Quiet Drones 2024
Technical Programme
Updated on 14th August 2024
We are happy to announce that the technical programme for the Symposium 9 September to 11 September 2024 is now out.
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The symposium will be a hybrid event taking place at INNSiDE Manchester Melia Hotel (1 First St, Manchester M15 4RP). Virtual attendees will have the ability to attend all sessions available online. Further all sessions will be recorded and accessible to watch on demand. In person attendees will have the opportunity to attend Reception drinks, the Quiet Drone Gala dinner and sign up for a tour of The University of Salford Acoustic labs.
Below is the latest version of the technical sessions.
Session Number |
Session Title |
Chair |
Chair |
| 1 |
Experimental Acoustic and Flow Measurements |
Nick Zang (University of Bristol) | Tercio Lima Pereira (TU Delft) |
| 2 | Propeller, Rotorcraft and Motor Noise | Chaitanya Paruchuri (University of Southampton) | Deepak Akiwate (University of Salford) |
| 3 | UAS/UAM Noise prediction | Damiano Casalino (TU Delft) | Michael Kingan (University of Ackland) |
| 4 | Urban Air Mobility / Unmanned Air Vehicle and Electric Aircraft noise | Christophe Schram (von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics) | Abdessalem Bouferrouk (University of the West of England) |
| 5 | UAM noise modelling and low-noise route planning | Xin Zhang (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology) | Siyang Zhong (Honk Kong Polytechnic University) |
| 6 | Measurement Techniques - Field | Nico van Oosten (Anotec) | Carlos Ramos Romero (University of Salford) |
| 7 | Auralisation and Acoustic Simulation | Siddhartha Krishnamurthy (NASA) | James Woodcock (Arup) |
| 8 | Human Response to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Noise | Michael Lotinga (University of Salford) | Nathan Green (University of Salford) |
| 9 | Human Response to Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Noise | Roalt Aalmoes (NLR) | Andrew Christian (NASA) |
| 10 | Community Impact, Engagement and Perception | Ingrid Legriffon (ONERA) | Marc Green (University of Salford) |
| 11 | UAS/UAM Noise Regulations | Chris Hobbs (US Federal Aviation Administration) | Cesar Asensio (Technical University of Madrid) |
| 12 | Panel Discussion: Noise Management of Commercial UAS/UAM Operations (including Vertidromes/Vertiports) | Marion Burgess (University of New South Wales) | Joseph J. Czech (HMMH) |
| 13 | Acoustic Detection and Identification of Drones | Lucille Pinel-Lamotte (MicrodB) | Martin Blass (Joanneum Research) |
| 14 | Drone Audition - Listening with Drones | Kazuhiro Nakadai (Tokyo Institute of Technology) | Lin Wang (Queen Mary University of London) |
