Name: Mohammad Sadraey
School: Engineering
Office: DWH 109-E
Email: sadraey@dwc.edu
Phone: 603-577-6647
Office Hours: M-F (9 AM - 10 AM),
other hours by appointment or drop-in
Courses: EG 201 Fluid Mechanics
EG 209 Thermodynamics I
EG 330 Propulsion
EG 333 Control Systems Analysis
EG 308 Gas Dynamics
EG 409 Composite Materials
EG 412 Aircraft Design
EG 418 Flight Dynamics I/ Aircraft Performance
EG 419 Flight Dynamics II/ Flight Stability and Control
EG 460 Capstone Design I
EG 461 Capstone Design II
Areas of Interest: Flight Dynamics, UAV Design, Nonlinear Control, Robust control, Systems Engineering
Degree: PhD in Aerospace Engineering, University of Kansas, 2006
  • Books:

1.  M. Sadraey, Robust Nonlinear Controller Design for Complete UAV Mission, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

2.   M. Sadraey, Aircraft Performance Analysis, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2009

Sample Chapters:

1. Aircraft Drag Coefficient Calculation

2.  Wing Design

3. Tail Design

  • Recent published papers:

  1. A Systematic Approach in Aircraft Configuration Design Optimization, M. Sadraey, AIAA-2008-8926, The 26th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS) Including The 8th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations (ATIO) Conference, 14 - 19 Sep 2008, Anchorage, Alaska
  2. A Systems Engineering Methodology to the Design of Unconventional Control Surfaces, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, AIAA-2007-660, 46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 7-10, 2008
  3. A Systems Engineering Approach to the Design of Control Surfaces for UAVs, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, AIAA-2007-660, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, Reno, Nevada, Jan. 8-11, 2007
  4. Derivation of coupling stability derivatives and coupling transfer function, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, 6th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration and Operations Conference, Wichita, Kansas, Sept 2006
  5. Robust Nonlinear Controller Design for a Complete UAV Mission, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 21 - 24 Aug 2006, Keystone, Colorado
  6. A Dynamic Performance Evaluation Technique for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, AIAA Modeling and Simulation Technologies Conference and Exhibit, 21 - 24 Aug 2006, Keystone, Colorado
  7. 2DOF nonlinear robust controller design of a small UAV using combination of dynamic inversion and  loop shaping, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, AIAA Conference, San Francisco, Aug. 2005
  8. UAV simulation: Credibility of decoupled linear vs. coupled nonlinear equations of motion, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, AIAA Conference, San Francisco, Aug. 2005
  9. Robust controller design of a complete mission for a UAV, M. Sadraey; R. Colgren, Quantitative Feedback Theory and Robust Frequency Methods Conference, Aug 2005, Lawrence, Kansas
  10. M. Sadraey, D. Joyce, J. O’Donnell, N. Bertozzi, DWC Flight Test Education at Undergraduate Level in Realization of CDIO Initiatives, Proceedings of the 5th International CDIO Conference, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore, June 7 – 10, 2009

  11. M. Sadraey, Aircraft Configuration Optimization through Optimal Longitudinal Center of Gravity Range, AIAA-2009-7024, 9th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference and Aircraft Noise and Emissions Reduction Symposium, Hilton Head, South Carolina, Sep. 21-23, 2009

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