Im, Jewan Yeom, TaeYoung Chun, SangJoon Shin, Seoul National University

Exploring Airfoil Table Generation using XFOIL and OVERFLOW Kristen Kallstrom, NASA Ames Research Center

Wednesday, January 26, 2022: Badge Pick-up Hours: 7:00 am – 5:00 pm (Gateway Foyer) Innovative Rotor Tests - Chair: Mr. Christopher Cameron, US Army DEVCOM, AvMC Acoustics - Chair: Prof. Eric Greenwood, Penn State University

(0800 – 0830) Understanding Fluid Dynamic Forces on a Cycloidal Rotor in Forward Flight Joseph Heimerl, Moble Benedict, Texas A&M Univ.

Predictions and Validations of Small-Scale Rotor Noise Using UCD-QuietFly Sicheng (Kevin) Li and Seongkyu Lee, University of California Davis

(0830 – 0900) Vacuum Chamber Test and Hover Test of Double Anhedral Tip Composite Rotor Blades Cheng Chi, Anubhav Datta, Univ. of Maryland; Brahmananda Panda, The Boeing Company

Rotor-Rotor Interaction Effects on Noise from a Tandem Rotor Configuration Aharon Karon and Michael Mayo, Georgia Tech Research Institute

(0900 – 0930) Revolutionary Flight Vehicle Based on Leonardo da Vinci Aerial Screw: A Paradigm Shift in VTOL Technology Austin Prete, Vengalattore Nagaraj, Inderjit Chopra, Univ. of Maryland

Aeroacoustic Analysis of Non-Periodic Propeller Motions Dilhara Jayasundara, James Baeder, University of Maryland

(0930 – 1000) Prediction of Quadrotor Acoustics using RVLT Toolchain Sesi Kottapalli, Christopher Silva, NASA Ames

MARS Helicopters 1 - Chair: Mr. Benjamin Pipenberg, AeroVironment Dynamics 1 - Chair: Dr. Hyeonsoo Yeo, US Army

(10:30 – 11:00)

Overview and Introduction of the Rotor Optimization for the Advancement of Mars eXploration (ROAMX) Project Haley Cummings, et al.

Flutter Assessment of a Double-Swept Rotor Blade in Hover Based on Indicial Aerodynamics Considering Blade Profile, Rotor Inflow and Wake Periodicity Jürgen Arnold, DLR German Aerospace Center

(11:00 – 11:30)

Structural Design and Aeromedical Analysis of Unconventional Blades for Future Mars Rotorcraft Ravi Lumba, Cheng Chi, Anubhav Datta, University of Maryland; Witold Koning, Natalia Perez Perez, Haley Cummings NASA Ames Research Center

Individual Blade Control for Component Load Alleviation using Higher Order Linear Time Invariant Models Chams Eddine Mballo, J.V.R. Prasad, Georgia Tech.

(11:30 – 1200) Hover and Forward Flight Performance Modeling of Ingenuity Cuyler Dull, Georgia Tech; Lauren Wagner, Larry Young, Wayne Johnson, NASA Ames Research Center

Helios Applications - Chair: Dr. Shyam Neerarambam, Lockheed Martin Dynamics 2 - Chair: Dr. Jimmy Ho, US Army DEVCOM AvMC

(1:30 – 2:00) An Assessment of XV-15 Tiltrotor Hover Download Predictions Andrew Wissink, Joon Lim, US Army DEVCOM AvMC; Steven Tran, Science & Technology Corp.

Pre-Test Comprehensive Analysis for the Urban Air Mobility Side-by-Side Test Stand Stephen Wright, Haley Cummings, NASA Ames Research Center

(2:00 – 2:30)

Performance Predictions of a Small Folding Propeller Using Rotorcraft Comprehensive Analysis and CFD Hao Kang, Phuriwat Anusonti-Inthara, Rajneesh Singh, US Army DEVCOM ARL, Luke Battey US Army DEVCOM, AvMC

Evaluation of a Combined Momentum Theory and Simple Vortex Theory (CMTSVT) Inflow Model for UAM Applications Jahnvi Hariani, Feyyaz Guner, J.V.R. Prasad, Georgia Tech.

(2:30 – 3:00) RCAS-Helios Elastic Fuselage Coupling Demonstration for Rotorcraft Matthew Hasbun, Hossein Saberi, Jee Woong Kim, ART; Beatrice Roget, US Army DEVCOM, AvMC

Identification of High-Order Linear Time-Invariant Models From Periodic Nonlinear System Responses Mahmoud Hayajnh, JVR Prasad, Georgia Tech; Umberto Saetti, Auburn U.

Rotor Design & Optimization - Chair: Dr. Thomas Berger, Karem Aircraft eVTOL 2 Design & Analysis - Chair: Mr. Alex Stoll, Joby Aviation

(3:30 – 4:00)

Incorporation of Airfoil-Interactional Data to Improve the Accuracy of Stacked Rotor Performance Predictions in the Design Stage Miranda Costenoble, James Baeder, University of Maryland: George Jacobellis , US Army DEVCOM ARL

Tool for Optimization of Rotorcraft Concepts Applied to eVTOL Rotor Design Jeffrey D. Sinsay, Ananth Sridharan, Science & Technology Corp.

(4:00 – 4:30)

Development & Validation of Conceptual Design Level Rotorcraft Acoustics Prediction Tools Yonghu Wenren, Michael Muhlestein US Army ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory; Mark Bodie, US Army ERDC; Michael Avera, George Jacobellis, Mathew Floros, Phuriwat Anusonti-Inthra, US Army DEVCOM ARL

Initial Assessment of a Real-Time Vorticity Solver for Flight Mechanics of Rotary-Wing and e-VTOL Vehicles: A Heterogeneous-Computing Approach Diego Hidalgo, John Vargas, Dinamo Systems SAS, Colombia

(4:30 – 5:00) Multiobjective Rotor Blade Optimization Framework Advancements Luke Allen, US Army ERDC; Joon Lim, US Army DEVCOM AvMC; Robert H. Haehnel, Ian Dettwiller, US Army ERDC

A Combined Low and High Fidelity Approach for eVTOL Rotor Modeling and Design Lakshmi Sankar, Georgia Institute of Technology, Chee Tung, Retired, US Army DEVCOM AvMC

Thursday, January 27, 2022: Badge Pick-up Hours: 7:00 am – 4:00 pm (Gateway Foyer)

CFD Simulations - Chair: Prof. James Baeder, University of Maryland UAM 2 Urban Operations - Chair: Prof. Anubhav Datta, University of Maryland

(8:00 – 8:30) Rotor5: Rotor Design Under 5 hours using Ultra-Fast and High-Fidelity CFD Simulation and Automatic Meshing Runda Ji, Feilin Jia, Zongfu Yu, Flexcompute Inc.; QiQi Wang, M.I.T.

Rotor Performance Predications for UAM – Single vs Coaxial Rigid Rotors Jason Cornelius, Sven Schmitz, The Pennsylvania State University

(8:30 – 9:00) A Data-Driven Reduced Order Model of an Isolated Rotor Nicholas Peters, Chris Silva, NASA Ames Research Center; John Ekaterinaris, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University

Weather Solutions for VTOL Aircrafts Urban Operations Mounir Chrit, Don Berchoff, TruWeather Solutions

(9:00 – 9:30)

Active Flow Control Simulations and Experiments for Drag Reduction of an External Stores Support System David Schatzman, US Army DEVCOM AvMC; Ofek Drori, Shai Alexandroni, Avraham Seifert, Tel Aviv University

NRC Research in Autonomy Flight Sciences: Experimentation in Rotorcraft Landing Methodology in Degraded Visual Environments Marc Alexander, Stephan Carignan (Late), National Research Council of Canada

(9:30 – 1000) Further Investigation of Fan-In-Wing Aerodynamic Performance Using Active Flow Control Chunhua Sheng, Qiuying Zhao, The University of Toledo

eVTOL 3 Modeling of Propulsion Systems - Chair: Dr. Maryam Khoshlahjeh, Joby Aviation

Mars Helicopters 2 - Chair: Mr. Larry Young, NASA Ames

(10:30 – 11:00)

Real-Time Simulation Modeling of Electrical Propulsion Systems Sharaé Meredith, Akeem Gidden, Georgia Tech Research Institute; Henry Schwartz, Marilyn Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology; Kristina Wayne, Kellen Denny, Georgia Tech Research Institute

Feasibility Study of a Robotic Science Arm on Future Martian Rotorcraft Cole Rutter, Mackenzie Lach, NASA Ames Research Center

(11:00 – 11:30)

Thermal Modeling of Brushless DC Motors for Vehicle Conceptual Design Farid Saemi, Moble Benedict, Texas A&M University

LILI (Long-term Ice-field Levitating Investigator): Mars Aerial and Ground Explorer for Martian Polar Regions Natasha Schatzman, Michelle Dominguez, NASA Ames; Pascal Lee, SETI Institute; Larry Young, NASA Ames

(11:30 – 12:00)

Investigation of Certification Consideration for Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) Aircraft Robert McKillip Jr., Daniel Wachspress, Continuum Dynamics; John Hansman, M.I.T.; David Sizoo, Daniel Dellmyer, FAA

eVTOL 4 Handling Qualities - Chair: Dr. Robert McKillip, Jr., Continuum Dynamics

(1:15 – 1:45) Pilot Workload Rating Predictions Using Image Data and Recurrent Neural Networks Keiko Nagami, Carlos Malpica, NASA Ames Research Center; Marc Schwager, Stanford Univ.

(1:45 – 2:15)

Investigation of Stability and Disturbance Rejection Trade-Offs for an e-VTOL Controller Jean-Pierre Theron, Joseph Horn, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel Wachspress, Jeffrey Keller, Abhinav Sharma, Continuum Dynamics

(2:15 – 2:45)

Evaluation of Heave Disturbance Rejection & Control Response Criteria on Handling Qualities Evaluation of UAM eVTOL Quadrotors Using Vertical Motion Simulator Shannah Withrow-Maser, Jeremy Aires, Carlo Malpica, Stefan Schuet, NASA Ames

(2:45 – 3:15) NRC Research in Autonomy Flight Sciences: Rotorcraft Unmanned Air Systems Detection via the Infrared Spectrum Perception Modality Marc Alexander, NRC Canada

Associated Meetings 1/25 SAE High Voltage Coordinating Committee 8:00a – 12:00p San Juan / San Carlos Room 1/25-1/27 SAE AE-10 Committee 1:30p – 5:00p San Juan / San Carlos Room 1/26 GAMA Simplified Vehicle Operations 1:30p – 3:00p San Jose / Santa Clara Room 1/27 VFS VFS Hydrogen eVTOL Council 10:30a – 12:00p San Jose / Santa Clara Room

eVTOL Vehicle Display – Hiller Aviation Museum – San Carlos, CA VFS has reserved the Hiller Aviation Museum at the San Carlos Airport on the morning (8:00am – 12:00pm) of Friday, Jan. 28. Buses will shuttle attendees between the Doubletree Hotel and the Museum starting at 7:30 am. The last bus departs from the museum at 1:00pm.

Outdoor Display

Wisk Cora Kitty Hawk Heaviside Elroy Chaparral Tier 1 eR44

Permanent Display Airbus A3 Vahana Opener BlackFly Kitty Hawk Flyer

Indoor Display Jaunt Journey (model) ASKA Cockpit Simulator

Transcend Vy400 (model)

Upcoming Events

Thank you for joining us for Transformative Vertical Flight 2022! We hope you learn much this week and translate that to your daily work.

Need more training on eVTOL? Sign up for our online Electric VTOL Design Short Course on Feb. 8–9, 2022.

Plan now for the VFS 10th Biennial Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeting and the 10th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium, January 2023 in Mesa, AZ.

Keep up to date with the latest advances in VTOL technology. Our full list of upcoming events is online at www.vtol.org/events

VFS is successful only because of the efforts of our members who dedicate their time, working to advance vertical flight. Many thanks to all our TVF2022 conference organizers, especially:

• General Meeting Chair: Dr. Colin Theodore, NASA Ames Research Center • Aeromechanics for Advanced Vertical Flight Technical Chair: Dr. Buvana Jayaraman, US Army

Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM) Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC) • 9th Annual Electric VTOL Symposium Technical Chair: Mr. Carl Russell,

NASA Ames Research Center • Administrative Chair: Meridith Segall, NASA Ames Research Center