Publications

Recent Faculty Publications:

 

Aviation/Aeronautics/Aerospace Publications:

 

• Roger Kontak (2005) "Circling with precision", IFR Magazine, Vol. 21, No. 10, pp. 6-8.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2008) "Raising the Dead: Asymmetric Thrust problems in Multi-Engine airplanes", Aviation Safety, Vol. XXVIII, No. 8, pp. 16-20.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2008) "Flying DME Arc's", MidWest Flyer, August/September 2008, pp. 8-9, 16-17.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Juna Shrestha (2008) "Airplane Landing Performance on Contaminated Runways in Adverse Conditions", Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 45, No. 6, pp. 2131-2144. (Copyright note: The first page is reprinted with the explicit permission of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc. (AIAA). To order a full copy of the article from AIAA please go to http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=2)

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2008) "Time-Distance-Speed-Angle Problem", MidWest Flyer, December 2008/January 2009 issue, pp. 47-48.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Thomas L. Peterson (2008) "When go-around is impossible - defining the point of no return", Professional Pilot, December 2008, pp. 110-113.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Aircraft Landing Operations on Contaminated Runways", WATS 2009, World Aviation Training Symposium and Tradeshow, WATS Pilot Stream, Session 5: Air Carrier Training Insights, Rosen Shingle Creek Resort, Orlando, Florida, April 28-30, 2009, U.S.A.

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• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Flying Precision Approaches Precisely", MidWest Flyer, June/July 2009, pp. 35, 62.

  

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Flying Non-Precision Approaches Precisely", MidWest Flyer, August/September 2009, pp. 12-15.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Avoiding Veer-off Accidents on Contaminated Runways", Professional Pilot, September 2009, pp. 54-58.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Avoiding Aircraft Icing Accidents", MidWest Flyer, October/November 2009 issue, pp. 12-16.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Avoiding Overrun Accidents on Contaminated Runways", Professional Pilot, December 2009, pp. 52-57.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "The need for Aircraft Icing Simulator Training", The Journal of Civil Aviation Training (CAT), Issue 6/2009, December 2009, to be published.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Matthew Simones (2009) "Aircraft decompression with installed cockpit security door", Journal of Aircraft, to be published.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Understanding non-precision approaches", submitted

  

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Shakya Rajeev (2010) "Advanced Composite Materials in Aerospace Industry", Professional Pilot, January 2010, submitted.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Adam Himmer, Don Ingraham (2009) "Soaring on Mars", Soaring Magazine, December 2009, submitted.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Mohsin Kamal (2009) "High-altitude aircraft decompression with multiple pressurized compartments", International Journal of Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, submitted.

 

Other Science Publications:

 

•  Nihad E. Daidzic, E. Schmidt, M.M. Hasan, S. Altobelli (2005) "Gas-Liquid phase distribution and void fraction measurements using MRI", Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol.  235, pp. 1163-1178.

 

• Fantazzini P., R.J.S. Brown, V. Bortolotti, M. Gombia, N.E. Daidzic (2005) "Grain and inter-grain porosity quantified in unconsolidated porous media by NMR relaxation", Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Special Issue, Vol. 23, No. 2, p. 434.

 

• S.L. Steenburg, G. Kluitenberg, S. Jones, N.E. Daidzic, L. Reddi, X. Ming, B. Newman, M. Tuller, D. Or, (2005) "Physical and Hydraulic Properties of Baked Ceramic Aggregates Used For Plant Growth Medium", J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci., Vol. 130, No. 5 pp. 767-774.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Charles Davis, Jaikrishnan R. Kadambi (2007) "Hydraulic Properties of Porous Media for Space Systems" in: Proceedings AIAA SPACE 2007 Conference and Exhibition, Paper AIAA-2007-6210, 18-20 September 2007, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, USA.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Subramaniam Sankaran, David Althausen (2007) "A Conceptual Design of Porous Tubes Condensing Heat Exchanger for Space Systems" in: Proceedings AIAA SPACE 2007 Conference and Exhibition, Paper AIAA-2007-6198, 18-20 September 2007, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, California, USA.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic and Vojin R. Nikolic (2007) "Presenting Science and Engineering Careers in a Unique and Appealing Way" in: Proceedings,  ASEE 2007 North Midwest Regional Engineering Education Conference, September 20-22, Michigan Tech (MTU), Houghton, Michigan, USA. 

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2008) "Zone of Influence of Porous Suction Tubes in Condensing Heat Exchanger for Space Systems" Paper 2008-01-2075, in: Proceedings of the 38th SAE International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2008), June 29-July 2, 2008, San Francisco, California, USA. (Note: SAE paper 2008-01-2075 (c) 2008 SAE International. A complete copy of this paper can be obtained from SAE, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA  15096, CustomerService@sae.org.)

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic (2009) "Nonlinear variable-diffusivity moisture transport in zero gravity porous media space applications", in: Proc. of the 39th SAE International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2009), SAE International Paper 2009-01-2584, July 12-16, 2009, Savannah, Georgia, USA. (Note: SAE paper 2009-01-2584 (c) 2009 SAE International. A complete copy of this paper can be obtained from SAE, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA  15096, CustomerService@sae.org.)

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic and Amir Naqwi (2009) "Laser Shadow Extinction Method", Journal of Optical Engineering, submitted.

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Charles Davis, Jaikrishnan R. Kadambi (2009) "Hydraulic Properties of Porous Media for Reduced Gravity Space Systems", Journal of Porous Media, submitted.

 

• P. Fantazzini, R.J.S. Brown, V. Bortolotti, M. Gombia, N.E. Daidzic (2009) "Grain and inter-grain porosity and pore-size-distribution quantified in unconsolidated porous media by NMR relaxation", submitted to Soil. Sci. Soc. Am. J.

 

• N.E. Daidzic, Altobelli S., Fantazzini P., Schmidt E. (2009) "Estimation of REV in porous media by MRI", submitted to Transport in Porous Media

 

• Nihad E. Daidzic, Rakesh Chandra, Subramaniam Sankaran  (2010) "Heat and Moisture Transport in 2-D Porous Plate for Space Applications", in: Proc. of the 40th AIAA/SAE International Conference on Environmental Systems (ICES 2009), SAE International Paper 2010-01-xxxx, July 11-15, 2010, Barcelona, Spain. (Note: SAE paper 2010-01-xxxx (c) 2010 SAE International. A complete copy of this paper can be obtained from SAE, 400 Commonwealth Drive, Warrendale, PA  15096, CustomerService@sae.org.) accepted.