• Master of Science, Mathematics, 2010, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA - USA
• Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, 2007, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA - USA
• Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, 2002, Nirma Institute of Technology, Ahmedabad, Gujarat - India

Zero Emissions (Sponsor: NASA)

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: An MDAO study to develop an aerodynamically efficient LH2-based blended wing body aircraft to help aerospace industry achieve its net zero emissions goal in the future. Study employs high-fidelity CFD simulations while leveraging computationally efficient probabilistic design methods for the design space exploration.

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

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: Design, build, and flight test a novel aircraft that incorporates active flow control (AFC) technology as its primary design consideration. A successful demonstration of AFC technology will help broaden the design trade space for future military and commercial aircrafts.

Improved Open Rotor Noise Prediction Capabilities (Sponsor: FAA)

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: Assess noise sensitivity of open rotor engine using high-fidelity computational aeroacoustics analysis to identify key design parameters that impact engine noise. Generate and analyze the acoustic data and provide design recommendations to meet future noise certification requirements.

Multidisciplinary Design of Over-Wing (OWN) Nacelle Aircraft (Sponsor: FAA)

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: Conduct high-fidelity aerodynamic optimization study to assess environmental impact of over-wing nacelle (OWN) placement to accurately predict the fuel burn and noise. This study is aimed to help future airframe designers make informed trade-off decisions on engine placement for ghd single-aisle commercial aircrafts.

Reliability And Safety Assessment Of Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicles (Sponsor: NASA)

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: Identify failure modes and hazards associated with several configurations of multicopter concept vehicles supplied by NASA. Apply safety assessment tools and techniques such as functional hazard analysis (FHA), failure modes and effects criticality analysis (FMECA) and dynamic probabilistic risk assessment (DPRA) to quantify the likelihood of catastrophic failures for the vehicle configurations.

MBSE-enabled Overall Aircraft Design (Sponsor: Airbus)

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: Develop an MBSE-focused robust aircraft design process to reduce design lead time and cost. Enable concurrent assessment of flight physics disciplines during design space exploration (DSE). Develop a customized DSE environment for the decision making by utilizing advances made in machine learning, decision support and surrogate modeling.

MBSE-based Aircraft Floor Covering (Sponsor: Airbus)

Role: Technical Lead

• Project overview: Use MBSE process to capture, allocate and execute aircraft cabin non-textile floor-covering (NTF) design requirements with the end goal of automation of the CAD model generation in DS 3DExperience environment. Demonstrate utility of SysML based MBSE model in this automation process.

Manufacturing Experimentation and Outreach (MENTOR2) (Sponsor: DARPA)

• Role: Technical Lead
• Project overview: Enhance defense readiness by improving both the training and the tools available to the US military personnel who utilize, maintain, and adapt high-technology systems in low-technology environments. Develop and demonstrate new training tools, new materials, and new manufacturing technologies in the fields of electromechanical design and manufacturing. .

Innovative Mars Exploration Education and Technology (Sponsor: NASA)

Role: Co-Investigator

• Project overview: Develop digital design, manufacturing and robotics-based instructional material and provide training to pre-engineering informal education organizations (science museums/centers) in states of Georgia and Florida that will function as the future informal learning centers for the STEM outreach. The collaborating museums and science centers include Kennedy Space Center (Titusville, FL), Coca-cola Space Science Center (Columbus,GA), and Museum of Aviation (Warner Robbins, GA).

Professional Education in Digital Design and Manufacturing (Sponsor: Boeing)

Role: Technical Lead

• Project overview: Develop and teach distance-learning certificate courses to the participating Boeing professionals. The courses focused on applying Integrated Product & Process Development (IPPD) methodology for the preliminary level aircraft design.

Conference Papers

1. E. Li, S. Patel, M. D’Arpino, M. Ozcan, J. Gladin, C. Justin and D. Mavris “Safety Assessment of the Novel Distributed/Hybrid Electric Propulsion Architectures for the Urban Air Mobility Vehicles.” In Probabilistic Safety Assessment and Analysis 2021 Conference, Columbus, OH, Nov 07-13, 2021.
2. G. Turkmen, T. Aldemir, S. Patel, M. D’Arpino, E. Bouchard, J. Gladin and C. Justin “Quantification of mission reliability for urban air mobility quadcoper using dynamic event trees.” ANS PSA 2021, Columbus, OH, Nov 07-13, 2021.
3. E. Bouchard, J. Verberne, M. D’Arpino, M. Ozcan, F. Porpora, J. Gladin, S. Patel, C. Justin and D. Mavris : “Modeling and Simulation of Novel Electric/Hybrid Electric Multicopter Architectures for Urban Air Mobility,” August 11-13, 2021 AIAA/IEEE Electric Aircraft Technologies Symposium (EATS), 2021, pp. 1-24
4. A. Sequeira, Z. Huang, D. Park, S. Patel, D. Schrage, and M. Lacerda : “The Rapid Design to Prototype Process of the Hummingbuzz Individual Flying Machine” – 75th Vertical Flight Society Annual Forum - Phoenix, AZ 1 (1), 11, May 13-16, 2019.
5. S. Patel, A. Sequeira, and D. Schrage : “Design & Development of the Humming Buzz Individual Flying Machine” - 10th Australian Pacific Vertiflite Conference on VTOL Technology 2019, Melbourne, Australia Feb 26-28, 2019 (Best Conference Paper Award).
6. M. Lacerda, D. Park, S. Patel, and D. Schrage : “A Mars Exploration Concept Systems Design with an Innovative Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle and" Carrier Ground Rover Configuration. Part I: System Design” 2018 AIAA Aviation Forum Atlanta, Georgia, June 25-29, 2018.
7. M. Lacerda, D. Park, S. Patel and D. Schrage : “An IPPD Method Conceptual Design for an Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle with a Ring-Shaped Configuration for Facilitated Docking and Inducted Charging” 74th American Helicopter Society Annual Forum - Phoenix, AZ 1 (1), 11, May 14-17, 2018.
8. M. Lacerda, D. Park, S. Patel and D. Schrage : “A Preliminary Systems Engineering Study on a Concept for Mars Exploration with an Unmanned Autonomous Vehicle and Ground Rover” 74th American Helicopter Society Annual Forum - Phoenix, AZ 1 (1), 11, May 14-17, 2018.
9. S. Patel, M. Carnasciali and D. Schrage : “Training to understand, diagnose, adapt and repair electromechanical systems”, Proceedings of the 2017 ASEE Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 25 - 28, 2017.
10. S. Patel, D. Schaefer and D. Schrage : “A pedagogical model to educate tomorrow’s engineers through a cloud-based Design and Manufacturing Infrastructure”, Proceedings of the 2013 ASEE Conference, Atlanta, GA., June 23-26, 2013.

Reports

1. Reliability And Safety Assessment Of Urban Air Mobility Concept Vehicles(NASA), GTRI Document No. D9015A001R2, March 1, 2021 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20210017185
2. ASCENT Project Annual Report : Project 076 Improved Open Rotor Noise Prediction Capabilities Dec 1, 2020 https://s3.wp.wsu.edu/uploads/sites/2479/2021/03/ASCENT-Project-076-2020-Annual-Report.pdf

• Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
• Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
• Member, American Nuclear Society (ANS)