Leadership Profile: Carlos E. S. Cesnik, Department Chair of Aerospace Engineering
University of Michigan
Professor Carlos Cesnik oversees a range of aerospace research at the University of Michigan (U-M) in Ann Arbor. “We work with things in electric vertical takeoff and landing [eVTOL], as well as fixed-wing aircraft,” he explained. “We work on problems in maneuver and gust-load alleviation, aeroservoelastic modeling and simulation of very flexible aircraft, sustainable aircraft and future aircraft configurations.” U-M investigations extend to the hypersonic realm. “Hypersonic aerothermoelastic modeling and simulation in terms of overall vehicle interactions is a multi-physics problem.” Cesnik summarized, “My field of interest is really about multi-physics modeling, analysis, simulation and experimentation — mixing structures, aerodynamics, flight controls [and] flight dynamics.”
Learn more about Carlos Cesnik from Vertiflite September-October 2023 publication of VFS.
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