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Carl C. Johnson

Research Engineer II
Advanced Configurations Division

Mr. Carl Johnson is a Research Engineer II within the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he is part of the ASDL Advanced Configuration Division. He has been the faculty advisor for AIAA Design-Build-Fly and SAE Aero Design teams since 2009, and has co-taught the fixed wing undergraduate capstone design course since 2011.

  • Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, 2007, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA - USA
  • Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering, 2003, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS - USA

CRANE: Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (Sponsor: DARPA)

  • Role: Chief Engineer
  • Project overview: Development of a methodology for incoporation Active Flow Control (AFC) into aircraft design, and identifying the missions and configurations that can maximally benefit from AFC.

Journal Papers

  1. S. Dufresne, C. Johnson, and D. N. Mavris, Variable Fidelity Conceptual Design Environment for Revolutionary Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Journal of Aircraft, July/Aug. 2008, Volume 45, Issue 4, Link to PDF

Conference Papers

  1. D. N. Talley, N. Schellpfeffer, C. Johnson, and D. N. Mavris, Methodology for the Mission Requirement Determination and Conceptual Design of a Morphing UCAV, 2004 AIAA 3rd Unmanned Unlimited, Chicago, IL, September 20-23, 2004, AIAA 2004-6597, Link to PDF
  2. C. Johnson, J. Tai, and D. N. Mavris, Evaluation of Mission and Configuration Effectiveness Employing Active Flow Control (AFC) Technologies, 2023 AIAA Sci-Tech, National Harbor, MD, January 23-27, 2023, pending

Internal

  1. DBF Aerospace Boot Camp, 2009
  2. DBF Design Process, 2018
  3. DBF History Guide, 2019

AIAA Design-Build-Fly

  1. 2011 1st place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  2. 2015 3rd place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  3. 2015 1st place Design Report AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  4. 2016 2nd place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  5. 2016 1st place Design Report AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  6. 2017 2nd place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  7. 2018 3rd place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  8. 2019 2nd place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  9. 2020 2nd place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition
  10. 2022 1st place overall AIAA Design Build Fly Competition

SAE Aero Design

  1. 2012 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  2. 2013 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  3. 2013 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  4. 2013 3rd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Regular Class
  5. 2014 3rd place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  6. 2014 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Regular Class
  7. 2014 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  8. 2015 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  9. 2015 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  10. 2015 2nd place Presentation SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  11. 2015 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  12. 2015 2nd place Presentation SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  13. 2016 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  14. 2016 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  15. 2016 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  16. 2017 1st place overall SAE Aero Design West Micro Class
  17. 2017 3rd place Design Report SAE Aero Design West Micro Class
  18. 2017 1st place Presentation SAE Aero Design West Micro Class
  19. 2017 1st place overall SAE Aero Design West Advanced Class
  20. 2017 2nd place Presentation SAE Aero Design West Advanced Class
  21. 2017 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design West Advanced Class
  22. 2018 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  23. 2018 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  24. 2018 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  25. 2019 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  26. 2019 2nd place Overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  27. 2019 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  28. 2019 2nd place Presentation SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  29. 2019 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  30. 2020 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  31. 2020 1st place overall SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  32. 2020 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  33. 2020 3rd place Presentation SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  34. 2020 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  35. 2021 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design Micro Class
  36. 2021 1st place overall SAE Aero Design Micro Class
  37. 2021 1st place Design Report SAE Aero Design Advanced Class
  38. 2021 1st place Presentation SAE Aero Design Advanced Class
  39. 2021 1st place overall SAE Aero Design Advanced Class
  40. 2022 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  41. 2022 3rd place Presentation SAE Aero Design East Micro Class
  42. 2022 1st place overall SAE Aero Design Micro Class
  43. 2022 2nd place Design Report SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  44. 2022 3rd place Presentation SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class
  45. 2022 2nd place overall SAE Aero Design East Advanced Class

  • Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE)