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== Universities ==
== Universities ==
=== Asia ===
* The Department of Aircraft and Aeroengine from the Chinese '''Air Force Engineering University''' conducted a study on a new airworthiness compliance verification method based on pilot-aircraft-environment complex system simulation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1000936111604342/1-s2.0-S1000936111604342-main.pdf?_tid=d3518780-834d-11e2-ba1b-00000aab0f26&acdnat=1362238285_cf85b59c1b58215e2a1559b6f42867aa |title=Airworthiness Compliance Verification Method Based on Simulation of Complex System |date=12 January 2012 |author=XU Haojun, LIU Dongliang, XUE Yuan, ZHOU Li, MIN Guilong |publisher=Chinese Journal of Aeronautics}}</ref>
* The Malaysian '''Universiti Teknologi Malaysia''' uses FlightGear for several projects.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/user/isfarazi</ref>
=== Europe ===
* The '''University of Naples''', Italy used FlightGear in a six degrees of freedom (6dof) motion simulator, serving as a research and training tool.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wpage.unina.it/agodemar/DSV-DQV/AIAA_MST_2007_DeMarco_Coiro_Nicolosi_paper.pdf |title=A 6DOF Flight Simulation Environment for General Aviation Aircraft with Control Loading Reproduction |last=Coiro |first=Domenico P. |coauthors=De Marco, Agostino; Nicolosi, Fabrizio |date=2007 }}</ref>
* The '''University of Naples''', Italy used FlightGear in a six degrees of freedom (6dof) motion simulator, serving as a research and training tool.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wpage.unina.it/agodemar/DSV-DQV/AIAA_MST_2007_DeMarco_Coiro_Nicolosi_paper.pdf |title=A 6DOF Flight Simulation Environment for General Aviation Aircraft with Control Loading Reproduction |last=Coiro |first=Domenico P. |coauthors=De Marco, Agostino; Nicolosi, Fabrizio |date=2007 }}</ref>
* The Intelligent Robotics Group at the '''University of Wales''', Aberystwyth, UK is using FlightGear as part of their aerobot research<ref>[http://users.aber.ac.uk/dpb/aerobots.html Aerobot Research], Dave Barne</ref> to design aerial vehicles that can operate in the atmosphere of other planets.
* The '''Delft University of Technology''', the Netherlands used FlightGear for their ICE project. The goal was to design, test, and evaluate computational techniques that can be used in the development of intelligent situation-aware crew assistance systems. Using methods from artificial intelligence, ICE focused primarily on the data fusion, data processing and reasoning part of these systems. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kbs.twi.tudelft.nl/Research/Projects/ICE/index.html |title=The Intelligent Cockpit Environment (ICE) Project |last=Ehlert |first=Patrick |date=18 January 2005 |publisher=TU Delft }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmi.tudelft.nl/pub/patrick/Ehlert.P.A.M-GAMEON2002.pdf |title=Recognising situations in a flight simulator environment |date=November 2002 |author=Ehlert P.A.M., Mouthaan Q.M., Rothkrantz L.J.M. |accessdate=18 April 2012 |publisher=SCS Publishing House }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kbs.twi.tudelft.nl/People/Students/D.Dragos/back/ice/index.htm |title=The ICE Project |author=Datcu Dragos |date=January 2003 |accessdate=8 May 2012 }}</ref>
* The German based '''Hamburg University of Applied Sciences''' used JSBSim and FlightGear to evaluate the handling qualities of a box wing aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/Airport2030/Airport2030_PUB_DLRK_12-09-10_Caja.pdf |title=Box Wing Flight Dynamics in the Stage of Conceptual Aircraft Design |author=Caja R., Scholz D. |date=23 November 2012}}</ref>
* For studentproject Daedalus, the Technical University of München uses FlightGear to optimize the flight characteristics of a zeppelin as well to simulate its performance. Another goal is to simulate prerecorded flights from a real model for further analysis. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daedalus.ei.tum.de/index.php/de/mach-mit-mm |title=Mach mit ! - daedalus}}</ref>
* The '''Czech Technical University in Prague''' is working on a full motion simulator to do research on situation awareness. They're using FlightGear for the visuals. A video of the simulator can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8SQa9_el8k&feature=autoshare at YouTube]. More info at http://measure.feld.cvut.cz/en/cast
* '''French Aerospace Lab (ONERA)''' and '''University of Toulouse''', France (2004). A thesis student Frédéric Dehais has used FlightGear and developed a cognitive counter-measures experimental environment (p.119 and following) to show the pilot/ATC scheme could be formalized and enhanced to avoid cognitive perturbation. Use of Atlas and Onera Messenger. Over 22 real-life pilots have been testing this environment.<ref>{{fr}} {{cite web |url=http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/2137/1/Dehais_2137.pdf |title=Modélisation des conflits dans l’activité de pilotage |first=Frédéric |last=Dehais |publisher=University of Toulouse |date=21 June 2004}}</ref>
=== North-America ===
* '''University of Illinois''' at Urbana Champaign. FlightGear is providing a platform for icing research for the Smart Icing Systems Project. <ref>http://www.aae.uiuc.edu/sis/mainpapers.html</ref>
* '''University of Illinois''' at Urbana Champaign. FlightGear is providing a platform for icing research for the Smart Icing Systems Project. <ref>http://www.aae.uiuc.edu/sis/mainpapers.html</ref>
* '''Simon Fraser University''', British Columbia Canada. Portions of FlightGear were used in simulation to develop the needed control algorithms for an autonomous aerial vehicle.  
* '''Simon Fraser University''', British Columbia Canada. Portions of FlightGear were used in simulation to develop the needed control algorithms for an autonomous aerial vehicle.  
* '''Iowa State University'''. A senior project intended to retrofit some older sim hardware with FlightGear based software.  
* '''Iowa State University'''. A senior project intended to retrofit some older sim hardware with FlightGear based software.  
* '''University of Minnesota''' - Human Factors Research Lab. FlightGear brings new life to an old Agwagon single seat, single engine simulator.  
* '''University of Minnesota''' - Human Factors Research Lab. FlightGear brings new life to an old Agwagon single seat, single engine simulator.  
* The Intelligent Robotics Group at the '''University of Wales''', Aberystwyth, UK is using FlightGear as part of their aerobot research<ref>[http://users.aber.ac.uk/dpb/aerobots.html Aerobot Research], Dave Barne</ref> to design aerial vehicles that can operate in the atmosphere of other planets.
* The '''Delft University of Technology''', the Netherlands used FlightGear for their ICE project. The goal was to design, test, and evaluate computational techniques that can be used in the development of intelligent situation-aware crew assistance systems. Using methods from artificial intelligence, ICE focused primarily on the data fusion, data processing and reasoning part of these systems. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kbs.twi.tudelft.nl/Research/Projects/ICE/index.html |title=The Intelligent Cockpit Environment (ICE) Project |last=Ehlert |first=Patrick |date=18 January 2005 |publisher=TU Delft }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mmi.tudelft.nl/pub/patrick/Ehlert.P.A.M-GAMEON2002.pdf |title=Recognising situations in a flight simulator environment |date=November 2002 |author=Ehlert P.A.M., Mouthaan Q.M., Rothkrantz L.J.M. |accessdate=18 April 2012 |publisher=SCS Publishing House }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kbs.twi.tudelft.nl/People/Students/D.Dragos/back/ice/index.htm |title=The ICE Project |author=Datcu Dragos |date=January 2003 |accessdate=8 May 2012 }}</ref>
* FlightGear is being used as the basic framework to provide the UTC Challenger Center (and hopefully other centers in the future) a low cost virtual reality computer simulation in the '''University of Tennessee''' at Chattanooga. Our simulation is using flightgear and JSBSim, specifically the shuttle module, to develop a shuttle landing simulator. Currently, we are trying to get to the point of at least contributing instructions on how to interface our virtual reality hardware with Flightgear back to the OS community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightgear.org/Projects/utc.html |title=University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |publisher=FlightGear |first=Dawn |last=Ellis |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref>
* FlightGear is being used as the basic framework to provide the UTC Challenger Center (and hopefully other centers in the future) a low cost virtual reality computer simulation in the '''University of Tennessee''' at Chattanooga. Our simulation is using flightgear and JSBSim, specifically the shuttle module, to develop a shuttle landing simulator. Currently, we are trying to get to the point of at least contributing instructions on how to interface our virtual reality hardware with Flightgear back to the OS community.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.flightgear.org/Projects/utc.html |title=University of Tennessee at Chattanooga |publisher=FlightGear |first=Dawn |last=Ellis |accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref>
* '''Department of Aerospace Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University''' used FlightGear primarly for its graphics engine, in advanced research programs in the areas of flight control design, advanced rotorcraft flight dynamics modeling, and near real-time acoustics simulation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkm.utm.my/ftp/pub/OSS/Win32/FlightGear/paper_PSU_2004AHS.pdf |title=A Multi-Disciplinary Rotorcraft Simulation Facility Composed of Commodity Components and Open Source Software |publisher=Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University }}</ref>
* '''Department of Aerospace Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University''' used FlightGear primarly for its graphics engine, in advanced research programs in the areas of flight control design, advanced rotorcraft flight dynamics modeling, and near real-time acoustics simulation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fkm.utm.my/ftp/pub/OSS/Win32/FlightGear/paper_PSU_2004AHS.pdf |title=A Multi-Disciplinary Rotorcraft Simulation Facility Composed of Commodity Components and Open Source Software |publisher=Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University }}</ref>
* A team of '''Northeastern University''' (Boston, USA) engineering students has developed a system that allows a pilot to fly a simulated airplane in FlightGear, using nothing more than his or her brainwaves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northeastern.edu/news/stories/2011/05/braincontrol.html |title=A brainy innovation takes flight |publisher=Northeastern University |date=31 May 2011 }}</ref>
* A team of '''Northeastern University''' (Boston, USA) engineering students has developed a system that allows a pilot to fly a simulated airplane in FlightGear, using nothing more than his or her brainwaves.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northeastern.edu/news/stories/2011/05/braincontrol.html |title=A brainy innovation takes flight |publisher=Northeastern University |date=31 May 2011 }}</ref>
* The '''Aeronautical Engineering University''' of Argentina uses FlightGear to display the outside view of their simulator. Pictures can be seen at http://gsdv.com.ar/fotos/20110528/index.html.
* '''Arizona State University''' (USA) used a combination of engineering programmas (among which FlightGear) in its aerospace engineering program.  The faculty shifted how they were teaching to put less focus on theory and more emphasis on simulation and visualization through the immediate use of engineering software. Students used those programms within [[MATLAB]].<ref>[http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/08/23/Arizona-State-Tries-Practice-over-Theory-in-Engineering-Education.aspx Arizona State Tries Practice over Theory in Engineering Education], Campus Technology</ref>
* '''Arizona State University''' (USA) used a combination of engineering programmas (among which FlightGear) in its aerospace engineering program.  The faculty shifted how they were teaching to put less focus on theory and more emphasis on simulation and visualization through the immediate use of engineering software. Students used those programms within [[MATLAB]].<ref>[http://campustechnology.com/Articles/2011/08/23/Arizona-State-Tries-Practice-over-Theory-in-Engineering-Education.aspx Arizona State Tries Practice over Theory in Engineering Education], Campus Technology</ref>
* The Malaysian '''Universiti Teknologi Malaysia''' uses FlightGear for several projects.<ref>http://www.youtube.com/user/isfarazi</ref>
* '''French Aerospace Lab (ONERA)''' and '''University of Toulouse''', France (2004). A thesis student Frédéric Dehais has used FlightGear and developed a cognitive counter-measures experimental environment (p.119 and following) to show the pilot/ATC scheme could be formalized and enhanced to avoid cognitive perturbation. Use of Atlas and Onera Messenger. Over 22 real-life pilots have been testing this environment.<ref>{{fr}} {{cite web |url=http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/2137/1/Dehais_2137.pdf |title=Modélisation des conflits dans l’activité de pilotage |first=Frédéric |last=Dehais |publisher=University of Toulouse |date=21 June 2004}}</ref>
* A project by the '''University of Montreal''' and the '''University of Toulouse''' used FlightGear to visualize the effect of an active freedback system for pilot guidance assistance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pdf.aiaa.org/getfile.cfm?urlX=6%3A7I%276D%26X%5BRO%23S%20%27MP4S%5EQ%3AG%224%2A%28%21%5F%40%20%20%0A&urla=%26%2AR%28%27%230%2AC%0A&urlb=%21%2A%20%20%20%0A&urlc=%21%2A0%20%20%0A&urld=%28%2A%22P%26%22%406BUQ8%20%0A&urle=%28%2A%22H%23%230%22DU1X%20%0A |title=Preliminary Study of an Active Feedback System for Aircraft Guidance  |date=13-16 August 2012 |author=Latorre-Costa P., Defay F., Saussi�é D. |publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |accessdate=16 August 2012 }}</ref>
* A project by the '''University of Montreal''' and the '''University of Toulouse''' used FlightGear to visualize the effect of an active freedback system for pilot guidance assistance.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pdf.aiaa.org/getfile.cfm?urlX=6%3A7I%276D%26X%5BRO%23S%20%27MP4S%5EQ%3AG%224%2A%28%21%5F%40%20%20%0A&urla=%26%2AR%28%27%230%2AC%0A&urlb=%21%2A%20%20%20%0A&urlc=%21%2A0%20%20%0A&urld=%28%2A%22P%26%22%406BUQ8%20%0A&urle=%28%2A%22H%23%230%22DU1X%20%0A |title=Preliminary Study of an Active Feedback System for Aircraft Guidance  |date=13-16 August 2012 |author=Latorre-Costa P., Defay F., Saussi�é D. |publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |accessdate=16 August 2012 }}</ref>
* The Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center at the '''University of New Hampshire''' set up a ship simulator using FlightGear for the visuals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccom.unh.edu/vislab/projects/simulator.html |title=Spatially Aware Hand-held Devices and the Boat Simulator |accessdate=20 October 2012 }}</ref>
* The Center for Coastal & Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center at the '''University of New Hampshire''' set up a ship simulator using FlightGear for the visuals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ccom.unh.edu/vislab/projects/simulator.html |title=Spatially Aware Hand-held Devices and the Boat Simulator |accessdate=20 October 2012 }}</ref>
* The Department of Aircraft and Aeroengine from the Chinese '''Air Force Engineering University''' conducted a study on a new airworthiness compliance verification method based on pilot-aircraft-environment complex system simulation.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ac.els-cdn.com/S1000936111604342/1-s2.0-S1000936111604342-main.pdf?_tid=d3518780-834d-11e2-ba1b-00000aab0f26&acdnat=1362238285_cf85b59c1b58215e2a1559b6f42867aa |title=Airworthiness Compliance Verification Method Based on Simulation of Complex System |date=12 January 2012 |author=XU Haojun, LIU Dongliang, XUE Yuan, ZHOU Li, MIN Guilong |publisher=Chinese Journal of Aeronautics}}</ref>
* The German based '''Hamburg University of Applied Sciences''' used JSBSim and FlightGear to evaluate the handling qualities of a box wing aircraft.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fzt.haw-hamburg.de/pers/Scholz/Airport2030/Airport2030_PUB_DLRK_12-09-10_Caja.pdf |title=Box Wing Flight Dynamics in the Stage of Conceptual Aircraft Design |author=Caja R., Scholz D. |date=23 November 2012}}</ref>
* For studentproject Daedalus, the Technical University of München uses FlightGear to optimize the flight characteristics of a zeppelin as well to simulate its performance. Another goal is to simulate prerecorded flights from a real model for further analysis. <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.daedalus.ei.tum.de/index.php/de/mach-mit-mm |title=Mach mit ! - daedalus}}</ref>
* The '''Czech Technical University in Prague''' is working on a full motion simulator to do research on situation awareness. They're using FlightGear for the visuals. A video of the simulator can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8SQa9_el8k&feature=autoshare at YouTube]. More info at http://measure.feld.cvut.cz/en/cast
* The '''University of Michigan''' used FlightGear to validate PID autopilot for unmanned aerial vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~duncanlm/Miller_Duncan_AIAA_RegionIII_2011_Autolab.pdf | title=Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory for Sense and Avoid Research and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations |publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |author=Duncan Miller |date=2011 |format=pdf}}</ref>
* The '''University of Michigan''' used FlightGear to validate PID autopilot for unmanned aerial vehicles.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~duncanlm/Miller_Duncan_AIAA_RegionIII_2011_Autolab.pdf | title=Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory for Sense and Avoid Research and Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulations |publisher=American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |author=Duncan Miller |date=2011 |format=pdf}}</ref>
* FlightGear was used by the '''University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies''' to simulate [[UTIAS Ornithopter No.1|their first ornithopter]]. In 2010 the team made aviation history when their second ornithopter became the first to make a sustained flight.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ornithopter.net/MediaGallery/flightgear_e.html |title=Flying the Ornithopter in FlightGear Flight Simulator |author=Project Ornithopter |date=2006 |format=html }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/new-media-technology/human-powered-ornithopter-becomes-first-ever-to-achieve-sustained-flight/ |title=Human-powered ornithopter becomes first ever to achieve sustained flight |publisher=University of Toronto |date=22 September 2010 }}</ref>
* FlightGear was used by the '''University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies''' to simulate [[UTIAS Ornithopter No.1|their first ornithopter]] (engine powered).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ornithopter.net/MediaGallery/flightgear_e.html |title=Flying the Ornithopter in FlightGear Flight Simulator |author=Project Ornithopter |date=2006 |format=html }}</ref> In 2010 the team made aviation history when their second ornithopter became the first human-powered ornithopter to make a sustained flight.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://media.utoronto.ca/media-releases/new-media-technology/human-powered-ornithopter-becomes-first-ever-to-achieve-sustained-flight/ |title=Human-powered ornithopter becomes first ever to achieve sustained flight |publisher=University of Toronto |date=22 September 2010 }}</ref>
 
=== South-America ===
* The '''Aeronautical Engineering University''' of Argentina uses FlightGear to display the outside view of their simulator. Pictures can be seen at http://gsdv.com.ar/fotos/20110528/index.html.


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