www.bopteraerospace.comSpecializing in helping companies design, develop and improve their unmanned aircraft - from concept to a real flying product.- 10+ years of practical experience analyzing, designing, improving and developing small unmanned electric aircraft and their parts, from start to finish- Ground up concept design and optimization- Aircraft and propulsion multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO)- Propeller aerodynamic design through multi-criteria optimization- Distributed electric propulsion- Quadrotors, multirotors, fixed wing, VTOL configurations- Component level test and performance validation- Flight data analysis- Control system design and analysis- Pixhawk, PX4, Ardupilot

- Develop VTOL concepts and designs for military and commercial applications- Implement chirp and multisine injection algorithms, analyze frequency response- Develop propulsion system models and validate against experimental data- Examine flight data and develop flight test plans for controls maturation- Design and set up propeller thrust test stand with automated measurements for efficiency and response characterization

- Lead food delivery UAV design effort- Support UAM aircraft propulsion test efforts

- Chief Engineer of VTOL Aircraft, Aero Systems Lead, GCS Product Manager for Commercial- Specializing in the design, testing, and analysis of unmanned, electric and hybrid aircraft; VTOL/rotary, fixed wing, and transitioning aircraft, from concept to detail design.- Multi-disciplinary design optimization (MDO), sizing, and trade space development.- Performance analysis.- Stability and control analysis.- Airfoil and wing aerodynamic design and analysis.- Propeller / Rotor / PropRotor aerodynamic design and analysis.- Airplane/Rotorcraft controls development.- Aircraft 6-DOF simulation model development.- Experimental and analytical aerodynamic, propulsion, and power system testing and modeling.- Projects include Quantix, Nano Hummingbird, Wasp AE, SwitchBlade, Shrike Quadrotor, and other proprietary aircraft.