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Atlanta, GA | Posted: April 24, 2015
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Graduating GT-AE senior Brandon Liberi received the top award for aerospace engineering at the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, held April 22.
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Graduating GT-AE Student Shines at Undergraduate Research SymposiumGraduating GT-AE senior Brandon Liberi received the top award for aerospace engineering at the 10th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, held April 22.
Liberi, 22, has been working with Dr. Narayanan Komerath for about two years on his research project, "Divergence Speed Prediction for Slung Load Shapes" which was represented on a poster at the event. Judges from different disciplines roamed the afternoon-long poster session, grilling the young researchers on their projects.
Joining Liberi at the symposium wereKiijakarn Praditukrit, Victor Heaulmeand Yuanxin Shen, three underclassmen with whom Liberi has worked on this research over the past year.
The research seeks to reduce the amount of time needed to certify safe flight speeds for sling loads by using airload maps and dynamic simulation methods.
Praditukrit, Heaulme, and Shen will continue the research under Komerath's tutelage when Liberi leaves in May to take a job at Ratheon in Tuscon, AZ.
"I'm excited to be working in this area for Ratheon," said Liberi.
"I think they were impressed not only with my research but with the experience I was able to get in managing the project with two other, less experienced researchers. This was a good experience."
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