Zavod za aeronautiku

Category Archives: Students

The Internship of Two French Air Force Academy Cadets at the Department of Aeronautics has successfully finished

Posted on by

Two French Air Force Academy cadets 2nd Lieutenants Mathilde Marc and Mathilde Widehem have spent 15-week internship at the Department of Aeronautics of the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences.

During their stay at the Department of Aeronautics they worked as a team members of the wider project dealing with the improvement of the air traffic control simulators and have finished their diploma thesis. 2nd Lieutenant Mathilde Marc worked on the “Development of the 3D TWR simulator” under the supervision of assistant professor Biljana Juričić, while 2nd Lieutenant Mathilde Widehem worked  on the “Development of a Radar Model for ATC Simulation” under the supervision of Jurica Ivošević, PhD.

On the June 21 2016. they successfully defended their diploma thesis at the French Air Force Base in Salon de Provence in France.

 IMG_2889

Assistant professor Biljana Juričić with two French students after their diploma thesis defence at the French Air Force Base in Salon de Provence.

Industry and academina in cooperation at the Department of Aeronautics

Posted on by

Continuing with good cooperation with the industry, representatives of Croatia Airlines held a meeting with undergraduate students (commercial pilot module) on Wednesday June 8 at the Department of Aeronautics. Meeting was initiated by capt. Josip Grgec, Director of Operations, accompanied by capt. Tomo Hubak (Dash Q400) and f/o Nikica Klasić (A319/320). All of them are alumni of our Faculty. Capt. Grgec explained the need for educated pilots at the company, possibilities for professional development, and relayed his observations on pilot’s market worldwide. Capt. Hubak and f/o Klasić told their stories and personal experience on their journey from graduated aeronautical students to airline pilots. Very interested part of the meeting was capt. Grgec’s explanation of future training plans and possibilities of employment within the company.  Students expressed their interest by attending the lecture in large number and by asking a lot of proficient and well structurated questions. We hope that this kind of gathering will continue in the future.

Capt. Grgec with his team (capt. Hubak and f/o Klasić)

DSC_0355

Students of commercial pilot modules at the lecture

Visit to the Laboratory for Remote Sensing and GIS

Posted on by

On 28 April 2016 graduate students of the Department of Aeronautics, led by the teachers, Tomislav Radišić and Jurica Ivošević, visited the Laboratory for Remote Sensing and GIS of the Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb. The visit came at the invitation of the Head of the Laboratory and vice dean of the Faculty, Professor Renata Pernar, who was, together with her team, a very cordial host.

3

The visit, held in a constructive and friendly atmosphere, was divided into two parts. First part was the presentation of interesting projects which use remote sensing technology in the field of forestry. In the second part of the visit students were introduced to practical examples of analogue and digital image processing. Both parts are very important for understanding the practical uses of theoretical knowledge acquired at Airborne Reconnaissance and Surveillance course and later at Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Operations course.

2

We hope to continue cooperation in the coming years.

Department of Aeronautics Receives a Visit from the Ambassador of France

Posted on by
Prof. Biljana Juričić presenting the Laboratory for air traffic control.

Prof. Biljana Juričić presenting the Laboratory for air traffic control.

Department of Aeronautics has been privileged to host a visit by the Ambassador of French Republic to the Republic of Croatia, Ms. Michèle Boccoz on 18 April 2016. Ambassador was hosted by the Dean of the Faculty prof. Hrvoje Gold, accompanied by employees of the Department of Aeronautics. The direct reason for the visit was the third year of successful cooperation between the French military aviation academy and Faculty on mentoring of French officers during the preparation of their master theses.

2nd Lieutenants Mathilde Marc and Mathilde Widehem presenting their work.

2nd Lieutenants Mathilde Marc and Mathilde Widehem presenting their work.

During a short meeting, the Ambassador was briefed on the structure, study programs and activities of the Faculty, and after the meeting the Ambassador visited the premises of the Faculty Campus Borongaj where the French officers currently on exchange at the Faculty presented their progress in preparing their master theses. The Ambassador visited the Laboratory for air traffic control and Laboratory for aerodynamics, and at the latter she talked with students who gave her a first-hand account of student life and activities at the Faculty.

Left to right: prof. Biljana Juričić, prof. Doris Novak, French Ambassador to Croatia Ms. Michèle Boccoz, Ms. Jasna Bas, 2nd Lieutenant Mathilde Marc, 2nd Lieutenant Mathilde Widehem, Dean of the Faculty prof. Hrvoje Gold, dr. Jurica Ivošević, Colonel Laurent Vonderscher, dr. Tomislav Radišić.

Left to right: prof. Biljana Juričić, prof. Doris Novak, French Ambassador to Croatia Ms. Michèle Boccoz, Ms. Jasna Bas, 2nd Lieutenant Mathilde Marc, 2nd Lieutenant Mathilde Widehem, Dean of the Faculty prof. Hrvoje Gold, dr. Jurica Ivošević, Colonel Laurent Vonderscher, dr. Tomislav Radišić.

The Ambassador expressed her support for this form of cooperation and a desire to deepen the cooperation in the future to mutual benefit.

The meeting was also attended by the military attaché Colonel Laurent Vonderscher, attaché for scientific and university cooperation Ms. Jasna Bas, from the French Embassy, and prof. Doris Novak and prof. Biljana Juričić from the Faculty.

Elementary school students from Jastrebarsko in visit

Posted on by

IMG_3208

On 29 January 2016, group of current and former elementary school “Ljubo Babić” students from Jastrebarsko with their teacher Irena Peruš came to visit Aerodynamic Laboratory at Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. They were interested into wind tunnel operational possibilities and background physics for lift creation since they also made their own wind tunnel and won the 3rd prize on national competition in physics this year in Trogir. At the Aerodynamic Laboratory, students from Jastrebarsko met master diploma students of Aeronautics who showed them flight possibilities of their octacopter drone and 3D printer used for making some of the drone parts.
During the stay students also visited Laboratory for Control of Air Navigation where they saw BEST radar simulator used for air traffic controller training and for scientific research and Laboratory for Modelling and Simulation of Railway Systems.

IMG_3226

IMG_3216

New Modular ATC Basic Training Course Started

Posted on by
New Candidates on the Modular ATC Basic Training

18 New Candidates on the Modular ATC Basic Training Course

On November 30 2015, a new class of 18 candidates selected by CroControl Ltd (Croatian ANSP) started their modular ATC basic training at the Croatian Air Traffic Control Education Centre, Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. Training will be held by employees of the Department of Aeronautics with significant input from the ATC instructors employed by CroControl.

The goal of the course is to teach the candidates about basic theory needed for future rating training and for eventual work within the ANSP. Basic training covers following topics: Introduction, Air Law, Navigation, Air Traffic Management, Aircraft, Equipment and Systems, Human Factors, Meteorology, Professional Environment, and Aviation English.

With the help of ATC instructors, during the Basic training, the candidates will also gain valuable skills on the BEST radar simulator.

Lecture on UAV Regulation

Posted on by
Bezik2

Mr. Damir Bezik (CCAA) giving lecture on UAV regulation

On 23 November 2015, a lecture on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations regulation was held by Damir Bezik (Croatian Civil Aviation Agency) at the Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences. Mr. Bezik, who is the Head of the Flight Operations Department at CCAA, presented the relevant international and national regulation with emphasis on documentation required for class C and D operations.

BezikThe lecture was intended for second year students of the graduate study program in aeronautics as an addition to the coursework of the two courses: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations and Quality Management in Aviation. Part of the coursework in these two courses is development, building and operation of the UAV (hexacopter) and creation of the documentation needed for the establishment of the UAV operations organization.

The lecture was also attended by prof. Stjepan Bogdan and his team from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, prof. Škorput from the Department of Intelligent Transportation Systems (FPZ), and Mr. Tihomir Šašić from the In2 Ltd.

New generation of graduates

Posted on by

Snapshot_20150915_4

We would like to congratulate to our new generation of graduated pilots and air traffic controllers and wish them best of luck in their future career. Oral presentation of their final papers took place on 15th and 16th of September at ZUK Borongaj, Zagreb.

Students that graduated bachelor course for civil pilot are:

 

Matko Babić

Damir Ćerimagić

Matija Đurašin

Emil Jerković

Petar Martinjak

Domagoj Mežnarić

Marin Pavlović

Alan Suk

Marko Tufegdžić

Antonio Žuti

 

Students that graduated bachelor course for military pilot are:

 

 Robert Dovijanić

 

Students that graduated bachelor course for air traffic control are:

 

 Mislav Biličić

Dario Forjan

Iva Jurjević

Patrik Kranjčec

Antonio Lazarovski

Matija Lukšić

Matej Oroz

Josip Pandžić

Emili Skejić

Internship Completed for Two French Air Force Academy Cadets

Posted on by
2nd Lieutenant Rummens defending his work

2nd Lieutenant Rummens defending his work

After three months spent in Zagreb, at the Department of Aeronautics, two French Air Force Academy cadets 2nd Lieutenants Maxime Machado and Matthieu Rummens have returned to their posts at the Salon de Provence Air Force Base in France.

During their stay in Zagreb they have performed their end-of-studies research projects which were integrated into the research and training activities already underway at the Department. Both of their studies were performed in the field of human factors in air traffic management.

Standing in front of the monument dedicated to the French WWI ace Georges Guynemer whose oft-cited line "Until one has given all, one has given nothing." is the official motto of the Academy. 2nd Lt Rummens (left), dr. Radišić (centre), 2nd Lt Machado (right).

Standing in front of the monument dedicated to the French WWI ace Georges Guynemer whose oft-cited line “Until one has given all, one has given nothing” is the official motto of the Academy. 2nd Lt Rummens (left), dr. Radišić (centre), 2nd Lt Machado (right).

For research in Croatia their mentor was Tomislav Radišić, however, great deal of assistance has been provided by Head of the Department Doris Novak and Head of the Air Traffic Management Laboratory Biljana Juričić. Also, students of the Department of the Aeronautics, air traffic control module, have played a key role in the research.

On June 23rd 2015 they defended their work, with great success, in front of the committee comprised of members and contractors of the French Air Force. Employees of the Department hereby congratulate them on their success with hope that the cooperation will continue in following years.

Student Project: Acquisition of IR Imagery with Autonomous Aerial Vehicle

Posted on by
Designing the quadcopter landing gear.

Designing the quadcopter landing gear.

During the summer semester students attending the Aerial Reconnaissance and Surveillance course at the Department of Aeronautics partake in a student project designed to push their planning, design, and problem-solving skills to their limits. This year, the task was to produce and analyse aerial infrared imagery of one part of the University Campus using very limited funds.

3D Printing of the quadcopter parts.

3D Printing of the quadcopter parts.

The project was presented to the students as a fictitious EU-funded Call for Project Proposals. Students had to read the Call, analyze the requirements, devise a solution, and submit a formal project proposal covering all aspects of project management such as: plan of activities, schedule, budget, SWOT analysis etc.

One caveat was that the proposal had to include usage of additive manufacturing technologies (3D printing). The students were split into two groups, each writing their own project proposal. The group led by Mr. Josip Kovač-Levantin won the grant and afterwards two groups merged to continue working on the winning proposal together.

Assembling the 3D printed parts.

Assembling the 3D printed parts.

Disassembled camera during conversion into IR sensor.

Disassembled camera during conversion into IR sensor.

Three main work packages were defined: designing and printing the airframe, assembling and programming the electronics, and modifying the common digital camera to serve as an infrared sensor.

First test of the IR sensor.

First test of the IR sensor.

Design of the airframe was done in SketchUp , then transferred to Cura for conversion into printer-friendly format, and finally printed on the Ultimaker 2 3D printer with PLA filament. Additive manufacturing is currently certainly not the least expensive option when it comes to building an airframe for the aerial vehicle, however, it allowed rapid prototyping and redesigning of the airframe. PLA filament is also not the strongest and lightest material for building the airframe. On numerous occasions the frame broke on hard landings (read: crashes) but upside was that the required spare parts could be produced swiftly.

Final integration of all quadcopter systems.

Final integration of all quadcopter systems.

The main controller and autopilot for the quadcopter was arduino-based ArduCopter. For the radio receiver a Turnigy 9X8C-V2 8-channel receiver was used. No-name 30A electronic speed controllers were used to power the four 1000 KV outrunner motors.

A Canon PowerShot A460 digital camera was modified to serve as an infrared sensor. The camera was disassembled and IR filter was located and replaced with an improvised visible light filter. Unfortunately, during one of the test flights IR sensor was destroyed so the project was completed using only visible light imagery.

Overall, students displayed excellent planning and designing abilities as well as resourcefulness during the construction and troubleshooting phases of the project. We hereby wish to congratulate them on all the hard work they have put into this project and success which was thus inevitable.

Autopilot Test Flight

Autopilot Test Flight

Test Flight

Test Flight

Analysis of the imagery.

Analysis of the imagery.

CyberChimps