Michael Arruda Email & Phone Number

Minneapolis, MN, US

External OEM software integration with customer driven requirements and issue tracking.

Compact Fly-by-Wire system and control law development. Aircraft modeling and analysis to support APEX/EPIC Flight Controls Software Verification & Validation for General and Business Aviation customers.

Minneapolis, MN

Electronic Systems CoE - Aircraft modeling and analysis to support APEX/EPIC Flight Controls Software Verification & Validation for General and Business Aviation customers

New Product Aerodynamics, Stability and Control, and Simulation

Poway, CA

- Determine the aircraft carrier takeoff and approach configuration for Sea Avenger using 3DOF & 6DOF design trades and simulation- Develop flight control requirements and goals for Sea Avenger based on historical Navy guidelines, requirements, and trends- Validate simulation accuracy of the stability augmentation system, hold modes, ground handling.

- Counter-propagation investigated for data reduction in aircraft maintenance records- Self Organizing Maps utilized to correlate volleyball match points to specific player actions- Tested a neural network adapted inverse controller for a damaged general aviation aircraft in simulation- Expanded the capabilities of the existing controller by modifying the.

Dynamic Inverse Resilient Control of a Damaged Asymmetric Aircraft: Modeling and Simulation- Derivation of equations of motion for an asymmetric aircraft- Modified a decoupled flight control system to provide desired aircraft flying characteristics- Determined adaptive control system parameters that recovers an aircraft from wing loss- Testing performed in.

- Instructor for the undergraduate course in programming (FORTRAN) and numerical methods (AE227 Engineering Digital Computation)

Aero Science / Performance- Analysis and reduction of flight test data into range and endurance programs- Development of performance manuals for special missions turboprops and jet aircraftHawker Horizon Certification – Environmental Control- Supported ground tests and wrote test requests, reports, and experimental work authorizations- Developed a.

Master Of Science (Ms), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, 4.0

Activities and Societies: AIAA Student Chapter, Design-Build-Fly Mentor

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: AIAA Student Chapter (VP & President), Engineering Student Council, Design-Build-Fly, Sigma Gamma Tau, Tau Beta.