Prof Gareth Padfield BSc PhD CEng FRAeS FREng
Emeritus Professor of Aerospace Engineering School of Engineering
- Work email Gareth.Padfield@liverpool.ac.uk
Research
Research Interest 1
Flight Dynamics, Handling Qualities and Control
Flight Simulation and Modelling
Flight Safety and Human Factors
Research Grants
Rotorcraft Handling Qualities meet Simulation Fidelity.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
April 2012 - October 2013
Rotorcraft handling, interactions and loads prediction (RHILP).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
March 2000 - April 2003
CFD Prediction of Frigate Airwake
DEFENCE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY (UK)
March 2007 - April 2012
Active control concepts for handling qualities, envelope protection and structural load allevation.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2003 - March 2007
The Wright Brothers Project.
ROYAL AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY (UK)
August 2003 - January 2004
Optimising handling qualities for future tilt rotor aircraft.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
February 2005 - July 2008
Prediction and assessment of aircraft/rotorcraft - pilot coupling phenomena.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2006 - May 2009
AirDyn - An Airwake Dynamometer. Developing an instrument for measuring the effect of ship airwakes on helicopter operations.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
January 2006 - October 2010
Active control technologies for tilt-rotor (ACT-TILT).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
November 2001 - April 2005
Prospective Sky-Guides: Developing Guidelines for Pilot Vision Aids.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
May 2003 - May 2006
Adaptive Pilot Model for Simulation Fidelity Assessment.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2001 - August 2003
Lifting Standards: A Novel Approach to the Development of Fidelity Criteria for Rotorcraft Flight Simulators
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
September 2008 - December 2011
Enabling Technologies for Personal Aerial Vehicles (MYCOPTER).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
January 2011 - December 2014
University of Liverpool Institutional Discipline Bridging.
MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2003 - October 2006
Virtual Engineering Centre
EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND, NORTH WEST DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (UK)
July 2009 - June 2013
Rotor Embedded Actuator Control Techology (known as REACT).
INNOVATE UK (UK)
February 2008 - March 2013
Garteur AG12. Validation Criteria for Helicopter Real Time Simulation Models.
ENGINEERING & PHYSICAL SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL
October 2002 - October 2004
Advanced approach, landing and departure procedures (OPTIMAL).
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
February 2004 - October 2008