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Forum 82
West Palm Beach, Florida
May 5-7, 2026

eVTOL I

Technical Session B: Wed. May 6, 2026

A Computational Study of Outwash Mitigation using Surface Modification on Vertipads
Justin Leontini, Andrew Che, Chandrika Wanigasekara, Clem Newton-Brown

Adaptive Model Predictive Control of Nonlinear Generic Urban Air Mobility Using Linear Parameter-Varying Systems
Tri Ngo

Application of the Actuator Line Method Coupled with the Lattice Boltzmann Method for Prediction of eVTOL Downwash/Outwash
Juneyoung Lim, Kwanjung Yee

Digital Twin-based Integrated Airspace Management for Urban Air Mobility Services: Architecture, Intent Modeling, and Deployment
Kamesh Namuduri, Arunkumar Sampath

Flight Simulation Studies of a Classical Octocopter with an Inoperative Motor
Dakoda Lemelin, Weston Fong, Farhan Gandhi

Sharing the Complete Process of How to Design, Build and Test an eVTOL Aircraft
James Wang

Simulation-Based Route Analysis and Digital Twin Integration for Electric Aircraft and eVTOL Design & Operations
Jürgen Schneider, Michael Anger, James McClearen


eVTOL II Propulsion

Technical Session C: Wed. May 6, 2026

Battery Aging Studies Under UAM Usage
Anubhav Halder, Farhan Gandhi

Exploration of a Full-scale Hydrogen Fuel Cell Powered Helicopter through Flight Tests and Analysis
Yuval Enciu, Anubhav Datta, Diallo Ibrahima, Marc-Antoine Pilon, Asher Leach, Mikael Cardinal

Methodology for Estimating Full Electric Rotorcraft Performance
Anna Sofia Passarelli D'Onofrio, Francesco Maria Baldi, Eugenio Rovera, Riccardo Pirrello, Andrea Nesci, Chiara Pace, Stefano D'Agosto