Dr. Goetz Bramesfeld
Areas of Academic Interest
Applied Aerodynamics
Education
| Year | University | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Pennsylvania State University |
PhD |
| 1999 | The Pennsylvania State University | MS |
| 1998 | Technische Universita虉t Braunschweig | BEng |
Selected Courses
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| AER 615 | Aircraft Performance |
Spotlight
After soaring above the fluffy clouds with his high school glider club in Germany, Goetz Bramesfeld knew he wanted to study aerospace. "I've always been fascinated with sailplanes," he says. "Soaring is fairly popular in Germany, but most people haven't experienced it here."
In university, he joined a student club that had been designing cell planes since 1922. "We spent more time in the glider shop than in school!" he jokes.
Sailplanes can fly thousands of kilometers鈥攅ven across the country鈥攚ithout a motor. Similar to switching gears on a bicycle, gliders use altitude changes to find air that rises faster than the aircraft sinks. "There are moments when you're flying where the theory suddenly works," he says.
After years of working in R&D, Bramesfeld enjoys having the flexibility to take on extra projects with his students at 成人大片. "As a researcher, I always wanted to go a little farther, but then the contract would end," he says. Here, he can keep going. "成人大片 doesn't get dragged down by tradition," he says. "Change is really possible here."
"Aircraft design is a team effort."
- Jagtap, Sameep, Rahaman-Noronha, Maya, Kemp, William D., Antoniades, Marco A., Bramesfeld, Goetz, 鈥淐onceptualization of a Small, Uncrewed, Microwave-Powered Aircraft,鈥� International Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2025, 7452955, 19 pages, 2025.
- Cole, J.A., Melville, M., and Bramesfeld, G., 鈥淎 Metric for Determining the Efficiency of Gust Energy Extraction,鈥� Journal of Technical Soaring, Vol. 45, No. 4, October 27, 2023.
- Melville, M., Bramesfeld, G., Cole, J., Miller, S., 鈥淎eroelastic Design Space Exploration for Gust Energy Harvesting,鈥� Journal of Aerospace Engineering, Vol. 36, No. 5, September 2023.
- Barcelos, D., Kolaei, A., and Bramesfeld, G., 鈥淎erodynamic Interactions of Quadrotor Configurations,鈥� Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 57, No. 6, Nov. 2020, pp. 1074-1090. doi:10.2514/1.C035614
- Bissonnete, W. and Bramesfeld, G., 鈥淓ffects of Wake Shapes on High-Lift System Aerodynamic Predictions,鈥� Aerospace, Vol. 4, No. 2, April 2017, doi: 10.3390/aerospace4020024.
- Krebs, T. and Bramesfeld, G., 鈥淯sing an Optimization Process for Sailplane Winglet Design,鈥� Aeronautical Journal, Vol. 120, No. 1733, pp. 1726-1745, November 2016, doi: 10.1017/aer.2016.83.
- LeBeau, R. P., Bramesfeld, G., Warning, S. Palotai, C., *Dreas, J., *Krofta, J., 鈥淓xamining Conditions for the Potential Exploration of the Atmosphere of Uranus with Autonomous Gliders,鈥� Journal of Technical Soaring, Vol. 39, No. 3, pp. 18-29, July 2015.
- Bramesfeld, G. and Malik, A., 鈥淢icro Aerial Vehicles: Are Two Wings Better than One?鈥� Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 52, No. 5, pp. 1575-1585, Sept.-Oct. 2015, doi: http://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/1.C033012.
- Combes, T., Malik, A., Bramesfeld, G., McQuilling, M., 鈥淓fficient Fluid-Structure Interaction Method for Conceptual Design of Flexible, Fixed-Wing Micro Air Vehicle Wings,鈥� AIAA Journal, Vol. 53, No. 6, pp. 1442-1454, June 2015.
- American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Senior Member.
- Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, Member.
- Associated Editor Technical Soaring Journal
- Board Member Organisation Scientifique et Technique du Vol 脿 Vole (OSTIV), International Scientific and Technical Soaring Organization