Advanced Air Mobility Operations – Research Challenges and Developments 1

Antonios Tsourdos

Cranfield University
Professor of Autonomous Systems and Control

Antonios Tsourdos obtained an MEng on Electronic, Control and Systems Engineering from the University of Sheffield (1995), an MSc on Systems Engineering from Cardiff University (1996) and a PhD on Nonlinear Robust Flight Control Design and Analysis from Cranfield University (1999). He is a Professor of Autonomous Systems and Control with Cranfield University. He was appointed Head of the Autonomous Systems Group in 2007, Head of the Centre of Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems in 2012 and Director of Research - Aerospace, Transport and Manufacturing in 2015.
Professor Tsourdos was chair of the IFAC Technical Committee on Aerospace Control (2017 - 2023), and member of the IMechE Mechatronics, Informatics And Control Group. He is editorial board member for the Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part G: Journal of Aerospace Engineering, the Aerospace Science and Technology, the International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences, the Control Engineering Practice, the International Journal of Systems Science and the Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. He has also served in the editorial board member of the IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and the IEEE Transactions of Instrumentation and Measurement.
He is member of AIAA Advanced Air Mobility Certification Task Force. He is leading for Cranfield University a number of UKRI Future Flight Challenge projects on advanced air mobility operations.
Professor Tsourdos research is focussed on autonomy. He has published widely on guidance, control and navigation for single and multiple autonomous vehicles as well as mission planning.

Advanced Air Mobility Operations – Research Challenges and Developments 2

신효상/Hyo-Sang Shin

Cranfield University
Prof,

Professor Hyo-Sang Shin is Professor in Cho Chun Shik Postgraduate School of Mobility at KAIST and Professor of Guidance, Control and Navigation Systems in Centre for Autonomous and Cyber-Physical Systems at Cranfield University. He received his BSc from Pusan National University on Aerospace Engineering in 2004 and gained an MSc on flight dynamics, guidance and control in Aerospace Engineering from KAIST and a PhD on cooperative missile guidance from Cranfield University in 2006 and 2011, respectively. He joined Cranfield University in 2011 as a lecturer, equivalent to assistant professor. From 2024, he joined KAIST as Professor and retained his professorship position at Cranfield University as an adjunct professor. He has published over 250 journal and conference papers and has been invited for many lectures, invited talks and keynotes both in Universities and industries mainly on autonomous and intelligent systems. He has been also involved in many research programmes such as Future Flight (Innovate UK), UTM (Connected Places Catapult), design of UAV airborne monitoring system (sponsored by DSTL) and development of information fusion algorithms for contextual awareness enhancement (supported by Selex Galileo) in the UK and started quite a few new projects in South Korea. Professor Shin has also been the coordinator of the EuroSWARM project (supported by European Defence Agency), which develops and demonstrates key enabling technologies for the unmanned swarm systems. He is also leading a research project, Real-time Decision Making for Autonomous Systems using AI Methods, supported by EOARD. Professor Shin has significant experiences and track records in autonomous and intelligent system related R&D projects. Professor Shin is a member of various technical committees (IFAC Technical Committee on Aerospace Control, IEEE Technical Committee on Aerial Robotics and Unmanned Aerial Systems), and program and editorial boards. He was programme co-chair of the 21st IFAC Symposium on Aerospace Control and programme chair of the 2019 IEEE Conference on Research, Education and Development of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (RED-UAS). He is also an Associate Editor of various prestigious journals such as IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems and Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems. He has won a few best paper awards and was the recipient of the Jeong Hun Cho Academic Award in 2024.
Professor Shin is Head of Autonomous and Intelligent Lab and leading relevant research areas in KAIST and Cranfield University. The current research activities he is leading and being involved include, but not being limited to, UAM, UTM, decision making on multi-agent systems, information-driven sensing and fusion, multiple target tracking, improvement of multiple vehicle cooperation, and data-centric guidance and control.

UAM for airport shuttle service: History, market potential, and challenges

권영민/Young-Min Kwon

Incheon International Airport
Senior Researcher

▶ 2019. 08 KAIST 교통공학 박사
▶ 2019. 08 ~ 2020. 07 KAIST 기계기술연구원 연수연구원
▶ 2020. 07 ~ 현재 인천국제공항공사 공항산업기술연구원 선임연구원
▶ 2023. 11 ~ 2025. 10 인천광역시 스마트도시사업협의회 위원
▶ 2022 ~ 현재 K-UAM 스마트시티 분과위원

UAM Operation Policy

Olaf Bünck

Amd.sigma, a member Munich Airport International
Senior Manager

Olaf C. Bünck is a Senior Manager at amd.sigma, specializing in Strategic Airport Development with a focus on advanced air mobility (AAM) and vertiport design.
He holds a master’s degree in Real Estate Management and a diploma in Architecture from Technische Universität Berlin, with over 20 years of industry experience.
Since joining amd.sigma in 2016, Olaf has led projects integrating AAM into urban infrastructure, including innovative designs for multi-storey car park vertiports.
Additionally, he has planned airport cities and led masterplan projects globally, showcasing his expertise in comprehensive project planning and urban development​.

CRIAQ aerospace ecosystem and funding opportunities

Dr. Guillaume Côté

CRIAQ
CEO

Guillaume Côté PhD is President and CEO of the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Québec (CRIAQ) since April 1st, 2024.
Previously at Collins Aerospace, he was responsible for developing global strategy for a business division with more than 10,000 employees. Among his achievements were Collins’ strategy for North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) modernization and his leadership on advanced technologies strategy workshops.
He was also Vice-President of Technology and Innovation for the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC). There, he led an extensive national
consultation leading to the drafting of the Aerospace Innovation White Paper in 2016.
Prior to this, Guillaume worked ten years in the federal public service as a senior advisor and manager in the aerospace, defence, energy, and infrastructure sectors, as well as in regional economic development. He also led the renewal of
Canada’s bilateral science, technology and innovation action plans with France, Germany, Italy, and the European Union.
In 2009, Guillaume was one of two Canadians selected for the European Union Visitors Program. To this day, he remains actively involved in the INRS community – his alma mater - and contributes to several industry associations, networks and
think tanks.
Guillaume is an expert in innovation ecosystems. He holds a B.A. in Political Science from Laval University, including a year exchange at the University of Lausanne. His academic background includes a M.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Urban Studies from INRS, as well as a French doctorate in Geography and Planning.

TEAM industry-academia collaboration project

Dr. Jean-Marc Frayret

SDG Innovation Network
Professor of Polytechnique Montréal

Jean-Marc Frayret is Professor of Industrial Engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. His research focuses on modeling, optimization, and simulation of complex logistics systems in various sectors, including circular economy, manufacturing, product distribution, natural resource industries, and advanced air mobility. He is also the research director of the SDG Advanced Air Mobility Institute, which aims to develop tools and processes to optimize vertiport operations and airspace utilization, and to support the social and technological integration of advanced air mobility in Montréal and Québec. He is a member of the scientific committee of CIRODD, the SDG Innovation Network, and the Chantier de transition industrielle de l'Est de Montréal. He co-chaired the 2024 annual conference of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers (IISE).

CIADI Academic-Industry UAM projects, role in the aero innovation zone

Dr.Marius Paraschivoiu

CIADI
Director of Research CIADI / Professor of Concordia University

Dr. Marius Paraschivoiu is Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Industrial and Aerospace Engineering at Concordia University. He is also President of the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and past President of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME). He is Director of Research of the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation (CIADI) and does research in the area of Computational Fluid Dynamics. His algorithms are applied to the solution of problems in aerodynamics and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM). Professor Paraschivoiu is notable for his engineering consultant work for a wide range of industries. Prof. Paraschivoiu has received a PhD degree in 1998 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an MASc and BEng from École Polytechnique de Montréal.