Contact Arthur Mendez
- Email: A.Mendez@cranfield.ac.uk
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Areas of expertise
- Autonomous Systems
- Flight Physics
Background
Arthur completed his Bachelors (B.Tech) in Mechanical Engineering with a minor in Thermal Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology. He moved to finish his MSc in Aerospace Dynamics with a specialisation in Flight dynamics and Control from Cranfield University. His MSc thesis focused on the gust rejection properties of quadrotors with tilted rotors. Following his MSc, Arthur started working as a Research Assistant in Flight Dynamics and Simulation within the Dynamics, Simulation and Control Group at Cranfield University. His work here involved the design, testing and validation of inner-loop Command and Stability Augmentation systems (CSAS) and outer-loop navigation and guidance systems for fixed-wing aircraft in the Future Systems Simulator (FSS). Arthur then started his Doctoral studies at Cranfield University with a focus on gust resilient control for multi-rotor aircraft.
Current activities
Arthur is currently pursuing his PhD within the Dynamics, Simulation and Control group at Cranfield University. His PhD research focuses on the gust resilient control for multi-rotor aircraft using wind preview methods.
Publications
Articles In Journals
- Mendez A, Whidborne J & Chen L (2023) Wind preview-based model predictive control of multi-rotor UAVs using LiDAR, Sensors, 23 (7) Article No. 3711.
- Whidborne JF, Mendez AP & Cooke A (2022) Effect of rotor tilt on the gust rejection properties of multirotor aircraft, Drones, 6 (10) Article No. 305. Dataset/s: 10.17862/cranfield.rd.12840992
Conference Papers
- Mendez AP, Whidborne JF & Chen L (2022) Experimental verification of an LiDAR based gust rejection system for a quadrotor UAV. In: 2022 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS), Dubrovnik, 21-24 June 2022.
- Bragado Aldana E, Mendez A & Lone M (2020) Closer look at the flight dynamics of wings with non-elliptic lift distributions. In: AIAA SciTech Forum 2020, Orlando, Florida, 6-10 January 2020.
