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Background
Avery Swarthout has been passionate about aerospace engineering since his childhood days building model rockets and aircraft with his father. During his undergraduate degree at the University of Southampton, he designed an airbreathing pressure fed rocket engine and data acquisition system in the 50kg thrust class that was additively manufactured through selective laser melting (SLM). After graduating in 2019, he owned the development of the primary gas path and performance models for a hybrid-electric micro gas turbine intended for UAVs up to 25 kg MTOW. Alongside this, he worked on Full Authority Digital Engine Controller (FADEC) software architecture, secondary air system design, forced response analysis and emissions modelling. This extensive work, in part led to the award of 1,000,000 USD to the team as a part of the worldwide Genius NY UAV start-up accelerator competition. Another project in his portfolio includes the preliminary design for a novel rim driven propeller including aerodynamic design, structural analyses and propulsion-airframe integration design. Lastly, he was a vital team member for the safety engineering for a microturbine powered personal aircraft. All in all, Avery has experience from a variety of exotic projects in fields ranging from aerodynamics to systems engineering and software development.
Current activities
Currently, Avery is pursuing a PhD in aerodynamics as part of the Clean Sky 2 initiative and goals outlined by Flightpath 2050. Working with industry leaders, he is optimising nacelles for ultra high bypass ratio turbofans considering the impact of extreme events such as windmilling and installed effects. The project shall deliver new methods in the optimisation and integration of turbofan cowling design, flow physics classification and high fidelity modelling techniques.
Publications
Conference Papers
- Sabnis K, Boscagli L, Swarthout A, Tejero Embuena F, Babinsky H, .... (2023). A Wind Tunnel Rig to Study the External Fan Cowl Separation Experienced by Compact Nacelles in Windmilling Scenarios
- Matesanz García J, MacManus DG, Tejero F, Goulos I, Hueso-Rebassa J, .... (2023). Coupled propulsive and aerodynamic analysis of an installed ultra-high bypass ratio powerplant at high-speed and high-lift conditions
- Boscagli L, Tejero F, Swarthout AE, MacManus DG, Sabnis K, .... (2023). Design of a quasi-2D rig configuration to assess nacelle aerodynamics under windmilling conditions
- Swarthout AE, MacManus DG, Tejero F, Matesanz García J, Goulos I, .... (2023). Aerodynamics of a Compact Nacelle at Take-Off Conditions
- Tejero F, MacManus D, Matesanz-Garcia J, Swarthout A & Sheaf C. (2022). Towards the design and optimisation of future compact aero-engines: intake/fancowl trade-off investigation
- Swarthout A, MacManus D, Tejero F, Matesanz-Garcia J, Boscagli L, .... (2022). A comparative assessment of multi-objective optimisation methodologies for aero-engine nacelles