Prepared manufacturing plans for the miniLAK fuselage.

Together with partners prepared assembly plans for the T-FLEX and P-FLEX subscale demonstrators as well as contingency plans for the FLIPASED project.

Lead the flight test team during the FLEXOP and FLIPASED projects.

• This included COMM rules development, team training, logistics planning, test plan preparation, briefing, guiding and debriefing.

• Learned real-time decision making while leading the tests during the flight test campaigns.

Developed, planned, conducted and documented my PhD project (ongoing).

Prepared and supervised certification flight tests for the miniLAK sailplane.

Prepared the UAV Flight Test Operations Manual for the Institute of Aircraft Design at the Technical University of Munich.

Developed the Concept of Operations for the FLEXOP and FLIPASED projects.

Prepared the required documentation (SORA) for the flight permit of a 65kg drone under the specific category (SAIL II) in Germany according to the EU Regulation 2019/947.

Implemented digital flight test cards for the FLIPASED project.

Created a workflow for analysing the flight test data. The workflow involves:

• Finding and eliminating bad samples and erroneous sensor values.

• Filtering the data according to the user requirements.

• Performing sensor correction (rigid body rotation, nose boom deflection, upwash, time delay and other corrections).

• Implementing sensor calibration tables according to the configuration data.

• Calculating the standard atmosphere variables, force and moment coefficients for the flight.

• Creating an Automated Flight Test Report.

Lead the design of the GUI for analysing flight test data.

Used system identification methods (output-error method, equation-error method in time and frequency domain, stepwise regression).

Wind tunnel testing

• Prepared, conducted and analysed PIV measurement data during my master thesis work and force measurements for my PhD thesis.

Performed tuft and oil flow experiments to assess separation regions and transition point on the wing root section for a UAV in-flight.

VLM and CFD modelling:

• Created an aerodynamic database for the miniLAK glider.

• Created an aerodynamic database for the T-FLEX/P-FLEX demonstrator.

Tools used:

• STAR-CCM+, OpenVSP (VSPAERO), TORNADO, FlightStream, XFLR5.

Up to date with the newest aerodynamic trends in cycling.

Practical and theoretical knowledge of aerodynamic testing for cyclists.

Developed an aerodynamic drag estimation algorithm.