Carleton Experts Available – Deadly Plane Accident at LaGuardia
LaGuardia Airport’s deadly runway crash between a plane and a firetruck has left many with questions, and Carleton experts are available to comment on the accident and the aftermath.
If you are interested in speaking with the experts below, please feel free to reach out to them directly. If you require other assistance, please email Steven Reid, Media Relations Officer, at steven.reid3@carleton.ca.
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Jeremy Laliberté
Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University
Email: Jeremy.Laliberte@carleton.ca
Laliberté’s research focuses on certification and airworthiness testing such as materials qualification for aircraft structures and airframe design. He also studies air traffic control and airspace management. He is available to comment on how aircraft structures are designed and built to provide protection to passengers and crew during emergencies. He can discuss the regulations covering required evacuation times – no more than 90 seconds with half of the exits inoperable – regardless of the size of aircraft, and regulations governing the loads seats must withstand, specialized training for flight attendants to handle such emergencies, etc.
For more on Laliberté, visit: https://carleton.ca/mae/people/jeremy-laliberte/
Jurek Sasiadek
Professor, Aerospace Engineering at Carleton University
Email: jureksasiadek@cunet.carleton.ca
Sasiadek’s research interests include: robotics, space robotics, guidance, navigation and control of mobile and flying robots, sensor and data fusion, adaptive control, aircraft and spacecraft control, flexible structure control, and nonlinear control.
He is a Director of the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) and a member of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Technical Committee (since 1989). He is also an Associate Editor and International Advisor of the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Dynamics and Control. He was a Program Chair (1992) in Phoenix, Arizona and General Chair (2002) in Montreal, Quebec, of the AIAA Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference. He was also a member of the ACC (American Control Conference) Program Committee.
For more on Sasiadek, visit: https://experts.carleton.ca/jurek-sasiadek
Media Contact
Steven Reid (he/him)
Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
613-265-6613
Steven.Reid3@carleton.ca
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