Aaron McFadyen

Dr. Aaron McFadyen is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering & Robotics at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), with a focus on aerospace engineering, robotics, and control systems. He holds a PhD from QUT and has extensive industry experience in flight simulation and autonomous systems research. His research emphasizes unmanned traffic management (UTM), air traffic modeling, and quantitative risk analysis, with applications in drone integration and airspace safety. He has secured over $1.5M in research funding and led projects for organizations like Airservices Australia and CASA. Key achievements include developing Australia's Automated Airspace Authorization system and winning the 2019 IEEE/AIAA Best Unmanned Traffic Management Paper Award.

Education: PhD in Robotics and Autonomous Systems (QUT), Private Pilot License (CASA), and qualifications in aerospace engineering. Professional memberships include IEEE, JARUS, and the Control System Society.

Research interests span UTM systems, collision risk modeling, and control systems for autonomous vehicles. His work bridges academia and industry, addressing challenges in air traffic management and robotics. Recent publications focus on nonlinear control, airspace risk analysis, and multi-agent systems.

He has supervised undergraduate, masters, and PhD students in aerospace and robotics. Awards include the ARC DECRA Fellowship (2020) and Advance Queensland Mid-Career Fellowship (2020). His lab collaborations include the Australian Research Centre for Aerospace Automation (ARCAA) and ETH Zurich's Autonomous Systems Lab.