Establishment of Center for Rotorcraft Education and Research

Abstract

Under a five-year contract with the U.S. Army Research Office, a rotorcraft Center of Excellence was established in the Fall of 1982 at the University of Maryland. As one of the universities chosen for the program, Maryland had the responsibility to attract and involve a significant number of experienced faculty into the program; to develop and add to its graduate curriculum a number of specialized rotorcraft courses which cover the disciplines applicable to rotorcraft design; to attract the best and brightest students into the program and motivate them into rotorcraft as a career; to upgrade and develop experimental facilities which meet the specialized needs of rotorcraft research; to blend faculty, students and facilities into a research combination which concentrated on leading edge research areas; and finally, to disseminate widely the results of the research. The degree to which these responsibilities were met at the end of the contract period is summarized herein. Keywords: Helicopters, Rotorcraft, Aerospace, Education, Rotary wing aircraft, Rotor blades(Rotary wings).

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 02, 1988
Accession Number
ADA197141

Entities

People

  • Alfred Gessow

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • California
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Structures
  • Control Systems
  • Helicopter Rotors
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Military Research
  • Rotary Wing Aircraft
  • Students
  • Tilt Rotor Aircraft
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering
  • STEM Education
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Space