May 6, 2009

Airplane bird strike experts available at Purdue

Bird vision and behavior, methods to deter birds

Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, associate professor of biological sciences. Fernandez-Juricic studies the evolution of visual systems in birds and strategies to solve human-wildlife interactions in urbanized landscapes, protected areas and airports. He is currently working on a project to develop lights that would make aircraft more visible to birds and robotic raptors to deter birds from airports.

Personal Web page: https://estebanfj.bio.purdue.edu/

CONTACT: 765-494-6044, efernan@purdue.edu

 

Issues that lead to bird strikes, wildlife in human environments

Gene Rhodes, professor of forestry and natural resources. Rhodes studies the ecology and sustainability of wildlife species in human-dominated, agricultural environments with an emphasis on the resolution of human-wildlife conflicts. He recently finished a study of small airports and the issues that lead to airplanes striking mammals, including inadequate fencing and nearby ground cover.

Related news release: https://www.purdue.edu/uns/x/2009a/090504RhodesAirport.html

Personal Web page: https://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/fnr/html/faculty/Rhodes/index.html

CONTACT: 765-494-3601, rhodeso@purdue.edu

 

Aircraft operations

Richard Fanjoy, associate professor and associate department head of aviation technology. Fanjoy's primary research areas are air transportation aircraft operations, the principles of high-performance flight, and advanced aircraft flight systems and instrumentation. He also manages the aviation department's Boeing 727-100 flight simulator program. He has more than 32 years of experience as a pilot of large jet transport aircraft in both domestic and international flight operations.

Personal Web page: https://www.tech.purdue.edu/at/facultyandstaff/index.cfm?dept=Aviation%20Technology&id=155

CONTACT: 765-494-9964, rofanjoy@purdue.edu

 

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