Study level

  • Honours
  • Vacation research experience scheme

Faculty/School

Faculty of Engineering

School of Electrical Engineering and Robotics

Topic status

We're looking for students to study this topic.

Research centre

Centre for Robotics

Supervisors

Associate Professor Aaron McFadyen
Position
Associate Professor
Division / Faculty
Faculty of Engineering

Overview

Aircraft collision risk modelling is complex yet key to ensuring safe air transport (both crewed and uncrewed aircraft). Different collision risk models are better suited to different airspace environments which means model comparison and evaluation is an important research problem. This project takes a deeper look into a specific collision risk modelling approach: gas models.

Research activities

You will implement basic collision risk models (gas models and their derivates) then analyse the results they produce under different airspace environments. You will be required to generate relevant visuals and diagrams to explain results to a scientific and non-scientific audience. You will use software tools to implement and evaluate your models and may be required to generate a subset of aircraft models (using Solidworks or similar) to support this implementation.

Outcomes

The project will provide research support tools that will enable important comparisons to be made between various aircraft collision risk models. The additional visuals will enable better communication of results to diverse audiences.

Skills and experience

Mandatory:

  • MATLAB, C\C++ and/or PYTHON (intermediate or high).

Optional:

  • Solidworks (or similar).

Keywords

Contact

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