Contact Nathanael Matthews
Background
Nathanael graduated from QMUL and progressed his studies further at Cranfield University in aerospace dynamics. Since then, he has undertaken several research projects at Cranfield with industrial partners both at home with BAE, RR and Airbus as well as abroad with NASA and Boeing.
Whilst working with partners, Nathanael has gained experience in a wide range of topics including aerodynamic software development, airframe design and whole aircraft icing. He is currently working towards his PhD, focusing on high speed aircraft control mechanisms. Nathanael specialises in high speed aerodynamics and is continuing work on appropriate fidelity modelling of entire airframes.
Research opportunities
- Aerodynamics
- Control systems
- Low-order computation
Current activities
Nathanael is carrying out his PhD at Cranfield, looking at control methods for high-speed aircraft. Nathanael will survey current systems and determine their effectivness in given situations. This will then inform the design and manufacture stage where he will bring his designs to life and test them computationally and utilising Cranfield's hypersonic wind tunnel.