Dr. Onur Bilgen discusses the future of flapping-wing drones and smart materials in aircraft design on the Drone Radio Show

Dr. Onur Bilgen, Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Rutgers University, was featured in an episode of the Drone Radio Show to discuss bioinspired ornithopters (flapping-wing drones modeled after bird and insect flight) and smart materials in next-generation aircraft design.

Dr. Bilgen conducts research in advanced drone systems including fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, hybrid drone systems, and bioinspired ornithopters, and has led NASA University Student Research Challenge projects such as the development of a Multi-Mode Hybrid Unmanned Delivery System.

He teaches a graduate course at Rutgers called Drones: Fundamentals and Applications and has expanded drone education and testing capabilities through the Rutgers Drone Playground and the Buehler Drone Lab's VICON Motion Tracking System.