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Electric Aircraft Workshop Rethinking the Powertrain
September 14, 2018
Agenda
MIT AeroAstro Building 33, Room 116
8:00 Registration & Light Breakfast 33-116
8:30 Welcome 33-116
8.35 Opening Statement Jayant Sabnis Senior Lecturer, MIT AeroAstro
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8:45 Setting the Stage 1 Design options and challenges for electric aircraft propulsion David Hall Power & Propulsion Group Lead, Aurora Flight Sciences
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9:15 Setting the Stage 2 Challenges and performance assessment of electric and hybrid electric aircraft Marty Bradley Technical Fellow, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
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9:45 Coffee Break
10:00 Panel discussion: Powertrain design concepts and technological gaps
Moderator: Zoltan Spakovszky, MIT AeroAstro
Panelists: 1. Electrified propulsion for small aircraft
Matt Knapp, Aero Chief Engineer, Zunum Aero 2. Electric machines
Kiruba Haran, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UIUC
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3. Batteries Venkat Viswanathan, Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, CMU
4. Power electronics David Perreault, Professor of Electrical Engineering, MIT
5. Turbo-electric propulsion for large commercial aircraft Mike Benzakein, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University
11:10 Electric Aircraft Hackathon
Groups:
1. Green: Metrics for electrified propulsion systems Facilitator: David Hall, Aurora Flights Sciences Room: 33-116
2. Pink: Dynamics and control of electrified propulsion systems Facilitator: Nick Cumpsty, Imperial College London Room: 33-218
3. Blue: Thermal management systems Facilitator: Alan Epstein, MIT Room: 33-206
1:00 Lunch MIT Building W20 (“Stratton Student Center”), Third Floor (see map)
Twenty Chimneys
1:40 Electric Aircraft Hackathon continued See above
3:00 Coffee Break Hackathon rooms
3:15 Plenary session
Moderator: Steven Barrett, MIT AeroAstro • Hackathon reports • Discussion and identification of additional topic areas
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Summary and Closing Remarks 33-116
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