Abstract

Aviation's contribution to global warming comes primarily through the emissions of carbon dioxide and NOx, together with the formation of persistant contrails and cirrus cloud. The presentation addresses the potential for improved operations and new technology to contribute to a reduction of the various adverse effects and there is a preliminary attempt to prioritise "solutions" on a cost benefit basis. The analysis is based on a suite of simple, yet realistic and accurate, models that allow a total system assessment to be made by linking the engine, the airframe and the atmosphere. The value and the validity of this approach will also be discussed.

Biography

Ian Poll is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Cranfield University and Development and Technical Director of Cranfield Aerospace Ltd.

A graduate of Imperial College, he has 30 years experience in aerospace and aviation, gained in both the academic and commercial domains. His career began at Hawker Siddeley Aviation before moving to the College of Aeronautics at Cranfield Institute of Technology in 1975. He was appointed Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Manchester in 1985, later becoming Head of Manchester’s Department of Engineering. In 1995, he returned to Cranfield as Head of the College of Aeronautics and he was Director of Cranfield College of Aeronautics from 2001 until 2004. He created Cranfield Aerospace Limited in 1997 and now serves as its Director of Development and Technical Director.

He has been a visiting research scientist at NASA Langley, NASA Ames and Stanford University. He was the UK academic member of the NATO AGARD Fluid Dynamics Panel from 1990 to 1996 and he has served on a number of Government Advisory Committees, including the DTI Aerospace Committee, the Aerospace Innovation and Growth Team and the Aerospace Technology Steering Group. Currently, he is a member of the Councils of the Royal Aeronautical Society and the Air League and he served as an elected member Council Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2004 to 2007. He was President of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 2001 and he is currently the President of the International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences

A Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, The City and Guilds Institute of London, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Royal Aeronautical Society, he was awarded the OBE in 2002 in recognition of his contributions to the Cranfield College of Aeronautics.