Biography

Education: BSc (Eng) Witwatersrand; MSc Cranfield; PhD Cranfield Experience: 10 years aerospace industry; 25 years university lecturer (aeronautical engineering).

Research Interests

Dr Trevor Young (PhD, MSc, BSc) is an Associate Professor in Aeronautical Engineering and former Head of the Department at UL. He has been involved in aviation research and development (R&D) activities throughout his thirty years career in industry and academia. He has led more than 40 research projects and workpackages. Since joining UL, he has been the recipient of more than 30 research grants, with a value to UL exceeding €15 million (he was Principal Investigator for research grants exceeding €7 million). Funding has been received from the European Commission (EC), the Irish State and industrySince 2000, he has published, as author or co-author, more than 100 technical papers (incl. 52 peer reviewed journal papers), ten book chapters (four in encyclopaedia/handbook) and edited one book on Innovation in Aeronautics (Woodhead Press, 2012). He is the author of two books: Performance of the Jet Transport Airplane: Performance Analysis Methods, Flight Operations, and Regulations (Wiley, 2018) and Technical Writing A-Z: A Commonsense Guide to Engineering Reports and Theses (ASME Press, 2005). Professor Young is a member of the Scientific Committee of the EC's Clean Sky 2 research programme.

Professional Activities

Association

  • 2022 Interim Chairperson , Clean Aviation Scientific Advisory Body
  • 2014 Member / Vice chairperson, Clean Sky Scientific Committee
  • 1999 Senior Member, AIAA
  • 1999 Former member, Royal Aeronautical Society

Education

  • 2002 College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University - PhD
  • 1988 College of Aeronautics, Cranfield University - MSc
  • 1983 University of the Witwatersrand - BSc

Employment

  • 1993 University of Limerick - Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor
  • 1984 Industrial employment - Design Engineer & Technical Manager

Other

  • Private Pilot's Licence (PPL). Over 500 hours as pilot-in-command / pilot-in-training.

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

2013

An investigation into potential fuel savings for 110-130 seat passenger transport aircraft due to the incorporation of natural laminar flow or hybrid laminar flow control on the engine nacelles

Young, TM (2013) An investigation into potential fuel savings for 110-130 seat passenger transport aircraft due to the incorporation of natural laminar flow or hybrid laminar flow control on the engine nacelles. Proceedings Of The Institution Of Mechanical Engineers Part G-Journal Of Aerospace Engineering :1300-1324

Books

Book Chapters

2016

Erosion resistance

Tobin, E., Cloonan, A., Young, T. (2016) Erosion resistance. USA : CreateSpace, Amazon Group Multifunctional composites

2012

Conclusion

Young, T.M. and Hirst, M. (2012) Conclusion. Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Innovation in Aeronautics :363-377

2012

Introduction

Young, T.M. and Hirst, M. (2012) Introduction. Cambridge, UK : Woodhead Innovation in Aeronautics :1-11

2002

Airplane Performance

Young, TM (2002) Airplane Performance. New York : McGraw-Hill The Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineers :10.106-10.169

Edited Books

Other Journals

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Conference Publications

2003

16th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE)

Riordan, R., D. Toal and T. Young,Ammori, B. J.,Davides, D.,Vezakis, A.,Martin, I. G.,Larvin, M.,Smith, S.,Gibson, J. S.,McMahon, M. J. (2003) 16th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSE). Leeds Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy and Division of Surgery, University of Leeds, Leeds, J Hepatobiliary Pancreat Surg :*-*

2000

European DragNet Conference

O'Donoghue D., Young T., O'Dwyer, T.F. & Pembroke J.T.,Dexter, S. P.,Miller, G. V.,Davides, D.,Martin, I. G.,Sue Ling, H. M.,Sagar, P. M.,Larvin, M.,McMahon, M. J. (2000) European DragNet Conference. Leeds Institute for Minimally Invasive Therapy, Centre for Digestive Diseases, and the University of Am J Surg :*-*

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Book Reviews

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