{"id":281,"date":"2019-06-24T11:00:32","date_gmt":"2019-06-24T15:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/?post_type=cu_people&#038;p=281"},"modified":"2025-07-08T13:32:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T17:32:04","slug":"fred-nitzsche","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/mae\/people\/fred-nitzsche\/","title":{"rendered":"Fred Nitzsche"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n                    \n             \n                \n            <\/h1>\n\n    \n    <\/header>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Research Interests:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Smart Structures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aeroelasticity of fixed and rotary wings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helicopter Individual Blade Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aeroelastic reduced-order models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aeroelastic energy harvesting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Intelligent horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines and farms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Applications\u2028:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Active vibration and noise reduction in helicopter rotors and wind turbines; 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