KC Engineering / Sectors
Sectors we serve.
The same methods of testing, data modeling and control apply across these eight areas.
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Defense aerospace
Aircraft stability, control and testing
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High-speed flight
Subsonic and transonic configuration testing
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Government R&D
Agency-funded research and development
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Higher education
Cadet research and graduate mentoring
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Ocean renewables
Wave energy, hydrokinetics, prediction
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Autonomous systems
Unmanned aircraft, bio-inspired design, sensing
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Directed energy
Aero-optics and beam control
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Industrial flow
Diagnostics and process optimization
Relationships
Who we work with.
Most active programs are under restricted distribution and are not listed.
Research partner
U.S. Air Force Academy
Research with the Department of Aeronautics for over a decade: wind-tunnel testing, flow control, aeroelasticity and dynamic stability.
Clients
Hermeus
Subsonic wind-tunnel campaign for a high-speed flight vehicle.
Atargis Energy
Wave prediction tool and cycloidal wave-power hydrodynamics.
Funded by
AFOSR
Named as funder on 4 listed papers, 2017 to 2025.
NASA
Named as funder on 1 listed paper, 2023.
U.S. Air Force Academy
Named as funder on 3 listed papers, 2016 to 2024.
Research collaborators
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)
Co-authors affiliated with this organization on 1 listed paper, 2025.
DARPA
ONR
NSF
Lockheed Martin
Autodesk
University of Notre Dame
Aero-optics collaborator.
University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS)
Co-authors affiliated with this organization on 7 listed papers, 2008 to 2026.
Funding is taken from the published record of the listed papers. Collaborators are listed without implying funding; a basis line appears where a paper or co-author affiliation supports it.