by flavio.noca | Apr 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory early adopter of digital wind technology for ensuring flight safety of Mars helicopter Ingenuity. Excerpt from NASA-JPL Ingenuity Preflight Press Conference April 9, 2021 Moral of the story: just relax on a beach in Sardinia, watch...
by flavio.noca | Apr 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
In a press release made on May 11, 2021, Boeing showed interest in adopting pixelated wind technology from our laboratory to test autonomous aerial mobility vehicles. Pending the adoption of the Boeing SuperHornet by the Swiss Confederation, Boeing will commit to...
by flavio.noca | Apr 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
In 1928, Caltech inaugurated its 10-ft wind tunnel, the very first in Southern California. It was inspired by Prandtl’s wind tunnel in Göttingen, built in 1909. Theodore von Kàrmàn, who had been Prandtl’s doctoral student, was appointed director of the...
by flavio.noca | Feb 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
NASA CAS (Convergent Aeronautics Solutions) has setup a working group to delineate the agency roadmap in the field of Urban Air Mobility in adverse wind and weather conditions. Our laboratory joined the two-day brainstorming session in beautiful Columbus, Ohio on Feb...
by flavio.noca | Dec 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
HES-SO has been awarded her first BRIDGE Grant as project leader. The goal is to create real environments in which to test and certify drone safety. Our laboratory will be working with Prof Petros Koumoutsakos from ETHZ, who pioneered Machine Learning in fluid...
by flavio.noca | Dec 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Photo: Nicolas Righetti. Photo: Nicolas Righetti. Photo: Nicolas...