Officials from the Embassy of France in Canada and Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design recently wrapped up the two-day France Carleton Aerospace Summit (FRACAS). The event brought together researchers from France’s Aerospace Valley and CNAM (Conservatoire national des arts et métiers) with Carleton faculty from the departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Electronics, and Systems and Computer Engineering. Three targeted areas of research strength at Carleton were explored including noise and vibration control; advanced materials and energy harvesting; and health monitoring of aircraft structures.
Key decision-makers in aerospace research from the public and private sectors participated in FRACAS. These included Airbus Canada, Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC), Aerospace Valley, Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Industry Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Ontario Centre of Excellence (OCE) and the Consortium for Research and Innovation in Aerospace in Quebec (CRIAQ).
The goal of the summit was to share information about areas of complementary expertise and to formulate collaborative research projects involving French and Carleton partners for further development and submission to funding agencies.
Five following major collaborative research projects were identified:
- De-icing/anti-icing of fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft
Marc Budinger, ICA Toulouse and Daniel Feszty, Carleton Aerospace - Active noise control
Joana Rocha, Carleton Aerospace and Roger Ohayon, CNAM France - Health monitoring of rotary wing blades
Jean-Marie Dilhac, LAAS Toulouse and Langis Roy, Carleton Electronics - 3D printing of composite materials
Jeremy Laliberté, Carleton Aerospace and Maurice Fadel, LAPLACE Toulouse - Bolted/bonded assembly
Phillipe Olivier, ICA Toulouse and Xiao Huang, Carleton Aerospace
