Damian Rivas

Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Head of Aerospace Engineering Group

Department of Aerospace Engineering and Fluid Mechanics, School of Engineering
Universidad de Sevilla

Phone: +34 954 48 61 29
drivas@innaxis.org

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Damián Rivas


Biography

Prof. Damián Rivas has more than 25 years of experience in research in the aerospace field. He graduated as an Aeronautical Engineer at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (1981) and later went on to do his Doctorate at Case Western University, USA (1987), and went to Polytechnic University of Madrid to do another Doctorate in Aeronautic Engineering (1989). Prof. Rivas has authored over 25 publications in refereed journals. He specialisesin Aircraft Performance Modeling, Trajectory Prediction, Conflict Detection and Resolution, Trajectory Optimisation and Optimal Control, and other related subjects.

Presently, Prof. Rivas is a teacher of Flight Mechanics, Propulsion, and Air Navigation at the School of Engineering at the University of Seville. He continues to be highly involved with the aeronautical industry. He has been a member of such respectable groups such as EUROCONTROL’s BADA User Group, ESA’s Physical Sciences Working Group, and the Management Group of the European Consortium for Advanced Training in Aerospace. Prof. Rivas also provides scientific advisory and consulting to the Innaxis Foundation and Research Institute in its national and international endeavours. His collaboration between the academia, professional, and industrial worlds have led him to be well-connected and well knowledgeable on what will be the future aviation environment.


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