1994 …2024

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                                                                                            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 (Rand;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 industry. He has worked on six EC projects since in 1996, and has acted as an Expert Evaluator for the EC on eight occassions and as a Expert Reviewer on several EC-funded projects. For more than 15 years, he was Co-Director of the Composites Research Centre at UL, a very successful research centre that he was instrumental in setting up. He led the initiative (as Principal Investigator) to establish a national centre for composite materials research. This came to fruition in 2009 with the creation of the Irish Centre for Composites Research (IComp). Since 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.   

Teaching Interests

Aircraft design, Flight Mechanics, Fleet Planning                      

Biography

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

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  • SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
  • SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
  • SDG 13 - Climate Action

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, PhD, Cranfield University

Award Date: 1 Jan 2002

Masters, MSc, Cranfield University

Award Date: 1 Jan 1988

External positions

Lecturer, Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, University of Limerick

6 Jan 1993 → …

Design Engineer & Technical Manager, Industrial employment

1 Jan 1984 → …

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