Goetz Bramesfeld
Principal Investigator, Ryerson Applied Aerodynamics Laboratory of Flight (RAALF)
Professor
Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Toronto, Ontario
bramesfeld@torontomu.ca
Office:
(416) 979-5000 ext. 554172
Expert In
Aircraft design
Applied aerodynamics
Atmospheric gust aerial vehicles
Flight performance prediction
Multirotor aerial vehicles
Robotic aircraft
Small scale rotors
Small unmanned aerial vehicles (SUAV)
Technological and industrial innovation
Technology and intelligent systems
Theme: Transformative technology
Ultra-long endurance solar powered unmanned airplanes
Wind tunnel testing
Bio/Research
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."
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Bio/Research
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—even across the country—without 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 Toronto Metropolitan University. "As a researcher, I always wanted to go a little farther, but then the contract would end," he says. Here, he can keep going. "Toronto Metropolitan University doesn't get dragged down by tradition," he says. "Change is really possible here."
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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—even across the country—without 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 Toronto Metropolitan University. "As a researcher, I always wanted to go a little farther, but then the contract would end," he says. Here, he can keep going. "Toronto Metropolitan University doesn't get dragged down by tradition," he says. "Change is really possible here."
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