Andrew Kingsley Jeyaraj

• Developed conceptual level safety assessment techniques for aircraft flight control and landing gear systems
• Liaised with subject matter experts in safety assessment and systems architecting to develop design and configuration rules for system
• Developed and integrated safety-based design rules to configure flight control and landing gear system architectures within an MDAO workflow

• Worked in a multidisciplinary team within the Energy Technologies & Propulsion Systems Group
• Developed a thermodynamic model for two-phase expansion processes
• Integrated models into engine cycle analysis tool to evaluate novel engine core configurations

• Investigated implementation of handbook methods for control surface hinge moment estimation in Python
• Compiled hinge moment coefficient data from SAE standards and various other sources

• Led a team of multidisciplinary experts across the world to implement a large scale aircraft MDO process
• Identified aircraft design problem and coordinated the creation of an optimization work-flow with collaborating members
• Organized review sessions, coordinated tasks and tracked progress
• Team won the AGILE Academy Challenge 2019 and presented results in Naples, Italy

• Developed a methodology for use of Model Based Systems Engineering in Aircraft Conceptual Design
• Developed system logical and physical architecture using ARCADIA methodology in Capella environment
• Created a catalog of reusable architectures for architecture representation in conceptual design

• Applied minimalist tutoring principles to help Concordia students improve their writing skills
• Provided information on proper citation and reference management for graduate students
• Assisted students in structuring their written work

• Performed setup and calibration exercises for rocket test rig data acquisition system
• Performed fluid systems assembly for hybrid rocket engine test rig
• Wrote launch sequence and coordinated with fluid systems team for multiple rocket test firings

• Performed experiments to demonstrate compressible flow phenomenon like shocks and expansion waves
• Conducted tutorials on use of ANSYS FLUENT to simulate flow phenomenon
• Marked student reports and assignments

• Tested functionality of applications for a new Virtual Reality hardware platform
• Reported functionality issues to developers and coordinated regression checks

• Spearheaded a new series to feature research in STEM fields at Concordia (STEM-Sights)
• Wrote 8 features on Concordia research labs
• Articles picked up by Montreal Gazette and University Affairs
• Increased exposure of the research work done at Concordia University
• STEM-Sights is now established as a weekly insight into STEM research at Concordia

Topic: Model-Based Systems Engineering Approaches for the Conceptual Design of Aircraft Flight Control Systems

Supervisor: Dr.Susan Liscouët-Hanke

• Study Abroad: Mechanical Engineering and Rocket Propulsion - Technical University of Munich, Germany
• Dissertation: A Model-Based Systems Engineering Approach for Efficient System Architecture Representation in Conceptual Design: A Case Study for Flight Control Systems