BEGIN:VCALENDAR METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Near You Event - Helicopter Rotor Blades\n\nEvent Type: Talk or debate\n\nIndustry Sector: Aerospace Industries\n\nSpeak Details: Simon S tacey\, a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society\ , is the technical and programme team lead for active rotor studies within the AgustaWestland\, and is looking forward to bringing the next generati on of rotor technologies to flight demonstration in the near future.\n\nDe scription : The presentation will provide an overview of helicopter rotor blade construction evolution from the first days of rotary wing flight up to present day\, and review possible future technology directions and syne rgies. \; Material types and configurations are reviewed against the d emanding design and operational requirements that a helicopter rotor faces \, and the joint progression of design and construction techniques is used to illustrate the growth in helicopter capability from the very first day s of helicopter operations at the end of World War 2 up to present day.\n\ nParticular detail has been drawn from the rotor developments achieved by a series of joint industry/government programmes collectively titled the B ritish Experimental Rotor Programme.\n\nABOUT THE PRESENTER\nSimon Stacey joined Westland Helicopters in 1989 having obtained a Bachelor of Engineer ing degree with Honours from Birmingham Polytechnic in 1989.\nFrom 1990 to 1997 he worked as a research engineer\, focussing in particular on the fi nite element analysis of composite structures and the characterisation of composite rotor blades subjected to high and low energy impact.\nSimon too k the role of Task Leader on the fourth British Experimental Rotor Program me (abbreviated to BERP IV) when the programme began in October 1997\, and remained in that role until programme completion in August 2007. \; D uring that time he was responsible for the co-ordination of all technical and commercial programme activities\, and acted as primary point of contac t with the MoD customer. \; In December 2007 Simon was one of the team members that received the Royal Aeronautical Society Team Gold Medal.\nSi mon is now the technical and programme team lead for active rotor studies within the AgustaWestland\, and is looking forward to bringing the next ge neration of rotor technologies to flight demonstration in the near future.  \; Simon is a Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.\n\nContact Details: DTEND:20161019T210000 DTSTAMP:20260618T111739Z DTSTART:20161019T183000 LOCATION:Harrison Building\, Road\, Exeter University\, Exeter\, United Kin gdom SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Helicopter Rotor Blades UID:3d8067d7-f05a-4057-b768-b9e62e8ce818 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR