White Mark

Supervisor for the following fellowship:
ESR 7: Mitigation of Airwake Hazards

Dr White obtained his PhD at The University of Liverpool in the field of structural crashworthiness. He is a Senior Lecturer and lead academic for flight simulation activities. His research interests include rotorcraft simulation fidelity requirements, handling qualities, human factors and rotorcraft operations in harsh environments. His rotorcraft fidelity research activities include collaboration and flight testing with the National Research Council of Canada. For the last 10 years, he has lead the development of real-time simulation tools for helicopter operations in harsh environments. He leads the piloted simulation activities in the area of the helicopter-ship dynamic interface, developing fidelity requirements to support First of Class Flight Trials for future Royal Navy vessels and improved ship aerodynamics for helicopter launch and recovery operations. He also is undertaking research on aircraft encounters with rotorcraft and wind turbine wakes.

He is the deputy-chair member of American Helicopter Society’s Modelling and Simulation Technical Committee, is a member of the Royal Aeronautical Society’s Flight Simulation and Rotorcraft Specialist Groups. He is a member of GARTEUR’s Helicopter Group of Responsables, chaired the action group on rotorcraft simulation fidelity requirements and contributes to the action group on wakes for wind turbine farms and helicopter operations. He is the vice-chair of the NATO STO AVT-296 RTG3 entitled “Rotorcraft Flight Simulation Model Fidelity Improvement and Assessment”.

Teaching experience focused in the area of aerospace technology: and structures: he currently teaches “Pilot Studies”, “Flight Handing Qualities” and contributes to an Aerospace Engineering Design.

Research grants:
(PI)
“Simulation fidelity requirements for Ship Helicopter Operations Limits applications”, QinetiQ/dstl

“Development of Validation Tools for Carrier Airwake Simulations for use in Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing Flight Simulation”, BAE Systems

“Aerodynamic Analysis of the Type 26 Superstructure”, BAE Systems

“The Development, Validation and Integration of Carrier Airwake Simulations for Use in Fixed-Wing and Rotary-Wing Flight Simulation”, BAE Systems

“The Integrated Turboprops Propulsion System project, Human Factors Study”, TSB, £137k (2012-2015)

“Perceived Fidelity Study”, US Army Office

(CI)
“Effect of light helicopter and wind turbine wakes on light aircraft” CAA

“Ship-Board Launch and Recovery of an Unmanned Autonomous Air System: Surviving the Ship Air Wake”, dstl

“myCopter – Enabling Technologies for Personal Air Transport Systems”, EU FP7

“Lifting Standards: A Novel Approach to the Development of Fidelity Criteria for Rotorcraft Flight Simulators” EPSRC EP/G002932/1