Colin Sledge Email & Phone Number

Irvine, Ca, Us

Santa Ana, California, United States

• Developed flight simulation model for evaluation of flight control schemes and customer demonstration• Assessed the initial simulation model handling qualities and improved the handling characteristics• Evaluated candidate software for use in aircraft preliminary design• Developed assembly processes and assembly instructions to build in-house avionics LRUs• Designed and implemented components for the aircraft electric motor, sub-systems testing, and tooling• Created PCBs for electric motor software in-the-loop testing, using Altium Designer• Accelerated prototyping of mechanical assemblies using COTS components and additive manufacturing• Designed and constructed a magnetic rotor, wire harnesses, and fixtures for electric motor testing

Irvine, California, United States

Courses:• Courses: Computer Aided Design• Flight Performance• Flight Dynamics & Control• Circuit Analysis (with Lab)• Engineering Capstone Projects (primarily Flight Projects)

Irvine, California, United States

• Ph.D. Thesis: Design, Build, and Analysis of a Multirotor Vehicle with Cyclic and Collective Pitch Control• Investigated the addition of cyclic pitch control to a quadrotor aircraft configuration• Analyzed RPM, cyclic, and collective pitch control combinations to maximize flight control power• Flight tested subscale rotorcraft with four rotors of 36-inch diameter to evaluate the handling qualities• Investigated vibration issues due to coupling of rotor dynamics and airframe structural modes• Solved vibration issues by redesigning airframe to move natural frequencies away from rotor frequencies

Irvine, California, United States

• Provided technical consulting and management engineering capstone projects• Coordinated department tours and events for the engineering projects• Managed student project lab safety and processes

Irvine, California, United States

• Master’s Thesis: Gust Alleviation with Active Wing Twist• Designed, constructed, and flight tested a subscale airplane with actuated variable incidence wing sections

Irvine, California, United States

Courses:• Flight Dynamics & Control• Engineering Capstone Projects (primarily Flight Projects)

Lake Forest, California, United States

• Designed and constructed the Butterfly eVTOL subscale demonstrator (10% scale)• Employed composite layup, 3D printing, and vacuum forming to create airframe components • Piloted the initial flight test program to demonstrate feasibility of the aircraft configuration• Achieved flight test milestones on time, helping the company secure $25 Million in Series A funding

Costa Mesa, California, United States

• Performed trade studies to determine size, number, and placement of rotors using MIT XRotor• Determined power required to meet horizontal flight performance targets using drag build-up methods• Analyzed transition flight accounting for wing lift, rotor lift, tilt angle, and airspeed using Matlab• Analyzed aircraft stability and control in forward flight using MIT AVL (vortex lattice) and MIT XFoil• Collaborated with the design team to determine preliminary aircraft weight and balance

Huntington Beach, Ca

• Lavatories for Bombardier C Series Aircraft• CATIA V5 Computer Aided Design

Irvine, California, United States

• Boeing A160 Hummingbird• Mechanical Engineering• SolidWorks Computer Aided Design

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

• Ph.D. Thesis: Design, Build, and Analysis of a Multirotor Vehicle with Cyclic and Collective Pitch Control • Investigated the addition.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Mechanical And Aerospace

• Master’s Thesis: Gust Alleviation with Active Wing Twist • Designed, constructed, and flight tested a subscale airplane with actuated.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering