Moses - Special Topics in Flight Guidance, Navigation and Air Transport

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#50965 / #1

Validity:
Seit SoSe 2021

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English

Module title:
Special Topics in Flight Guidance, Navigation and Air Transport

Credits:
6

Responsible person:
Uijt de Haag, Maarten

Grading:
benotet

Type of exam:
Portfolioprüfung

Zugehörigkeit

Faculty:
Fakultät V

Institute:
Institut für Luft- und Raumfahrt

Area of expertise:
35341700 FG Flugführung und Luftverkehr

Prüfungsausschuss:
Verkehrswesen

Kontakt

Office:
F 3

Contact person:
Uijt de Haag, Maarten

E-mail address:
maarten.uijtdehaag@tu-berlin.de

Website:
No information

Learning Outcomes

In this course, the students will be given the opportunity to design, develop and implement guidance, navigation or traffic management systems for manned or unmanned aircraft (e.g., UAS) and test these systems in a relevant environment. Examples could include UAS swarming, urban UAS navigation, multi-lateration for surveillance purposes, software-radio for navigation aids, autoland navigation for Air Taxis and UAS, indoor aerial search and rescue, or other avionics systems, etc. The projects are carried out in small groups following standard scientific and engineering methods. Specific course outcomes: - an ability to apply knowledge of flight guidance, navigation and air transport to the project topic - an ability to deepen your understanding and knowledge by performing a literature search relevant to the project topic - an ability to design a flight guidance, navigation and air transport system that meets a set of project needs - an ability to apply standard systems engineering practices (i.e. derive requirements, develop a design and implement and test this design) - an ability to communicate effectively using oral and written communication - an ability to apply software tools (e.g. Matlab, Python, Robotic Operating System, etc.) - an ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in the environmental and societal context - ability to work efficiently as an individual and as part of a group

Content

The content is depending on the selected projects, but will include some basic lectures on systems engineering (as applicable to the projects), the platforms used (e.g. UAS) and software tools (e.g. Robotic Operating System). Example projects include: - UAS swarming (e.g. formation flight), - Multi-lateration for surveillance purposes, - Indoor search and rescue, - Autoland or emergency-landing navigation for Air Taxis and UAS, - Urban UAS route planning and trajectory optimization, - Software-radio for navigation aids, - Automatic taxi-guidance for UAS, - Avionics systems, - Etc.

Module Components

Pflichtgruppe:

All Courses are mandatory.

Course Name	Type	Number	Cycle	Language	SWS	VZ
Special Topics in Flight Guidance, Navigation and Air Transport	PJ		SoSe	English	4

Workload and Credit Points

Special Topics in Flight Guidance, Navigation and Air Transport (PJ):

Workload description	Multiplier	Hours	Total
Attendance	15.0	4.0h	60.0h
Pre/post processing	15.0	8.0h	120.0h
			180.0h(~6 LP)

The Workload of the module sums up to 180.0 Hours. Therefore the module contains 6 Credits.

Description of Teaching and Learning Methods

At the beginning of the semester, the projects and hardware platforms will be presented. The projects will be related to various topics within the Chair of Flight Guidance and Air Transport Air. After this introduction, the groups will be formed and start their design. Each week, each group will shortly present their progress. Throughout the course, additional material and presentations will be provided on topics necessary to fulful the projects’ requirements. Two major presentations will be provided by the teams (midterm and final).

Requirements for participation and examination

Desirable prerequisites for participation in the courses:

Mandatory for participation is one course from the following list: Aircraft Navigation, Integrated Aircraft Navigation, Aircraft Systems, Flight Management and Procedure Design, Avionics Systems for UAS, Flight Simulation Technology Previous attendance of other modules within the Chair of Flight Guidance and Air Transport as well as Flight Mechanics I and II and Introduction to information technology are desirable.

Mandatory requirements for the module test application:

This module has no requirements.

Module completion

Grading

graded

Type of exam

Portfolio examination

Type of portfolio examination

100 Punkte insgesamt

Language

German/English

Test elements

Name	Points	Categorie	Duration/Extent
Interim presentation	15	oral	20 Min.
Final presentation	35	oral	35 Mins
Project report	50	written	ca. 20 Pages

Grading scale

Notenschlüssel »Notenschlüssel 2: Fak IV (2)«

Gesamtpunktzahl	1.0	1.3	1.7	2.0	2.3	2.7	3.0	3.3	3.7	4.0
100.0pt	95.0pt	90.0pt	85.0pt	80.0pt	75.0pt	70.0pt	65.0pt	60.0pt	55.0pt	50.0pt

Test description (Module completion)

- There will be a weekly project meeting where the students report briefly on their project progress. In the mid-term presentation (halfway through the semester), the students shall give a presentation (~15 minutes) on their work so far in the form of a design review (15 points); this presentation will be followed by ~5 minutes of questions by the audience. - At the end of the semester, students are required to give a presentation on their final design and implementation (~20 minutes); this presentation will be followed by a ~15 minutes of questions by the audience. - The final design and implementation as well as test results shall be described in a paper (15-20 pages) that follows a conference/journal paper format. (50 points)

Duration of the Module

The following number of semesters is estimated for taking and completing the module:
1 Semester.

This module may be commenced in the following semesters:
Sommersemester.

Maximum Number of Participants

The maximum capacity of students is 12.

Registration Procedures

Students must register in F3 with Prof. Uijt de Haag. The course is limited to 12 students. It is first come, first serve as long as you meet the requirements.

Recommended literature
No recommended literature given

Assigned Degree Programs

Semester:

Zeige auch ausgelaufene Studiengänge und StuPOs

This module is used in the following Degree Programs (new System):

	Studiengang / StuPO	StuPOs	Verwendungen	Erste Verwendung	Letzte Verwendung
	Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik (M. Sc.)	1	7	SoSe 2022	SoSe 2024

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Special Topics in Flight Guidance, Navigation and Air Transport