Doctoral candidate Bogdan Løw-Hansen at the Department of Engineering Cybernetics and the UAV Icing Lab will hold a trial lecture and defend his doctoral thesis for the degree of philosophia Doctor (PhD.)
Thesis title Modelling and validation of atmospheric icing effects on small fixed-wing UAV’s
Trial Lecture Optimal Excitation Maneuvers for UAV System Identificatoin in Closed Loop Flight
Time and venue
The PhD trial lecture and defence are both open to the public:
Trial lecture: 13 July 2026 at 12:15 – Disputasrommet, Main Building, Gløshaugen, NTNU
Defence of thesis: 13 July 2026 at 14:45– Disputasrommet, Main Building, Gløshaugen, NTNU
Assessment Committee
First opponent: Assistant Professor Sofie F. Armanini, Imperial College London
Second opponent: Research Aerospace Engineer Benjamin M. Simmons, NASA Langley Research Center
Internal member: Professor Ole Morten Aamo, Department of Engineering Cybernetics. He is also appointed as the administrator of the assessment committee.
The committee has concluded that the thesis is worthy of public defense for the PhD degree.
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Dr Richard Hann
Co-supervisor: Professor Tor Arne Johansen
Dr. Christoph Deiler
Dr. Bård Navy Stovner
UAV Icing Lab 