aircraft design

SUbsonic Single Aft eNgine (SUSAN) System Integration Analysis with the Future Aircraft Sizing Tool (FAST)
NASA proposed the SUbsonic Single Aft eNgine electrofan concept (SUSAN) to meet the increasing demand for electrified aircraft designs, …
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Predicting Conceptual Aircraft Design Parameters Using Gaussian Process Regressions on Historical Data
This work has been extended, improved, and peer reviewed in a more recent study with the same name.

This paper presents a novel …
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AIAA SciTech Forum 2025
IDEAS Lab members and collaborators presented five papers at AIAA SciTech Forum 2025 on aircraft design, FAST, SUSAN, and model-based systems engineering.
Jan 6, 2025 — Jan 10, 2025 Orlando, FL
AIAA SciTech Forum 2025
System-Level Energy Pack Requirements for Sustainable Commercial Aviation
This paper presents comprehensive guidelines for the design of alternative energy aircraft, with a focus on battery-electric and …
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Operational Analysis for Hybrid Electric Aircraft Fleets: A feasibility study for the short- and medium-haul markets
The objective of this research is to explore the feasibility of integrating hybrid electric aircraft (HEA) into an airline fleet. In order for HEA to permeate the commercial aviation market, airlines must be able to maintain their operational capabilities by using their existing flight schedules and continue to meet growing passenger demand for air travel. This research establishes a foundation for evaluating HEA integration into commercial aviation and will allow for future work in understanding the tradeoffs between the airlines’ operations metrics and carbon dioxide emissions.
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System Analysis and Design Space Exploration of Regional Aircraft with Electrified Powertrains
This paper explores the design spaces of a thin-haul and a regional aircraft with parallel hybrid-electric propulsion architectures for …
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System Analysis and Design Space Exploration of Regional Aircraft with Electrified Powertrains
Feasibility and benefit assessments of hybrid hydrogen fuel cell and battery configurations on a regional turboprop aircraft
This paper explors different hybrid configurations and comparing their fuel burn benefits in an attempt to identify whether hybrid …
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Advanced 2030 turboprop aircraft modeling for the electrified powertrain flight demonstration program
Electrified aircraft propulsion concepts are rapidly emerging due to their huge potential in fuel saving and mitigating negative …
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Analysis of a Hybrid Partial Turboelectric Distributed Propulsion System for a Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV
Electrified propulsion offers high efficiency, scalability, and high power discharge capability which can be utilized for increased …
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Finalized Design and Performance Analysis of a Hybrid Turbo-Electric Regional Jet for the NASA ULI Program
Under the NASA University Leadership Initiative (ULI) program, a team formed by multi-disciplinary universities are collaborating on …
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